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| #Post#: 19973-------------------------------------------------- | |
| USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: September 8, 2018, 8:34 am | |
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| It's a new start so I figure a new thread for all things soccer | |
| USA. On to Qatar. | |
| It's good that the USA are playing teams like this especially | |
| with the players they brought with them: | |
| GOALKEEPERS: Alisson (Liverpool), Hugo (Flamengo), Neto | |
| (Valencia) | |
| DEFENDERS: Alex Sandro (Juventus), Ded� (Cruzeiro), Fabinho | |
| (Liverpool), Fagner (Corinthians), Felipe (Porto), Filipe Lu�s | |
| (Atl�tico Madrid), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Thiago | |
| Silva (Paris Saint-Germain) | |
| MIDFIELDERS: Andreas Pereira (Manchester United), Arthur Melo | |
| (Barcelona), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fred (Manchester United), | |
| Lucas Paquet� (Flamengo), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Renato | |
| Augusto (Beijing Gouan), Willian (Chelsea) | |
| FORWARDS: Douglas Costa (Juventus), �verton (Gr�mio), Roberto | |
| Firmino (Liverpool), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Richarlison | |
| (Everton) | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ytLIELZDM | |
| It looks like 20-year-old Weston McKennie (central midfielder) | |
| was the outstanding player for the US. Here's the rest of the | |
| roster: | |
| USA: 1-Zack Steffen, 2-DeAndre Yedlin, 3-Matt Miazga, 4- Tyler | |
| Adams, 6- John Brooks, 7- Bobby Wood (9-Gyasi Zardes, 70), | |
| 8-Weston McKennie (25-Marky Delgado, 83), 14-Paul Arriola | |
| (23-Kellyn Acosta, 55), 16-Julian Green (11-Tim Weah, 55), | |
| 17-Antonee Robinson, 20-Wil Trapp (capt.) (10-Cristian Roldan, | |
| 83) | |
| Substitutes: 22-Alex Bono, 5-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 10-Cristian | |
| Roldan, 15-Eric Lichaj, 21-Tim Parker | |
| Head coach: Dave Sarachan | |
| Around 35,000 attended at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, | |
| NJ. | |
| The possession was 65% to 35% for Brazil with Brazil having 4 | |
| shots on to the US's 2. 12 fouls each. The USA had 6 corners to | |
| Brazil's 3. | |
| That American flag big enough for you? Well, it's your country | |
| so do as you please. | |
| para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 19974-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: Kerry Date: September 9, 2018, 1:30 am | |
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| Oops, I was too tardy checking out the video. It's been | |
| removed. | |
| I'm not getting my hopes up too high for the match against | |
| Mexico on Tuesday. Prospects look gloomy to me looking at the | |
| next scheduled matches. Can the US win against Colombia on | |
| 10/15? Maybe, but I'm not holding my breath. Against England | |
| a month later? Probably not. Against Italy a few days after | |
| that? I'd say not, but Italy's been iffy lately. | |
| #Post#: 19998-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: September 10, 2018, 11:32 am | |
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| Kerry - ^ | |
| The Brazil/USA match was a friendly so I don't know that it | |
| counted for more than coefficients for rankings and experience | |
| which isn't a bad thing at all for the Americans since playing | |
| top level clubs could be a quicker way to get better for the | |
| USA. It's also good that the top level clubs play some of their | |
| stars which Brazil did. | |
| Juan Carlos Osorio's gone from Mexico to coaching Paraguay. | |
| Mexico has an interim coach and they'll be stinging mad after | |
| being trounced by Luis Suarez' Uruguay 4-1 last week. Suarez | |
| ended up with a brace with a panenka on a penalty-kick and a | |
| rabona as an assist on another. Still, Mexico's a top level | |
| club. | |
| The USMNT is ranked 22nd so that's still pretty good considering | |
| that there are over 200 places. | |
| I think that if they keep losing under Sarachan, the USMNT will | |
| be quicker to appoint a permanent coach - - someone like Gregg | |
| Berhalter, an American who coached in Sweden (first American to | |
| coach soccer in Europe) and presently coach of that pain of a | |
| club, Columbus Crew (4th place currently in MLS table and could | |
| qualify for MLS playoff and likely to relocate to Austin, Texas) | |
| if they want to go American again. | |
| Also, Zidane's back on the block so I've read if you really want | |
| to go Euro (and I mean Euro[emoji41]).: | |
| http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/zidane-fuels-man-utd-talk-with-coach… | |
| Ol' 10c stamp please para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20038-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: September 12, 2018, 11:47 am | |
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| USMNT 1 Mexico 0. | |
| It looks like Mexico has even more work to do than the USA. Goal | |
| by Tyler Adams. | |
| The match was tainted a bit by how Matt Miazga mocked Mexico's | |
| Diego Lainez' height but it appears that by Lainez' post-game | |
