Putting Trapp and Delgado, two unathletic weaklings with mediocre skills who couldn’t sniff Bundesliga play, ahead of Weston would get any coach fired.
No defensive scheme is supposed to have the CAM cut out every pass from the defense to midfield. That is just silliness to put the goal on him. Especially, when the original ball was an easy play for the GK who just had a howler of a brain fart in his first start. But to back up from there to a pass way up the field is just crazy. Every Barcelona goal is on Messi because of "chain of causation"? He should of cut out that pass back there every time. What is the agenda behind this? Just trolling? Is this all your secret mission to undermine McKennie so Roldan gets the start?
Leaving him out of LON in September and October (or one of them or only playing in one of two each) makes more sense than not bringing our best team to the GC. I'm not sure who we will be playing where on those Fall dates. CP and all the young kids need experience playing in Honduras or CR. But I don't know if they are really needed to play Jamaica in Minnesota. The size of the transfer is kind of besides the point. He certainly will not be out of the 23 because he reports July 10th instead of 5th if they paid all that money for him. Plus, I keep hearing how they overpaid for him because he is American and "marketing!" Well, pretty poor marketing if he is not even playing for the USMNT.
I'm pretty sure they're used to players missing time on international duty, and pretty sure they won't have a problem with Pulisic missing the beginning of preseason...
He’s been with Schalke for a couple years now. Not a new employer. They recently extended his contract.
Fine. Honestly arguing with @Excellency is like arguing with a drunk guy at the bar. He's made his mind up and can't even respond coherently. No point in making the effort. But I'm guessing schalke wants Weston to play and succeed for USA because that will do much to increase his value.
Where does everyone think Weston should play? I think he should play as a target wing. What Juergen Klinsmann imagined Gyasi would be. The engine to press high AND support his fullback without rigid responsibility. He’s a much better creative passer/mover than a possession passer/mover. I know that I’m in the extreme minority on this one.
🤕 @WMckennie has suffered a ruptured ankle ligament and is travelling home from the @USMNT to begin his rehabilitation in Gelsenkirchen. We wish you the speediest of recoveries, Weston 🙏#s04 pic.twitter.com/NQFl1kq7pg— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) March 25, 2019
Could be months. Depends as well on if surgery is needed which isn’t uncommon with full ligament ruptures. My guess is he’s done for the season, no GC and will hope to be ready for start of Bund season.
Amazing how many really good players in the modern game don't know how to tackle properly. Sad that he injured himself by going in like an idiot...
not to blame the victim, but that was a wild, unnecessarily aggressive under the circumstance. you can better believe he'll think twice in the next friendly.
Tackling properly, or going up to win the ball properly, same difference. My overriding impression was that it was a very foolish challenge...
If you look at the video, he wasn't going to get to the ball in time. He was just disrupting the play.
Berhalter said re: McKennie injury, difference in language btwn Schalke's release & what US Soccer is saying is "semantics. It's an ankle sprain." In terms of returning in time for the Gold Cup, GB says with an injury like this McKennie will have to take it "week by week." #usmnt— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) March 25, 2019
Depends, but I'm reading about 4 to 6 weeks. Though I'm not sure if professional athletes need a long recovery time. Our first Gold Cup match is 12 weeks from tomorrow.