The Jonathan Gonzalez Thread

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by TheFalseNine, Dec 14, 2017.

  1. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
    NJ/Roma/Napoli
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States






    @bshredder hits the nail on the head with his tweets.

    I wish Gonzalez well, his heart apparently was somewhere else.

    Next man up!
     
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  2. Borrachin

    Borrachin Member+

    Feb 28, 2006
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't worry guys, we still have Michael Bradley!:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
  3. matabala

    matabala Member+

    Sep 25, 2002
    Not to mention allegiance to a country that has presumably afforded his family and himself greater opportunity, success and stability?

    Not the place for a political statement...
     
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  4. KicksNgiggles

    KicksNgiggles Member

    Aug 18, 2016
    BHM
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Talk about a dumpster fire...
     
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  5. smokarz

    smokarz Member+

    Aug 9, 2006
    Hartford, CT

    Yes, we have plenty that do the same thing he does in MLS :cool::cool::cool:

    Massive failure on USMNT, if this is true. Especially loosing a talent that was already within our program, to our most hated rival.

    If he went for Australia or Egypt, it would make this a little less hurt. But Mexico, DAMN!!!
     
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  6. VBCity72

    VBCity72 Member+

    Aug 17, 2014
    Sunny San Diego
    Club:
    Plymouth Argyle FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well he was called up for this camp and Monterrey denied it.
     
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  7. ShaftBrewer

    ShaftBrewer Member+

    Jul 18, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
     
  8. KicksNgiggles

    KicksNgiggles Member

    Aug 18, 2016
    BHM
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #408 KicksNgiggles, Jan 8, 2018
    Last edited: Jan 8, 2018
    I like you Dave. But I feel like this is a bit of a stretch. Not many Germans gave a Sh*t about Julian. They probably would have helped pack his bags. The US cannot afford to lose players like JoGo. Germany can.
     
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  9. dougtee

    dougtee Member+

    Feb 7, 2007
    case of sarachan was negligent initially, but cmon clearly the kids heart was elsewhere
     
  10. Borrachin

    Borrachin Member+

    Feb 28, 2006
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Monterrey did what Borrusia Dortmund and Shalke would have done if CP and WM would have been requested. It was such a stupid attempt, it is in the middle of their season.
     
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  11. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    I can't say I care that much. I want all players to remain in our player pool, but I've long pushed back at the claims that Gonzalez was one of our best young players. He got early playing time and he did fine, but he also looks like a low ceiling player. He's good at reading the game defensively and is physical, but he's really only at best an average athlete and passer for a #6, and doesn't have offense to his game. I view his natural footballing ability as considerably lower than some of the up and coming CM's we have (McKennie, Durkin, Parks, Booth, etc.).

    Could he have played a role? Very possibly, he's not a bad player, but I don't see him as terribly high ceiling, and I'm not convinced this is a huge loss to the US program. Yeah, he got early playing time and did decently well, but I think any quality player his age should be able to play about as well as he did. Most of them don't get the chances though at the age he did.
     
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  12. VBCity72

    VBCity72 Member+

    Aug 17, 2014
    Sunny San Diego
    Club:
    Plymouth Argyle FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Lol US soccer is going to flip this and put it all on the kid. I'm fine with that.
     
  13. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Welp, as has been said a couple times ... next man up. Got to move on now. After my initial shock about this, it makes no sense to cry about someone who chose not to play for us, as is his right. Onward and upward.
     
  14. USSoccerNova

    USSoccerNova Member+

    Sep 28, 2005
    Not sure how I feel about JoGo personally. On one hand, I recognize the tough decisions dual-nationals have to make and typically try to respect their decisions. If they have a legitimate change of heart or choose the option they feel is best (especially when situations have changed), then no worries. However, if they misrepresent their intentions and take up valuable training resources from others, then I have an issue with it.

    We'll never know for sure what happened. I agree with @bshredder that the optics don't look very good given that he jumped at the first legitimate interest that Mexico showed. It's actually a bit pathetic on some level.
     
  15. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    The point was that these were two very young players who didn't feature in qualifying and were nevertheless tempted by the opportunity, at the least, to compete for a World Cup roster spot, perhaps earlier than they might have otherwise expected.

    The differences between the situations are, like I said, obvious.
     
  16. GiallorossiYank

    GiallorossiYank Member+

    Jan 20, 2011
    NJ/Roma/Napoli
    Club:
    AS Roma
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One friendly and he jumps ship....lol. Mexico didn't give a crap about him until 5 months ago. Ciao!



     
  17. KicksNgiggles

    KicksNgiggles Member

    Aug 18, 2016
    BHM
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm with ya. Just distraught ATM :confused:
     
  18. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    So they aren't even going to give him a token WC call up? Good luck, his decision, I can't say I'm all that bothered.

     
  19. Statman

    Statman Member+

    May 25, 2006
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The victim blaming begins!
     
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  20. USSoccerNova

    USSoccerNova Member+

    Sep 28, 2005
    I see a lot of posts saying that the lack of communication in November couldn't possibly be the reason for him choosing Mexico. No reasonable poster is saying that. We're saying that it was likely a contributing factor. My maxim in business/life is that you try to be more right, more of the time in what you can control (e.g. contacting him, making the World Cup, etc.) and accept what you can't. What's disappointing is that once again our Fed, and those that represent it, didn't give us the best possible chance for success.
     
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  21. puttputtfc

    puttputtfc Member+

    Sep 7, 1999
    FIFA does.
     
  22. Tmagic77

    Tmagic77 Member+

    Feb 10, 2003
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    More like "one World Cup and jumps ship."

    He could die in a car crash next year. Hard to blame a guy to take a shot at the goal of every soccer player on earth.
     
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  23. onefineesq

    onefineesq Member+

    Sep 16, 2003
    Laurel, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Victim? Wow, the bar for victimhood has gotten incredibly low these days
     
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  24. thedukeofsoccer

    thedukeofsoccer Member+

    Jul 11, 2004
    Wussconsin
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wasted too much time watching this dude's matches. From now on think I'm going to make a policy to not commit to dual nationals until they commit to us. Did a similar thing for cfb and am better for it.
     
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  25. beerslinger23

    beerslinger23 Member+

    Jun 26, 2010
    I'm frustrated. I might return to the bottle. :(
     
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