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[QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 1815283, member: 296"]
I heard Gooch on the Men in Blazers podcast.  He's been with Sunderland since he was like 10 maybe? He didn't even have an American accent, but he said that while he would entertain attention from Ireland, it would only happen if he were totally ignored. At least that was the sensing I got. Gooch and Pulisic traded jerseys when BVB played Sunderland in the preseason, and it sounds like he talks to Jurgen regularly enough.

I don't know much about CCV. What I do know is that like Gooch, he's been in the "program" for a while, and is probably our centerback prospect of the future.  As you recall he was critical in the U-20 World Cup so you could be relatively certain that he knows that he is in Jurgen's plans.

If its me, I'm calling both in for October and November.  I'd dump someone like Zusi or Wondo for Gooch and Orozco or Birnbaum for CCV.

As we have seen, Jurgen is a pretty effective recruiter.  I struggle to think of anyone that has been called in that spurned the USMNT that we actually miss under his tenure.  Tony Tchani opted to play for Cameroon, but it's not like he would get on the field if Nagbe couldn't.
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