The Ocho

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by Patrick167, Jul 27, 2020.

  1. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good for Araujo. He definitely deserves to be there. Artega at left back is also another player who was in Martino’s doghouse but who apparently is back in the fold. First time we’ve seen Laniez in awhile too.
     
  2. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They will be traveling to Hamilton from Columbus, not Arizona.
     
  3. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    And this evening (even less certain about relevance):

    Peru 3-0 Jamaica (0-0 @ HT)

    Another friendly, which was scheduled for this Saturday but later canceled:

    Guatemala v Canada in Miami
     
  4. gtrower

    gtrower Member

    Jul 14, 2014
    Club:
    DC United
    Tech was grass when Atlanta United debuted there a few years back when Mercedes Benz was still being built. But switched to turf in 2019ish.
     
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  5. tomásbernal

    tomásbernal Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sure, but the USSF has scheduled this window with reducing travel as a primary focus, and acclimitazation to cold conditions as a secondary due to Canada playing somewhere in their country. If they forced them to travel to Costa Rica then that would be an extremely unfair advantage for Canada as they will already be close by. The camp in Arizona doesn't relate to this.
     
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  6. Eleven Bravo

    Eleven Bravo Member+

    Atlanta United
    United States
    Jul 3, 2004
    SC
    Club:
    Atlanta Silverbacks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Other than Jimenez, has Mexico had any problems with injuries? It seems they’re mostly able to roll out the same squad over and over again.
     
  7. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think they had a couple injuries the first window but otherwise have been in pretty good shape. Even Jimenez wasn't hurt when he missed qualifying games, it was because of the issues in the first window with the UK red list.
     
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  8. Patrick167

    Patrick167 Member+

    Dortmund
    United States
    May 4, 2017
    I think they gave him the Turner scoop in exchange for walking it back.

    They definitely feel the heat, no pun intended, on the decision.
     
  9. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I grew up near that stadium and when they changed the track from some sort of black gravelly stuff to new pink soft stuff my sisters and I rode our bikes around the track. And got chased away. So there's no track now? Where are the Kansas Relays held if so?
     
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  10. Southern Man

    Southern Man Member

    Jun 14, 2008
    There was a ton of history there, including some legendary Jim Ryun runs. They built a new facility for track, soccer, and softball. It seats 9500. It looks nice:

    https://kuathletics.com/facilities/track-field-complex/
     
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  11. USOutlaw16

    USOutlaw16 Member+

    Green Bay Voyageurs
    United States
    Jan 22, 2011
    On the Gringo Wall of Shame
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Honduran squad for this coming window



    And also the Panamanian squad
     
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  12. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nice! Didn't know about this. Way out of the way though.
     
  13. IASocFan

    IASocFan Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 13, 2000
    IOWA
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks for the memories. I graduated from KU in '66. A lot has changed since then. I was there for Gale Sayers, JoJo White, and Jim Ryan. Ahh! The good old days!
     
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  14. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Saw Ryun jogging a few times and met Sayers at the Boys Club. Weird place to grow up. A block from campus and most house converted to student apartments. Bet it's the same at most big universities.

    Oh and damn IASocFan. I hope I'm still posting when I'm your age.
     
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  15. gomichigan24

    gomichigan24 Member+

    Jul 15, 2002
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  16. schrutebuck

    schrutebuck Member+

    Jul 26, 2007
    The upcoming matches:

    USA-El Salvador
    Jamaica-Mexico
    Honduras-Canada
    Costa Rica-Panama

    Canada-USA
    Mexico-Costa Rica
    Panama-Jamaica
    Honduras-El Salvador

    Jamaica-Costa Rica
    USA-Honduras
    Mexico-Panama
    El Salvador-Canada

    Since the Top 4 only have 2 matches against each other in this window, a lot depends on the Bottom 4.

    Jamaica has the talent to get 2 wins in this window and jump right back into the race. Costa Rica has a must-win against Panama, and then probably needs to take at least 1 more point. Honduras and El Salvador face immediate must-wins and will be playing for pride if they don't get them.
     
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  17. RossD

    RossD Member+

    Aug 17, 2013
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Wouldn't be shocked if Panama only gets 1 point out of this window.
     
  18. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    That would be nice. If we get 4 or fewer, it would be nice not to lose ground. I really don’t want that last window to be dangerous.
     
  19. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  20. kruck

    kruck Member+

    Jan 12, 2008
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    SV Werder Bremen
    Interesting. Eustaquio and Davies are IMO their two most important players.

    Davies because he’s world class and Eustaquio because he’s by far their best CM and that is one of their weakest positions.
     
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  21. KALM

    KALM Member+

    Oct 6, 2006
    Boston/Providence
    They've had a very fortunate run avoiding health and injury concerns so far, so this window is shaping up to be the first real challenge of their qualifying campaign, as far as that's concerned.
     
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  22. Reccossu

    Reccossu Member+

    Jan 31, 2005
    Birmingham
    Should have called Scally if only to have at least one player you knew wouldn’t get covid.
     
  23. KALM

    KALM Member+

    Oct 6, 2006
    Boston/Providence
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  24. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who would have thought that the US and Canada would have more than Mexico? Crazy times.
     
  25. ifsteve

    ifsteve Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Jul 7, 2013
    MS and ID
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    False
     

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