Pre-match: Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals @ Jamaica (Nov 14) & v Jamaica (Nov 18)

Pretty certain that the Orlando-Charlotte commentators stated that Ream is going to get called in.

 

I mean this is a quarterfinal of a tournament and we don't play again for 4 months. These are not friendlies

 

MLS is also stopping for this window so it’s not like call ups would miss any playoff games.

 

He is?

 

let him be on the bench ready to give 30-35.

 

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Haji Wright looks like he’ll miss out.

 

Let him not fly across the atlantic, stay rested and not overwork his frail, fragile body. I want him available for 2026. He's clearly not durable at all. Wny burn him out?

 

That sucks.

 

We've already seen at the last camp what Pochettino's mindset is in this regard. He didn't bring in a guy like Johnny last window who had just played 90 minutes for Betis (and played 90 in the game after the window). Must have been in consultation with the club. Resting McKennie and sending Pulisic (& others) home.

Could Adams go? Yes. But when was the last time he played a whole bunch of games in a row. They're just taking it easy with him. Just like we did with Johnny in the last window. I expect we're talking to Bournemouth all the time and gauging his readiness.

As far as the #9 position goes, who the hell knows what Pochettino will do.
My total guess? We go with Pepi as the starter and Vazquez as the backup in this window. If we need another forward, we push Weah up top. Bring an extra attacker like Zendejas.

 

Injuries, opponent, cards, venue, etc.

--------------JoMo-----pulisic
------------------brenden--
--------aiden---maloney--musah
---ARob----ream---mcKzie----scally
-----------------gk: turner

Sub in Pepi in 2nd half, prob for Brenden. Bring Johnny in for tired mid. Save Adams for home game and break glass in case of emergency

 

Nothing super surprising other than Steffen who doesn’t really warrant a call up.

Also a bit thin at outside back.

 

I wonder if Pochettino is thinking 3 CBs.

 

We essentially have no backup fullbacks on the roster. At least not natural ones.

 

Pochettino is showing loyalty to players who played in the October matches, with only Lund, Sargent, and Wright missing from that group.

 

Four goalies for a two game series seems redundant. Meanwhile we have no backup fullbacks. If we’re playing 3 at the back, Scally won’t offer much speed going forward, and there’s nobody to bring a change of pace if the game goes that way.
There’s not a lot of speedy wingers either. Weah would be an emergency fullback, but that only leaves Pulisic, Zendejas and Cowell.[/QUOTE]

 

Since the roster otherwise tracked this list above, I'm going to assume Cowell was a late injury replacement for Wright.

 

Really not understanding the need to call in 5 CBs and only two RB/LBs. I'm assuming he wants to trot out a 3 in the back formation which is just stupid. We never play well with 3 in the back.

 

so a few thoughts.



1)Still think Matt Freese should be one of the keepers just cause of his insane season



2)Roster screams that we're gonna do essentially what we did last window with Scally essentially a 3rd CB and Musah/Wes/Weah as RWB/RM



3)I'd have left Richards at home to recover but fine with defense



4)No issue with midfield, Tyler needs to focus on staying healthy though man what does Leonard Maloney gotta do to get called up



5)Would have liked to see Luna called up but Cowell has been in great form and Zendejas actually showed a pulse vs Mexico

 

I’m guessing Ream and Trusty if it came down to it. But I wonder with this roster if he’s thinking more three at the back.

 

I do think we're playing with fire w/regards to Luna. Hopefully a January call up locks him in, otherwise I think we probably lose him in '25 (not sure how much that's dual nat panic on my part, and how much that's just pure rationality: basically getting idiotically excluded off the olympics, and no call ups afterwards until the joke cupcake camp probably isn't going to engender a lot of belief he's a part of the USMNT's plans. I'm very surprised if El Tri isn't going full court press in terms of recruiting him to switch, he'd be a more valuable switch than probably any of their prior dual nat switches (Vargas and Araujo were and are big, but I think Luna fills a bigger and more impactful hole in terms of young goal creators on a team where virtually all the attacking talent is 29 and older)).

 

And two of those players are injured.

I sort of expected he’d do something similar for this camp.

The interesting rosters to me will be what he does in January and then what he does in March when he’s had a lot more time to fully evaluate the pool.

 

He might be thinking Musah to fullback. I'm hoping he considers this.

I'll like to second the previous comment on Luna deserving a look.

 

I’m guessing Pochettino just isn’t bringing in new faces from MLS until January. And then Luna will get brought in then and assessed (along with others like Freese).

 

Not criticizing the selections, but man, this is a bleak looking squad.