Screw it - Let's go hire Conte.

That would be.....interesting to say the least. Wonder what Conte thinks of Bradley....

I'm sure it wouldn't take long for him to tell us.


It'd be a fun experience as a fan. Not sure what type of results he'd produce, but I loved watching his Italian teams.

https://thebiglead.com/2018/07/13/us-soccer-2022-world-cup-roster/

Probably the worst projection article I've seen. If Bill Hamid is our starting GK in 2022 God help us

I've never even heard of that site.
Oh cool, it's got the article split into multiple slides, quality
thanks for the link though

AgGrad99, in reply to the segment regarding Pulisic and what we can do to start changing things:

What our youth academies could do to change is increasing the intensity levels at practice. Foreign youth academies don't coddle their "star" players, they make them work the same as everyone else. US academies are a reflection of our pampered, entitlement culture, with kids thinking they've earned something that haven't. Coaches and parents can either continue that attitude or stop treating kids like they've done anything and make them develop an attitude that they have to fight for anything and everything they get. Take a look at other countries' academies and you'll notice every kid on the pitch playing like its their last chance. We don't develop that same hunger in our youth players here but if we are going to really become a fixture on the world stage, we will have to.

this sounds like an opinion with no empirical evidence

Gauging intensity levels may be difficult to quantify but your eyes don't deceive you. Watch high-level academies in other countries practice then watch US DA club practices and there is a noticeable difference in the intensity levels between the two. Speed of play, coaching intensity, player focus, etc. You can try to argue otherwise but that's basically what Pulisic is saying in his comments, too.

Shaq Moore secured season long loan to CF Reus Deportiu in Spanish 2nd Division. Hope he'll get regular minutes to speed up his development.

I put this on one of the WC threads but it really belongs over here.

Pretty decent (but short) summation of the changes that US Soccer needs to make to improve our chances of making Qatar in 2022 and actually competing consistently.

And honestly, I see all of these things happening, but it's just going to take some time.

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Gauging intensity levels may be difficult to quantify but your eyes don't deceive you. Watch high-level academies in other countries practice then watch US DA club practices and there is a noticeable difference in the intensity levels between the two. Speed of play, coaching intensity, player focus, etc. You can try to argue otherwise but that's basically what Pulisic is saying in his comments, too.

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Im not completely discounting everything you are saying. I'm all for our players going over to europe as soon as they can.

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/timmy-chandler-praises-americans-taking-plunge-in-germany-pulisic-sargent-509895.jsp

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On the back of winning the DFB Cup in May his first major honour Chandler is now eager to make a return to the USMNT and play alongside his nation's up-and-coming talents also plying their trade in the Bundesliga.

"When they call me up for the national team, I'm there," he said. "Of course I miss it. I see all the players go to their national teams, and I want to fly to the States and play for my country."

Chandler's last cap came under former boss Jrgen Klinsmann, but could his form for Eintracht see him force his way into new coach Dave Sarachan's plans?

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No way. No flipping way.

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https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/timmy-chandler-praises-americans-taking-plunge-in-germany-pulisic-sargent-509895.jsp

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On the back of winning the DFB Cup in May his first major honour Chandler is now eager to make a return to the USMNT and play alongside his nation's up-and-coming talents also plying their trade in the Bundesliga.

"When they call me up for the national team, I'm there," he said. "Of course I miss it. I see all the players go to their national teams, and I want to fly to the States and play for my country."

Chandler's last cap came under former boss Jrgen Klinsmann, but could his form for Eintracht see him force his way into new coach Dave Sarachan's plans?

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Hopefully he has a little bit of an injury, so he wont want to risk it.

It's crazy how he'll play well at the club level but just sucks for the USMNT.

Hey I'm for giving him another shot but not too many. I cringe when I hear his name but maybe the new coach can figure him out.

At 28, even if he begged for forgiveness and it was misconstrued, no way.

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Sargent scored for Werder either today or yesterday too.

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Sargent scored again for Werder.

Projection of US 2022 Lineup by Goal.com

Weah -- Sargent -- Pulisic

Acosta -- McKinney -- Adams

Robinson -- Brooks -- Miyazga -- Yedlin

Steffen


Pretty good lineup. Notice that only Acosta (starter), Adams (starter) and Steffen (starter) are currently playing in MLS. Rumor has it Adams will transfer to Leipzip and loaned back to Red Bulls for the rest of the MLS season.

