Lynden Gooch at Stoke City

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  1. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nice to see the team responding to a calamitous season
     
  2. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    I believe that's right.

    I'll say this. If you follow him on twitter, he seems to exude as much pride in being a US player as anybody. He lists himself as "Santa Cruz, California born and bred. Pursuing dreams across the pond. Sunderland AFC & USA!"

    I don't think we need to worry about this player bolting for Ireland or England.
     
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  3. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
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    Believe me, I'm not worried. They can have him if they want him.

    All kidding aside, he hasn't looked very good with the US U-20's.
     
  4. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    Came on today in a mass substitution at about the 60 minute mark:


     
  5. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    "They only want you when you're seventeen / When you're twenty-one / You're no fun." - Ladytron.
     
  6. USAMEX10

    USAMEX10 Member+

    Sep 24, 2010
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    Chicago Fire
    Inb4 he takes Altidores place on the bench!:p
     
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  7. USAMEX10

    USAMEX10 Member+

    Sep 24, 2010
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    Chicago Fire
    He's been played out of position for the most part with the u20s and last game he could have scored twice but hit the post I believe. There's a reason Sunderland have been moving him up the ladder so quick
     
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  8. LaxAttack

    LaxAttack Member

    Feb 14, 2011
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Zapruder style footage of his assist.

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  9. Sup Bro

    Sup Bro Member+

    Oct 26, 2012
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wasn't as unimpressed with him as some people were in the recent u20 game. He cracked the frame 3 times from outside the box and had a few penalty shouts. He definitely looked like he earned his spot in the team.

    Glad to see Sunderland giving him a shot this preseason. They scored all 3 goals in the 30 minutes the young guys were in, so I wouldn't be surprised if Hartlepool made a bunch of subs themselves.

    If he sticks with Sunderland for a while, my probably innapropriate thread title suggestion would be: "Where the Sun(derland) don't shine: Gooch in England"
     
  10. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes...it's because they're Sunderland
     
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  11. usry723

    usry723 Member+

    Aug 14, 2008
    Georgia, USA
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This kid has an absolute rocket of a shot. Looking forward to seeing how he does this season. Would be awesome if he found some first time minutes.
     
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  12. Maitreya

    Maitreya Member+

    Apr 30, 2007
    Providence, RI
    English teams seem to love players who can shoot like Gooch can, even if they are rather ordinary in most or all other respects.
     
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  13. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
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  14. (TxT)

    (TxT) Member+

    Jun 9, 2004
    Tampa, FL
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dempsey was one of Tottenham's kit models in their ad campaigns last season...
     
  15. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But in the summer prior to his move to Spurs, when he was The Face of Fulham, and they were saying he wasn't for sale, he was NEVER shown in a new season kit for Fulham.
     
  16. Testudo

    Testudo Member+

    Jan 29, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The duration of downtime Lynden Gooch was able to enjoy lasted roughly 11 hours — or the amount of time it takes to fly from Los Angeles to London.
    He's already back to work.
    The Santa Cruz native was less than 24 hours removed from competing with the United States' Under-20 Men's National Team on Saturday afternoon when he began to board a cross-country and cross-Atlantic flight out of Los Angeles International. Destination: the United Kingdom, where Gooch, 18, planned to jump right back into the preseason mix on Monday morning with his Premier League development squad, Sunderland.
    "That's how it is. Fly here, fly there, fly everywhere for tournaments, camps and games," Gooch said on Saturday, moments before he boarded a flight for London. "But that's all part of it."

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    Santa Cruz native Lynden Gooch competes for Sunderland's development squad. The former Soquel High soccer player recently competed for the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team. (Contributed)
    "I'm used to it now," he added.... Gooch is advancing through the ranks with his English club Sunderland, where he progressed from the U-18 to the U-21 team earlier this year and even enjoyed a few training sessions with the club's first team. He's likely turning heads among his U.S. coaches, too.
    The versatile striker played in all three of the U-20 team's matches — starting in two of them — last week at the National Training Center Invitational in Carson, where the U.S. went 2-0-1 to win the tournament trophy. Coached by Tab Ramos, the U.S. earned the edge over Australia (2-0-1) as a result of a plus-5 goal differential, despite the two teams finishing in a scoreless draw during the tournament's final match last Friday night.
    And Gooch, for his efforts, was named Man of the Match.
    "I thought I did well. I was just hoping to get a goal," said the 5-foot-8 center forward, who hit the woodwork three times in the game, including one off the crossbar in the 79th minute.... Although Gooch was rather unlucky in his efforts at finding the back of the net, he did earn match honors at an opportune time. Not only was Gooch playing in front of several friends and family members, but he also performed in front of USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who was in attendance for Friday's tilt. Klinsmann even came into the locker room during pregame to shake the players' hands.
    "It was nice because he was able to see what all of us can do," said Gooch, who returned to his more natural position for the NTC Invitational after playing more of the defensive midfield during the Dallas Cup.... And 24 hours later, he was elsewhere, on a plane heading back to the UK.
    Gooch said he was running just a bit late for Sunderland's preseason training. The development squad began practicing earlier this month and even played its first friendly against Southhampton on Saturday.
    Gooch was given extra time off from Sunderland to compete for the U.S., and the experience didn't disappoint.

    http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_26207596/former-soquel-soccer-star-lynden-gooch-shines-us
     
  17. Testudo

    Testudo Member+

    Jan 29, 1999
    Arlington, VA
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  18. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
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    United States
    503281632951156736 is not a valid tweet id
     
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  19. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    shouldn't this be in the YA Academy forum?
     
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  20. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
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    New England Revolution
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    United States
    Sending out the Bat Signal:

    @bungadiri
     
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  21. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
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    Soon enough..............everything will be in the YA Academy forum!!!!
     
  22. bungadiri

    bungadiri Super Moderator
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    Jan 25, 2002
    Acnestia
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    Got it. Thanks.
     
  23. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    No, we will enjoy discussing lifelong Moldavian league/BL3 players on YA forum.
     
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  24. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
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    Maybe we can make YA a sub-forum of YAA since it's really more a temporary stop in between round trips to the reserves or worse.
     
  25. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
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    Levski Sofia
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