The coming boom in multi-eligible player recruitment

Oh..............the USMNT and USYNT would never say that.
But just like the big Euro nations, we won't be bothered.

Note the response from England fans about the loss of Musah. A collective "so what."
The same as when they lost out on Owen Otasowie, Antonee Robinson, Cameron Carter-Vickers, etc. etc.
They're not bothered.

I refuse to buy into the fact that I should be worried about any dual-national at this point.
We're developing awesome depth in our program. Do I want to keep as many players in the program as possible? Yes. Of course.

Then again, I don't even have Musah in my Best XI for the U23s, much less the full USMNT.
If Musah had committed to England, that would have rolled off my back too.
I refuse to buy into #dualnationalpanic anymore.

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I don't disagree with any of this, and thanks for some of the storytelling in there -- great point about Tejano culture.

My commentary was not necessarily concern ... just analysis. I'm not much of one for dual national panic. At the end of the day, while you can recruit, etc., there's a high level that's not controllable here. If a player wants to play for us, great. If they don't, I am not going to worry about it.

Part of that is that a single player rarely makes a material difference. Part of that is simply that you want players who are engaged and invested in the team's success. There will be enough talent out there in the long run, and if a player wants to play for another team, it simply is something that is.

I'll focus on our players and how we play the best.

That's not to say we shouldn't recruit, or build a culture that pulls from dual nationals at all. It's just that I'm not going to treat individual decisions as nearly as important as the larger whole.

 

That coach was with Gregg in Columbus prior to the US gig

 

Hopefully this summer gives the US teams plenty of opportunity to cast a wide net. Nations League, WC Qualifying, Gold Cup, Friendlies, Olympics (hopefully) U-20 and U-17 plus a full summer of ID camps all the way down to U-14. That's 150+ players in all probability, plus the younger youth teams. Of course Mexico is going to have the same chances but we've got to have camps to offer spots and this should be our opportunity to enrich those ties to possible dual Nats like Pierie, and young standouts like Gomez and Leone.

Bring in as many as you can. There's going to be a ton of chances to cap everyone we want.

Sonogo, Balogun, and Pierie are my top three most wanted now. I think Dike and Soto are in. I'm not sure Mighten is going to leave the England youth setup yet but I'd definitely offer him a spot somewhere. Gold Cup seems like a prime tournament to give the regulars a rest and cap whomever is willing to go.

 

I really like that the players seem to be taking a lot of personal responsibility and ownership in representing the program. Speaks to both a good culture and their general optimism about our future prospects.

 

They don't want to just be part of it and be in a closed shop with no competition. they believe in themselves and want to invite other great players to the party so the whole thing gets better.

 

They got a little unlucky when T&T was able to get a last minute waiver of US Covid-19 restrictions. T&T had no idea they wouldn't be able to bring in their Euro-based players & their Olympic federation stepped in to get the waiver. The restrictions had been in place since January, but T&T is gonna T&T.

 

I was impressed with Jamaica, but I think there's a pretty good chance their FA takes all the money from CONCACAF into personal accounts and fails to pay any of these guys.

 

Fernando Batista(strategist for Argentina) recently contacted Gio Reyna for a call-up to their U-23s. Gio Reyna of course declined. I honestly can't believe they even tried. #USMNT pic.twitter.com/lDCPhb0VOQ

— USMNT Universe (@UsmntU) March 20, 2021

Lol

 

Does the US need to bring back the give the prospects a cool car under the table (like Eric Dickerson at SMU where he showed up with a Firebird?). Show these other countries that this is an area we know how to cheat better than anyone else!

 

Southgate and England U21 manager Boothroyd have said they were in contact with Musah and his family in hopes of keeping him in England's setup.

U19/U20 is Musah's age group. That leaves the U21s. Sounds possible a U21 invite was at least planned for him to play up with England.

— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) March 21, 2021

 

I believe you are right but I think that Hugo Perez will soon invite him and a few other US dual nationals to a Central American Championship Tournament which will cap tie the participants. I thought I heard it will take place in late May.

 

El Salvador is making a big push for dual citizen Yanks on their squad with USMNT's Hugo Perez leading the way. They have recently gotten one-time switches from Eriq Zavaleta & Josh Perez and announced that Amando Moreno (who is also provisionally cap-tied to the US) is on the path to make the switch as well. They've always had a few Yanks on the squad, but now they are being more aggressive.

 

True... staying in WCQ keeps you in the running (though I'm not sure ES got anyone that they wouldn't have gotten eventually). Where it matters more is with a marginal US player like Rubio Rubin, who was considering Guatemala. They are out now, so he might take the rumored US Gold Cup invitation. He might be able to play himself into US WCQ consideration if he can continue to score in MLS.

You'll notice that Edison Azcona didn't play in WCQs for Dominican Republic. He's provisionally cap-tied to DR, but might hold out a while for the US if he continues to develop.