Pre-match: International Friendly: USA vs Netherlands; March 26th 2020

Tough game. Good!

 

take out / replace
Bradley / Pomykal
ream / ARobinson
Miazga / someone not injured
lletget / Holmes
Boyd / Llanez
Arriola / weah or Ledesma
altidore / sargent

Maybe
Chandler/Cannon (I would definitely replace if it wasn’t in Europe)

 

Got my tickets, and will be booking my flight in less than a week.

Can't wait!

 

Bradley is terrible for the USMNT - if he’s playing, he needs to be compensated for so he cannot be a substitute for us. That only leaves him as a starter and we’re way past that point. I wouldn’t count on any Europeans being released for the Olympic qualifiers as they’re under no obligation to do so.

min down on sargent but his ceiling is higher than our other options and I think he could learn how to find space like Zardes does. Altidore will be injured and even if he isn’t, we shouldn’t stress his body until we get close to the Hex - he’s a known entity.

 

Robinson isn’t bad every time he plays for the US that’s ridiculous.

Sargent absolutely belongs with the national team.

 

It's really hard to speculate about this roster. Kreis has indicated he expects to get a bunch of Euro guys for Olympic qualifying. Ledezma, De la Feunte, Llanez, Mendez, Richards, etc...basically all of the guys not with their respective first teams on a regular basis. And I think he or Berhalter stated that MLS guys who might have "graduated," but were still age eligible like Cannon, Yueill, Pomykal, etc. would be with the U-23s for qualifying, not the senior team.

So, if that's right, I'd guess the roster is going to be over-23 Euro guys (Yedlin, Brooks, Morales, Steffen, etc.), U23 Euro guys too important to their teams to be released for qualifying (Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, etc.), and over-23 MLSers to fill in. Maybe we see Reyna if Dortmund doesn't want to lose him for all of qualifying? But I doubt we'll see many of the younger, lesser known guys that people are excited about.

 

hopefully ledesma can follow reynas lead by that time...

and youll all be glad to hear- as a proudly "you gotta be playing for your first team" bs pariah- reyna needs to be in (drastic change/fitness pending).

man, its so far away. thats all i got currently. antonee robinson! duane holmes! loud noises!

 

id say theres a zero point zero percent chance of more than 2 euro based players being released for oq. ill be shocked if there are 2.

 

This game is gonna suck on toast

 

I don't know. I'm not going to dig it up now, but I posted an article from SBISoccer in the Olympic qualifying thread last week or so with an interview with Kreis where he rattles off the names of 7 or 8 Euro guys who he is confident of getting. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on his part, but he even made some crack about how Euro teams can be more accommodating than MLS teams these days.

 

Jeff Carlisle
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Kreis also said he's not counting on the likes of Tyler Adams or Christian Pulisic to be available for Oly qualifying tournament. "Players that are contributing week and week out for the 1st team in major divisions...I think we have to say those guys are not available." #usmnt
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dont know how to link to twitter well, but this is less than half an hour ago. and hes still overselling.

 

not for serginos family

 

We don't need to win, but we need to show well. A blowout would raise serious doubts about the coaching. This is Gregg's big chance.

 

------------------------Morris------
--------Pulisic-------Holmes-------Chandler-----
----------------Morales----Adams-----
--Robinson----------------------------------Dest------
----------------Brooks-------EPB-----------
------------------------Hamid-----

McKennie is going to be wearing a shoulder splint for the next 2 months. May as well let him rest.

 

no adams?

 

Edited.

 

I think getting adams, Weston, brooks and Pulisic time to gel together is vitally important at this stage.

 

Think the player's health and career are more important.

 

isn’t gumby back to full training and games?

 

who is gumby?

 

Weston!

 

Pulisic will be cutting inside.
Yedlin or Chandler will be sticking to the touchline.
Robinson will be overlapping.
Dest will be underlapping.
The central midfield will be somewhat left-shifted to cover for Pulisic.