Cappis was in FC Dallas' academy for a hot second. Clint, you gotta let the Houston metro area take credit for this one. They need it.
I'm tired of this anti-FCD garbage on this board. What the hell did I say? I said "Chris Cappis was there." An actual effing fact. DId I say FCD developed him? No. Did I say FCD was solely responsible for his advancement? No. I said he was effing there. Did I say he sprouted from the earth in Dallas like a cabbage patch kid? No.
Take it easy, Clint. My comment was intended as having some fun at the expense of Houston’s poor developmental track record.
Never post before morning coffee -- or after Irish coffee, I always say. Of course, if your morning coffee is Irish, 1) I'm jealous and 2) you're on your own.
Cappis was there long enough for me to watch him play a game (it was part of a FCD doubleheader - I don't usually drive all the way to Frisco for youth games) and he was great. Not sure why Servania got added did someone get hurt? It does allow the US coaches to see Cappis and Servania at the same time. I've wondered myself who is better. They might both still be at FCD had not Houston thrown a tantrum. I'd say both are better than Hayes.
The national team relocated from Florida to California ahead of the Costa Rica friendly. The roster was also cut down to 22 players. JT Marcinkowski was sent back to San Jose. The remaining 13 Olympic (including 3 U-20) eligible players remain with the squad. 🗞 | Gregg Berhalter has named a 22-player travel roster ahead of next Saturday's clash vs. 🇨🇷 @dignityhealthsp in Carson, CA. #StakeYourClaim | #JanuaryCamp— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) January 25, 2020 🗣 "Every camp is a good opportunity. Every chance I get, I want to 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 to keep getting called in and keep getting better with the team." #USMNT midfielder Jackson Yueill from #JanuaryCamp pic.twitter.com/gamH5hU4ls— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) January 24, 2020 all business from #FCD's Jesus Ferreira at January Camp -- notes the intensity of training and says he's been playing as a 9 for Berhalter pic.twitter.com/rbFprHDg4K— scuffed (@scuffedpod) January 23, 2020 it turns out Uly Llanez is still in USMNT camp (he has NOT left early) and he was interviewed today and hotdam if I'm not a little mistyalso he gives a shout-out to Berhalter's instruction at the end of the clip pic.twitter.com/9J3voNgQBQ— scuffed (@scuffedpod) January 23, 2020 B roll courtesy U.S. Soccer/Veritone pic.twitter.com/4Y1QpCzyTx— scuffed (@scuffedpod) January 23, 2020
It's been a roller-coaster of a year for Uly Llanez, from tough early days in Germany, to the high of a U-20 World Cup, & tearing it up w/Wolfsburg's U19s. Here's a closer look at the #USMNT prospect, who has hit 2020 w/serious momentum: https://t.co/y0sjMSvDYV— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) January 24, 2020
Here is a closer look at promising #USMNT midfielder Christian Cappis ( @CCappis_99 ), who has had an impressive January camp and is poised to make his USMNT debut on Saturday: https://t.co/dM1zEHDueq— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) February 1, 2020
Arriola — Ferreira — Llanez Lletget — Cappis Yueill Vines — Glad — Long — Cannon Johnson what I’d like to see vs CR. Bring on Araujo and Aaronson in the 2nd half
So by my count, 26 YNT-eligible players have been capped by the USMNT after the Costa Rica game - Pulisic, McKennie, Sargent, Cannon, Adams, Weah, Carter-Vickers, A. Robinson, Yueill, Lewis, Mihailovic, Dest, Amon, Palmer-Brown, M. Robinson, Aaronson, De La Torre, Ebobisse, Ferreira, Llanez, McKenzie, Olosunde, Parks, Pomykal, Servania and Vines. Am I missing any one?
This line in the Wales announcement... With the match falling on a fixture date, USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter will have the opportunity to call in players based domestically and abroad. ... cools, at least a little, the speculation that this camp might be some kind of YNT-eligible Yanks Abroad free-for-all, but surely there will be be, if not some surprises, at least a few Europe-based Olympic-eligible players, on the roster for at least one of the games. https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...v-channels-return-to-action-nov-21-in-swansea We've seen @bshredder's stories about the possibility of Cajuste making some kind of appearance. Maybe some other young "reach" types show up? Who knows. Getting a second game set up would probably help.
