I get that.. I often have felt similarly. I guess the fanfare of the Red River thing put me in the mood.. and the competitive PSU-USC was a real contest. or maybe I have checked out from Rutgers Football.. I hope not.. but in past years I'd be thinking about basketball season right about now after a few disappointing losses. Maybe if we had lost to Washington and still had OSU, PSU and UM yet to come.... anyway.. I get you.
One of the prettiest US goals I can recall. The long ball to Robinson and then him gaining control of it and getting it to Pulisic with the great one touch to Aronson and then right back to Pulisic, whose touch on the pass to Musah was perfect, as was Musah's finish on the volley. Just a great goal.
The next window is not for friendlies. It is the Nations League quarterfinals, home and home, against an opponent to be determined this week. I doubt there will be too much experimenting.
Saw this today and it made me chuckle. In our weekly game I almost exclusively play keeper, but not because I'm easily persuaded, lol - it's because I never played much soccer growing up (was a football kid - nobody played soccer in the 70s) and when I eventually started playing about 17 years ago, keeper was the only position I could be decent at, since I had no foot skills, but played safety in football, which has a lot of similarities to keeper (I'm tall, can jump well, can catch and throw and was used to having the field in front of me and having to move to the ball).
It’s putrid because our midfield is unable to possess the ball. We gain possession at the back, but stall out because our mids are failing to show at the right times in the right places, so our backs are forced to make tough passes which the Mexican players are all over.
The original post was made in December 2020. IMO we are not on the glide path necessary to support that prediction.
The Not Good: When this thread began we had a number of young players at big time clubs at a host of different positions. Essentially all of them have since gone to smaller clubs or seen degradation in performance/form. We have major holes at goalie and central defense. Dest was playing great but blew out his knee. Adams can't stay on the field due to various injuries. "Golden generations" get old fast given World Cups are every four years. We aren't as young as we used to be.
From afar, that was my take--not good. Maybe change the name of the thread to something more generic.
Hopefully with more of the better players available. I'm almost over being pissed off at Weah for his brain fart. The team is typically much better when he's on the field. His pace is hard to replace and he just keeps getting better and better with timing his runs and his technical skills.
Is Pooch an actual way people refer to him or this is like your little thing?
I don't think anyone thought we were seriously going to win the 2026 WC, but we've improved a bit since the thread started and are up to #17 in the FIFA rankings, but there's still a long way to go to do much more than get out of the group stage and maybe get an upset in the first knockout round, which would tie our best finish in the modern era, iirc.
Hey! Quit talking about my little thing, like I don’t get enough of that from the women in my life. 😀
I am not in full agreement with the quality designations. I think Weah is nearing eliteness, but needs to be in the right system with the right supporting cast to show it clearly.
Hey, I played soccer in the 70's!Saw this today and it made me chuckle. In our weekly game I almost exclusively play keeper, but not because I'm easily persuaded, lol - it's because I never played much soccer growing up (was a football kid - nobody played soccer in the 70s) and when I eventually started playing about 17 years ago, keeper was the only position I could be decent at, since I had no foot skills, but played safety in football, which has a lot of similarities to keeper (I'm tall, can jump well, can catch and throw and was used to having the field in front of me and having to move to the ball).
No amount of humiliating self-deprecation is too much for me, if it gets people to laugh a little. 🙂
