**Official USMNT Soccer Thread**

hopefully the DFB's pursuit of Zelalem is more an indictment of the youngster's talent and not DFB trying to muddle/c block the USMNT and Jurgen 
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although, I believe Zelalem could accept the call up and play for the German U18 squad and still complete his FIFA switch to the US, unless FIFA sees this as a conflict.....

@ICE CITY FC  @psk2310  pls clarify 
 
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Zelalem aquired US citizenship in December. US soccer is currently trying to navigate the convoluted fifa waiver laws & since they haven't ruled Germany is trying one last time to get him to come back.

US Soccer should receive an exception for Zelalem to play with the team since FIFA does allow players to join national teams of their naturalized countries if they are able to show their naturalization didn't violate the spirit of FIFA's laws.

Sunil Gulati was expecting fifa to green light Zelalem for the US by April.

I think this is much ado about nothing.
 
Forgot to post this. Nice vignette on U18 attacking mid Luca de la Torre whose been at Fulham youth academy for a couple of years now.





A couple of us have already said this but I think we'll see the level of play & skill of US soccer advance/rise within the next 5-7 years or so. Our younger players are becoming more technically proficient players.

On a personal note, my son's team has a new technical trainer that will begin in the spring as we transition from youth 8v8 to 11v11. We're supposed to start 11v11 in the fall but our coach wanted to push it up since our boys are ready. The technical trainer is one of the best in MD. He's worked more with girls & has had tons of kids go on to play all levels of collegiate footy.

I also got my son a one on one coach to help tighten up his fundamentals (dribbling, first touch, shooting, more comfortable with left foot). The guy is the spriest 60-something year old Scottish guy. He played on the Scottish national youth teams & then his parents immigrated to Canada where he had spells on their national team.

He then moved to Baltimore where he played indoor "soccer" for the Baltimore Blast for several years (won championships) & even managed the team.

Very excited about this because the guy has been a fixture on the "soccer" scene here in Baltimore for years. He loves kids & does extremely well training kids. What I really like is his one on one training is very fast paced because he also wants to build the players cardio.
 
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In its quest to "accelerate its mission of developing world-class players," U.S. Soccer has hired the Belgian consulting firm Double PASS.

Double PASS lists among its clients the Bundesliga, the English Premier League, the J-League and the federations of Germany, Belgium and Hungary.

“We are now ready to take on the challenge in your country to work together to produce more better players,” said Double PASS CEOHugo Schoukens  in a conference call with U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) club representatives on Wednesday. “The Double PASS USA project starts with what we call customization. It means the adaptation of our talent development model to the situational context of your country.”

USSDA Director Jared Micklos  said the partnership begins with an analysis of MLS first teams, MLS Academy teams, and a selection of four other Development Academy teams.

“It’s a consulting project that has a large scope that has not been defined in all the exact details until we get through the evaluation task force,” Micklos said. “We’ll be looking at different geographies, different markets, different player pools, different sizes.”

The USSDA was launched in 2007 by the Federation and is now comprised of more than 100 clubs.

“We could not be anymore excited to start the partnership,” said Micklos. “Together with their help and our partnership we’ll have better players and more of those better players.”
 
Men's Senior team roster, vs Denmark and Switzerland 

GOALKEEPERS: Cody Cropper (Southampton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), William Yarbrough (Club Leon)

DEFENDERS: Ventura Alvarado (Club America), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Timothy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers), Brek Shea (Orlando City SC), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur)

MIDFIELDERS: Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Julian Green (Hamburg), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Danny Williams (Reading), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)

FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Rubio Rubin (Utrecht)
U-23s, vs Bosnia-Herzegovina and Denmark

GOALKEEPERS: Charlie Horton (Cardiff City; Cleveland, Ohio), Tyler Miller (Zweibrücken; Woodbury, N.J.)

DEFENDERS: Christian Dean (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Alebrijes de Oaxaca; Riverside, Calif.), Shane O’Neill (Colorado Rapids; Boulder, Colo.), Will Packwood (Birmingham City; Concord, Mass.), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.)

MIDFIELDERS: Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes; Northville, Mich.), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), Benji Joya (Chicago Fire; San Jose, Calif.), Ariel Lassiter (LA Galaxy II; Temecula, Calif.), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew; Gahanna, Ohio)

FORWARDS: Alonso Hernandez (Monterrey; El Paso, Texas), Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart; Berlin, Germany), Alfred Koroma Shams (Southlake Carol, Texas), Jordan Morris (Stanford; Mercer Island, Wash.), Mario Rodriguez (Borussia Mönchengladbach; North Hollywood, Calif.), Khiry Shelton (New York City FC; Leander, Texas)
U-20s, vs Tottenham U-21s and England U-20s

GOALKEEPERS: Jeff Caldwell (Virginia; Todd, N.C.), Thomas Olsen (University of San Diego; Las Vegas, Nev.)

DEFENDERS: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur; Westcliff on Sea, England), Conor Donovan (Orlando City SC; Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Shaquell Moore (Unattached; Powder Springs, Ga.), Erik Palmer-Brown (Sporting Kansas City; Lee’s Summit, Mo.), Desevio Payne (Groningen; Greenwood, S.C.), John Requejo (Club Tijuana; Carpinteria, Calif.).

MIDFIELDERS: Russell Canouse (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim; Lancaster, Pa.), Marco Delgado (Toronto FC; Glendora, Calif.), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham; Dallas, Texas), Ethan Sonis (SC Freiburg; Coral Springs, Fla.), Joel Sonora (Boca Juniors; Buenos Aires, Argentina).

FORWARDS: Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana; Chula Vista, Calif.), Bradford Jamieson IV (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Andrija Novakovich (Reading; Muskego, Wis.), Maki Tall (Red Star; Washington, D.C.), Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes; Loomis, Calif.), Dembakwi Yomba (Atlético Madrid; Lithonia, Ga.).
 
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Benji is far better off without Chicago and Frank Yallop.

I don't think he has the quality to be a first choice CM with the USMNT but with a little luck he'll have a long professional career.

Would love to see him in Spain.
 
I booed him the whole time at a Earthquakes v Sac Republic friendly a few weeks ago :lol:

I thought I heard you! Crazy how the Ultras lasted all but 8 minutes into the game. They seem to have had quite a few problems as "visitors" in the past

Leave Wondo alone!


This, the type of guy he is completely makes up for anything he's ever done or hasn't done on the pitch. Should he continue to be on the USMNT? No, probably not. Should he have gone to Brazil? No, probably not. But he has still been a solid player (poacher) in MLS and his character/demeanor off the pitch is something I wish I'd see more in professional athletes, dude is so humble. With that being said, I am not a fan of the Quakes and understand we all have our own opinions, haha. Just give him a little break.
 
#USMNT Starters for #USAvDEN: Rimando; Chandler, Orozco, Brooks, Garza; Zardes, Bedoya, Bradley (c), Johnson; Altidore, Johannsson
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) March 25, 2015
glad to see Zardes with the start.... Bedoya in the central mid rather than out wide will be a nice change.

how many times as Jozy+Johannsson paired up top? I like it.... EDIT: this is Johannsson's first start. Good on him

Hope Chandler comes out strong, he's been in fine form in Bundesliga

Wanna see Garza have a good game, we could use a rock like him at LB
 
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I believe that we will win, I believe that we will win... [jumps up & down with hands up in cubicle office]...

Isn't Johannsson playing on the pitch that made him famous?
 
Yessir, apparently local media there has been all over hims these past few days

hopefully he puts on a show 
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