So, how's everyone doing? Just a reminder for everyone here. Between the election and a USMNT roster loaded with YNT kids, there's a lot of energy floating around. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b55b61b9-0f3e-4316-a894-5d427315e025#Augw3_bUlj3.copy
19 of the 24 players are still USYNT eligible!!! Lots of dual nationals to be excited about. https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...players-november-camp-friendlies-wales-panama
I, like many others I assume, follow a variety of soccer journalists/writers and when rosters get released or other big things happen they all put out stories. I just wish some of them would take a different view or unique take. Its a quick review, couple of quotes and that's about it.
What I noted right away is that only 3 players on the roster spent any time in the NCAAs. Steffen, Cannon and Ream. I don't feel like doing the homework to figure it out, but I wonder where that ranks in modern US soccer history.
I wouldn't read too much into this data given how funky 2020 has been, but thought I'd point out that through the latest callups, the YOB with the most guys on rosters after '95 and '97 (9 apiece) is '00, with 7. Full sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17xb1g8Jd2bWrXU4g3fXX1aC4A3EQcKYir1ZtHXXGoT8/edit?usp=sharing
No. Senior friendlies don't count towards anything. And I'm hearing he currently doesn't have Ghanaian citizenship anyway.— Daniel (@DanielSmith1022) November 3, 2020 Musah said in a recent interview when asked if he's English, American or Italian that he's Ghanaian. It might be that he's not close to Ghanaian citizenship. I don't know the parameters around that, but if he knows Ghana isn't an option anytime soon and thats the country he would've wanted to play for, this could benefit us. I don't think it's ever been made clear anywhere that the reason he was playing for England initially was because he wanted to play for them as opposed to that they were likely the first country to call him in, and give him YNT camps. If he's indifferent to England/USA/Italy, and we give him the best recruiting offer, he may choose to play for us.
In case folks didn't see this elsewhere. Per these rules, and Werder’s confirmation, Josh Sargent will not be on the #USMNT roster this month for friendlies against Wales & Panama https://t.co/GXjeptXqQz— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) November 5, 2020
LOL. That is some serious cherry-picking given the rest of my quote -- but, I'm a sporting fellow. Feel free to apply through the usual BigSoccer channels for a full refund. (Though I admit my original post wasn't super-clear, which probably doesn't "count" retroactively. I was thinking more about pool expansion -- we got 2 new guys out of 24, which isn't a ton, though they certainly could turn out to be consequential ones -- than just dual-eligible callups.)
Counting Musah, we've now seen six players emerge in the last five years (since 2016) that play a regular role for perennial UCL/Europa League teams in the top five leagues or among the best perennial UCL/Europa League teams not in those leagues (the top 4-5 in France, top 3 in Portugal, top 2 in Netherlands, Salzburg, Shakhtar, Zenit). A National Team player pool typically has players spanning about 15 years (usually around 18-33). Occasionally, you see players slightly older or younger, but it's not often, and it's rarely more than 1 or 2. If we take the 6 in 5 years we've added in the last 5 years, and span that to about 15 years (when Pulisic, McKennie and co. are towards the end of their career), thats 18 players in that 15 year span if we only keep that same pace. Thats right in line with what you usually see (it varies a little from year to year) from countries like Belgium, Croatia, Uruguay, Colombia, and even Portugal, who has slightly more due to domestic teams in that tier, but otherwise is very similar. Those countries are right on the fringe of what many consider to be the elite tier (Spain, France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, England, Netherlands), and these countries are good enough to compete for major international trophies. In some instances, they might even win one. We will need to continue adding players to that top group of players (Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, Dest, Reyna, and potentially Musah), but we have some good candidates that could be added for 2021 (Richards, KDLF, Ledezma, Aaronson, Weah, etc.). It's also worth mentioning that we have the back up goalkeeper for a top five team in the world that isn't being counted to this total because he's not a current YNT player, despite keepers being able to play about a cycle past field players. We probably will not see the full potential of the National Team until Pulisic's generation is towards the end of their careers, but if we can maintain this same pace, we should be able to elevate to that Belgium, Portugal, Croatia, Uruguay, Colombia tier. If we can improve on 6 in 5 years, it's possible we can elevate to that top tier in that 15 year span. Some might suggest that I am unfairly counting Dest and Musah, two players not produced by the US system, but does it matter which system produced them? The USMNT probably has access to a bigger pool of dual-nationals not raised in the USA than any other country in the world. There's no reason to think that won't continue, so its not a fluke that we were able to pull in Dest and Musah, who were not developed and raised in the USA.
It's not a fluke that guys like this exist, but it is probably essentially a fluke that they both exist AND perform at a level that is useful to a national team program that competes at what might be generally called a World Cup level. Here's to flukes!