2021 USMNT Thread

[DeGrozz]

Get him on the Gold Cup roster and cap tie him. Ball is in Berhalter's court. It's annoying that he didn't cap time Musah who is a clearly superior player to at least Yuiell.

Who was that American kid from Jersey who ended up choosing the Italian team and made a few starts in friendlies but then got his career wrecked by injuries? Hopefully that's a lesson for these kids...

Rossi.

I think this is a vastly different situation though. Rossi grew up in a household that lived and breathed calcio. He represented them from the time he was a young teen and always spurned the US calls.

Busio has never indicated using his Italian passport for anything more than making a professional move abroad and he's represented the US at multiple youth levels.

I actually wasn't trying to rev up fear by posting the tweet, but to give a nod to how much potential there is with this 18-23 year old group.

I also wouldn't be surprised if Busio's agent put that out there because he's trying to force PT in the Gold Cup, who knows...

 

[IthacaMatt]

Get him on the Gold Cup roster and cap tie him. Ball is in Berhalter's court. It's annoying that he didn't cap time Musah who is a clearly superior player to at least Yuiell.

Who was that American kid from Jersey who ended up choosing the Italian team and made a few starts in friendlies but then got his career wrecked by injuries? Hopefully that's a lesson for these kids...

I think it was Danielle de Rossi.

Daniele De Rossi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[DeGrozz]

I think it was Danielle de Rossi.

Daniele De Rossi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Giusseppe Rossi

 

[IthacaMatt]

I think it was Danielle de Rossi.

Daniele De Rossi - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Maybe the wrong Rossi ...

 

[DeGrozz]

Maybe the wrong Rossi ...

Daniel de Rossi has his own lore in US Soccer history. He hammered Brian McBride with an elbow in the crazy 9 men v 10 men draw in the World Cup!

 

[OrangeFoo]

Daniel de Rossi has his own lore in US Soccer history. He hammered Brian McBride with an elbow in the crazy 9 men v 10 men draw in the World Cup!

de Rossi was the was Roma captain after Totti who was arguably one of the greatest Roma players of all time. If de Rossi had been eligible to play for the US and we lost him, that would be a huge deal.

 

[DeGrozz]

And here's the qualifying schedule:

September 2021

• @ El Salvador September 2nd
• vs Canada September 5th
• @ Honduras September 8th

October 2021

• vs Jamaica October 7th
• @ Panama October 10th
• vs Costa Rica October 13th

November 2022

• vs Mexico November 12th
• @ Jamaica November 16th

January 2022

• vs El Salvador January 27th
• @ Canada January 30th
• vs Honduras February 2nd

March 2022

• @ Mexico March 24th
• vs Panama March 27th
• @ Costa Rica March 30th

September and March are not going to be fun months for our players. We really can't be going into March needing points. Gotta wrap up our spot in January.

 

[creatorsgam]

And here's the qualifying schedule:

September 2021

• @ El Salvador September 2nd
• vs Canada September 5th
• @ Honduras September 8th

October 2021

• vs Jamaica October 7th
• @ Panama October 10th
• vs Costa Rica October 13th

November 2022

• vs Mexico November 12th
• @ Jamaica November 16th

January 2022

• vs El Salvador January 27th
• @ Canada January 30th
• vs Honduras February 2nd

March 2022

• @ Mexico March 24th
• vs Panama March 27th
• @ Costa Rica March 30th

September and March are not going to be fun months for our players. We really can't be going into March needing points. Gotta wrap up our spot in January.

Yeah… trying to grind out results in March wouldn’t be ideal.

 

[Toga]

And here's the qualifying schedule:

September 2021

• @ El Salvador September 2nd
• vs Canada September 5th
• @ Honduras September 8th

October 2021

• vs Jamaica October 7th
• @ Panama October 10th
• vs Costa Rica October 13th

November 2022

• vs Mexico November 12th
• @ Jamaica November 16th

January 2022

• vs El Salvador January 27th
• @ Canada January 30th
• vs Honduras February 2nd

March 2022

• @ Mexico March 24th
• vs Panama March 27th
• @ Costa Rica March 30th

September and March are not going to be fun months for our players. We really can't be going into March needing points. Gotta wrap up our spot in January.

Do we know the the U.S. venues and the @Canada venue?

 

[DeGrozz]

Do we know the the U.S. venues and the @Canada venue?

No - but you have to assume that Canada will either be playing in Vancouver or Toronto.

If it's Vancouver, hopefully we can do a combo of San Jose/Seattle/Portland, if it's Toronto, a combo of Chicago/Columbus/Red Bull Arena/DC/Chester PA will hopefully be our venues. That would keep travel time to a minimum.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Do we know the the U.S. venues and the @Canada venue?

Mexico in November... I predict Columbus.

If we aren't qualified by the holidays, I'll be disappointed. Our two toughest matches (Azteca and @costarica) are in 2022.

 

[MSOrange]

Not US but still soccer

 

[DeGrozz]

Good. Then we need the network that reports this stuff ESPN to do it as well.
ESPN plays politics now. Hammer the Mexican team for their crap.

Hammer dropped!

 

[Orangezoo]

Hammer dropped!

Honestly they shouldn't be allowed to have fans when we travel their either given it was vs us they were sanctioned for. We all know that would hurt them financially too much.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Hammer dropped!

A better message would have been to start them at -6 points in the octo. Teams are used to playing without fans.

 

[DeGrozz]

A better message would have been to start them at -6 points in the octo. Teams are used to playing without fans.

I like that they are losing money they could have used to fire Tata and hire a coach that better suits them!

 

[DeGrozz]

 

[IthacaMatt]

Honestly they shouldn't be allowed to have fans when we travel their either given it was vs us they were sanctioned for. We all know that would hurt them financially too much.

How about a punishment for throwing crap at our players??

 

[DeGrozz]

How about a punishment for throwing crap at our players??

Mexico Fan Who Hit USMNT's Gio Reyna With Bottle Faces Criminal Charges

Reyna was hit in the head by a soft-drink bottle on Sunday as the U.S. player celebrated Christian Pulisic's winning goal.

www.newsweek.com

It's a start. They never punished anyone before.

 

[NailstheCusefan12]

 

[DeGrozz]

(if this rumored squad is true...) Mexico's bringing heat to the Gold Cup.

Nice opportunity for quite a few players on our squad to make a name for themselves.

 

[Orangezoo]

(if this rumored squad is true...) Mexico's bringing heat to the Gold Cup.

Nice opportunity for quite a few players on our squad to make a name for themselves.

Yep- lots of guys with a chance to make a strong case for inclusion in qualifying.

 

[DeGrozz]

Editing to add: Apparently this report is disputed.

 

[OrangeFoo]

They better cap tie him in the gold cup if Italy is really interested.

 

[DeGrozz]

They better cap tie him in the gold cup if Italy is really interested.

I believe Girard is as close to the NBA as Busio is to Italy.