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Of all the players I think Yedlin would have the most to gain by going to Europe. Hard to imagine a decent enough team wouldn't be interested.

MLS could hurt his development.

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07-01-2014 , 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mmbt0ne

"read wikipedia rosters, select WC squad?"

In fairness, when Europeans say we're a terrible squad, this is how they do it.

"No, really, you don't understand, your players aren't good. All this 'results' business is variance and an aberration."

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07-01-2014 , 10:33 PM

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Momo

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Originally Posted by ikestoys

Zonal marking
The shin guardian
Soccerbyives (will give you general news, focused on the us)

Most importantly though is the men in blazers podcast. It's a great podcast even if you're only mildly interested in soccer.

Thanks for that. I'm in the same boat as the other person. Was a casual fan but this run got me super excited.

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07-01-2014 , 10:33 PM

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DMB was the ****ing man for us all tournament.

What a gutsy performance by the aging vet. God he has been a part of USMNT for so long. Great seeing him play this well in his final WC.

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07-01-2014 , 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by sportsjefe

Heh, so true. That said, as proud as I am of how the team did, it still rustles me somewhat to think about what could've been had Subotic and/or Rossi chosen to represent the U.S. instead.

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07-01-2014 , 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by LFC_USA

That would be even worse. Boyd was the selection of Davis.

They play two completely different positions, what are you talking about? Johnson is a winger on the national team who can play striker when he needs to.

Boyd is a striker whose biggest career accomplishment is a move to 2. Bundesliga. Aron scored goals in a lower leagues too, and was completely out of his depth in his time in the field. Similarly, Mix and Chandler couldn't even crack the lineup so the blanket Euro > MLS statements are ridiculous.

With that criteria, I'm surprised you're not begging for Danny Williams, Tim Ream, and Sacha Kljestan on this team.

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Funny you mention that I actually went to a Union/DC United game this year and Eddie Johnson was so so bad.

Well with that sample size, I may as well concede.

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07-01-2014 , 10:52 PM

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Thread somehow more aids than mexico's national team

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07-01-2014 , 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by zoltanbuccos

Much props to Beasley. I have no idea how he did it with how many miles on his legs+heat+travel. Dude is a monster. Old Man Beas doing his thing.

yep.

I was talking him up in the 2nd half. he just seems like one of those guys that would rather die than stop running, and when he screws up a touch or misses a tackle it really, really makes him feel bad and he'll run 3x as hard for the next 10 mins because of it.

always smiling. old man beas is awesome, I'd buy him a drink any time.

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07-01-2014 , 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Daniel10

DMB was the ****ing man for us all tournament.

What a gutsy performance by the aging vet. God he has been a part of USMNT for so long. Great seeing him play this well in his final WC.

I admit I was pretty concerned about him but he was fantastic.

Yedlin/Fab as our fullbacks going into next cycle?

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07-01-2014 , 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mmbt0ne

Edson Buddle wasn't available?

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07-01-2014 , 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LFC_USA

I'm confident you knew what I meant. When defenders concede goals so easily...

Are you this insecure and defensive in all your arguments that you are so dumb you have to just hurl insults instead of making actual points?

lfc, meet the good doctor ikes.

yes, yes he is this defensive.

he also knows his soccer.

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07-01-2014 , 11:01 PM

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I look forward to watching DMB defend crosses by whacking his cane into the heads of opposing forwards with my kids in 28 years.

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07-01-2014 , 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GEAUX UL

There is nothing worse in all of sports than an American Eurosnob.

hahaha yessssssss

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07-01-2014 , 11:09 PM

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Bradley... LMAO

What an Effing looser.

US was playing with ten players

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07-01-2014 , 11:18 PM

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Andrew Farrell in the USMNT would be unbelievable.

He and Yedlin in defense together for WC 2018.

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07-01-2014 , 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DWetzel

Bummed about losing

On the plus side, we played 360 minutes against Germany, Portugal, Ghana, and Belgium to a score of 4-4. That's, uh, pretty good.

this is a great way of looking at it. even extending that to 410 minutes of 5-6 seems pretty good to me, too.

