straight red and should have been multi game suspension, diabolical that it wasn't. feel absolutely awful for Lletget. that really......really sucks.
Happened right in front of us. Absolute red, and it was not even that subtle. Bummer for Lletget, the US, and the Galaxy. Really tough news.
its really gettting out of hand playing honduras...sick of it. ....would like to see the us sub in an mma fighter or somebody willing to wreck these fools the next time the us have a big lead on honduras late in the game and just let him do work...
The only national youth player I ever saw in club soccer who looked to be at another level. The rest were very good club players, but not different than other very good club players. I figured that if anybody I saw were to become a national-level adult player, it would be Lletget. Got that one right. Maybe coaching is in my future. Anyway, best of health to him. Hope to see him in future matches. Oh and that tackle ... reminds me why I hate defenders. They come in with potentially crippling tackles, and what's their penalty? Maybe a red card and a missed game. Maybe. But OK now I am off topic.
Can't the US Soccer Fed lodge a protest to Concacaf and/or Fifa? They do review things. Just look at the 4 game suspension for Messi. By comparison this should be a 4 year suspension.
Lletget had to get a 2nd surgery on his foot, and well after the initial one, at a point nearing when it was supposed to start the window for his return. Yeah, that's never a good sign. It's usually not the initial injury/surgery that costs you much, it's the reinjury/2nd surgery that does, if it occurs. Definitely legit worried he doesn't come back the same player now. As of last month he said it'll be a long time until he's back on the field, so his WC chances are in serious jeopardy. Even after the initial injury I was penciling him in. Now have to erase that name for now.
I don't know when he might return, but if he could return towards the end of this season, get a few games in, and then start off next season well, I think he should make the WC team. I know he doesn't have many caps, but he's one of those players that I think belongs on the NT, whether he's proved it with 50 caps or not.
He was always questionable to return before season's end, even before the 2nd surgery. Now I'd say it's very unlikely. Like I said, from the horse's mouth, it'll be a long time until he comes back. To me that does not indicate before the end of the season. It's besides the point what he was before the injury. He needs to reestablish himself. Bruce has proven to have a low threshold for injury questions, and I may like that tendency now because of all the depth that's been accrued. We could have carried a couple hobbled but talented enough players in the past, but not now unless we want to cut off our nose to spite our face.
Da Boy! is back in town! He's still considered questionable though for a return to competitive play before the end of the regular season. LA aren't in the playoff picture. Season ends Oct. 22nd. He'd have to play a couple games at least and the U.S. end up in the playoff for him to still even possibly be a factor in qualifying. But January camp is a good bet. That's more than I expected.
LAG midfield is so crowded now....dos santos bros, allesandrini, boateng, zardes, jermaine jones lletgt, joao pedro villareal bros etc..... maybe they can trade some fo these guys for GK, Defenders and forwards....? open some more time for the midfielders......
It's a problem for next season. Jones will age out and Zardes can play up top. I think they should contemplate Boateng at fb. Also, don't know if Lletget will be the same guy. 451 w/ Pedro, JDS, Lletget, GDS, Allesandrini in midfield works and sounds strong. Villarreal they should trade because they'll never use him it seems.
boatang is so wonderfully quick and direct, i love seeing him make runs into the box that take out defenders. for me it would be a shame to stick him at fullback. sad to see that jones is going out with a whimper, but he's got to be the odd man out in that group. hopefully lleget can have a smooth transition back, he was looking really good before the injury (i was at the USMNT game he was injured at-- he was very, very bright. surprised me a bit)
At the nats level though, I think this is a bigger deal than most would expect. I think Arena is really high on the guy, and every reason to be. Before his injury he looked every bit the part, and I think he will be given the opportunity when he gets back too.
I think you guys are crazy. I'm not even sure that was a yellow. Alvarado got the ball with a 1 footed tackle, but caught Lleget's rear foot with his knee. I don't think it was intentional.
Really. Even knowing the future and knowing that his reckless knee broke a player's foot you think not a yellow? I guarantee you that if the ref realized a bone was broken in that tackle it would have been a straight red. Straight red, nothing else. I think he got zero ball but it really doesn't matter. Once his knee hits Lletget getting the ball is irrelevant. "Not even sure that was a yellow"? Explain yourself. A defender is beaten so he makes a reckless dive. In this dive his knee crashes down on the other player's foot. If he was in control of his body it is a definite red card since he would have then intentionally tripped his opponent with a dangerous knee to his foot. I don't think it was intentional to hit him with the knee and neither did the ref since he only gave yellow (because he didn't know about the broken bone). Intent in is only one way to get a red. Using excessive force and being out of control in a way that can serious injure a player (doesn't even have to injure, just has to be the sort of thing that can easily injure) can get you a red and certainly gets you a yellow. What reading of that event could you possibly use to say no yellow as it was seen to happen and no red if the ref knew what really happened? Really. You are out of your mind. Hopefully you never ever ref a soccer game.
truth. This was the angle that Liverpool fans were using after the Man City keeper got booted square in the jaw last matchweek