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Seeing tons of these.


Along these lines, the game should not have been played at 9 pm est. I went to a bar to watch it and my daughter was asleep at home. She has been watching both Euro and Copa games. Sure, 9pm may not be too late for most kids during the summer, but it should have been played earlier.
 
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Tab is a bum.

I was talking to someone the other day about this. This person would know. He said that you can’t take any results in the USL seriously. Player recruitment is a joke. The agents control everything, decide which players go where and even who plays. The league has problems. The managers aren’t really in control.
 

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This, and we can't score goals.

SA: With the current U.S. player pool currently, would you feel confident taking the USA into the 2026 World Cup?

TAB RAMOS:
I would. I think we have a much better team than what we’re showing.

We have major issues to address— we don’t defend well, and we give the ball away in our half of the field a lot by forcing the play. You can’t be successful if you don’t address those two areas as a start.
 

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I was talking to someone the other day about this. This person would know. He said that you can’t take any results in the USL seriously. Player recruitment is a joke. The agents control everything, decide which players go where and even who plays. The league has problems. The managers aren’t really in control.
They brought in guys Tab asked for. And he spent the games sitting there like a lump. If he didn't want the job, he shouldn't have taken it.
 

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This, and we can't score goals.

SA: With the current U.S. player pool currently, would you feel confident taking the USA into the 2026 World Cup?

TAB RAMOS: I would. I think we have a much better team than what we’re showing.

We have major issues to address— we don’t defend well, and we give the ball away in our half of the field a lot by forcing the play. You can’t be successful if you don’t address those two areas as a start.
I agree wholeheartedly with this.
 

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On the "don't defend well" comment: this has been an issue for quite a while with the USMNT. Protecting the middle of the field in front of the net should be among the most basic things yet there have been countless incidents where there is a lapse by someone, leading to the opponent having an opportunity to score.

An analogy would be that many of our players are attempting first year algebra but haven't yet mastered multiplication and division and are still a little weak in addition and subtraction.
 

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On the "don't defend well" comment: this has been an issue for quite a while with the USMNT. Protecting the middle of the field in front of the net should be among the most basic things yet there have been countless incidents where there is a lapse by someone, leading to the opponent having an opportunity to score.

An analogy would be that many of our players are attempting first year algebra but haven't yet mastered multiplication and division and are still a little weak in addition and subtractirave.
Miles Robinson was the guy until he got hurt and never recovered his form then dropped out of the picture.

Ream was a fringe player until he made a leap with Fulham first in the championship and then the EPL. When they played Germany in Hartford, he was several steps ahead of the others just by being able to read the game.

I have no idea why the other center backs are so horrible. Scally actually had a good window but he's not a WC level left back, but if he keeps this level I'm OK with him as a defensive sub. I think Weah needs to give it a go at RB. It would open a spot for one our many other wing players.
 

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I have no idea why the other center backs are so horrible.
Why did Greggg ghost John Brooks? He's better than anyone from the MLS.
 
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Seeing Cherundolos name mentioned.
He fits the bill of what I think us soccer’s & MLS’ criteria is.
 

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Seeing Cherundolos name mentioned.
He fits the bill of what I think us soccer’s & MLS’ criteria is.

Exactly the type or incestuous move I'd expect from USSF.

The last 30 years have been building towards 2026. A WC on home soil with a player pool full of guys earning a good living in the top European leagues.

To put an unproven coach in charge of that when so many better options are not only available but interested in the job is complete malpractice.
 
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That should wake our federation up, but our fed exists to serve mls
 
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Who re-hired him?

He needs to be gone too.

When an opposing coach is ridiculing your tactics as amateurish after a big game, that should have been the signal to end this once and for all and forever.

Instead they doubled down.

I've never seen a coach like van Gaal ridicule the opposing coach after a game.

That was eye-popping and embarrassing.
 

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