Yueill has shown no reason why he should play during WCQ.

Agreed.

Wow, lots of names I'm not familiar with. Exciting to be so talent-rich as opposed to recent years.

I'll just say I agree with the opinion that usa lacks a good to great number 9. We've always lacked that, for the most part. Dike has great potential and physical tools, but he must be more consistently dangerous, and must be better on the ball. I don't see the constant killer/attack mindset from him either.

I like Sargent, his consistency and attitude are probably better than Dike at this point, but I agree with an earlier poster who wanted to try Hoppe at the 9. I love what I see from him in terms of skill, physical attributes and above all, mindset.

Disclaimer, I've seen Hoppe play a whopping 1 time, so I could be way off. But I liked his attack-minded tendencies. He was constantly putting pressure on Jamaican defenders and overall was the most dangerous American on the field.

I think a Greg is going to need to do a good job of identifying who is in form, or has developed more, with their club between qualifying windows. With how young our team is, the starting 11 could easily change from window to window. It could also depend on the team we are playing, and what kind of tactics we want to employ in the game.
I think assuming we should just win every game in qualifying is pretty inconsisten with how qualifying results have been historically (for both usa and mexico. no one wins every game)

Who is Greg? Ohh you mean Gregg.

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Who is Greg? Ohh you mean Gregg.

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I thought we were adding Gs with every mention, so Greggggggggg

Spot on. Just read that Musah's going to be out for 3-6 weeks due to muscular injury which means he's out of WCG for at least the first window if not the second as well.

It will be very fluid from window to window as to who Triple-G calls into the roster. Even within the window, the starting Xi will fluctuate greatly from game to game due to travel logistics and compactness of games.

Let's not forget San Zusi bailing Mexico out from missing World Cup 2014.

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It will be very fluid from window to window as to who Triple-G calls into the roster. Even within the window, the starting Xi will fluctuate greatly from game to game due to travel logistics and compactness of games.

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So that's so true. Our depth is really going to play dividends compared to the rest of the countries.

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Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

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Who is Greg? Ohh you mean Gregg.

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I thought we were adding Gs with every mention, so Greggggggggg

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I stopped doing that and just call him Ggg.

Triple G? ala Triple-H from WWE

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Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

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I thought we were adding Gs with every mention, so Greggggggggg

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Staff will probably start handing out serious bans when we get to the point where you have to scroll through a wall of gggggggggggggggggggs before you can see any actual content.

Could just roll with an all RB starting 11 too.

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Shame on them for not putting a RB in goal.

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Put Justin Che in goal!

I bet Turner plays at least one of the matches in each of the first two WCQ windows.

Both Steffen and Turner have stable club situations. Will be interesting how Berhalter handles Horvath as he just moved to a new club.

I like both Robinson and Zimmerman better than McKenzie based off USMNT performances.

I think Ream is done for USMNT (and should be, based on age). Dest/Robinson at LB, Cannon/Yedlin/Moore at RB, plenty of young CB options that are bigger and more athletic than Ream.

If guys like Zardes/Arriola are the bottom of a WCQ roster, I don't have any issue with that. They have their uses as subs/versatile spot starters.

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I like both Miles Robinson and Zimmerman better than McKenzie based off USMNT performances.

I think Ream is done for USMNT (and should be, based on age). Dest/Robinson at LB, Cannon/Yedlin/Moore at RB, plenty of young CB options that are bigger and more athletic than Ream.

If guys like Zardes/Arriola are the bottom of a WCQ roster, I don't have any issue with that. They have their uses as subs/versatile spot starters.

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I like this format and agree with it for the most part.
Slide Ream to longshots. Don't think GK is quite sorted yet. Don't think Morris will be back in time should be moved to longshots. Paxton Pomykal should be a longshot too.

that depth.

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I like this format and agree with it for the most part.
Slide Ream to longshots. Don't think GK is quite sorted yet. Don't think Morris will be back in time should be moved to longshots. Paxton Pomykal should be a longshot too.

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I also give bonus points to age. If 2 players are about the same, go with the younger player.

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that depth.

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Most of the depth are young!

Ream is a solid defender and distributor from the back. He'll get game time in WCQ and possibly in the WC.

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that depth.

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Most of the depth are young!

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I said on another thread, our A team, B team, and C team could play in the olympics.

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I like this format and agree with it for the most part.
Slide Ream to longshots. Don't think GK is quite sorted yet. Don't think Morris will be back in time should be moved to longshots. Paxton Pomykal should be a longshot too.

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I love this format. Do you think Mussah is a lock to start though? I love the kid and his potential, but not sure I would put him on the same guaranteed level as McKennie, Adams ad Pulisic. I think team lock for sure.

I counted 21 U23s in the tiers 1-3.

And most of longshots are u23s.

Crazy.

Given Musah's out for 3~6 weeks, definitely not a lock for the 1st WCQ window.

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Given Musah's out for 3~6 weeks, definitely not a lock for the 1st WCQ window.

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It'll be Lleget. Ggg loves him.

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I counted 21 U23s in the tiers 1-3.

And most of longshots are u23s.

Crazy.

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6 in Tier 1
5 in Tier 2

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Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

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I counted 21 U23s in the tiers 1-3.

And most of longshots are u23s.

Crazy.

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6 in Tier 1
5 in Tier 2

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Tier 1:
Pulisic
Reyna
Mckennie
Musah
Tyler
Dest

Tier 2:
Sargent
Weah
Aaronson
Miles Robinson
Chris Richards
Mark McKenzie
Anontee Robinson

That's 13