OregonAggie said:

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I 100% agree with that. I guess what I'm saying is that I believe the chances of EPL teams actually trying to sign CP is much higher than EPL teams signing Pepi. These teams are constantly scouting players so you're right about that.

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For sure.

Most of us here know this, but i enjoyed reading it.

Tessman is the perfect example of how leaving the MLS to go to Europe can grow your career.

2020: Tanner Tessmann had an option to play college football 🏈 at Clemson University. But he signed professionally with MLS side FC Dallas instead. ⚽️

2024: Tessmann captained the U.S. in the Olympics, and then put in great performances for USMNT this week.

This is his story. pic.twitter.com/Rh3ty6sFN8

— Anthony (@AnthonyKyaw) November 19, 2024

zgolfz85 said:

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funny how most of the networks are cutting the pulisic clip short now and not showing the trump dance part. This country is so messed up.

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No it's just the libs running sports broadcasting industry. Pulisic did the Trump dance because he saw several NFL players doing it and thought it's fun and not necessarily reflecting his political affiliation.

akm91 said:

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zgolfz85 said:

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funny how most of the networks are cutting the pulisic clip short now and not showing the trump dance part. This country is so messed up.

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No it's just the libs running sports broadcasting industry. Pulisic did the Trump dance because he saw several NFL players doing it and thought it's fun and not necessarily reflecting his political affiliation.

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It's not not reflecting though. If he was a trump=hitler guy, he's clearly not doing that dance.

Anyways, I'll stop there before some lib goes reeee and says take it to F16!

we're getting upset that highlights arent showing players dancing now?

PatAg said:

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we're getting upset that highlights arent showing players dancing now?

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People these days get upset about everything. Get used to it.

Was out of the house and missed this one, but the goal highlights are delicious.

Also - this is an interesting stat that bodes well. We should be able to pass the ball around and also find openings to shoot… it was crazy how many times under Ggg we'd have great buildup play through the middle only to have it die in the final third.

5 - The #USMNT attempted 5 shots with build-ups of 10 or more passes on Monday, equaling the most in any match since Opta began detailed data collection of all U.S. matches in 2010. Style. pic.twitter.com/0tyCV5B2en

— OptaJack⚽️ (@OptaJack) November 19, 2024

deadbq03 said:

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Was out of the house and missed this one, but the goal highlights are delicious.

Also - this is an interesting stat that bodes well. We should be able to pass the ball around and also find openings to shoot… it was crazy how many times under Ggg we'd have great buildup play through the middle only to have it die in the final third.

5 - The #USMNT attempted 5 shots with build-ups of 10 or more passes on Monday, equaling the most in any match since Opta began detailed data collection of all U.S. matches in 2010. Style. pic.twitter.com/0tyCV5B2en

— OptaJack⚽️ (@OptaJack) November 19, 2024

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I came here now to post this.

Crazy that we were able to finish and get a shot off rather than just hope for a shot off a cross or lose possession in the final third.

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Asked what he attributed the fast start to, Weah didn't hesitate. "Honestly, it's the coach," he said. "We kind of just listened to what his instructions were in training, and we applied it to the field. "He gives us the freedom to play,"

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https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/usmnts-rout-jamaica-reveals-progress-under-new-coach-mauricio-pochettino

For the 1 Ggg fan here.

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the team looks 1.5x faster. it's awesome. win or lose, we're at least playing inspired and exciting futbol

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Rudyjax said:

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Asked what he attributed the fast start to, Weah didn't hesitate. "Honestly, it's the coach," he said. "We kind of just listened to what his instructions were in training, and we applied it to the field. "He gives us the freedom to play,"

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https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/usmnts-rout-jamaica-reveals-progress-under-new-coach-mauricio-pochettino

For the 1 Ggg fan here.

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the team looks 1.5x faster. it's awesome. win or lose, we're at least playing inspired and exciting futbol

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And the tactics he used yesterday may not be the ones he uses on another opponent.

I agree. Is it too much to ask that one of them is some CB we don't know much about yet?

deadbq03 said:

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I agree. Is it too much to ask that one of them is some CB we don't know much about yet?

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We can dream

deadbq03 said:

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I agree. Is it too much to ask that one of them is some CB we don't know much about yet?

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Don't be surprised if Poch experiments with Tessmann at CB when Tyler Adams comes back healthy into the USMNT. I don't agree with it but this move could happen.

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deadbq03 said:

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I agree. Is it too much to ask that one of them is some CB we don't know much about yet?

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Don't be surprised if Poch experiments with Tessmann at CB when Tyler Adams comes back healthy into the USMNT. I don't agree with it but this move could happen.

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Wouldn't be surprised to have Tessmann play against certain types of opponents instead of Adams

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jessexy said:

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deadbq03 said:

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I agree. Is it too much to ask that one of them is some CB we don't know much about yet?

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Don't be surprised if Poch experiments with Tessmann at CB when Tyler Adams comes back healthy into the USMNT. I don't agree with it but this move could happen.

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Wouldn't be surprised to have Tessmann play against certain types of opponents instead of Adams

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I have a feeling Poch will find a way to have the best 11 on the pitch at the same time.

I can't wait for Adams to return.

I've been critical of his lack of offense (and yes, I'm comparing to other 6's when I make those complaints), but now that early returns say that Poch's got our offense cooking - we don't need Adams to contribute to the offense beyond what he's already good at (distributing to playmakers).

