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Recruiting Dest and Musah is rightfully a massive credit to Gregg Berhalter and arguably makes him worth it for this cycle despite the turbulence.
But also kudos to Dave Sarachan for helping recruit Antonee Robinson. Most don't know he got an England U21 invite in 2018.
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Think about the England fans and also certain CONCACAF rival fans who, after his decision last year, said Musah was never good enough for England anyway and scared to compete. Never -- even later in his prime.
The world witnessed him outplay England's senior midfield at age 19.
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Last 24 or so hours for US Soccer:
🇺🇸U19s (mainly '06s) win 3-2 over the hyped 🏴'05s who had crushed 🇲🇽'05s by 6 goals
🇺🇸MNT three-peat in CONCACAF's only A-level competition with half the roster age 23 or less
🇺🇸U23s draw 2-2 vs loaded 🇫🇷U23s (a few 🇫🇷MNT caps) on their soil
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Big congrats to the US U16s on their 2-1 victory over England and Christian McFarlane. This was not a full-strength US roster either.
Tournament results:
2-2 draw with Spain
4-1 win over Wales
2-1 win over England
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Players with fewer than 5 caps and not on the WC roster who should be in the first international-window camp next cycle (along with obvious inclusions like Richards and Pepi):
Folarin Balogun if he accepts
Taylor Booth
Johnny Cardoso
Erik Palmer-Brown
Malik Tillman
Alex Zendejas
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Yunus Musah and Gio Reyna are currently 1st and 2nd among 2002s in the world for Top 5 European League minutes this season. And they are among the youngest 2002s.
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The four youngest non-European players to play in the Bundesliga this season are all American.
Bello
Pepi
Reyna
Scally
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The USMNT may be able to field a lineup only from the upcoming Champions League Group Stage.
Steffen- Man City
Dest- Barcelona
Brooks- Wolfsburg
Richards- Bayern
Adams- Leipzig
McKennie- Juventus
Reyna- Dortmund
Aaronson- Salzburg
Pulisic- Chelsea
Pefok- Young Boys
Weah- Lille
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Davies and Adams dueled today at the top of the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, Lainez, the top El Tri youth in Europe, did not make the bench for 13th-place Betis and has gone over a month without playing. US has the most youth talent in Europe among CONCACAF, and Canada is second.
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Random fact of the day: Yunus Musah and Malik Tillman dueled against each other for the U17s of England and Germany in late 2018.
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Good luck to whoever has to face the McKennie, Musah, Adams central midfield when they hit their prime. Could legitimately become one of the best groups of any nation. At an average age of about 21 they already bossed El Tri. The US is developing some nice depth behind them too.
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Gio Reyna vs. Werder Bremen:
1 absolute golazo
1 key pass; would've been an assist
22/23 passing (96%)
4/5 successful dribbles
5/6 duels won
Unreal production for a 17-year-old in 24 minutes of action. USMNT call-up inbound.
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Edson is a good player. He is Mexico's second-youngest starter.
At the time of the 2026 World Cup, Yunus will be younger than Edson is today.
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How it started How it's going
(tweet was aimed at me)
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Folarin Balogun likely isn't the most unattainable prospect anymore. It's Amir Richardson.
Balogun saw England flame out yet again. US didn't advance far either but he watched them outplay England with his friend Musah shining. Balogun has USYNT experience & contact from USMNT.
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Taylor Booth has no doubt helped Balogun feel comfortable in camp. Awesome to see their USYNT connection come full circle.
Credit to
@_captainpulisic
and US Soccer
Balogun has already played internationally with someone on the Nations League roster: Taylor Booth. Over 200 minutes together, per US U18 match reports. No doubt Balogun knows him as Booth captained the side.
Hopefully they are on the pitch together at some point to run it back.
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Seeing plenty of 2026 lineup predictions with Slonina and the like. Which is fine, but it feels like Turner is still being underestimated.
Elite shot-stopper, asset with his feet, "age 23" or so in GK years, little to no wear-&-tear physically. He's gonna be around a long time.
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It really is still crazy how the US got Musah and Tillman from England and Germany.
Dest is understandable because the Netherlands ignored him for a long time. But the US simply out-recruited the FA and DFB for top-level prospects who will make an impact for years to come.
