Nah, this guys career isn't on the decline. Will be fun to see where he is in two years. It won't be the WC. Another big swing and a miss. Luckily for him, there is no concept of form in MLS. Sources: Charlotte FC are finalizing a deal to sign USMNT center back Tim Ream from Fulham.Deal been close for months, now Ream traveling to Charlotte to complete the move.Ream, 36, made 312 apps with Fulham and has 61 caps with the USMNT. https://t.co/X3ILR2Z3hV— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) August 5, 2024
Hmmm.... how could anyone have predicted that a 34 yo CB would fall off? Tani Oluwaseyi has been tidy since coming into the match - really nice turn here to bewitch 2 defenders and set up Ali Ahmed with a look at goal pic.twitter.com/ETlZ6fXxmg— Charles Boehm (@cboehm) September 7, 2024
The infatuation with Ream has been incredibly odd to me. He looks like an MLS lifer at this point. The quick reflex from Patrick Schulte! 🚫 pic.twitter.com/T3bDGoqg6T— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) September 7, 2024
Doing his best Long, Zimmerman, Robinson impersonation. How did he learn to do this so quick. That is some serious MLS pixie dust. Jonathan David strikes. 🇨🇦@CANMNT_Official leads the USMNT, 2-0. pic.twitter.com/9psMmFZ8fR— Major League Soccer (@MLS) September 7, 2024
I say we run Ream into the ground until he is so embarrassed he retires. If his level falls off much more we could get a performance that would make Agoos blush. Id guess at his age, his decline due to coming to MLS will be multiple times worse than what we saw with Bradley and Altidore.
I thought I'd post these again. Your guys selective criticism gets in your way so often. One can only imagine what your response would be if this were Brooks or say Cameron. So as of Sep 2024, anyone paying attention would know that Ream will be a weak link against teams like Canada or better. ⚠️ ¡Jonathan David no perdona!Llegó a 29 goles en 55 juegos con Canadá tras una falla de Tim Ream.🇺🇸 Estados Unidos 0-2 Canadá 🇨🇦EN VIVO 📺 @Telemundo y 📱 Telemundo APP ➡️ https://t.co/JW4Pfqm4gl#AmistosoInternacional #FutbolUSA #USMNTenTelemundo #USMNT @USMNT pic.twitter.com/6dlsbXBVlN— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) September 7, 2024 Tani Oluwaseyi has been tidy since coming into the match - really nice turn here to bewitch 2 defenders and set up Ali Ahmed with a look at goal pic.twitter.com/ETlZ6fXxmg— Charles Boehm (@cboehm) September 7, 2024
This definitely sounds like a guy that is focused on making the WC squad in two years. Different priorities. Nothing is wrong with that. “I could have stayed at Fulham, I could have played. But spending Christmas with the kids for the first time in their life [last year when he was injured], it was such a big eye-opener,” Ream said to GOAL. “That was the exact point where it was like, ‘You know what? I think we need to start exploring options’.” “My wife’s parents are retired. My oldest is 10, and they’ve missed out on a lot with him.” “How do we go back without going all the way back? We’ve been away from St. Louis for so long. It’s our hometown and where we grew up but we are different people now.” “So St. Louis is not somewhere we thought we would end up long term. We wanted to be somewhere different.” “Charlotte came about and it seemed like the perfect place for our family and kids to grow up.”
We live in a fact-free era. We hired an accomplished coach from completely outside of our existing structure. He's going to do a complete re-evaluation of the pool. And yes, that means taking a look at guys like Ream and Steffen. Maybe he'll decide that they still have something to offer the USMNT. Or he'll decide the opposite. What we don't want is the staff to go in with preconceived notions of the pool based on what the previous staff chose to do.