We do desperately need him to do what he's world class at doing - providing coverage for our leaky back line. Especially when Poch has our FB's running wild.

It's fun to imagine what this team could look like with a few more months under Poch and some key guys returning.

Nov 18th before the game

The USA 🇺🇸 should really come out and hammer a short handed Jamaica 🇯🇲 tonight.
They don't have to, but would be good optics for them to go for blood.

— Maximiliano Bretos (@MaxBretosSports) November 19, 2024

Nov 20th after the game

We should be optimistic about the USMNT after Monday night, but let's not get carried away yet.
Home game Vs shorthanded Jamaica does not provide a mandate.
Mexico and Canada looked equally as impressive.
These next 4 months off the field leading to NL Semis will be telling.…

— Maximiliano Bretos (@MaxBretosSports) November 20, 2024

Really need someone to just decide to start holding all the talking heads in every sport to the bs they try to slip by.

It's just exhausting.

No celebration. Jurgen did very good work trying to promote and build up youth soccer in this country. He might not have been a great national team coach but to celebrate the guy who helped lay the groundwork for the talent we are enjoying now is pretty short-sighted.

carl spacklers hat said:

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No celebration. Jurgen did very good work trying to promote and build up youth soccer in this country. He might not have been a great national team coach but to celebrate the guy who helped lay the groundwork for the talent we are enjoying now is pretty short-sighted.

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Age pure pretty much sucked for my daughters soccer career, so yay?

Sounds like we're going back to grade year anyway

Pahdz said:

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Sounds like we're going back to grade year anyway

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We are but it would be her last year and would have to join a new team. Most of her classmates stay on the same team.

I'm not so sure JK actually did anything for youth development that wouldn't have happened on its own… except hold up a mirror to MLS and USSF and reveal its shortcomings.

I think he was 100% right about the mentality of players choosing the easy path and picking MLS when they were good enough for Europe.

"If you play in an environment, where if you lose Rangers against Celtic, you don't want to go to the baker the next morning. If you lose that game in Salt Lake City, it's different. I don't think somebody will bother you about that. They'll say, 'Oh, you lost last night, but no problem.' In Glasgow, nobody will say, 'Oh, it's no problem.' They will give you crap for five days. You don't want to go outside anymore."

Players and USSF needed to hear that message. To me that's his only real and lasting accomplishment. That and being the first example of USSF hiring a top coach from abroad, which hopefully will pay dividends now the second time around with Poch.

All that said, I think he's a dirtbag not for what happened here but for what he did at Hertha Berlin. I certainly enjoyed watching him flop at Korea and if he works again, I'll root for him to flop there too.

Agree 100% about Europe for our players, but changing to age pure for the .001% of players was silly and he was the driving force behind it.

I think there was merit in Jurgen's revamping of the US Soccer Development Academy. Adding structure in how clubs across the country develop their top players provided some uniformity for how US Soccer could scout and identify talent for USYNT camps and probably helped the player pool come in with familiarity in how US Soccer wanted to execute everything from training, to health & fitness, to tactics on the pitch. There are also probably some valid criticisms and shortcomings of attempting to provide a uniform nation-wide framework and approach to youth development as well.

I still am not convinced that getting rid of the DA and just relying on MLS academies for youth development in American soccer is the best approach. Some pros and cons to this too.

I wonder if there are any studies, benchmarking, or other analysis looking at whether the popularity of the sport, for boys anyway, has risen or fallen since USSF got rid of the DA of if boys are leaving the sport even earlier than they were 5 years ago. We might not notice a huge drop in talent and depth in the player pools just yet, but if we do in the next couple of years, it will be too late.

Exactly...that was a move that affected such a ridiculously small populace of American players it was unnecessary.

I'm not sure about everything, but what I do know is the kids on the MLS acadamies, yes, they still call them that, are playing at a higher level earlier. More and more kids are signing professionally 16-18 years of age and that will allow them to play fulltime.

College soccer used to be the next step, but it's being phased out allowing kids to play either USL, MLX Next, or even MLS earlier.

Heck, look at the ladies side. Title 9 was the reason why our women were so far ahead and then a reason why they were behind. But, they're makes strides for players like our Aggie legacy Kennedy Fuller to play professionally in what should be her junior and senior year.

Yeah, there are very few college scholarships for men's soccer. For American youth to stay in boys soccer, they just have to do it for the love of the game or because they're on a professional track. College is not the route and it's a disadvantage for development anyway compared to youth in other countries.

If you make it on the MLS Next team for your club, can you make it to an MLS academy, and if you do, can you ever make the first team as a pro and get a contract?

There are more pro track opportunities for youth in Europe because there are lot more professional leagues in close approximation and there are more professional tiers in each country.

With so few real pro-track opportunities, and not many college scholarship opportunities, and now with the absence of USA involvement in development, I feel like the popularity of the sport is suffering and in decline since we got rid of the DA and it will show in the depth in our national team player pools soon, but I have no real evidence of it yet.

It seemed to me that Jurgen's DA revamp was going to foster more interest, pride, and popularity to stay in the sport for boys. MLS teams have conflicting priorities. They have foreign designated players on their first teams and don't care if their youth academy home grown players are American. For example, many of Houston Dynamo's MLS Next+ players would probably play for Mexico if they could.