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07-01-2014 , 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TalkingDonkey

as far as international soccer, you won't have to wait long. next year there will be the CONCACAF gold cup, which is like a mini world cup for all the CONCACAF teams (north/central america, caribbean). then in 2016 the US is hosting the Copa America, which is CONCACAF plus the South American teams (so we'll go up against quality sides like Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia, etc). Those are always a good watch and we usually bring a good team.

and in 2017, it's the confederations cup, which is also like a mini world cup!

Spoiler:

Nice thing about the CONCACAF gold cup is we get to play the role of Brazil and be heavily favorited vs everyone.

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07-01-2014 , 11:23 PM

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Question for you MLS fanboys. Were you more impressed by the foreign-born/foreign-based players? Or the MLS lifers? And why? Curious to get your opinion on this

Costa Rica MLS players sure are kicking ass.

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07-01-2014 , 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mmbt0ne

Things to know:

Don't trust MLS scouting reports from people who admit that they hate and don't watch MLS.

Yeah, pretty much this. I don't get why people who don't watch MLS trash it.

The MLS thread has like 10 posters in it. Maybe I'm underrating the #, but yeah. I trust those guys to weigh in about different MLSers. The rest who weigh in on MLS... lol

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07-01-2014 , 11:31 PM

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Really enjoyed the world cup run and think the future is bright for both the US and Jurgen. See you in Russia.

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07-01-2014 , 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by LFC_USA

Do you watch good soccer or just set the bar at MLS? If that's what you watch then I can see why you think guys like Wondo and Brad Davis were good choices

literally no one thought those were good selections. if you read this thread more than the past 12 hours, you'd know that. everyone hated their inclusion.

that's not what we're arguing. you're including Matt Besler, Grahm Zusi, (apparently not Kyle Beckerman), and maybe MB90??? as "guys who let us down and are MLS lifers". This is ridiculous, as Bradley is our best player, Besler is our best defender, and Zusi is our best wing.

There you go.

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07-01-2014 , 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Kool Aid

Andrew Farrell in the USMNT would be unbelievable.

He and Yedlin in defense together for WC 2018.

No... Just no...

Farrell terrible.

What this team needed was Lee Nguyen.

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07-01-2014 , 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sportsjefe

NBC Sports carries the EPL here in the states, the games are usually Saturday afternoon/evening there, so they'll start here around 8am. They also do lots of recap shows, match of the week type stuff. They're trying to make it as accessible as possible by having EVERY Premier League match available for live streaming.

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2013/08/1...ts-live-extra/

NBC's coverage has been so much better than FOX's.. i get sad every time i have to watch the CL or FA Cup on Fox Sports

i will add that ESPN has a daily show called ESPNFC that is mostly highlights/talk that is pretty damn good. it is a good way to keep up on other leagues as well.

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07-01-2014 , 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sportsjefe

This was the most odd part of WC posting I noticed over all of the threads. It didn't seem to matter what happened in any of the WC games, qualifiers, head to heads, or friendlies. All that mattered was the preconceived notions people had on players and teams and anything that happened against that was variance. Couldn't quite tell if there was just something huge I was missing about the effect the format of a national team that brings in people that aren't used to playing with each other, or if it was just lolwutposting. It was everywhere.

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07-02-2014 , 12:37 AM

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i will add that ESPN has a daily show called ESPNFC that is mostly highlights/talk that is pretty damn good. it is a good way to keep up on other leagues as well.

been watching this every night during wc, but its mostly alexi, tirico, julie foudy or w/e (oh shes so terrible) and a former player like michael ballack, ruud van something roy.

earlier in the tourney they had nate silver on, and on sunday that taylor twellman guy was on. hes so douchey and arrogant. (hes the reggie miller of futbol: "they're back in the game, ian. THEY'RE BACK IN THE GAME." loves to repeat himself)

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