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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4152371, member: 405"] But you have to admit, the last couple years have been really weird for all of them as young professionals. Quarantine and no spectators, then some spectators, then new shut downs. Schedules have been compressed to keep all the competitions going, and meanwhile a lot of these guys haven't had more than a week or two off in over 2 years. Something's gotta give, and I think it's intensity in performance. They hardly play 3 times a week at the big clubs (or, I should say, they[I] rarely[/I] used to). But that's what they're doing in these qualifiers, which used to a break from the intensity of your club team. I'm glad Berhalter scouted about 100 guys for our national team. Now he's gotta start USING them, and he has to play more on the forward foot, more aggressive offensively. [/QUOTE]