He's only got one name, so you know he's good.What does Kreis think Jonny does?
He's only got one name, so you know he's good.What does Kreis think Jonny does?
And that's just the players who are already playing a fair amount. New ones pop up all the time — for example Brian Gutierrez '03 made his first start last week and is making his second career start today for Chicago, playing as an attacking midfielder. (I need to note this before @67YAZ sees that I didn't include Gutierrez the first time.)Thank you for this! Perfect reference for those nights when I throw a random MLS match on.
I was going to let it slide. Given the depth the depth the USMNT has in attacking mids and wings these days, Gutierrez is still a long ways from being ready. Two starts so far, but only going 60 each time. The technique is there and he looks more comfortable taking on defenders than he is in build up play right now. But he makes nice runs and finds space pretty consistently.And that's just the players who are already playing a fair amount. New ones pop up all the time — for example Brian Gutierrez '03 made his first start last week and is making his second career start today for Chicago, playing as an attacking midfielder. (I need to note this before @67YAZ sees that I didn't include Gutierrez the first time.)
Holy smokes. Toronto is in shambles right now but those numbers don’t lie. US soccer prospect Twitter is gaga for this kid and it looks like he’s living up to the hype.This kid is a winger who has been playing LWB for DC lately. These are monster defensive numbers. He got name-checked by Berhalter in an interview last week, and was on the Gold Cup preliminary roster. I think he's among the top five 2003s right now, which has a realistic shot to be the deepest birth year for US men's prospects ever.
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I haven't seen this game but saw him in the past. The eye test matches the stats. I love how aggressive he is both attacking and defending. He's gonna be a good one. Did I hear he is a dual national? It would suck to keep trotting Sam Vines out there and have Paredes go elsewhere.This kid is a winger who has been playing LWB for DC lately. These are monster defensive numbers. He got name-checked by Berhalter in an interview last week, and was on the Gold Cup preliminary roster. I think he's among the top five 2003s right now, which has a realistic shot to be the deepest birth year for US men's prospects ever.
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Paredes is eligible for the Dominican Republic. Not a major concern.I haven't seen this game but saw him in the past. The eye test matches the stats. I love how aggressive he is both attacking and defending. He's gonna be a good one. Did I hear he is a dual national? It would suck to keep trotting Sam Vines out there and have Paredes go elsewhere.
That is a very rational and well-reasoned response. I admit to a severe dislike for some of the Gold Cup selections, specifically the Lewis and Yueill ones. This spills over possibly unfairly and irrationally to players I just feel like we know enough about, including Vines, Lletget, Acosta, and Roldan.Paredes is eligible for the Dominican Republic. Not a major concern.
Paredes has only just recently starting playing LWB, has never played LB in a four-back formation, and missed the first part of the season with injury. Throwing him in the Gold Cup feels like rushing things to me.
I think some of these very young guys could definitely beat out Vines sooner or later, but I think it's the right move to have him in the GC. He is the more realistic candidate to contribute to WCQ this fall, and we need more data to see where he stands in relation to Antonee Robinson.
Lletget, Acosta, and Roldan are known quantities which, rightly or wrongly, is why they on the roster. But I think Vines is in a different bucket. Vines got his first cap in our last game before the pandemic hit, so it feels like he's been around for a while, but he actually only has three caps overall. IIRC, he played pretty well in all three of them, but they came in low-stakes friendlies against very weak opposition: the Jan camp version of Costa Rica, and the 6-0 and 7-0 demolitions of El Salvador and T&T.That is a very rational and well-reasoned response. I admit to a severe dislike for some of the Gold Cup selections, specifically the Lewis and Yueill ones. This spills over possibly unfairly and irrationally to players I just feel like we know enough about, including Vines, Lletget, Acosta, and Roldan.
Shocked he's not still playing for Costa Rica. He's only 39!Longtime former MLSer and Costa Rican international Gonzalo Segares is the U17 manager.
As someone who played for the Fire for many years, I suppose he's settled in Chicago and thus fits the USSF's residency requirement for YNT managers. Potentially interesting choice, but who really knows.
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He was named the U15 coach in early 2020 but never really did anything because of the pandemic.Shocked he's not still playing for Costa Rica. He's only 39!
