Yanks Abroad Flavors of the Week: 2022-2023 Thread

Can someone tell me what streamer I can watch bundesliga on? I thought Peacock, but I'm not finding it.

 

It's ESPN+, I think. But I think it may be moving next year.

 

Booth

Taylor Booth vs AZ Alkmaar 1/28/23 (1 ASSIST) pic.twitter.com/VwYUIq74za

— Kranks (@dis_possessed) January 28, 2023

Paredes goal

19-year-old Wolfsburg and USMNT defender Kevin Paredes scores his first Bundesliga goal! 👏 pic.twitter.com/RwdxjMWgdJ

— ESPN+ (@ESPNPlus) January 28, 2023

 

Booth 100% needs to be called in to March camp at this point. He looks to be improving every game that goes by and he's a much better player than LDLT is already IMO.

I wouldn't complain if they decided to call in Paredes either.

 

LDLT starts again and springs a teammate for the game winning assist today. I was pretty confident he'd break through at Celta Vigo, but he's gotten there a bit faster than even I expected.

 

The bad news of that is Valencia getting dragged into the suck. Living dangerously they need points.

Pepi scores but Groningen keep taking losses to their direct relegation rivals, and it happened again today. Dropped another six pointer. Not looking good for them

no longer YA related but Weston getting out of Juventus is looking brilliant, lost 2-0 to monza and he’s obviously off to Leeds

 

Celta and Musah's Valencia now tied on points at 20. There is one team in the relegation zone with 19 points.

 

And Wes gets to Leeds just as Bamford is back from long injury layoff. Marsch's fortunes may depend on Bamford staying healthy. That's like throwing loaded dice.

 

Comparing Booth's performance in Eredvisie to LDLT's in LaLiga is hard. At least I think it is.

 

I suspect Leed's is now your least favorite team on the planet or at least in the EPL since they have your best buddy in the whole world now......lol......

 

Balogun just tied it late against PSG. Ended 1-1. What we gotta do to get that kid? Whatever it is we gotta do it

 

how about comparing booths performance in the ered to lucas there? i dont think counting stats are the end all be all but booth is far outproducing luca on a much better team, which cuts both ways really.

 

It would be huge if the US can get Baloqun.

I'm sure England will be trying as well Nigeria .

if there's a single position of need more than anything else, it's CF.

 

I would have given him Julian green-like guarantees if he switched before the cup. Kind of player you put in roster even if they didn’t play one minute of the campaign.

he knows decision has to be made this cycle. Just sucks knowing he’s legit doing good enough to keep England interested. Gotta tell him he’s basically a locked in starter if he switches over, and will get more game time than spot minutes for England

 

Booth looks better than LDLT ever did in the Eredvisie IMO and he seems to be improving rapidly. I wasn't on the bandwagon until recently but he is getting hard to ignore.

 

Could be the missing link but it's probably good that he didn't have an opportunity to be part of this camp. They can offer him playing time, but not touches.

While I'm all for guys paying their dues, if they're truly going to lure him in, they better have a coach and a system that he feels is a fit for his game. Although I can't know for sure, it stands to reason that he's probably paying close attention and watching the games for any country he's eligible.

Granted, first and foremost, I want him to play for the US only if his heart tells him to. But if that part of it is a toss up, then there needs to be some salesmanship.

If you're potentially a dynamic CF and you've watched the last 20 or so games the US has played, would you think that you could be that missing piece or would you wonder how you're gonna have an impact with the way 9's are treated?

To me, the timing of inviting him needs to be such that he doesn't leave feeling like he got tapped with the same magic wand and made to disappear like so many others.

 

Well England doesn’t need to try because they have in the fold already. He just needs to feel like he’s on the radar and will have a shit after the Euro U21s this summer. My sense is that no decision comes before that tournament. Being able to offer the Copa America next summer is hopefully something that’s attractive to him. It’s also unclear to me if he’s eligible for the Olympics or not (as U21 Euro qualifying is the tournament for Olympic qualifying, but England will not be going to the Olympics in soccer regardless of results).

Notably Fabian Johnson played for Germany in that tournament on a team that won the whole thing (along with a number of guys who went on to win the World Cup for Germany). And he later switched to the US.

I doubt most players look at it that way. They just see the clear opening at the 9 position.

And notably, while he can to camp in March without issue, to actually play in any games he’d have to file a one time switch and lock himself in.

 

I think we'd all be on the Booth bandwagon if he didn't lose a year.
He was looking really good in the Austrian Bundesliga with St. Polten two seasons ago.
But then for some reason Bayern didn't loan him out again.
Kept him in the reserves (in the German Regionalliga. 4th tier), and even had him playing right back for a year.

I do think that if Booth had been loaned out somewhere for 2021-2022, he would have made a strong push to make the WC squad. But c'est la vie.

 

⚪ Weston McKennie has arrived at Leeds training ground ahead of his medical! pic.twitter.com/iZ7EffkH9R

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) January 30, 2023

 

-Konrad de la Fuente’s been offered all over Ligue 1 and 2
-Might go to the Eredivisie (Utrecht or AZ)
-Preston NE are said to be interested
-All would be loans https://t.co/ivjEbkp07A

— Daniel (@DanielSmith1022) January 30, 2023

1619678325328445440 is not a valid tweet id

 

Manchester City are set to make an opening bid for Fulham and USMNT 25-year-old LB Antonee Robinson, per @Ekremkonur. pic.twitter.com/c1VheZXHhc

— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) January 30, 2023

 

Immediate need at LB due to Cancelo not liking limited role. I don't know how likely this is but Jedi would easily triple his salary (now about £1.5M/yr) if not more

A proper manager with european pedigree would never have let it get to this point tbh https://t.co/H4m65o5QnT

— @ahandleforian .bsky.social (@ahandleforian) January 30, 2023

 

['twont be the most Americans on a Premier League club at the same time. Fulhamerica still out in front with 5.]

Weston McKennie makes the move official on Instagram 👀 pic.twitter.com/tNveViUE41

— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) January 30, 2023

 

Leeds United: "4 Americans? Its a start"

Now to snag up Dest, only halfway joking (if theyre in the business of looking for great value. Still think Ten Hag is gonna be all over him this summer)

 

No. Plz god, no. Stay at Fulham por favor