Weah - Ligue Un (hopefully loaned out for more playing time)
Sargent - Bundesliga (may make 1st team)
Pulisic - Bundesliga (regular playing time)
McKinney - Bundesliga (regular playing time)
Robinson - Premier League (hopefully loand out for regular playing time)
Brooks - Bundesliga (regular starter)
Miyazga - Loaned to Eresedivisie (regular starter)
Yedlin - Premier League (regular starter)

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Projection of US 2022 Lineup by Goal.com

Weah -- Sargent -- Pulisic

Acosta -- McKinney -- Adams

Robinson -- Brooks -- Miyazga -- Yedlin

Steffen


Pretty good lineup. Notice that only Acosta (starter), Adams (starter) and Steffen (starter) are currently playing in MLS. Rumor has it Adams will transfer to Leipzip and loaned back to Red Bulls for the rest of the MLS season.

Weah - Ligue Un (hopefully loaned out for more playing time)
Sargent - Bundesliga (may make 1st team)
Pulisic - Bundesliga (regular playing time)
McKinney - Bundesliga (regular playing time)
Robinson - Premier League (hopefully loand out for regular playing time)
Brooks - Bundesliga (regular starter)
Miyazga - Loaned to Eresedivisie (regular starter)
Yedlin - Premier League (regular starter)

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I'm going to say there will be at least one guy that not many has ever heard of that is 15-16 years old now.

Also, I wouldn't count out Keeton Parks and Erik Palmer-Brown.

Here's the current U20 roster. Interesting to note that there are only 5 players pulled in from the NCAA ranks. Note that several players are likely unavailable due to their teams getting ready for the upcoming season in Europe. 19 of the 20 did play at least one DA season.

NCAA: 5
MLS/USL: 11
Overseas: 3
Unattached: 1

U.S. U-20 MNT Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Justin Garces (Atlanta United FC; Miami, Fla.), George Marks (Clemson; Raleigh, N.C.), Trey Muse (Indiana; Tukwila, Wash.)

DEFENDERS (5): Chris Gloster (Hannover 96; South Orange, N.J.), Lennard Maloney (FC Union Berlin; Berlin, Germany), Manny Perez (NC State University; Garner, N.C.), Samual Rogers (Seattle Sounders FC; Seattle, Wash.), Aedan Stanley (St. Louis FC, Columbia, Ill.)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Taylor Booth (Unattached; Eden, Utah), Christopher Goslin (Atlanta United FC; Atlanta, Ga.), Richie Ledezma (Real Salt Lake; Casa Grande, Ariz.), Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas, Highland Village, Texas), Brandon Servania (FC Dallas; Birmingham, Ala.), Aristotle Zarris (LA Galaxy; Sarasota, Fla.), Sean Zawadski (Crew SC Academy; Olmsted Falls, Ohio)

FORWARDS (5): George Acosta (Boca Juniors; Miami, Fla.), Shaft Brewer Jr. (LAFC; Sacramento, Calif.), Griff Dorsey (Indiana; Evergreen, Colo.), Justin Rennicks (Indiana; Hamilton, Mass.), Sebastian Soto (Real Salt Lake; Carlsbad, Calif.)

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Projection of US 2022 Lineup by Goal.com

Weah -- Sargent -- Pulisic

Acosta -- McKinney -- Adams

Robinson -- Brooks -- Miyazga -- Yedlin

Steffen


Pretty good lineup. Notice that only Acosta (starter), Adams (starter) and Steffen (starter) are currently playing in MLS. Rumor has it Adams will transfer to Leipzip and loaned back to Red Bulls for the rest of the MLS season.

Weah - Ligue Un (hopefully loaned out for more playing time)
Sargent - Bundesliga (may make 1st team)
Pulisic - Bundesliga (regular playing time)
McKinney - Bundesliga (regular playing time)
Robinson - Premier League (hopefully loand out for regular playing time)
Brooks - Bundesliga (regular starter)
Miyazga - Loaned to Eresedivisie (regular starter)
Yedlin - Premier League (regular starter)

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I know Acosta has mentioned a desire to play in Europe sooner rather than later as well.

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You forgot 55 year old Chris Wondolowksi.

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I didn't forget, Goal.com did.