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As others have said, Tillman's switch from Germany to choose the US is still surprising. He was starting for their U21s a full cycle up and likely would've had double-digit caps in the future. They don't have the depth of England or Brazil. We have to be grateful for his decision
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Congrats to the 🇺🇲 U19s on their 3-2 victory over Noel Buck and the much-hyped England U19s
Starting lineup: Kochen, Harangi, Banks, Akinmboni, Norris, Soma, Habroune, Medina, Campbell, Zambrano, Fletcher
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Not saying they can replace Adams, McKennie, Musah, Reyna, Aaronson, Luca but look at the youth depth behind them-
Taylor Booth: Eredivisie Player of Month
Johnny Cardoso: Brazil Serie A XI of Month
Alex Mendez: Primeira Liga starter
More: Tillman, Alvarado, Paxten, McGlynn, etc
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This 🇫🇷 U23 team is stacked. Not only full of regulars in Top 5 Leagues, but also a multitude of 🇫🇷 senior MNT-capped players
What an incredible effort by our 🇺🇸 U23s. Also remember multiple U23-eligibles are with the senior USMNT and winning Nations League instead
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All of these can be true regarding "Gio-gate":
-Reyna was in the wrong
-It shouldn't have been made public
-Those who use it to say the USMNT can succeed next cycle without him are probably wrong
-Reyna, like others who caused team issues, will likely turn out better for it
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First in clean sheets in the Championship, a Top 8-10 League.
Meanwhile the former USMNT teammate who classlessly trolled him conceded multiple goals this week to FC Juarez academy team to drop to last place in the academy league. He's got the Horvath Curse.
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Southgate openly discounting Folarin Balogun & Ligue 1 has caught the ire of French media & fans, who retort with this question: which league developed the players who knocked Southgate out of the World Cup?
No doubt most France & Ligue 1 fans want to see Balogun with the USA.
Gareth Southgate sur le choix de sélection de Folarin Balogun💬
« Nous ne pouvons pas appeler quelqu'un en équipe première simplement parce que nous ne voulons pas qu'il aille ailleurs. Il n'a évidemment pas encore eu d'opportunité en Premier League. Nous devons donc comparer
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61 players below 23 years old have one or more league starts this early season for Knockout Stage teams of the most recent Champions League. About one out of every ten is American.
🇫🇷: 11
🏴: 9
🇪🇸: 8
🇺🇸: 6
🇧🇷: 5
🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇵🇹 🇷🇸 🇺🇾: 2 each
🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇭🇷 🇨🇮 🇲🇱 🇳🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇱 🇰🇷 🇸🇪: 1 each
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Just young Americans dueling at the highest levels of Europe. You love to see it.
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The USMNT now has five fullbacks in the setups of Belgian top division clubs -- Bryan Reynolds, George Bello, Sam Vines, Kyle Duncan, and Mauricio Cuevas.
Combine that with Dest, Antonee, Scally, JoGo, Paredes, Cannon elsewhere in Europe.
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Taylor Booth is a rare US senior player who played with Folarin Balogun on the USYNT and they clearly have a good bond.
Taylor Booth has no doubt helped Balogun feel comfortable in camp. Awesome to see their USYNT connection come full circle.
Credit to
@_captainpulisic
and US Soccer
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Rare when a player is top five of his continent for Top 5 League minutes, in form and versatile -- while also not in the top 28 of a national team.
Joe Scally is 5th among all CONCACAF players in top league minutes. Not a bad roster but this is a silly and unnecessary mistake.
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Southgate's most egregious comment is he implies what the USSF are doing toward Balogun (a Top 5 League Golden Boot contender) is predatory cap-tying.
He compares Balogun to an unproven "16 or 17" year old prospect who could "disappear."
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Just read multiple people stating Gio Reyna wasn't raised in the US and that neither Yunus Musah nor Folarin Balogun were born in the US.
These dudes' brains are broken and the sad thing is they are mostly Americans.
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Apparently the FMF broke FIFA rules.
Zendejas is an FC Dallas and USYNT product who played for the US at a youth World Cup and apparently never switched -- but El Tri played him at senior level anyway. Hopefully sanctions inbound.
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Jack de Vries is now tied for the second-most goals in his Primavera (U19) league with eight, to go with his senior cup debut for Venezia. Still much to prove but he is among the most productive academy-level youth players in Italy right now. One to monitor for the future.
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Taylor Booth will/should be one of the first new names on the USMNT squad in 2023.
Utrecht's best player right now, fills a wide variety of central and wide midfield roles and even right back, and probably a top 3 or 4 set piece specialist in the pool.
