Lynden Gooch at Stoke City

I blame Klinsmann.

 

Nice to be back training with the boys today after a month out. Hopefully it's the end of this hamstring problem 🙌

— Lynden Gooch (@LyndenGooch) October 13, 2014

Glad the hamstring didn't turn out to be disastrous.

 

Gooch started for Sunderland U21 against Southampton today but came off after 30 minutes. Hopefully he's okay.

 

Would assume it would be working him in slowly but who knows.

 

I would never assume something good about coming off in the first half...

 

I'm assuming they had the other team down 20-0 and they didn't want to risk injury to their star player or have him run up the score even more with his sick sk1llz.

 

Extends his contract with Sunderland:


http://www.safc.com/news/reserves-and-academy/2014/november/gooch-extends-contract

 

Came on in the 26th as an injury replacement in Sunderland's U21 match against Villarreal, which ended 0-0.

Sunderland U21s: Mannone, Cartwright, Robson (Ferguson, 86), Oliver, McNamee, Beadling, Watmore (Gooch, 26), Agnew, Mandron, Smith (Greenwood, 65), Lawson.

Subs not used: Sukar, Stryjek, Robson, Blinco.

Villarreal U21s: Banuz, Alfonso, F Garcia, Bonin, Ramirez, Hernandez, Viana, A Garcia, Mendez, Naranjo, Leiva.

Subs: Glauder, Cebria, Palav, J Garcia, Pedraza, Moreno, Juan.

http://safc.com/news/reserves-and-academy/2014/december/villarreal-v-u21-report

 

Poor Mannone.

 

Part of USMNT U20 squad to train in Honduras:

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/12/12/11/56/141212-u20mnt-honduras-camp-roster

 

Another International Cup match (a 2-1 loss to Celtic):

Sunderland U21s v @celticfc: Stryjek, Cartwright, Robson, Oliver, McNamee, Ferguson, Gooch, Agnew, Mandron, Honeyman, Lawson.

— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 18, 2014

32' Stunning effort from Gooch who cuts inside and curls the ball onto the crossbar from 30 yards. Close.

— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 18, 2014

 

Just reading that and seeing some of his games with the U.S. U20's and some other SAFC highlights, he has an absolute cannon of a right foot.

 

Ya his curl on the ball is pretty nice..kind of Rooney like sstyle in his game

 

Is it just me or does it seem like Gooch hits the post more often than the back of the net. Didn't he hit the post 2 or 3 times in a game against Australia during the summer?

 

Easier to turn hitting the post into hitting the net, than turning hitting the upper deck into hitting the net like many US players in the past, or worse, not taking shots at all haha.

He seems like an extremely solid player/prospect...and I mean solid in a good way, not as a slight.

 

His goal against Honduras:
http://instagram.com/p/w5HaUECQxo/

 

Cheeky

 

Homage to Henry? That was lovely.

 

A Gooch profile:

http://www.firsttouchonline.com/2015/01/spotlight-on-lynden-gooch/

 

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Gooch has gone on loan to Gateshead of the Conference (5th tier).

 

The Gateshead site illustrates the news with a nice USA photo that's currently leading their homepage:



http://www.gateshead-fc.com/5324/sunderland-starlet-joins-on-loan

 

Started his first game today with Gateshead FC

 

ESPNFC has full match data. He got a yellow card but Gateshead lost 1-0.

http://www.espnfc.us/gamecast/399963/gamecast.html

 

Match report with a couple mentions:
http://www.gateshead-fc.com/5326/gateshead-0-1-bristol-rovers

Postgame interview with Gooch: