Yanks Abroad 2024/25 thread

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by OWN(yewu)ED, Aug 2, 2024.

  1. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1001 xbhaskarx, Oct 2, 2024
    Last edited: Oct 2, 2024
    McKennie <spams US flags >

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    also Balogun drew the PK for Monaco as they got a draw
     
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  2. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Winning is not getting relegated.

    I switched from Liverpool to Notts County when Liverpool were English champions and Nottingham Forest were European champions (allegedly). Ask me anything.
     
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  3. Shaster

    Shaster Member+

    Apr 13, 1999
    El Cerrito, CA, USA
    Juventus broke two common senses:

    1. How dare you win a game when you have a man down?
    2. How can you win a tough game when you don’t have Depay?

    LOL.
     
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  4. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Auston Trusty is a very left-footed player. He was mostly competent, rather than 'out of his depth', in the Prem when played at lcb in a back 3 or 4. Playing rcb against a team, like Dortmund, was never going to go well for him. And Celtic were thoroughly outmatched in any event.
     
  5. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    I don't know of anyone calling the current US pool 'Top-10', but its currently 19th on TM and 5th among non-UEFA teams. Given the US pool's youth skew, it's reasonably top-15.
     
  6. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yurp is finally incorporating the MLS 10 man advantage.

    (There was a trend in big MLS games for a while for teams to come back after getting a player dismissed).
     
  7. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    5th among non-UEFA teams is... pretty good??
     
  8. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    6th. Brazil, Argentina, Morocco, Nigeria, Colombia. Yup. Pretty good.
     
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  9. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Uruguay and Japan are two teams that seem to not have much difficulty with us...
     
  10. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    We'll see what happens under the new regime.
     
  11. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why did they play him there? There are so few left footed players they almost never have to play out of position as compared to right footers playing on the left. Couldn't CCV have played there instead?
     
  12. iad_22201

    iad_22201 Member+

    Jan 2, 2009
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Someone obviously didn't watch Trusty play much last season. The issues he had against Dortmund were of the kind he regularly had in the PL playing on his preferred side of the pitch.
     
  13. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, he was out with an injury.
     
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  14. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Something typically chimes in with its usual numbnuttery because someone had mentioned an EPL player. Again, the player was competent when played on at lcb. Agree to disagree. Take care.
     
  15. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    CCV was injured. And Scales is also left-footed.
     
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  16. iad_22201

    iad_22201 Member+

    Jan 2, 2009
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Numbnuttery??? Pot meet kettle. And no, the guy who was maybe the 3rd best CB on the team that conceded the most goals in PL history (smashing the previous record for a 38 game season) was not competent at LCB. He was wildly out of his depth.
     
  17. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    Yeah, because it all came down to the CBs. :rolleyes:
     
  18. Sitter

    Sitter New Member

    Any with USMNTers
    United States
    Jan 24, 2024
    I'd think that a young team would have a *higher* total transfer price estimate than their current class level, so I'd estimate a mid twenties for the *current* playing quality of the USMNT from that data.
     
  19. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tim Ream at fault (TM)
     
  20. iad_22201

    iad_22201 Member+

    Jan 2, 2009
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1020 iad_22201, Oct 3, 2024
    Last edited: Oct 3, 2024
    Gotta love this place. When an American player struggles there's always someone else to blame. Of course Sheffield United were poor all over the pitch last season, but their backline was the weakest link. And Trusty wasn't even the "best" player in that incredibly weak link. The overwhelming majority of that squad was out of its depth in the PL.
     
  21. IndividualEleven

    Mar 16, 2006
    I just think some have an inveterate need to be a 'truther' when their precious England is mentioned. But rather than provide insight, a monotonous 'cuz I knows better' blather is produced. Over and over again.
     
  22. iad_22201

    iad_22201 Member+

    Jan 2, 2009
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Eh, there certainly was a fair bit of monotonous blather (not to mention childish personal attacks) in this back and forth but it wasn't coming from me. Though I'd expect nothing less from IE.
     
  23. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The fetishism of literally watching American players doing bad so they can pick them apart is frankly……. Stunningly high. Reddit is much worse about it than here somehow. It’s a literal fraternity. Watching soccer……. To intentionally root against Americans. It’s straight up wild to think about. It’s like the people who cheer when soldiers get blown up by suicide bombers. Again……. Unfortunately a demographic much higher than you’d prefer it to be
     
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  24. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1024 xbhaskarx, Oct 3, 2024
    Last edited: Oct 3, 2024
    Am I missing where US Soccer fans are rooting against American players in a way that is comparable to cheering for soldiers getting blown up by suicide bombers... gotta say I'm just not seeing much of either of those things... I mostly see stuff like this

     
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  25. Bajoro

    Bajoro Member+

    Sep 10, 2000
    The Inland Empire
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That must have been on heck of a game to see in person:

     
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