With both fullbacks missing this weekend's match at NY, surely this is the opportunity Brek has been waiting for to get into the starting line-up. Really looking forward to seeing him play
Let the kid play. He should have been in several games back. If you're a starter and not producing, you need to ride the bench for awhile. Same goes for Eric Avila. Put him in the lineup already?!
Would someone like to fill me in as to why Brek is not even with the team for the trip to NY, someone with some knowledge, because I am obviously missing something.
Well, when I was talking about an opportunity for Brek, I was obviously talking about an opportunity with the USMNT. He got called in late Friday, congrats to him, let's see how he fares. Kinda goes against Bob's thinking of players getting called in based on their "club performance and getting regular first team time" Not saying I'm not proud of the guy, wish him the best. " ** Note: Brek Shea was added to the roster late Friday. "
wow, just wow. I think this maybe a Nowak call up. brek must be strecthing his leg out by now. That is what you call the fast track.
so odd. no one else is reporting this yet. not even the FCD and US soccer blog sites. Do they even know.
http://americansoccerreader.com/2008/06/21/brek-shea-called-up-to-us-squad/ reported there "Bob Bradley has made a last minute addition to his squad in the build up to their 2nd leg of World Cup Qualifying with Barbados on Sunday. Brek Shea has earned his first call up into the senior national team side. Shea has been capped at the U-20 level and is rumored to be attracting interest from some European clubs, including English giants Manchester United. The 18 year old midfielder was drafted 2nd overall by FC Dallas in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft"
Has it occurred to anybody that Shea has been terrible every time he's taken the field for FCD? He must have potential. but c'mon.
It looks like nerves have gotten the best of him at times. But this is a great honor for him and I wish him luck. Is it possible the US might be piling on the caps to qualify Shea for a British work visa?
USSF is in cahoots with MLS who want Shea in the "shop window". Getting a game for the national team is the best way to do this, hence the call up.
I think this is one of those calls up when they take a young player they expect to see in the next couple years on a qualifying trip to Caribbean or Central America... just to see the Atmoshpere in person. They did it with Eddie a while back, just took him along and let him sit on the bench. That's why it is still a 19 man roster, but only 18 on game day. I imagine he is just along for the ride.
I think that its a shame Dallas hasn't tried different players at points over the season. This team has never looked great so I dont understand the desire to continue to roll out the exact same players game in and game out. shake things up a bit, give some of your kids a chance to impress, maybe infuse some sorely needed energy into the lineup.
Even Altidore didn't play until like August of his rookie season. They'll get their chance to impress in the upcoming weeks with USOC and friendlies
What has the guy done in his limited minutes that makes it seem like he deserves playing time? Let's be honest. He's been terrible.
What is your deal with the hating on Brek Shea? Every thread that he's mentioned you are posting negative crap about him. What agenda do you have?
How are you a Big Soccer moderator when you are having one of the biggest over-reactions of all time. Shea has only played a few mop up minutes and you can judge his whole career. You should change from Ghost to Nostrodamus unless that is whose ghost you are.
Ghost rips on every young kid. About a week ago he came and out and apologized to BB, and in that apology he said he was done posting for the foreseeable future. Guess that held up. So, I'd recommend taking his posts with a grain of salt.
I agree with this statement. I don't see it as much from the folks here on BS, but if you go out to the FCD Blog, there's always tons of "play the kids- they have heart and will win" schtick being thrown down. To me, this is the same kind of logic that makes fans of bad football teams scream for the backup quarterback. It's like people believe that somehow the backup has some sort of magic ready to be uncorked if the (stupid) head coach would just give him a chance. The point is, fans have a tendency to look for the "magic bullet" to fix their club's woes. Fire the coach, play the backups, change formations, blah blah blah. Count me guilty, too; I went off and screamed for Morrow's head. And when Hitch tilted and gave me my wish, suddenly it wasn't such a good idea. I am going to try to be sensible about the "Youth Option" now. Sure, I would love to see Shea get a chance. However, Shea has to earn it. That means he must do the things in training to force the coach's hand. He must fight his way onto the pitch. Simply sending him out there hoping that he'll "get it" and perform admirably is simply not realistic. Sure, he did well at Toulon. So what? He did well on a team that quickly bowed out of the tourney. If that team had been full-strength, had advanced and challenged for a championship, I think it would have been a much more impressive feat. Even so, however, his performance should in no way means he gets a free pass into the FCD first XI. Now, let's quit rooting for the backup quarterback; it will not work. The only chance this team has rests on two things: 1) Shellas gets them organized, and 2) They play to their abilities. End of story.