If you had to put together a starting XI for Qatar 2022, who would be in it?

Discussion in 'USA Men' started by Ofori, May 16, 2020.

  1. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would be very surprised if Brooks was to lose his place to CCV. Reyna is out of place that far back.
     
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  2. gnk

    gnk Member+

    Nov 1, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Was about to post same thing. Brooks is our best CB right now. Say what you will about what that says about the talent pool. But he’s clearly our best CB. And I’d guess Long is second best.
     
  3. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Brooks has been pretty uneven in a US uniform. He is certainly the best of our more experienced CBs, but that's not saying much.
     
  4. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, he has laid a few eggs, fortunately for us, it has been in friendlies. When it matters he is more consistent in his performance.
     
  5. laxcoach

    laxcoach Member+

    United States
    Jul 29, 2017
    intermountain west
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cool looking roster, names wise. I would think we don't have try that hard to get Gio in there from what I've seen. He's got to be in the middle of it IMO. One of Morris or Sargent probably sits for him in 2022. Making room in the back half for one of the up and coming middies we're seeing in MLS play maybe.
     
  6. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    true if he completely changes as a player and becomes an entirely different player in the next few months he'll be fine in that role but I have to say I think chances aren't great....kid is a winger he isn't turning into a box to box guy in a few months out of the blue and dortmund has no reason to make him that. Unless of course you think it would be logical for him to go back to the youth teams and give in a shot but it would probably take atleast 18 months.
     
  7. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    if making a lineup was that easy lol

    someone is going to need to sit...its ok...its actually a good sign
     
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  8. Holiday_Jenkins

    Barcelona
    United States
    Jun 10, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My starting XI right now would be.....

    GK Steffen
    RB Yedlin
    RCB Long
    LCB Brooks
    LB Dest
    CDM Adams
    RCM McKennie
    LCM Reyna
    RW Morris
    ST Sargent
    LW Pulisic
     
  9. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Gio Reyna is 17 y/o. It's a bit early to be claiming he's only this or that. And in the Leipzig match, he showed a CM's range.

    The tournament is in late 2022, so there's plenty of time for him to grow as a player. The subject of this thread concerns who one would pick to start in the WC.
     
  10. Ofori

    Ofori Red Card

    Inter Milan
    Ghana
    May 9, 2020
    Reyna will be 19 or 20 by the time Qatar starts so he can only get better
     
  11. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    ur probably right hopefully dortmund is in agreement if not he should look for a transfer obviously asap. shift him into a box to box midfielder a real grinder and away from a goal scoring/creating winger.

    I get what ur trying to do but its just not there at all its not what the kid does well at all. this isn't about him maybe improving a little here or there this is about him becoming an entirely different player.

    I mean he's closer to a pulisic type and you want to play him as mckennie...why would you ever do that.

    don't forget when the team didnt qualify for the world cup...they needed a goal...don't complain about being short a goal scoring winger because you wanted another box to box midfielder.

    if you haven't been paying attention the likely answer in two years for that spot is aaronson kid needs to get to a place in europe he can get minutes because that kid really has some potential.
     
  12. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Players can play different roles. Reyna already has.

    There is more than one way to play in a 3-man midfield, so the comparison to McKennie is inapt to be kind.
     
  13. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    what kind of mid has reyna been?
     
  14. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I like Aaronson but I don't think he is anywhere the level of Reyna.
    Reyna is bigger and faster and looks to be improving even more.
    Aaronson is blue-collar type of a 10 player learning as he go.
     
  15. Ghost

    Ghost Member+

    Sep 5, 2001
    GK: Zack Steffen
    RB: Sergino Dest
    CB: Someone we're not thinking about very hard yet (Otasowie, maybe, or maybe Sandler .... someone like that)
    CB: John Brooks
    LB: Antonee Robinson
    MF: James Sands
    MF: Weston McKennie
    MF: Brendan Aaronsen
    W: Jordan Morris
    W: Christian Pulisic
    FW: Gyasi Zardes
     
  16. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    Your missing three Bundesliga starters, two that will be playing in the Champions League in the lead up to 2022.
     
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  17. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    I think the defensively weak DLP, like Yueill and Trapp, will be phased out between qualifying and the WC2022. We will play a more counter attack style. This moves Adams and McKennie back to a double pivot or close to it.

    Reyna plays consistently and often for BVB between now and then and plays mostly in central midfield. Weah is the wild card on the right wing. Richards is loaned to Union Berlin and gets 4,000 Bundesliga minutes between now and 2022.

