(06-06-2019 07:41 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-06-2019 10:19 AM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(06-05-2019 08:03 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(06-05-2019 10:58 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(06-05-2019 08:41 AM)VA49er Wrote:  I was able to watch the match last night. France looked the better team until that second half water break. That US team that came out after that break was awesome. Played with fight and attacked. I don't know what someone said/did during that break but it worked. I used that last goal to emphasize to my son to ALWAYS follow the shot because you never know when the goalie may goof.

I think the majority of the guys playing for the US are in Europe, too, right? Maybe we are seeing the transition of national team guys coming back with Europe experience versus college experience and it's paying dividends.

Yep, that's what I'm thinking too...currently there are quite a few out there, most are still with their academy teams:
Brady Scott - Koln
Carlos Dos Santos - Benfica
Serginio Dest - Ajax (Juniors)
Chris Gloster - Hannover
Chris Richards - Bayern
Alexis Mendez - Freiburg
Sebastian Soto - Hannover (3 Caps w/ Senior Team)
Timo Weah - Celtic by way of PSG (18 Senior Caps w/ 4 goals and 4 assists)
Konrad de le Fuente - Barcelona
Uly Llanez - Wolfsburg

Add to those guys Amon (Nordsjæland), Sargent (Bremen), Maloney (Union Berlin), and Christian Cappis (Hobro) and Pomykal and Durkin who have had great seasons with Dallas and DC respectively and will like be looked at by a few European clubs during the summer window.

Lets hope so...because the Senior National Team just lost to Jamaica...again. Got booed off the field to boot.

Some of the guys playing were of the age that they could be on the U-20 squad...are they not good enough for U-20 but Berhalter called them up anyway?

Playing Trapp at all after the way he played against Jamaica is grounds for serious questioning of his talent evaluation.

Unfortunately, there isnt a lot of depth in the player pool at that position. Trapp sucks but with Adams playing in a fullback role in Berhalter's system you are stuck with Trapp being your 2nd choice guy behind McKinnie.