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The agents in camp-
Agent Hudson: raised in England but originally born in the USA
Agent Yunus: close friend from years in Arsenal academy
Agents Turner & Trusty: current Arsenal organization
Agents Booth & Reynolds: US U18 teammates, Reynolds with the iconic trophy photo
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Awesome to see two young players compete against each other in one of the top leagues in the world then play together for their country. There's no telling where the USMNT would be right now without the decisions of Dest and Musah, and of course Pepi.
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None of these describe the USMNT:
-lost three competitive matches in five months to a much younger rival
-intentional choking, cleating, or eye-poking in all three matches
-no Mexican-American representation; lost to an eligible player the manager admitted he never spoke to
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Things you love to see: two different local media outlets gave him the highest rating among Sheffield United players in their victory over Wolves.
Still much to prove but this is impressive for a player who went directly from MLS to being a top Championship CB and then now this
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Matt Turner was the only keeper in the Premier League to hold a clean sheet today 🇺🇸
He has an elite mentality and work ethic. Never handed anything. Toiled his way through every humble level in the domestic US system. Then his game took off at the Revs and especially at Arsenal
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Since 2020 the USMNT has more trophies than losses. Their record during that time:
15 wins. Twice over Mex in a final
One draw to a Euro round-of-16 nation
One 1-goal loss to a Euro round-of-8 nation
+37 GD
*None* of the 17 opponent squads had an average age as young as the US.
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Reyna and Musah are two of the top ten U19s in the world at the moment.
By 2026, they will each be just age 23 and about to enter their prime for the USMNT.
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Haji Wright's goals-per-90 this season is ahead of not just Cyle Larin, but also Michy Batshuayi and Mario Balotelli.
Wright is the only U25 player in the Super Lig with double-digit goals. And has a far higher G/90 than anyone his age or younger (double the second-place guy).
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The gimmick of fielding Tyler Adams at RB is a joke. Sure, he's good there. He'd be our best LB too. One of our top two wide mids. He's an elite prospect who can overcome managerial issues. Just keep in mind he had the highest WhoScored rating in 2019 among *all* Bundesliga CDMs.
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Kevin Paredes has flown *way* under the radar within CONCACAF other than for the USA (and Dominican Republic) fan base.
Now 4 goal contributions in under 400 Bundesliga minutes this season. Some who have garnered far more hype have done absolutely nothing in a lower division.
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A few shots from US U19 camp in Marbella, Spain where the US defeated England and Norway. Jermaine Jones is a U19 assistant coach.
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Must be said for Pepi that he is 20. Could have even played in the U20 World Cup if he wanted.
Not saying Balogun isn't the
#1
or that Pepi will hit 20+ in a Top 5 League soon, simply that we're very lucky to have both. Sargent should be with the A-squad too with his versatility
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Yunus Musah featured in Italian media:
"England also wanted me, but in the American national team there are many young people....from the first day I felt great among my teammates....this national team has a future and I want to tie mine to it."
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Nowhere near the fanfare and panic of trying to recruit Sergino Dest and Yunus Musah but in hindsight deserves as much recognition.
The USSF and Sarachan quietly out-recruited England U21s who did invite him.
🌍 International watch.
@Antonee_Jedi
has been handed his maiden call-up to the
@ussoccer_mnt
squad ahead of their upcoming friendly with Paraguay.
📰 ⏩
#BWFC
🐘 🏰
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I was in the immediate crowd of ~50 people in the first few rows Laryea was smugly motioning toward after Shaffelburg's goal -- he thought Canada had won -- so it's not surprising to see this meltdown as a continuation of his antics.
Se calentaron los ánimos tras la victoria de Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 ante Canadá 🇨🇦
Video cortesía de
@TUDNUSA
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Ricardo Pepi is now second in the Eredivisie in goal + assist rate. For qualified players with minimum 250 minutes.
Behind only Cody Gakpo.
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It'd be interesting to see the USMNT experiment at least once with a lineup similar to this, assuming certain others will be with the US U23s instead. Maybe it wouldn't work, but it'd arguably be maximizing the individual skills and overall talent available in the pool.
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There are fifteen American players born 2001-later who have been in USMNT senior camp within the last calendar year and who were not in tonight's winning U23 squad.
Also there is a separate US Olympic preparation squad being sent to the Pan-American Games.
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Diego Kochen has plenty more to prove, but all indications from both reputable US youth scouts and Barcelona's management are that he is a big-time prospect.
What a surreal moment for a 17-year-old American to be the
#2
keeper for Barcelona in La Liga.