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/weston-mckennie-schalke-usmnt-life-changing-move-to-germany-509971.jsp

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"I remember we were in there playing, a bunch of 16 to 20 year olds," said David Mller, coach of local youth team FC Phnix. "There were these two Americans, one of them 14 years old, one of them five years old. If he had the ball, you could see he was pretty good. That was Weston. I went to his brother and said, 'Why don't you bring him out to the local team I just took over? It's exactly his age group.'"Weston obliged - not that it was entirely age appropriate. He rattled off eight debut goals for the U6s, prompting Mller to bump him up not one, but two age groups. The move paid tenfold.
"As long as he was there, we didn't lose a game," Mller remembers. "I think the mentality he has now comes a lot from this time because I didn't like excuses. I always knew he'd make it."
If McKennie thought a career in soccer was pie in the sky, he soon changed his mind. After watching the USA beat Poland in a pre-2006 FIFA World Cup friendly in nearby Kaiserslautern, the Texan youngster had the good fortune to meet USMNT players Landon Donovan and Carlos Bocanegra. The touch paper was lit.
"It definitely was a life-changing experience for me because before I moved to Germany, I really didn't know soccer was a sport," McKennie said. "In football, there's no national team or anything, so I didn't know there was a national team where you can play for your country and the best kids in the country play together.

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"And so when I met those guys and I said, wow, I can aspire to be something even bigger than just playing for a club or just from my little village at the time. I didn't really know how you've gone about that or how you get to that moment, but I knew I kind of want to get myself there at some point."
That time would come sooner rather than later. Although the McKennies returned to Texas when Weston was a teenager, he continued to pursue his soccer dream at the FC Dallas Academy, helping them to the 2015/16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Championship match by scoring the opening goal in a 4-0 win over the New York Red Bulls.
Professional soccer stardom was just around the corner - figuratively at least. However, instead of signing a college scholarship with the University of Virginia or a Homegrown contract with FC Dallas, McKennie plumped for a return to his soccer roots in Germany - with Schalke.
"I remember when we took a tour of the Veltins Arena," said Tina McKennie. "You could see it in his eyes. He told me, those eyes, without telling me. This is home."

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I'm glad we are getting a lot of Americans into the Bundesliga.

https://nypost.com/2018/07/16/the-budding-stars-to-remember-for-us-next-run-at-world-cup/

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Tyler Adams

Adams has none of the goals or flash in his game that Pulisic has, but he may be an equally exciting prospect. The 19-year-old broke into the Red Bulls' starting lineup last season, and since then has held down a defensive midfield spot with his intelligent, tenacious play. He impressed in the national team's 1-1 draw against France last month, and should only improve as he plays more games. That RB Leipzig, a Champions League team last season, want to bring him over to Germany, according to reports, shows just how highly the New York native is touted.

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Matt Miazga

A New Jersey native, Miazga has already established a career overseas for himself at the age of 22. Owned by Chelsea, Miazga has played on loan with Dutch side Vitesse the past two seasons and was a key starter this season. The center back has a strong aerial presence and is good with his feet, as he completed nearly 84 percent of his passes in league play. Miazga has the chance to be the model modern defender for the U.S., and Qatar 2022 could be his chance to show it.

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Interesting breakdown of how Belgium redesigned their youth coaching following their disappointing Euro 2000 tournament:

https://trainingground.guru/articles/coaching-revolution-that-took-belgium-to-top-of-world

I'm thinking the most important currently known players for WC2022 may end up being Antonee Robinson and Josh Sargent.

We have pretty respectable starters projected for WC2022 at all the other positions with the exception of left back and forward.

Cool little read on Tim Weah with former USA track great Michael Johnson.

https://news.nike.com/news/michael-johnson-psg-training-session

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The American sprinter and former World's Fastest Man recently led a training session to provide feedback on the running mechanics of American forward Timothy Weah and Congolese-born French midfielder Grace Geyoro with the goal of helping them improve their speed, agility and change of direction. Closely watching Johnson's instruction was Italian midfielder Marco Verratti, who was eager to soak up the rare learning opportunity.

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I'm thinking the most important currently known players for WC2022 may end up being Antonee Robinson and Josh Sargent.

We have pretty respectable starters projected for WC2022 at all the other positions with the exception of left back and forward.

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I like Adams at left back. They'll probably keep him at MF though. Depends on what he does if he goes to Leipzig.

And Sargent is going to destroy Landon Dempsey's record.

Think Adams has played right back and right wing back but not left back. I believe his strong foot is his right foot which makes playing left back a bit unorthodox. Not saying it can't be done (see FabJo @ WC2014), but it's unusual.