THEY SAID IT: “When I got the gear. When the equipment manager hands you your gear with ‘USA’ across the chest, and you know it belongs to you. This badge means so much for what I’ve worked for throughout my whole life. This is more than an honor.” - Ryan Suarez, on when it first struck him that he was a part of the U.S. MNT Go Ryan!
Apparently, Bruce Arena has concluded that Sasha Victorine is a better right back than Ryan Suarez. What a joke.
Methinks that Bruce knows more about soccer than you. While I would love to see Ryan there, it is pretty obvious that Bruce sees something in Sasha that appeals to him...
WTF? They couldn't sub him in for like the last 30 mins? Whats the point of putting him through and making the cut and all and then not play? If I was Ryan Suarez, I'd be a little pissed.
And we know Bruce. Get over it Burn fans. The National Team is a sideshow. It's an occasion diversion from what is really important. Dallas Burn Soccer The National Team does not play here. The Burn have never had a US National Team starter, and IT DOES NOT MATTER. It won't matter when THEY DO HAVE A STARTER. I did not even tape the game, and until I logged in at 10 pm, had forgotten they even played today. On a personal level, I hope any player that actually WANTS to be there, achieves it. But he better not forget who's putting bread on his table and clothes on his kids. Club BEFORE Country THE DALLAS BURN.
He's a correct American, I still support the National team and I watched the game, but it looks like Bruce would rather have some gals and a goon out there then a pottential great defender. Nothing against Barret, Victorine, Bocanegra, and whoever but I think he should have at least played him.. But Viking is right, National team games (all over the world) are a joke unless they are in a major tournament, sad to say but it's true.... fight terrorism, support your national team, LOVE YOUR BURN!! (something to give thanks for this Thanksgiving )
Exactly. Maybe FIFA will understand some players rather get more playing time with their clubs than ride the bench for the Nat team.
He probably does. That said, as one the many people who are directly and indirectly paying his salary, I believe I do still have the right to say, "What the hell was that?" Actually, it's pretty obvious to me that Sasha bought Richie Williams' incriminating pictures of Bruce Arena.
I'll drink to that. The Argentines have a saying that's something along the lines of, "The national team is your uncle, but your club is your mother."
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I think Ryan will be a much stronger back than Sasha ever could be - IF he commits to playing a 'defensive' back/role. Ryan hurts his cause when he pushes. I hope Bruce can 'push' Ryan in staying 'back'.
That's a given. But I'm not really keen on Ryan missing games in the stretch next year because he's in the Confederations and Gold Cup, or whatever else they have to play in.
This may not be the forum for this but - now that the U20s have advanced their competition will take place outside of the US in March & April. How will that affect EJs pre season with the Burn? Especially the final month of training where they all learn to work with each other as a team? As far as having no Nat starter from the Burn, we did pretty well this summer by keeping our team intact. But I do bet that Ryan will be called into another camp, you can't deny that he brings what Bruce is looking for in his backs - size, speed and the ability to push up.
I think Dallas got him just after WC 98 but almost immediately stopped getting the call ups when he moved top MLS. So, I think the previous statement still stands. At the risk of taking this thread off-topic: Can you not be both for club and country? Is it an exclusionary decision. I think not. Would you rather have the Nats win the World Cup or the Burn win the MLS Cup? I was disappointed not to see Suarez suit up. It would be great to see more Burn players get caps. Nobody wants to see the Burn win more than me, but as far as getting MLS established, I think the bulk of that will be due to the Nats and their success, and if that means giving up a few Burn players and us dropping a few games because our best players are absent, and the Nats are more successful, so be it.
The U20 World Championships run from 3/25 to 4/16, so if the U.S. does well, Eddie will miss the first couple of Burn regular season games. I would think that the U.S. U-20 camp would start around 3/1, if not sooner, so Johnson will probably miss 4 or so weeks of preseason training with the Burn.
I remember reading about a proposed 'split' in the MLS season to alleviate some of these concerns. Anything 'in writing' yet?