***USMNT Thread***

I'm still fucking bitter we aren't going to Russia.

Fuck

 

They’re gonna lose to Germany 5 rip

 

I’ll still watch the WC and try to catch the big matchups but I’m not going to go out of my way i.e. changing my work schedule.

 

True story: my office got so bothered with all the streaming going on that they set up a WC feed in our building’s auditorium

 

I'll watch all the WC I can. The problem is my kids won't get into it. During the women's WC they drew American flags and "USA!" and hung them all over the living room. When the US played they were amped and really watched. We won't get that experience and I hate it for my boy especially whose really starting to ball out on the field. The women's Cup really helped my daughter's interest and it showed in her game.

 

Told this dude to fuck off and he blocked me. Hope El Tri chokes so hard.

 

Will watch as much as I can and support Germany for the repeat.

 

The boy still doing things

 

He got a standing O today when he was subbed out. Apparently was fantastic

 

McKennie starting. Match is at noon et on FS2.

 

and Pulisic is getting called in.

 

Pulisic and Wes on the field at the same time

I need it

 

It's so weird following his progression because he wasn't in an academy, and we haven't really seen anything from him outside junior national team games. But pretty much everywhere he goes he's getting huge praise and rocketing up the pecking order- from being the starting striker with the U20's, to being dropped in directly with the U23's at Werder and almost immediately practicing with the men, to being called up to the national team without playing a single professional game.

Managers must see things in practice that immediately convinces them of how good he is.

 

I think its more of a sign of how shitty our national scouting is.

 

Ha, true, if our scouting network were a gross domestic product we'd be Liberia but someone getting a national team call up without debuting for a club team is super rare for any country.

 

Max Meyer leaving Schalke after this year in addition to goretzka. Big holes in the central midfield.

 

Bobby Wood with the start and a PK goal for relegation fighting Hamburg this morning

 

Back from injury

 

Supposedly Pulisic to Liverpool reports are getting more traction. I'd prefer he stay at Dortmund but if he is going to the Prem, I guess Klopp is who I'd want him to play for.

Dortmund may be more willing to sell now, too, with Sancho's emergence.

 

Why would you rather he stay at Dortmund instead of playing for a world class coach whose bread and butter is developing attacking players?

 

1. Playing time. He'd be in the rotation at Liverpool but he wouldn't be a mostly every game starter like he is now.

2. If he starts under-performing he's likely to get benched a lot quicker, and I don't want any young player of ours exposed to the abuse of premier league fans/media.

 

no homer in this post or anything.

 

So klopp isn’t known for developing young attackers?

 

See you give them a little success and this is what happens

 

of course he is but that doesn't make Liverpool a good place for every young attacking player.

 

Pulisic, McKennie, Wood, and Chandler all start this morning.

Brooks and Fabian having a season they'd like to forget.

 

man why do Schalke and Dortmund's games have to overlap

 

Why not? Pulisic wouldn’t go there and sit on the bench. I’d be similarly happy for him if he went to City. I don’t get not wanting him to go play for a great manager. If you don’t want him to kill arsenal then I get that, but to say it wouldn’t be good for him or the USMNT is dumb

 

you say he wouldn't sit on the bench but he's not going to be a first choice player. he should be getting steady, first team play at his age. why should he go to Liverpool and hope he can impress whenever Salah or Mane need a rest.

 

Ideally he stays at Dortmund

I want him nowhere near the EPL

 

As a Liverpool and USMNT fan I can’t align wanting Pulisic and wanting Mane and King Mo to stay.

For me it comes down to this, if we want to have a chance to do well in 2022, we need to play in the Confed Cup to give what will be a very young/inexperienced team some major international experience. If we want to play in the Confed Cup we need to win a Gold Cup. There’s a Gold Cup next summer. If we want to win the Gold Cup we need Pulisic at his top level. To be at his top level he needs to be a regular starter next year. He wouldn’t be a regular starter next year at Liverpool. I love Pulisic, but Mo ain’t sitting.

Big picture there are only a handful of teams who can afford his price tag and I don’t think he could fit right into the 11 for any of them right now. I think Pulisic knows his development is the priority right now and wouldn’t accept a move to a team where he’d be a spot starter. Of all those teams, Liverpool is one of the more likely to sell from their 11 and have room for him to step right in. If Mo scores 30 again next year (and we hopefully have a trophy or two to show for it) I think it’s pretty obvious Madrid willl offer a huge number and we will accept. That could create the right situation for USMNT fans and Liverpool fans alike.

 

He’s played 2900 minutes this year at Dortmund, he’d get damn near that at Liverpool. I don’t think he’d just play on the wing, he’d be like coutinho

 

If he’s getting the same amount of minutes why does it matter how many games the team plays? Isn’t the complaint young players come in and get too many minutes in England and it ruins them?

 

If he’s getting 3000+ minutes it means he’s starting a lot.

 

There were a lot of people saying he wasn't gonna see the field for Dortmund 2 years ago, when they were bringing back Gotze with Reus and Schurrle. And they signed that young Turk and most people were worried about him ever getting playing time and he still won the job.

I'm not saying he should sign for Liverpool but give the kid a chance if he wants to take it

 

Pulisic has not played that well this year It’s best for him to get as many minutes as possible right now​