I thought he had some role previously in the US U15 team. I could be wrong though as happens often enough with me around these parts.
GOALKEEPERS (4): Ryan Carney (New England Revolution; Dunstable, Mass.), Fernando Delgado (Real Salt Lake; Glendale, Ariz.), Julian Eyestone (FC Dallas, Dallas, Texas), Nicholas Holliday (North Carolina FC; Chapel Hill, N.C.)
DEFENDERS (10): Brian Alanis (Houston Dynamo FC; Houston, Texas), John Andrus (Philadelphia Union; Fallston, Md.), Riley Delgado (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Aaron Deppe (Chicago Fire FC; Coopersville, Mich.), Christian Diaz (Los Angeles Football Club; San Bernadino, Calif.), Tyler Hall (Inter Miami CF; Miramar, Fla.), Gershon Henry (Real Salt Lake; Portage, Mich.), Christian Metelitasa (De Anza Force SC; San Mateo, Calif.), Javen Romero (Los Angeles Football Club; Los Angeles, Calif.), Oscar Verhoeven (San Jose Earthquakes; Pleasant Hill, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS (11): Edgar Bazan (Sporting Kansas City; Overland Park, Kan.), Adrian Gill (FC Barcelona/ESP; Denver, Colo.), Aaron Heard (St. Louis City FC; Fairfax, Va.), Cruz Medina (San Jose Earthquakes; San Francisco, Calif.), Edwyn Mendoza (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.), Luis Moreno (Houston Dynamo FC; Houston, Texas), Tamir Ratovitz (Los Angeles Football Club; Los Angeles, Calif.), Matthew Schenfeld (FC Cincinnati; Louisville, Ky.), David Vazquez (Total Futbol Academy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Jude Wellings (Real Salt Lake; Birmingham, Mich.), Milo Wray (Portland Timbers; Portland, Ore.)
FORWARDS (11): Moises Arciniega (Barca Residency Academy; Casa Grande, Ariz.), Fidel Barajas (San Jose Earthquakes; Sacramento, Calif.), Micah Burton (Austin FC; Mounds View, Minn.), Bajung Darboe (Philadelphia Union; Sun Prairie, Wisc.), Andre Gitau (Houston Dynamo FC; Richmond, Texas), Michael Luande (Seattle Sounders FC; Puyalluo, Wash.), Christopher Olney Jr. (Philadelphia Union; Hillsborough, N.J.), Diego Rocio (Philadelphia Union; Escondido, Calif.), Paolo Rudisill (LA Galaxy; Irvine, Calif.), Zion Vaughn (Real Salt Lake AZ; Chandler, Ariz.), Luke Zielinski (Philadelphia Union; Weston, Conn.)
Back when I was an assistant high school coach I was sent to scout Westford Academy (I think) for an upcoming tournament game. They were playing Groton-Dunstable. I gotta tell you, those kids from Groton-Dunstable could ball out. They built from the back, they had some real technical skill, and had some actual tactics. They really played the game well. This back when the game was some combination of athletic, kick and run, park the bus, disciplined, tactic-less soccer. The team I coached was mostly kids from Brazil with some kids from El Salvador sprinkled in, and Groton-Dunstable looked refreshingly like us (style-wise). It was not something that was taught just at the high school level, clearly learned from a much earlier age. Long story short, it seemed like they were doing something right up there in terms of coaching kids. Of course, that was 10-15 years ago, so who knows?36-man U17 camp has been announced for early November. These players are '06s. We've got a goalkeeper from the noted talent hotbed of Dunstable, MA.
They hired Mikey Varas today, who was one of Luchi’s assistants with Dallas.Do we have a coaching staff yet?
Given the opposition, no camps and no coach, it would be insane to expect anything else. I would assume the most we could expect from this tournament will be cool moments and green shoots.A 0-4 pasting. Yikes. Chalk this one up to coaching instability and little time to play together.
From what I heard on a preview thing, health/match fitness is basically the only reason they're not starting him alreadyHoping they rotate the keepers and we get a few starts for Chris Brady. He’ll be starting in Chicago sooner rather than later.