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Bruce Arena Era 2: Electric Boogaloo. USMNT Super Thread

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Garrick

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Awesome, lid.
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Your general post-Brazil US Soccer discussion thread. What? Need to talk about SOMETHING while we wait for the next Everton season to get underway.

Gold Cup is next year. So uh, that's a thing. Even if it's a silly competition, think we should all expect a trophy.

The 100th anniversary of the Copa America will be a 16 nation tournament hosted on US soil, with all 10 South American nations and 6 CONCACAF guests (US, Mexico, and 4 others to be decided by Gold Cup and regional tournaments.) That should be ace, another major competition to wet the appetite before 2018.

Aron Johnannson needs ankle surgery and will be out for the start of Eredivisie season. Unclear when he actually picked it up, or if it's a lingering problem. http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2014/7/4/5871333/aron-johannsson-injury-ankle-usmnt-az-alkmaar

There are Julian Green to Tottenham rumors floating around. I for one hope that doesn't happen, but maybe it'll mean more top flight playing time for him sooner?

Juan Agudelo has been released by Stoke after he failed to get a work visa. Unclear where he will land yet. All I can say is thank you, Your Majesty. Last thing we needed is another Brek Shea situation.

CITIZENSHIP WATCH!

1. Portland's ace Darlington Nagbe on track to become a red-blooded American next year. He's never played for his home nation of Liberia. Boss, 23 year old attacking midfielder

2. Arsenal top prospect Gedion Zelalem is rumored to soon have US eligibility through his dad getting naturalized. He's played for some of Germany's youth teams, but pulled out of the recent UEFA U-17 tourney to keep his eligibility open.

3. NE Rev's wonderchild Diego Fagundez still interested in playing for the US. He's lived here most of his live, but is not a citizen. It might take a while to resolve yet, but he's keeping his eligibility open. Uruguay have called him to the U-20 team twice, but otherwise don't appear interested.
 

wbn61 said:
I still don't know what usmnt means. ok us I understand.
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United States Men's National Team, to distinguish it from United States Women's National Team. Since the women's game is actually something of note here.

Canada do the same thing, CanMNT, CanWNT.
 

Garrick said:
United States Men's National Team, to distinguish it from United States Women's National Team. Since the women's game is actually something of note here.

Canada do the same thing, CanMNT, CanWNT.
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thank you it's been bugging me for ages.
 
Garrick said:
United States Men's National Team, to distinguish it from United States Women's National Team. Since the women's game is actually something of note here.

Canada do the same thing, CanMNT, CanWNT.
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Except the Men's team being of note part
 

This Gold Cup is bigger than just a trophy. 2013 and 2015 winners will have a match for the right to go to 2017 Confederations Cup. Since US won 2013, a win in 2015 sends us there automatically.
 
RAFUH said:
This Gold Cup is bigger than just a trophy. 2013 and 2015 winners will have a match for the right to go to 2017 Confederations Cup. Since US won 2013, a win in 2015 sends us there automatically.
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I kind of view it like I view the League Cup. "A cup worth winning" sure, but most of the time it just ends up being B teams from everybody. Our squad for it will end up being mostly MLS'ers.
 
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH EXPLETIVES IN THE WORLD.

DeAndre Yedlin to have preseason trial at Liverpool?
Here’s a bit of gossip that you might want to take with a rather large grain of salt: English media outlet Metro is reporting that Liverpool are prepared to extend an invite to DeAndre Yedlin for a preseason trial.

Metro states that the Reds have been tracking the fullback since he impressed at the U20s World Cup in Turkey, and that they’ve only increased their interest since his dazzling displays as a super-sub for the USMNT in Brazil.

Nothing to suggest you should be skeptical just yet. Yedlin is impressive, and many an eye were drawn to him at the 2014 World Cup. He provided a great cross that led to the second US goal against Portugal, and drew accolades when an injury to Fabian Johnson forced him to come on early in the crucial Round of 16 clash with Belgium. It’s natural that teams worldwide would have interest in a young player of Yedlin’s caliber.

And when you realize Liverpool are still playing, and paying, Glen Johnson, their interest makes even more sense.

The trouble here is that Metro are citing “reports from America” (no further link given) as evidence that the Reds are set to extend a trial to Yedlin. While there are now plenty of links popping up with the news that Yedlin is set for this trial, these “reports from America” must be buried deep in Google’s search engine.

What say you, fans? Have you seen legitimate reports that Liverpool want the Seattle Sounders’ man? Or are you also skeptical of this rumor? Is it just another consequence of the convergence of a fantastic World Cup performance and the start of the Silly Season?
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http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/05/deandre-yedlin-to-have-preseason-trial-at-liverpool/
 

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