| comment, that it was no big deal. Still, I thought it was in | |
| poor taste. I'd like to see Miazga try that against 5' 7" Lionel | |
| Messi. Miazga would be on his backside watching Messi go by. | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THKNQDIKkHw | |
| Ol' Blockbuster para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20278-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: October 18, 2018, 12:13 pm | |
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| Under Sarachan since the World Cup the USA has 3 wins 3 draws | |
| and 3 losses with a draw with Peru (a very good team) this week. | |
| Soccer purgatory still but not quite hell. That belongs to | |
| Canada for now. 18-year-old Josh Sargent scored for the USA. The | |
| hilites belie the stats. Peru were all over the Americans and | |
| deserved to win: | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcwsNQVoTpM | |
| Out with the old, in with the new. | |
| 'arry Kane (p'haps) (friendly) and England next int'l break, | |
| November 15, Wembley, 3pm. | |
| USA v Gli Azzurri, November 20, neutral pitch, Genk, Belgium? | |
| para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20455-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: November 4, 2018, 12:36 pm | |
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| The Lion returns. | |
| Wayne Rooney will make his first international appearance in two | |
| years after he was named in England's squad to face the United | |
| States at Wembley. | |
| Former Three Lions captain Rooney last played for England in | |
| November 2016 but will make his 120th and final appearance for | |
| his country against the U.S. this month. | |
| The international friendly, set to take place Nov. 15, has been | |
| dubbed The Wayne Rooney Foundation International and some of the | |
| proceeds from the game will go towards the Manchester United | |
| great's charity. | |
| Rooney retired from international duty in August 2017 as | |
| England's record goalscorer, while he has won more caps than any | |
| other outfield player. | |
| He will not be a part of England's squad for a Nations League | |
| clash against Croatia at Wembley three days after the United | |
| States game. | |
| "I am truly humbled and hugely excited to play for England at | |
| Wembley again. I would like to thank Gareth Southgate and the | |
| Football Association for inviting me back and helping to support | |
| my foundation in the process," Rooney said in a statement. | |
| "Playing for England was the greatest honour of my career � so | |
| winning my 120th, and final, cap will be a particularly special | |
| moment for me. It's fitting that the match will be against the | |
| USA and I hope that both sets of fans enjoy the game.: | |
| http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/wayne-rooney-return-england-internat… | |
| para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20476-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: November 6, 2018, 12:10 pm | |
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| The 28 Sarachan's taking to England: | |
| KEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Atlanta United), Ethan Horvath (Club | |
| Brugge), Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew SC) | |
| DEFENDERS: John Brooks (Wolfsburg), Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas), | |
| Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City), Aaron Long (New York Red | |
| Bulls), Matt Miazga (Nantes), Shaq Moore (Reus Deportiu), | |
| Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic), Jorge Villafa�a (Portland | |
| Timbers), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), Walker Zimmerman (Los | |
| Angeles Football Club) | |
| MIDFIELDERS: Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids), Tyler Adams (New | |
| York Red Bulls), Luca de la Torre (Fulham), Marky Delgado | |
| (Toronto FC), Romain Gall (Malm� FF), Julian Green (Greuther | |
| F�rth), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy), Weston McKennie (Schalke | |
| 04), Darlington Nagbe (Atlanta United), Christian Pulisic | |
| (Borussia Dortmund), Kenny Saief (Anderlecht), Wil Trapp | |
| (Columbus Crew SC), Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) | |
| FORWARDS: Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen), Bobby Wood (Hannover) | |
| Some are still involved with MLS playoffs. Notably missing is | |
| TFC's Michael Bradley. Sarachan wants to give him a rest. TFC's | |
| Jozy Altidore is injured. | |
| para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20550-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: November 10, 2018, 8:47 am | |
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| England squad v USA: | |
| Keepers: Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham), Jack Butland (Stoke City), | |
| Alex McCarthy (Southampton), Jordan Pickford (Everton). | |
| Defence: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell | |
| (Leicester City), Lewis Dunk (Brighton ), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), | |
| Michael Keane (Everton), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John | |
| Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle | |
| Walker (Manchester City). | |
| Midfield: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Ross Barkley (Chelsea), Fabian | |
| Delph (Manchester City), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jordan Henderson | |
| (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Ruben | |
| Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), Harry Winks (Tottenham). | |
| Attackers: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester | |
| United), Wayne Rooney (DC United), Jadon Sancho (Borussia | |
| Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Danny Welbeck | |
| (Arsenal), Callum Wilson (Bournemouth). | |
| A strong XI for the Three Lions: | |
| https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/15AD7/production/_102319788… | |
| https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44704273 | |
| Back left to right: Kyle Walker (D) (Man City), John Stones (D) | |
| (Man City), Jordan Pickford (K) (Everton), Harry Maguire (D) | |
| (Leicester City), Ashley Young (D) (Man United), Dele Alli (M) | |
| (Tottenham Hotspur) | |
| Front left to right: Raheem Sterling (A) (Man City), Harry Kane | |
| (A) (Captain) (Tottenham Hotspur), Kieran Trippier (D) | |
| (Tottenham Hotspur), Jordan Henderson (M) (Liverpool FC), Marcus | |
| Rashford (A) (Man United) | |
| The decision to pick the 33-year-old Rooney, who plays for DC | |
| United, in this one-off manner has been criticised, with one | |
| argument being it devalues the worth of a cap. Kane strongly | |
| disagrees and said Rooney ought to wear the captain�s armband | |
| when he comes on to the field. | |
| �Should he have the armband against the US? Yes, of course. He | |
| deserves it,� Kane said. �He was a great captain for us. He was | |
| the captain when I first got into the squad. If he plays, of | |
| course he�ll be the captain. | |
| �Wayne was one of our greatest ever players and it�s a shame | |
| that his international career kind of just stopped. It will be | |
| nice to see him again and train with him again. I don�t know how | |
| long he is going to play for on Thursday but it will be good to | |
| see him back out there. I think the fans will embrace it, we | |
| should all embrace it and give him the sendoff he deserves. | |
| �It�s a great experience to have for the younger players in our | |
| team and everyone should get right behind it. We should all | |
| appreciate what he has done for us and given to us over a long | |
| period of his life, not just his career. There is a lot of | |
| dedication that goes into international football.�: | |
| https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/07/wayne-rooney-captain-england-u… | |
| para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20615-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: paralambano Date: November 16, 2018, 8:58 am | |
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| Okay . . . . . | |
| So, England 3 USA 0. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United FC) 25', | |
| Trent Alexander Arnold (Liverpool FC) 27', Callum Wilson (AFC | |
| Bournemouth) 77' | |
| Kane rested on the bench by Southgate the entire match. Rooney | |
| came on as a sub. At least they laid a new pitch at Wembley | |
| after the mess the NFL left of it a couple of weeks earlier with | |
| a game of theirs. Tottenham had to play their home game on a | |
| pitch which clearly showed the faded gridiron marks and NFL | |
| logos still painted on it. It looked barren of grass and bumpy. | |
| Tottenham are still waiting to get back into White Hart Lane, | |
| their home in the north of London Towne. | |
| Anyhow, the starting XI: | |
| [img] | |
| https://cdn-us-ec.yottaa.net/5682eca20b534438800014b5/www.ussoccer.com/v~4b.3b/… | |
| https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/11/15/14/16/20181115-news-mnt-vs-england-… | |
| Pulisic makes a Messi-esque run into the box with the ball at | |
| his feet to face Pickford but places his shot right at him. | |
| Could have finished better. His club, Borussia Dortmund is | |
| tearing up the Bundesliga (first overall) and it appears that | |
| he's Lucien Favre's second choice there lately since England's | |
| Jadon Sancho's been playing superbly in midfield. Still, Pulisic | |
| is a very good player that can fit into most top clubs anywhere. | |
| https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6395583/Jadon-Sancho-outshin… | |
| /> | |
| England's Jesse Lingard's goal is a delicious curler past Guzan | |
| into the top corner. Rooney had a couple of belts at it. | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdtA0m5DLo | |
| Next up: USA v Gli Azzurri (Italy), Tuesday, November 20, 2:45 | |
| pm, Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium. | |
| Shake and bake, USA! :) | |
| para . . . . | |
| #Post#: 20619-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: USMNT | |
| By: Kerry Date: November 16, 2018, 8:33 pm | |
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| And they didn't even need Kane! | |
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