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Much more rounded team when you add in guys like Soldado, Capoue, and Chadli. The biggest issue with Spurs IMO (especially last year) is that they had a lot of selfish players. Bale changes games by himself so we won't include him, but Defoe sometimes looks like he'd rather be benched than pass...

I'm a Lichaj fan but really since Jurgen took over there was one period where he had a valid case for being called up; the 5 summer games of 2012 after a solid run at LB to end McLeish's tenure at Villa. After Jurgen got hired, Lichaj had a bad long term injury, and he was up and down this past...

Worth mentioning that Honda is also a lifetime AC Milan who used to fly to Milan to see games lives while he played in Holland. He'll fit in well with Milan and they do lack what he brings (a midfield trio of him, Montolivo, and a healthy De Jong is very appealing). One good thing for Milan...

1.I go back and forth there, but I am one of those Yanks that feel that it's about time to start giving Guzan looks over Timmy. Timmy doesn't do a good job of directing the backline, and the team doesn't react well to his rage. He also gives up the near post way too often and gets too indecisive...

I think you may see Dempsey move outwide and play with 2 strikers up top. Course, I could also see them moving FJ over to the right (he is right footed) and playing Davis at LM

I think it's a mixed bag for Omar. He had a few brain farts which I think he'll overcome them as both were IMO more him doing what he's used to doing in MLS and not being able to get away with it against faster guys. He didn't look overmatched as a defender though and for the most part was...

Gatt and Mix deserve their call-ups. Gyau has looked good since he's started getting some time at St. Pauli, but he's just starting to get time. Honestly, the better American playing wing in the 2nd Bundesliga has been Andrew Wooten, whose been making a nice impact for SV Sandhausen. Gyau should...

Another big problem Adu has/had is he likes to party too much. When he was on loan with Aris, he'd post pics on twitter everyday of him at a different club. He parties a lot in Philly too. Only place he really worked hard was his half season in the 2nd level of Turkey (which got him a call up...

Donovan and Shea are out. Jermaine Jones is still hurting. Edgar Castillo reinjured his foot and is going home, and Fabian Johnson is unavailable for the first qualifier due to having the flu. As of right now, Jurgen doesn't think it's necessary to call in replacements.

better fit for the club than he was at Chelsea. Plus, he won't have to deal with players constantly undermining him. Even with Chelsea's struggles under AVB, their younger players responded well to him (Juan Mata and Daniel Sturridge mainly) the older guys just didn't want to do his style (and...

The MLS is becoming less pushy in negotiations in selling its players. I actually think within the last year or 2, they have pretty much said that transfer negotiations will go strictly through the teams now when in the past the MLS officials negotiated transfers. I know MLS was not involved in...

A bit misleading though. He has been called into camp but injuries/depth (his first few camps he was behind in from Bocanegra, Demerit, and Onyewu in their primes) kept him out of the lineups. He's a good player though who can start attacks. I personally don't see Everton as a good fit for him.

Jones will put a string of good showings together, but then he has moments when he thinks he's a number 10 and will try to dribble through everybody. When he does that he loses the ball then gives up a silly foul. Gomez isn't a 4-3-3 striker, but the dude hustles is arse off and gets into good...

I actually felt like the first 3 games showed that Torres is good out wide when we aren't going against teams with pace. Brazil does, and Canada had more than I thought they did. Now he has proven that he does deserve to be in the 23 whenever called up, but IMO he's only a situational player...

Competitive league IMO. Now there are teams that are awful (Kaiser****en and Koln were awful this year) but it's easy to improve teams and move up the table. Wolfsburg won the league only 3 years ago and finished 15th just 2 years later. Mönchengladbach only stayed in the top league after...