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HuskerFever
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I know some people hate this thread, but when a team secures their ticket to the championship match, there's no apologies for resurfacing this.    

49r
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Also congrats are in order for the Union Omaha boys. USL League 1 champs!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dean Smith
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Gio plays great game - goes into locker room afterwards and checks twitter

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Props to all the Union Omaha fans that made it out tonight, they were LOUD and it made for a great environment. I know it was a disappointing result but they have nothing to hang their head about. Fantastic run!

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On 6/15/2022 at 9:10 AM, hskr4life said:

My few quick notes after June camp.

 

1.  LDLT has, rightfully so, earned a spot on this WC roster.  He has played very well in any situation he’s thrown in (starting vs sub roles)

 

1.5 Not only did he earn a roster spot, is he earning a starting spot?  Love Musah in the mid, wish he could have finished that one run last night.

 

2.  The fight for the last GK slot will be interesting.  I’m leaning Johnson (along with Steffen and Turner).  Ethan didn’t do much either way to move the needle last night and I liked Johnson’s game against Uruguay.

 

3.  My 23 as of today.

 

GK- Turner, Steffen, Johnson

 

Defenders: Jedi, Zimmerman, Dest, Long, Cannon for sure.  …… Then pick your 2 poisons from Richards, Yedlin, Brooks, Scally, CCV, Bello, or EPB.  The last two are hard picks really.  No one has stood out from that group.

 

Mids: LDLT, Musah, Adams, McKennie for sure.  Acosta and Roldan for experience?  Do you look at Busio or Mihailovic in place of one of those?

 

Fwrd: Aaronson, Pulisic, Weah, Reyna for sure.  Then I’m going with Pepi, Sargent. Last spot I could see anyone from Morris, Ferreira, or Greg brining Arriola.


WC news today— roster expansion to 26 for the World Cup.  Huge news for the US to bring some young and inexperienced guys along with vets.  

aphilso1

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WC news today— roster expansion to 26 for the World Cup.  Huge news for the US to bring some young and inexperienced guys along with vets.  

 

I saw that and wholeheartedly approve. 

 

For one, I think it's good for the game in general.  Remember the 2014 World Cup, where the US had a tough decision and cut Landon Donovan with the final roster spot?  Then Altidore proceeded to get injured about 0.172 seconds into the first match, and the US was stuck adjusting its shape and playing with a false 9 for the rest of the WC.  A 26-man roster prevents this sort of scenario, or at least makes the scenario exceedingly rare.  That's good for the game as a whole.  It's also good for the players' health, as more depth on the bench means coaches will be less inclined to play their guys when they are hurt.

 

As for the US in particular, I think this helps us more than most.  We are relying on a very young group of core players, and those players' development is not linear.  They are talented, but going through the natural ups and downs in the early parts of their careers.  Obviously we do have some guys whose names are written down in ink if healthy (Pulisic, Weston, Adams, Jedi, Dest), but a big chunk of our Best XI ebbs and flows.  Being able to bring in three extra guys helps our team manage players that look elite on some days and like bench fodder on others (Musah and Pepi, I'm looking at you). 

 

Lastly...I think this puts Jordan Morris squarely on the roster, and that dude just flat out produces.  Love the idea of him as a super sub, and I don't think he was cracking a 23-man roster since he isn't a Best XI player and isn't versatile enough to occupy a 23-man bench slot.  But with 26 players, I 100% expect to see him burning right backs in the 90th minute in Qatar.

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On 6/23/2022 at 7:30 PM, hskr4life said:


WC news today— roster expansion to 26 for the World Cup.  Huge news for the US to bring some young and inexperienced guys along with vets.  

Interesting, I hadn’t seen that yet.  But it’s great news.  It helps round out a roster in true fashion as well, you can now officially go 2 deep at every position or even being some of those guys who can play multiple positions (sands for example) and not leave yourself short handed like we did with altidore as alphiso1 said above 

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aphilso1

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Just bought my tickets for SKC vs RSL this weekend.  C'mon boys, let's get three points!  Or one.  One would be OK, too.

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On 7/13/2022 at 9:46 AM, hskr4life said:

We've got to be getting close to most US players in Prem league at one time I would think?

 

Still seeing rumors on Pulisic-- do you think he stays with Chelsea?

From what I’m hearing it’s 50/50 I know Chelsea really wants De ligt from juventus and he’s been linked to be part of a trade for that.  (Personally I’d love to see him and McKennie playing together) there is going to be a lot of attacking talent with new transfers at Chelsea so I wouldn’t hate a move away if it guarantees playing time in a top 4 league.  Other cool news is Tillman officially picked up by rangers where he’ll have plenty of playing time to then go up to a better club.  I’m also not scored to see where Richard’s goes, been linked with lots of teams in Germany, England and France I believe?  Haji wright going to Union Berlin in the bundesliga could be a blessing in disguise as well.  Fingers crossed that these transfers go well.  

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From what I’m hearing it’s 50/50 I know Chelsea really wants De ligt from juventus and he’s been linked to be part of a trade for that.  (Personally I’d love to see him and McKennie playing together) there is going to be a lot of attacking talent with new transfers at Chelsea so I wouldn’t hate a move away if it guarantees playing time in a top 4 league.  Other cool news is Tillman officially picked up by rangers where he’ll have plenty of playing time to then go up to a better club.  I’m also not scored to see where Richard’s goes, been linked with lots of teams in Germany, England and France I believe?  Haji wright going to Union Berlin in the bundesliga could be a blessing in disguise as well.  Fingers crossed that these transfers go well.  


Competition should be good for us!  Will have a lot of overseas talent in the pool for 2026 especially!

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