CONMEBOL and CONCACAF are in conversation about a Copa America played in the United States in 2024.
— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) April 7, 2022
The 2016 Copa America in the USA was the highest attended Copa America in history (USA finished 4th). https://t.co/wy3krA5hxT
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Good. This will help us in 2026 when we host the World Cup!
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Playing the Copa here two years before hosting the WC will be awesome. Without qualification we are going to struggle to find meaningful games, and this would give our guys a great challenge in their preparations.
Another copa america here would be amazing
I would love for a combined CONCACAF/CONMEBOL tournament to be the norm it non WC even years.
Solid debut tournament for Pep Guardiola led USMNT
Apparently Gio Reyna left the Dortmund game today after a couple minutes with another muscle injury.
After 77 seconds
Either his muscles are just made of tissue paper or Dortmund is practicing 12th century medicine over there.
Gio Reyna comes off in tears after another hamstring injury. Straight to the locker room. pic.twitter.com/pePhKfupmx
— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) April 8, 2022
Man that sucks for him.
Just rest him til November
Couldn't imagine the frustration he is feeling
Dude has the emotional intelligence of a four year old, but that sucks
He sure is an ugly crier
gougler08 said:
Just rest him til November
No kidding.
All three of our games are at 2p est it appears.
https://mcusercontent.com/4ef9e48118d62394ba5b65ae9/files/a37b840e-1f90-d20d-64ee-ca85ba75b7e1/FIFA_World_Cup_Qatar_2022.pdf
https://mcusercontent.com/4ef9e48118d62394ba5b65ae9/files/a37b840e-1f90-d20d-64ee-ca85ba75b7e1/FIFA_World_Cup_Qatar_2022.pdf
So Gio has a torn tendon....
Will he be ready for November. And if he is, what kind of shape will he be in I wonder.
Would be awesome if he could play some in June, and get in shape before November, but that seems unlikely.
Will he be ready for November. And if he is, what kind of shape will he be in I wonder.
Would be awesome if he could play some in June, and get in shape before November, but that seems unlikely.
No way he plays in June, I am just hopeful he will be ready for the beginning of next season so he can get some playing time in before November.AgGrad99 said:
So Gio has a torn tendon....
Will he be ready for November. And if he is, what kind of shape will he be in I wonder.
Would be awesome if he could play some in June, and get in shape before November, but that seems unlikely.
They didn't say anything about Gio needing surgery?
Currently just listed as out for the rest of their season, but that doesnt preclude him from being ready for anything in the Summer.
I do think at this point, it would be best for our World Cup chances for Gio to just concentrate on being ready to start their next season off. That way he has his best chance of recovering and being in form for the World Cup
I do think at this point, it would be best for our World Cup chances for Gio to just concentrate on being ready to start their next season off. That way he has his best chance of recovering and being in form for the World Cup
I agree completely. I think even if he could possibly play in June, I'd rather see him rest and be ready to hit Dortmund's training camp hard in July.
Yeah, ideally he wouldn't have gotten injured so ideally we'd be able to use that time to figure out how he slots into our starting 11… but that ship has now sailed. He's just gotten yet another injury after only just returning from being injured. I think he needs to be told "no, get some rest" even if it's theoretically possible he could play.
Yeah, ideally he wouldn't have gotten injured so ideally we'd be able to use that time to figure out how he slots into our starting 11… but that ship has now sailed. He's just gotten yet another injury after only just returning from being injured. I think he needs to be told "no, get some rest" even if it's theoretically possible he could play.
He was out from September through February with his first injury.
Played 104 minutes across 3 games before tweaking it again late Feb, keeping him out for 2 weeks.
Played 264 minutes across 8 games in March/April before this last injury.
I believe the first injury was his right hamstring; and this time it's his left?
That's over 7 months struggling with injury. Very unfortunate.
Going to be very tricky for him to get healthy and then back into match fitness before September, IMO.
Played 104 minutes across 3 games before tweaking it again late Feb, keeping him out for 2 weeks.
Played 264 minutes across 8 games in March/April before this last injury.
I believe the first injury was his right hamstring; and this time it's his left?
That's over 7 months struggling with injury. Very unfortunate.
Going to be very tricky for him to get healthy and then back into match fitness before September, IMO.
Some good news FWIW… two Americans make this list of Europe's most valuable rookies:
Pepi is 15th and Busio is 19th.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10708643/Europes-20-valuable-rookies-revealed-including-RB-Leipzig-former-Chelsea-starlets.html
Pepi is 15th and Busio is 19th.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10708643/Europes-20-valuable-rookies-revealed-including-RB-Leipzig-former-Chelsea-starlets.html
FIFA is launching a new streaming video service, FIFA+, which will provide free live games from competitions around the world plus 'Netflix style' documentaries
— Simon Evans (@sgevans) April 12, 2022
I had to look… they have left no stone unturned trying to find content. Live games include the Mongolian Premier League and the Nepalese Women's League. Best league they feature is the Danish Superliga. I saw one random game for the Swiss Super League, and another random game for Liga MX, but that's blacked out for us… all of which pretty much confirms that even if they grow content, this won't compete with other deals, so it's pretty much only useful for highlights and documentaries.
Documentaries could be good
Yes, FIFA-produced docu series about how good and upright the World Cup bidding process is.
Related side note- I've seen Ken talk at a fraud conference and got his book- it's a good read
Yeah, I thought that was a great read too.
Has anyone read Das Reboot by Raphael Honigstein?
I read it a couple of years ago and it is fascinating. It's about the "reboot" that the German DFB did after the failure of the 2004 Euro's and how they (Klinsmann) completely reformed the way academies, training, and scouting was done in order to get a good team for 2006 for when Germany hosted the World Cup. Ultimately leading to the win in 2014.
It goes pretty deep at how the Bundesliga and DFB was set up and how this change brought about a revamped and exciting Bundesliga and national team. Easy and good read so far. It was written in 2015 and brings up Flick, Tuchel, Low, Klinsmann, Klopp, and other notable names.
I read it a couple of years ago and it is fascinating. It's about the "reboot" that the German DFB did after the failure of the 2004 Euro's and how they (Klinsmann) completely reformed the way academies, training, and scouting was done in order to get a good team for 2006 for when Germany hosted the World Cup. Ultimately leading to the win in 2014.
It goes pretty deep at how the Bundesliga and DFB was set up and how this change brought about a revamped and exciting Bundesliga and national team. Easy and good read so far. It was written in 2015 and brings up Flick, Tuchel, Low, Klinsmann, Klopp, and other notable names.
And... just in case anyone doesn't get the refernce.Legal Custodian said:
Has anyone read Das Reboot by Raphael Honigstein?
I read it a couple of years ago and it is fascinating. It's about the "reboot" that the German DFB did after the failure of the 2004 Euro's and how they (Klinsmann) completely reformed the way academies, training, and scouting was done in order to get a good team for 2006 for when Germany hosted the World Cup. Ultimately leading to the win in 2014.
It goes pretty deep at how the Bundesliga and DFB was set up and how this change brought about a revamped and exciting Bundesliga and national team. Easy and good read so far. It was written in 2015 and brings up Flick, Tuchel, Low, Klinsmann, Klopp, and other notable names.
You sure its not this?
Dammit, I couldn't figure out how to link to that pic from my phone.
I still say Klinsmann was amazing....it's just our US soccer organization is absolute **** show and drove him insane