Sure ... but... This. The downside of a keeper being unready is just so very massive that you almost never see it. I could see him getting time...
For a team like Barcelona to play a young keeper for any real amount of time, they are going to have to be really special. Data from before the...
What is US Soccer supposed to do about the Copa America, Nations League or the Gold Cup, tournaments where they do not control ticketing at all?...
Just irreplaceable. It's not to say we can't have a good Copa, but there's simply no one that brings what he brings.
Nations League format and schedule are out, and the US is once again exempt from the group stage. We'll get a group stage #2 team in November for...
The Opta and coefficient TEAM rankings have fundamentally the same basis, though exactly how they do it differs a bit, I am sure. But both are...
I actually think Pulisic's service for the US has improved vastly over the last two years. He's still not as good as Reyna, but I think people...
I imagine USL will get a number of types of players. 1. Local players. 2. Players who want to go to Europe at 18 at all costs. 3. Players who...
They are building a $100M worth of facilities and they are run by one of the best developmental organizations out there ... but sure, the key...
That could be inferred, but yes, the players who go the USL route that have MLS options often are doing so to be on a free at 18, which more...
I haven't been able to get B ref to cooperate, but I would say that a likely culprit for 2023 is the Class of 2000. It was just a big one in MLS,...
I'd do St. Louis City out of those two. Neither is going to be a big spender, but I feel like St. Louis has a better plan. Nashville is probably...
It's worth noting that these come from two different sources. Changing how the world sees American soccer, I'm pretty convinced, was initially...
Yep. And despite all that, he burnt out his welcome faster and faster with teams. There's been a shift in player power and what they will put up...
FBref has made it hard for me to get the data without paying. I'll see if I can copy paste but I might not be able to ...
Which is why he's started basically every game for the US when he's healthy. Though few of those have been in games we might want more defense....
There definitely seems to have been a really bad effect on certain classes due to COVID in the US. Or maybe it's a widespread coincidence that...
LOL -- you are the guy who is acting like getting to extra time in the Round of 16 isn't a loss. Either we can qualify things or not. Bob's...
If we draw Ecuador this time, we might make the semis, too. We beat Costa Rica, Paraguay and Ecuador lost to Colombia and then got blasted by...
I didn't expect you to agree with much, though I think it's funny you think this group of players would love a Klinsy type who screwed with people...
I haven't looked into it for this year, but despite the % often looking high, just a few players can really shift the numbers. Players getting...
It honestly looks to me like his shoulder is off. Nearly impossible to tell from the angle, though. Still, it's a good play by Quinn; the call...
If Dortmund holds on, I expect Terzic to keep his job, which ain't great.
He'd be a menace but he'd be paid like a 30 G+A guy and his goal production would be nowhere near. Put him on a team like Columbus, he'd...
Tim Bezbachenko (sp?) is probably the best executive in MLS, even over Lagerway, who gets more press. He took a completely hapless Toronto FC...