    GK Steffan
    RB Dest
    CB Richards
    CB Brooks
    LB Robinson
    CM Adams
    CM McKennie
    CM Reyna
    LW Pulisic
    RW Weah
    CF Sargent
     
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  18. laxcoach

    laxcoach Member+

    United States
    Jul 29, 2017
    intermountain west
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ideal if all work out and stay healthy. SUM and fans will hate it (and Egg aint smart enough to do it) but this is about as talented a roster as they could put out at this point.
     
  19. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    Even if it doesn't work out, there are options. Ledezma could be starting at RW for PSV, Llanez could be getting time there for Wolfsburg. Otasowie might be killing it at Luton with a move back to Wolves. We will see.

    As for SUM, listening to the MLSisBack, they seem to be taking a new tact. So much talk about kids moving to Europe and such. Did anyone actually talk about Philly games or was it just what German teams wanted to buy Aaronson? SUM/MLS will take that 2022 team and talk about FCD products McKennie and Richards, NYRB product Adams, USL products Ledezma, Reyna. Crew product Steffan.

    I do think in some marketing report commissioned by Garber not long ago, MLS was told they could double their TV ratings if they just got Euro soccer watchers to tune in. That they can do that by marketing MLS as a bridge to Europe and a place to see Tyler Adams and Alphonso Davies before they were in the Champions League. I mean, there is so much SUM media about Davies out there and he isn't even American. I never hear about any Mexican players like he is discussed. He is almost discussed as a USMNT star, but of course, he is Canadian. But he came out of MLS.
     
  20. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    Have to admit that I was so confused by the idea Reyna would be played ghat far out of position I missed the ccv thing. Ccv hasn't shown a thing that makes that even semi logical selection.
     
  21. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    Aaron's fits in that spot. If u think bigger/faster is reynas 'advantages then it proves aaronson is a better option in that spot. I wouldn't start aaronson on the wing over reyna and I wouldn't start reyna at the 10 over aaronson.
     
  22. a_new_fan

    a_new_fan Member+

    Jul 6, 2006
    Does every thread have to turn into a qa/pizzagate/sum/tin foil helmet conspiracy.

    We get it sum says q believes a secret conspiracy with a pizza place where Garber goes meets with sum secret agents and selects national team rosters/lineups with the entire goal to ruin us soccer or whatever but trump is going to save the world as long as megan rapinoe doesn't kneel and this all occurs on a flat piece of land within a matrix called 'earth'.
     
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  23. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    At this point, I think what Aaronson has over Reyna is an edge in work rate and nothing else.

    I can see and argument for someone like Aaronson or Pomykal - who are more focused defensively - as one of the two more forward CMs in Berhalter's system. But in terms of the offensive role, Reyna is probably the most suited American for the close in, quick 1-2 style of passing we've seen that role be a part of.

    It's the role that plays in the most traffic, and I think Reyna is probably best suited for that. If the role changes -- it drops back a bit -- then I think it does so because Reyna is on the wing and coming inside to occupy that role anyway.
     
  24. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    Weah, Ledezma, Reyna, Pulisic can probably play along the front on the edge or the half space. Llanez can also probably do it. I think Aaronson has work to do, he can't really be in the conversation yet. But by 2022 he might be. Pomykal I think is better as one of the 8s.
     
  25. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Right now Brooks is a near certainty as we enter the WCQers as he's basically the only CB we have in a "top 5 league."

    However, CCV had a really nice second half of the season in the Championship.
    He's being hailed as one of the reasons that they stayed up.

    The incredible impact one young Tottenham star has had on loan as fans go wild for him
    https://www.football.london/tottenh...ncredible-impact-one-young-tottenham-18647382

    It seems like he's been around forever, so its easy to forget that CCV is still only 22. He's still got years to go until his prime. Its not crazy for a person to suggest he can start for he USMNT in 2022. After all, he's played at a significantly higher level to date than Chris Richards (who played predominantly in the German 3rd tier this season).

    Who was better the 2nd half of the year in the Championship? CCV or Matt Mizaga? If folks want to say CCV, I'm willing to listen. Tim Ream, of course, led his team to the Premier League again. He can help with qualifying, but will be 34 by the time the WC comes around. I'll be disappointed if he's starting for us at the hypothetical 2022 World Cup.

    I'm also quite curious about Erik Palmer-Brown's next stop. He had a good year in Austria. If he can take a step up to a better league, and excel, I can see him getting USMNT looks...............
     
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