Following the first six games of the Ocho, a media narrative has tried to gain traction that excuses the inconsistent performances on the age of the players. There is no doubt most of the players are young. But are they so much more inexperienced than prior teams? You might ask, well, if their average age […]
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Panama VS USMNT
The USMNT lost 1-0 versus Panama on October 10th, 2021. The only goal of the game was an own goal by Gysai Zardes in the 54th minute. The game was 50/50 possession; the USMNT had zero shots on target while Panama had four. The midfield felt flat and stale and could not progress the ball […]
Dual Nats
One of Berhalter’s accomplishments as the USMNT manager is recruitment. The coach has taken criticism for tactics, team selection, and recently locker room control. A constant has been his ability to recruit players. Sergino Dest(FC Barcelona), Yunus Musah(Valencia), and Ricardo Pepi(FC Dallas) have all committed to the USMNT under his tenure. Recently the USSF has […]
Roster Exclusion Categories
It’s easy to get lost in all the meltdowns and outrage that takes place on USMNT Twitter any time a roster is released. Inevitably, anyone who follows the team, and the player pool passionately will disagree with one decision or another. That isn’t a helpful exercise. A constructive exercise is to break down the exclusions […]
How Cobi Jones Raised the Stakes for US Soccer
American soccer was once seen as something of a joke across the Atlantic. Whilst South American soccer players are amongst the best in the world, most flock to Europe for their domestic action. The home of soccer is seen as England, and until the early nineties, they didn’t look favorably on our game. This comes […]
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Underdog soccer podcast draft 2021
Underdog Soccer Podcast had a Draft between Matty Knips (@UnderdogSP), Marcus O’Malley (@chasingacup), Justin Moran (@kickswish), Vince Maduri (@usmnt_thoughts) and Chris Kerr (@kerrc17) selecting USMNT players. We did a snake draft 1-2-3, 3-2-1. The person who picked last in the former round is first in the following round. The assumption is all players are healthy […]
One Qualifying Window Down, Four To Go
World Cup Qualifying is hard everywhere. World Cup Qualifying in Concacaf is a nightmare. A young and inexperienced USMNT is baptized by fire for two weeks, setting out to right the wrongs of the 2018 cycle. River To Russia Qatar Nashville, United States of America US Soccer chooses Nashville to host the first home match. […]
USMNT First Qualifier Window: The Tactical Story
The US made it out of the first qualifying window with the minimum points required to call it a success. The general rule for qualifying in CONCACAF is to win your home games and draw your away games. That usually gets you at least in knocking distance if not all the way in. For this […]
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USA vs El Salvador on TV – 9/2 10pm est
The game will be on Thursday night September 2 at 10pm EST time on CBS SN, Paramount+ and Universo El Savador are ranked 64th in FIFA World Rankings and 1538 Elo Rankings USA are ranked 10th in FIFA World Rankings and 1836 Elo Rankings USMNT Squad We’ve waited nearly four years for this. Now […]
It is Good, it is Only Going to Get Better
USSF called in 26 players for the first World Cup Qualifiers since the disaster in Couva. The roster includes almost all the top players (Tim Weah and Yunus Musah had to withdraw with an injury). However, there are some players missing. What is nice to think about is that this roster is strong enough, by […]