(03-30-2021 07:12 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 10:12 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 09:23 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(03-29-2021 09:09 AM)TUCandoit Wrote:  Forgive my Olympic soccer ignorance but I keep seeing it is an U23 tournament but I could have sworn our goalie (Tim Howard) the last couple times we were in, was definitely not under 23. Landon Donovan was definitely not under 23.

You're allowed 3 players over the birthdate restriction on the Olympic Squad...though the last time the US played in the Olympics (2008) they only had one, Brian McBride.

Also, I think that technically for this particular qualifying players were allowed to be 24 due to COVID, etc. Didn't matter in the end though.

Yeah, they expanded to include any individual who wouldve been eligible by the U23 standards for the Olympics last year, so 24 year olds were eligible. Truth be told, if we wanted to get into the Olympics, McKennie, Pulisic, Reyna, Musah, Adams, Dest, Aaronson, Richards, and Robinson wouldve been playing in the Qualifying. I'm not worried about Olympic competition, there are plenty of big countries who don't ever play in the Olympics.

Jason Kreis had some questionable talent identification. There's more than enough talent in the U23 system to beat Honduras.

We have this issue with the senior team, but we haven't played a meaningful game in years so no one notices.