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Interesting re: Pulisic's development path and the avoidance of joining youth super teams. https://sports.yahoo.com/christian-pulisics-upbringing-change-athletes-developed-u-s-210726336.html
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Oh, we're definitely going to finish 2nd. 3rd at worst, but in CONCACAF, you prepare for chaos, and even that one unexpected point might hold the CONCACAF hurricane of chaos at bay.
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[tweet] [/tweet] 6 goals in 45 years. We are now 1-19-3 at Azteca. The win and two of the ties are from our last 3 matches there. The win was a friendly.
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Quick answer is yes, that is wrong. Longer answer is that Bruce Arena was hired because qualification is a zero sum game. Games like last night go a long way to guaranteeing qualification. The point is essential to getting to that magic number of 15, but also in keeping the top seed, Mexico, honest. Now they have to continue to go hard against teams we might be competing with for the 2-4 spots for a while longer. Also, if your soccer knowledge blows, you definitely don't have an understanding of the baggage the every CONCACAF team carries into Azteca. A point at Azteca is still incredibly significant, even though we'd like to be at the point where we feel like the US can get a result in that stadium against a Mexico team we feel is our equal. The aesthetic difference between playing to win and playing to tie can be jarring and weird, and it's not super fun, but it's better than losing 2-1.
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This seems like a significant upgrade to JK telling them to "play fast" or "be nasty" and then just doing beep drills for the rest of camp. [tweet] [/tweet]
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MB giving a coherent interview after a 93 minute performance in that altitude is almost as impressive as that goal.
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Michael Bradley, Kellyn Acosta, DeAndre Yedlin, and Geoff Cameron were immense.
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I have an impending sense of doom.
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This game needs Jozy's back to goal distribution. Don't know who you take off at this point. Doesn't have Arriola's defensive work rate.
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This game needs Jozy's back to goal distribution. Don't know who you take off at this point. Doesn't have Arriola's defensive work rate.
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Tough whiff by Bobby on the other end. Vela is too strong for Beas to close down on the run. Great finish.
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I bet full speed Guzan charley horses hurt like a mother f'er.
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That's one of the best US goals of all time.
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horsefeathers YES FUUUUUUUUCCCKKKK YESSSSSSS
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Tecatito bailed. Vela boycotted for years. GDS had a weird exile. That team does weird things to its players. Pressure or something. Can you imagine if Pulisic bailed to go back to Dortmund?
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Feel like this is the lineup that best balances defensive shell, breaking up midfield possession, and countering at speed. Bruce doesn't want to get overrun in the midfield and he wants to jailbreak when we force turnovers. I'd prefer to go toe to toe with the best 11, but I'm wrapping my head around it. No idea about guzan though. TH is a better distributor, better shot stopper, less prone to gaffes, and plays at altitude.
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Villafana and Brooks injured. [tweet] [/tweet] Unsure what the goal is with this lineup. I mean, I guess if you're set on a 3-5-2 that's a good lineup. Ream & Cam can play from the ground well. Omar has tons of liga mx experience. My only eyebrow is Arriola. I know he's liga mx tested, but I wouldn't pick him. I hope he subs aggressively if it doesn't work unlike his predecessor. Tim Howard is inexplicable.
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I have a 100% conversion rate on reading a headline and knowing it's Haisley before the page loads. http://deadspin.com/christian-pulisic-is-restoring-my-faith-in-u-s-soccer-1795958003 On the Haisley scale, this is probably his least bad column, but I still can't help but read this: and roll my eyes. The only reason he put Brooks and Bradley on this list is because Brooks just got sold for a fortune and Bradley once played for Roma. If neither of those things had happened, he wouldn't rate them. Donovan, Beasley, and Dempsey, conspicuously absent from his list. The most talented player pre-Pulisic, the champions league pioneer, and the realest of the real.
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Our beautiful, confident son is ready. [tweet] [/tweet]
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I'm glad we can just watch the Azteca game without a sense of impending doom. That's all I wanted was those 3 points. Now anything good that comes out of Azteca is just frosting. Nagbe, Yedlin, and Pulisic were great last night. Bradley was solid and even really good when he got the support he needs. Deuce is doing the same thing to the national team that he's doing to Seattle. He requires a very specific set up to be successful and when it comes off, it's the absolute highest his team is capable of playing at, and when it doesn't, it looks totally disjointed. It's tough to find the balance, but luckily Pulisic is a soccer psychic that knows where he'll be or where he wants him. Nagbe has all the talent Pulisic does but half the instinct, which is still pretty damn good. Still waiting for John Brooks to learn not to switch off for 30 seconds every game.
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/stuholden/status/871275910065905665[/tweet]
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Wow. Jese Gonzalez is on our gold cup roster. That's a huge development. He could be our future #1. I wonder what happened with Mexico.