jeffk said:

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And I know no one wants to go there, but at least one of our projected first 11 will fall off the map for one reason or another prior to the WC. Tale as old as time.

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I hate to say it, but Im not confident that Reyna or Pulisic will be healthy.

Kevin the 3-legged dog said:

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jeffk said:

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And I know no one wants to go there, but at least one of our projected first 11 will fall off the map for one reason or another prior to the WC. Tale as old as time.

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I hate to say it, but Im not confident that Reyna or Pulisic will be healthy.

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I feel like that goes for any of the guys playing in Europe. They all seem to have injury issues

Sad but true.

I'd like to think that Adams has pushed past it for the most part. He's said as much himself - that Leipzig have developed a fitness regime for him that seems to be working. He's certainly been playing a whole lot more for both club and country since about Aug '20.

PatAg said:

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He does have a tendency to throw his mini fits while the play is still going on. He's gotta cut that out.

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I seem to remember in the U17 CONCACAF qualifying and then in the U17 World Cup being a huge ball hog and never participating with his teammates. His body language was terrible and it created a sense of disgust on the field. If any of you remember Zlatan's last season for LA Galaxy where he just wandered around the field in a 20-yard circle and flapped his arms when his teammates didn't pass him the ball right at his feet, that was Gio Reyna in the USMNT U17 team. (this same team had Pepi too, who NEVER received the ball from Reyna).

Reyna spent the whole time trying to dribble through 6 defenders and, IIRC, they didn't advance out of the group. They got absolutely demolished by one opponent too. I'll have to look it up. I see less of the ball hog/dribbler in Reyna's game today, but I still see the moping and discouragement. It's sad honestly.

I think until we hear that he's a bad teammate, I'm going with he has a resting pouting face.

Good news for some of y'all:

🚨🇺🇸🚑 Source: USMNT star Gio Reyna likely out for November World Cup qualifiers due to slow injury recovery https://t.co/TX2QHtli4i

— Roger Gonzalez (@RGonzalezCBS) October 18, 2021

Look at that face. Such a whiner.