PBP: 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championships, Finals: USA vs. Dominican Rep. 7/3 @ 8 PM EDT

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  1. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The Javan Torre era.

    Gotta love it.
     
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  2. Bluecat82

    Bluecat82 Member+

    Feb 24, 1999
    Minneapolis, MN
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You know it's a good night when the biggest issue we can find is in the broadcast booth.
     
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  3. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    Edu doesn't seem to understand the rules of eligibility.
     
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  4. Pack87Man

    Pack87Man BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 1, 2001
    Quad Cities
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, Keith Costigan is doing his level best to needle Mo Edu, and is succeeding somewhat. Personally, I find it more entertaining than the current state of the game.
     
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  5. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Mexico should take down their gringo wall of shame and replace it with the Mexico U20 team photo of 2022.
     
  6. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    Decent save by Carrera.

    Getting sloppy on our end.
     
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  7. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Maybe @ussoccer97531 is right, and we are the dominant team in youth CONCACAF now.
     
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  8. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In all honesty, I hope DR gets one. Would be a small consolation prize and reward for them given the success they have had. I just hope it’s a well-taken goal.
     
  9. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    We prolly shoud have taken Paxten off before he injures himself. I don't think we have any sub left.
     
  10. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    We do not.
     
  11. TheFalseNine

    TheFalseNine Moderator
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    Arsenal
    United States
    Jul 15, 2014
    Norman, Okla.
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So happy for these kids and the coaches. What a tournament. And as @RefIADad said, it’s going to be awesome watching US soccer the next 4 years.
     
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  12. Pack87Man

    Pack87Man BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 1, 2001
    Quad Cities
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It feels as if the US players are desperately trying not to humiliate the Dominicans any further than necessary, but the DR is so broken, it's difficult.
     
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  13. Eighteen Alpha

    Eighteen Alpha Member+

    Aug 17, 2016
    Club:
    Stoke City FC
    ….tear
     
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  14. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nice touch by Aaronson and a couple other US players going right to the DR keeper at full time. Definitely not his fault. He played awfully well all things considered.
     
  15. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Would have been nice to see Mexico in the final but gg
     
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  16. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mexico is recruiting the dual nationals coming up through the US program.

    The prosecution rests, Your Honor.
     
  17. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Brady just collected the golden glove
     
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  18. Excellency

    Excellency Member+

    LA Galaxy
    United States
    Nov 4, 2011
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Golden boot to Aaronson (Earnie Stewart with the big grin.) Paxten also picks up golden ball.
     
  19. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    3-time champs?
     
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  20. thedukeofsoccer

    thedukeofsoccer Member+

    Jul 11, 2004
    Wussconsin
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #145 thedukeofsoccer, Jul 3, 2022
    Last edited: Jul 3, 2022
    The US won the tourney on Friday. This was the weakest opponent they've played since Nicaragua, even if their best player (Azcona) was available. W/out him they're practically Nicaragua. They're worse than Canada and Cuba. It's incredibly fluky they made it to the final. Easy schedule and kept winning close games. Nonetheless I'm happy for them they get the major comp experiences. That said, I think they get treated like CCAF's final qualifiers at the senior WC, or worse.

    I don't think pretty football at this level has been a stranger to the US. But this is more impressive that it was done on a crappy road CCAF field & they were able to yield better results. However, the upswing has been going for a while, having won the last 2. Constantly improving now. Wonder how long they can keep up this ascent. But from what I've heard (not like I'm watching), the next generation is better yet. Wait until several of these cycles come together to form a unified senior team. Future is bright. Mexico can't compete. The US is looking passed them to actual world contention they've never achieved on the senior level.
     
  21. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Concacaf's in for a world of hurt if the US keeps its youth development going like this. Imagine how scary the USA could potentially be in the future if Soccer manages to get into the top 3 sports in the US.
     
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  22. thedukeofsoccer

    thedukeofsoccer Member+

    Jul 11, 2004
    Wussconsin
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That might need to occur for the US to ever be best in the world, beyond a moment.

    But the US probably doesn't even need to break into the top 3 sport-wise in its own country to virtually dominate this region and start being competitive w/ everybody else in the world. They're already getting there, which is a huge blow to Mexico's ego, considering it's far and away their biggest sport. And same will go for the English if the US manages to win a group they're in again.
     
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  23. RefIADad

    RefIADad Member+

    United States
    Aug 18, 2017
    Des Moines, IA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In all seriousness, unless your family threatened to disown you, why would any dual national pick Mexico over the US right now?

    The trajectories are drastically different. If you want to be part of a program on the upswing, the choice is so obviously clear.
     
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  24. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder how they would do against Ramos' U20 team.
     
  25. chrisdon72

    chrisdon72 Member

    Feb 23, 2000
    Much nicer to have Mexico knocked out of the U20 WC/Olympics and unable to offer dual nationals those opportunities.
     
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