***US Soccer Youth Prospects Thread

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  1. El_Pato

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    Bring on Ecuador
     
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  2. Barves2125

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    Soto is a legit goal scorer.
     
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  3. Fran Tarkenton

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    Unreal. Gritty.
     
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  4. Scott Van Pelt

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    Holy shit what a win. No mendez or Durkin and we still pull it off. Golden generation for sure boys
     
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  6. zeberdee

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    Tab Ramos tactical genius.
     
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  8. Aaron Nevilles Pet Tick

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    That was such a great win. Hot Damn
     
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  10. miles

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  11. Scott Van Pelt

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    Now we can roll out a rested Mendez, durkin, and McKenzie against Ecuador. Would love Uly to start as well, kid is so dynamic
     
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    he feels perfect as a second half sub. love his sauce though.
     
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    Posts that didn’t age well almost immediately
     
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  14. football501

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    I regret nothing
     
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  15. Aaron Nevilles Pet Tick

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    I thought pomykal played great today. He's a very good holding CM, but I don't know how they'll want to line up next round.
     
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  16. Wu

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    Trois à deux
     
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  17. snowfx2

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  18. football501

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    Don’t hold anything back guys
     
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  19. snowfx2

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    Mendez starts and then replace him with Ledezma around 60ish minute. Sucks that Richie missed 10 months due to injury and just got back less than 2 months ago.
     
  20. Scott Van Pelt

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    Probably all see their starting jobs slipping away very soon :smug:
     
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  21. MORBO!

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    So, Ecuador...tell me about them.
     
  22. Fidelio

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    very near the equator, I suspect
     
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  23. El_Pato

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    They looked pretty good in attack against Uruguay, but their defense didn't look very solid at all
     
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  24. snowfx2

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    Won the South American U20’s but didn’t look too strong in their group, albeit one of the tougher groups. They’ll have the advantage of an extra day’s rest.

    And fucking FIFA, starting the match with two Western Hemisphere teams at 11:30am est and the match with Senegal vs South Korea at 2:30.
     
  25. tne

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    Konrad looks gassed lately
     
  26. snowfx2

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    And hasn’t been dangerous enough to be a lock starter. Uly or Rennicks should start in place of Konrad.
     
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  27. miles

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    Konrad is 2-2.5 years younger than most of the guys he's been playing against, and has looked like it this tournament. Uly has looked better, but I actually really like him as a 60th minute sub. He's maybe the best player on the team when it comes to just getting the ball and running at defenders, which is exactly what you want in that role against tired legs.
     
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  28. tne

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    I still think Konrad + Dest combine well enough to create chances and keep possession to be worthy of starting together, but he looked so far off the pace today
     
  29. snowfx2

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    That’s the other thing with our team, might be the youngest team in the tournament.

    France has 15 players born in ‘99 and we have 6. One player being Matt Real, who doesn’t play and Pomykal is 15 days too old from being an ‘00.
     
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  30. miles

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    It's funny that there are people on twitter who are like: "LOOK HOW STUPID YOU ALL ARE FOR QUESTIONING TAB RAMOS WE JUST MADE THE QUARTERS AND BEAT FRANCE" when 99% of the criticism of Tab was the way he picked his squad, and he picked an Xl today basically in the exact way that people were begging him to do so. (And did not, against Ukraine and Qatar)
     
  31. tne

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    I honestly can’t figure out if Servania is good. I’m leaning towards no, but he has good energy and is competently mediocre both in possession and in defense.

    Seems like he’s a guaranteed starter at this point around Pomy and Durkin, but probably shouldn’t be.
     
  32. miles

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    He's not one of the better prospects on this team, but Tab did him no favors in his deployment in his 2 starts before today. He's a defensive minded 8 or a 6, and Tab had been playing him where his job was to break lines or try to beat players with the ball, which he's not good at. Today he was played as a 6, where his job was to break up plays and play simple balls to pomykal and Ledezma, and he predictably looked much better.
     
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  33. stexraider

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    Just watched USA FRA on DVR with no spoilers... team looked aggressive, decisive, big and fast. Well fucking done.
     
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  34. DirtBall

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    Was so hard to stay off Twitter all day. Made it though. Those kids were put in an awful fucking spot, so much worse than it should have been, and they came fucking through. Paxton just absolutely bossed that second half. Covered the entire field between the 18s.
     
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  35. DirtBall

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    Even though he just destroyed frances midfield I still have to question if his best position isn’t a false 9....
     
  36. Fran Tarkenton

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    Yea thought he was good too. It looks like, through the middle of the match, social media was on him pretty hard for inconsistency of effort or positioning....and I wonder how many missed the back injury he got early on or just forgot about him playing through it.
     
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  37. tne

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    It very much isn’t. He’s a pure 8
     
  38. xec

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    That back injury made me grimace. He’s too young to be having back issues.
     
  39. DirtBall

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    Well duh. Did you watch the first game where Tab made the genius decision to play him as a false 9?
     
  40. snowfx2

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    Would rather have seen Uly start over Konrad but this is fine. Sub in Ledezma for Mendez around 60 min mark.

     
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  41. Andy Reocho

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  42. DirtBall

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    I want to know what the Kieta over McKenzie story is.
     
  43. snowfx2

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    Sounds like Ecuador attacks a lot from the wings, Dest and Gloster will be busy.
     
  44. Andy Reocho

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    Let's go youths
     
  45. Barves2125

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    Soto and Weah didn't look like American soccer players right there.
     
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  46. football501

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    P sloppy in possession so far
     
  47. Truman

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    Nice strike. Mendez is not shy taking shots from distance
     
  48. ChileanNole

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    This is always the case with all their teams
     
  49. Scott Van Pelt

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    Wtf is Keita doing out here today
     
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  50. El_Pato

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