Deuce Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Of course the MLS nerds like Matt Doyle are wanking themselves silly over this hire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Tyler Adams joining RB Leipzig in January very good move for his development. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Surprised he's being moved to the wing, but the writing was on the wall he wouldn't be a right back for us. Switching to the Pep system where the right-back is essentially a center midfielder. Maybe the extra crossing every match will help him... I was initially all “boo! *hiss*” about this move because it means moving Adams out of midfield, where he’s played really well for Leipzig. But I’m feeling better about it after hearing Berhalter’s rationale. Don’t know if it will come off as he intends, but at least it makes sense. Way different than Klinsmann’s random shoe-horning of players into unnatural positions: https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/03/19/warshaw-move-right-back-tyler-adams-could-be-unleashed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Only thing I'm not comfortable with is doing it to force Trapp or Bradley in midfield, with two young center mids it feels like we shouldn't have to rely on them as starters, but oh well. Either way, if we're playing a formation where the right back moves into midfield then Yedlin wouldn't be able to do it, so I guess it has to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Where the best place to get a US home shirt in the UK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Yeah I hear that. Bradley at this point is a slightly-more-athletic Kyle Beckerman at 31 and I think Trapp is pretty one-dimensional as well. I’m interested to see how this formation shakes out this week against stronger opposition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 You watch the game last night, Ameritoon[/member] ? Apparently Adams was excellent, as were Brooks and Long at CB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The Adams role is confusing af though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I caught most of the second half, so missed the first 15 minutes which everyone said was good. Nice to see a coherent plan, our forward line is pretty horrible though Hopefully Mckennie is okay, too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The Adams role is confusing af though I’m not gonna pretend I understand the necessity for it. As opposed to, you know, just playing two box-2-box central midfielders (Adams and McKennie) and a traditional right back (Yedlin). As A-toon noted, it seems like Berhalter really wants to get Bradley and/or Trapp in the lineup but knows both are limited players. But hey, whatever works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I caught most of the second half, so missed the first 15 minutes which everyone said was good. Nice to see a coherent plan, our forward line is pretty horrible though Hopefully Mckennie is okay, too Which to me says we’d be best served putting Pulisic wide left ala Hazard, with a midfield three of Adams, McKennie, Trapp/Bradley. I like Arriola on the right wing. Fuck knas who our striker is gonna be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Why isn't Tim Weah getting game time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Why isn't Tim Weah getting game time? Think he’s with the U-23s right now, but you’d expect him to be a serious option over the next few years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I refuse to live in a world where he isn't our best option not named Pulisic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I refuse to live in a world where he isn't our best option not named Pulisic Glad he went out on loan. Been getting playing time for Celtic, but hasn’t started much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Very good news, he’s apparently had an excellent half-season in Turkey. New Zealand-born forward Tyler Boyd has been approved to switch affiliation to the United States by FIFA. Boyd, 24, scored five goals and had four assists in 13 games for Ankaragucu, in Turkey's top division, in the second half of the season on loan from Portugal's Vitoria Guimaraes. Boyd played for New Zealand at the 2013 Under-20 World Cup and made his debut for the senior national team in Japan in 2014. He has played six international matches, all exhibitions. The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Saturday that soccer's international governing body had approved Boyd's application. Sorry, Kiwis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Very good news, he’s apparently had an excellent half-season in Turkey. New Zealand-born forward Tyler Boyd has been approved to switch affiliation to the United States by FIFA. Boyd, 24, scored five goals and had four assists in 13 games for Ankaragucu, in Turkey's top division, in the second half of the season on loan from Portugal's Vitoria Guimaraes. Boyd played for New Zealand at the 2013 Under-20 World Cup and made his debut for the senior national team in Japan in 2014. He has played six international matches, all exhibitions. The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Saturday that soccer's international governing body had approved Boyd's application. Sorry, Kiwis. The question you'll want to ask yourself is why we didn't pick him for 5 years during an entire World Cup qualification cycle - friendly or otherwise, and why he couldn't get off the bench for the Phoenix in the A-League (a standard of football that makes the MLS look like the Champions League) before he left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I think you’re over-selling the A-League there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Very good news, he’s apparently had an excellent half-season in Turkey. New Zealand-born forward Tyler Boyd has been approved to switch affiliation to the United States by FIFA. Boyd, 24, scored five goals and had four assists in 13 games for Ankaragucu, in Turkey's top division, in the second half of the season on loan from Portugal's Vitoria Guimaraes. Boyd played for New Zealand at the 2013 Under-20 World Cup and made his debut for the senior national team in Japan in 2014. He has played six international matches, all exhibitions. The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Saturday that soccer's international governing body had approved Boyd's application. Sorry, Kiwis. The question you'll want to ask yourself is why we didn't pick him for 5 years during an entire World Cup qualification cycle - friendly or otherwise, and why he couldn't get off the bench for the Phoenix in the A-League (a standard of football that makes the MLS look like the Champions League) before he left. look I dunno about any of that. Glad to have another player in the pool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 like 5,000 players are added to the pool every day marra Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Sickening how well the ladies play compared to the men. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Need to nationalize sports and start allocating some decent athletes to soccer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 That Gold Cup squad is really bad. We've done absolutely nothing to change since losing to T&T. Not like there aren't young players who don't deserve a chance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Hot. Garbage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliMag Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 What a f*cking mess. However, this should be tempered with the fact that the best players were not chosen and the up and coming young talent were away at the U20 WC (including Weah). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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