Digby Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 I'm going to laugh so hard if they just end up hiring Robin Fraser or Jim Curtin or somebody like that. But, I thought the new front office did well to get Emma Hayes for the women's team and I wouldn't have expected that hire, so, we'll see. I'm already annoyed at the fans who seem to think Jurgen Klopp is the only other manager in the world's game. Berhalter deserves more credit than he got from the fans. He did well to get a lot out of guys like Dest, Turner, even (eventually) Reyna to consistently play well for the USMNT when they were hardly getting any minutes at all at the club level. That's an underrated skill that's not an easy thing. His "system" is whatever but I think the more important thing is that the team had an identity in the previous cycle, which was a real change from the rudderless years prior. It's worrying that that identity seemed a lot less robust in Berhalter Stage 2 and we should all hope it was more about the coach getting stale than the players losing drive. Not sure why the fed, even with all its new faces and structures, still clings to always wanting to keep a coach around for longer than they ought to. We should've learned by now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 21,169 days and counting for the 3 Lions. Congrats Spain! Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 What the hell is going on at Hard Rock Stadium??? 1 Quote It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Holy hell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 47 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said: What the hell is going on at Hard Rock Stadium??? Conmebol. 1 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 6 minutes ago, DG_ThenNowForever said: Conmebol. Correct. But not the answer I was looking for Quote It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 40 minutes ago, Cujo said: Holy hell “If it were up to you, you would have filled my buddy tunnel with cement, so no one else could use it!” All I thought about. Quote MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 UNABOLISH THE GOLDEN GOAL. How much better would that Argentina goal have been if it were a walk-off strike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_YouKnowWhatThatMeans Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 This has been a really fun Euro/Copa summer. I'm going to miss it when it's gone (in like 5 minutes). 1 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Messi going out as a champion. GOAT? Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 20 hours ago, TrueYankee26 said: Messi going out as a champion. GOAT? I think he'll want to at least play in the next World Cup as a final bow in the United States as an Argentine international. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Well, it looks like the US Women's National Team has a new scoring trio in Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson. They had a legit fourth scorer when they initially announced the Olympic roster in Catarina Macario, but she had to withdraw due to knee irritation. She was a part of the 2021 team that won Bronze in Tokyo, but it would be a shame if that's the only major team accomplishment in her career. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockstar Matt Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Looks like the US has actually hired Mauricio Pochettino to be their next head coach. Amazing get for the USMNT. Can’t believe we’ve been able to upgrade this significantly from Berhalter. 1 Quote Cowboys - Lakers - LAFC - USMNT - LA Rams - LA Kings - NUFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 19 hours ago, Rockstar Matt said: Looks like the US has actually hired Mauricio Pochettino to be their next head coach. Amazing get for the USMNT. Can’t believe we’ve been able to upgrade this significantly from Berhalter. Interesting that both Men's and Women's National Team coaches had Cheslea as their last stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Mildly surprised that they actually went and got a guy with an actual coaching resume. Stupid that Chelsea fired him but good for Poch to get an easy plum gig in a low-pressure environment; good riddance to the nonsense of the current European club climate. Despite that I have some concerns: 1. I remember last season when Chelsea fans were moaning about their tactical system not suiting their players and the non-stop crosses that hardly produced a goal, which sounds oddly familiar. (This improved as the season wore on but he was also largely bailed out by Cole Palmer going nuclear.) 2. Related to the previous -- the increasingly belligerent USMNT fanbase won't have Old Gregg to kick around anymore, and I suspect that they'll be too blinded by Europhilia to take much out on Poch, so I expect the players themselves to feel more public pressure than they have previously, especially with hosting the WC. This is probably a fair distribution of blame but given how mentally fragile/stupid these players have been, I worry things could go south on that front. Man-management needs to be a real priority for Pochettino here. 3. Poch's teams tend to ship goals and, given how badly the USMNT's defensive form dropped from WC22 to Copa, that problem might get further exacerbated. OTOH, maybe this is a case for playing to your strengths and we can realistically say we expect to win by playing comically high energy and winning 3-2 every game. Should be entertaining at least. Biggest thing I'm hoping Poch can do, besides the aforementioned instilling of confidence and intelligence, is put in some calls to his coaching buddies and get our players in better club situations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 So is he going to go "Euro Heavy" in that he'll have a roster full of Americans who play in Europe or were born in Europe who also play for Euro teams but are eligible for the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, GDAWG said: So is he going to go "Euro Heavy" in that he'll have a roster full of Americans who play in Europe or were born in Europe who also play for Euro teams but are eligible for the US? I mean, it's international play, the player pool is the player pool. The roster is already as Euro-heavy as it's ever been and the Berhalter era secured several key dual nationals in the US setup, so I don't know what could really shift there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
officeglenn Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 SAN MARINO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER COMPETITIVE MATCH AND THEIR FIRST MATCH IN 20 YEARS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 6 hours ago, officeglenn said: SAN MARINO WIN THEIR FIRST EVER COMPETITIVE MATCH AND THEIR FIRST MATCH IN 20 YEARS Nicko Sensoli will never have to pay for another beer ever again in San Marino Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Canada beats the USMNT 2-1 on American soil for the first time in 67 years. While he's not officially hired yet, Mauricio Pochettino has a lot of work to do to make the USMNT competitive before the 2026 World Cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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