***US Soccer Youth Prospects Thread

Carleton might have the best feet of any American

 

akinola

 

Where possession goes to die so far

 

sooo close

 

heck yeah

 

Yay!

 

I don't know how that found its way through but fuck yeah

 

what was that durrrrkin

 

Looks to be about 2 or 3 more in this one.

 

bump

 

dang that sequence from carleton was nice

 

Ewwww

 

You can have him back

 

thank god

 

our outside backs seem to struggle completing a simple pass

 

when in doubt, shoot it from 40 yards out

 

weah gonna have ptsd after that

 

Goslin is really good in the midfielfd.

 

nice little two goal swing that

 

Strong counter

 

acosta has definitely earned the start on monday

 

His creativity and passing has been better than almost everyone else

 

Can #Atlanta United claim my fellow Savannah bro as a homegrown?

 

Yeah, Acosta should have been starting since India was going to bunker.

 

IMG

interested to see where he ends up

 

I mean would he be considered a Homegrown for us?

 

I keep going back and forth on who I think the better prospect is with Sargent and Carleton. Carleton is probably the most technically gifted (non-pulisic) prospect we've had in a decade, but Sargent is such an intelligent player and an amazingly consistent finisher. (And is no slouch technically, either)

who the fuck cares I guess

 

First of two 3 goal wins by US soccer today. Not bad.

 

Is it 7:30 eastern tomorrow morning and how do I watch it?

 

yup, fs2 bruh

 

Been so good since he moved to wingback. He could make the squad for Russia as Yedlin's backup if he keeps it up

 

Give me a rundown of what I should be watching on this team

 

Not elfrid, but:

Attacking players are easily the strength of the team. With Carleton, Sargent, Weah, and (to a lesser extent) Akinola, you could put our attacking corps up with about any team in the world on paper. Quite puzzled as to why we left Llanez off for Akinola, but Akinola isn't a bad player.

Garces is a very good keeper for his age.

Midfield is solid with Goslin and Acosta.

Back line is for sure the biggest question mark.

 

Fuck it, I'm insanely sleep deprived but will wake up for it.

 

i give miles my seal of approval. i only know the big name players and what i saw in the first game vs india.

snowfx2, triceratops, and miles are some of the best brains behind this thread and could give better insight imo.

but from the little that i know coming into the tournament and from what i saw in the opener:

sargent's a beast. started for the u20s in the wc earlier this summer and was the best player. he's werder bremen bound and wouldn't surprise me to see him ball out there sooner rather than later.

timothy weah is george weah's son and plays for psg's youth academy. he's good too.

george acosta was used as a sub last game but played extremely well when he came on for akinola. akinola's performance vs india was 2017 theo-esque imo.

carleton looks good enough to play, and develop further, in europe. seems to like staying and playing in the mls from what i've read though...idk kids these days.

and that's about all i got.

 

I agree with everything said.

I appreciate the work of those that know the youth better than I do. Pretty hard not to be really excited about the attackers in this squad

 

The Ghana keeper is older than me.

 

Carleton is the most talented guy on this team and he cant go to Europe until he is 18.

 

Durkin our only hope

 

Ghana starts passing like Spain after Cobi says we're the stronger team

 

I love Carleton, but Sargent and Weah are ahead of him.

 

damn, should have been a goal

 

This isn't going well

 

Sarg is clearly a few steps ahead of every other player on the team right now. Though Durkin and Sands have been good

 

And Carlton is gassed