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Dortmund's Cole Campbell has filed a switch to his native USA.
Plenty of smoke about this and now confirmed. Iceland provisionally cap-tied him up two age groups while USYNTs were dormant. But the US has the more attractive program & he grew up here too
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Yunus Musah's friendship with Alex Mighten and discussion of their American connection, and a likely similar one with Arsenal academy teammate Folarin Balogun, underscores how big it would be for the USMNT to secure Musah. It could well influence the others to also join the US.
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Usually this type of drivel shouldn't be highlighted, but this tweet was aimed at me over two and a half years ago.
Receipts don't get much more epic than that.
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Four months into the season, the US has had two different U21 defenders earn the Bundesliga Man of the Matchday title. Joe Scally and now Chris Richards. Future defense is looking very bright.
Bayern loanee Chris Richards has been named Bundesliga man of the matchday
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Christian Pulisic at age 21 ends the season with a production rate of 0.66 xG+xA per 90 min via FB Ref. He ranks 12th in the Premier League among 1000+min players behind only Agüero (1.04), Jesus, De Bruyne, Salah, Sterling, Mahrez, Rashford, Vardy, Antonio, Abraham, Mané (0.67).
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Reynolds is the fifth US U20-eligible to play in a Top 5 League this season.
Combined they are nearing the 4,000 minute mark -- ranking fifth in playing time by U20 nationality behind France, England, Spain, and Germany.
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Been a whirlwind 24 hours from the USMNT victory to dual-nat panic.
Meanwhile, a Sounders youth product signs a pro contract with Watford. The US pipeline to Europe isn't slowing down.
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Like Musah, Jedi would deserve to at least contend for England's roster today if not make it.
Jedi received an England U21 invite in March 2018 but chose the USMNT despite no World Cup. Sarachan also helped secure Carter-Vickers.
So thank you to Berhalter, Sarachan, & the USSF.
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The US now has six U21 attackers with Top 5 League starts: Reyna, Weah, Musah, Sargent, Hoppe, Konrad.
Not including U23s (Pulisic), U21s in other Euro leagues for now (Aaronson, Ledezma etc), headed for Europe (Clark, Pepi, Cowell, Bassett etc), or in academies (Sanogo etc).
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Massive respect for this club.
Most clubs from their league would likely have blocked a January camp invite. Their management and players have been nothing but fully supportive of Zendejas and his USA decision. More Americans coming up their academy ranks too.
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Some have implied Pepi went with the US because of little chance with El Tri. That is laughable.
Pepi had a big hand in all 4 goals. This 3-goal margin in WCQ had not been done by any nation at Honduras in *28 years.*
Pepi caused it in his debut, at 18 years old.
(more)
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Cremaschi reportedly declined a US U20 World Cup invite, per The Athletic. Understandable to avoid a provisional cap-tie.
But apparently the offer was indeed made. So you'd imagine there were discussions with others, quite possibly including Buck, regardless of the final roster
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New York-born Union Berlin forward Malick Sanogo is back with the US U20s according to his Instagram. Still very much a prospect but it's increasingly likely he's leaning toward the US for now.
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There are players who will never be MNT regulars but still belong in YNT lore and Gloster is among them. One of a number of players involved in the legendary U20 World Cup upset of France -- a U20 side that was valued more than the USMNT at the time
Good to see him still playing
Fortifying our backline 🚧
Left-back Chris Gloster brings European and youth national experience to our side 🌍 Welcome to New Mexico, Chris!
#SomosUnidos
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So Daniel Lovitz was acquired by an expansion MLS side for $100K. Milan bid $8.5 million for Antonee Robinson and it was rejected, although they could place a higher bid, or Lyon could swoop in. Lovitz has thirteen USMNT caps (yikes!) in the last year and Robinson has one.
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If not for a complete fluke own goal by 🇯🇲 last March, 🇺🇸 would've fallen in the Nations League Semifinal and the Copa America Group Stage, back to back. That's a new low
Getting grouped in Copa is a done deal. But we were a hair's breadth away from not even making the NL Final
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This has to be immensely gratifying for Luca.
He has been in Europe for 11 years now. Toiled for over seven years between joining Fulham's academy to his first pro start in the Eredivisie. Most would have given up but not him. Now a legit La Liga starter in his fourth pro season
🚨 USMNT international Luca de la Torre for Celta de Vigo today.
☑️ 87 min
⚽️ 1 goal
🅰️ 1 assist
🔑 2 chances created
↔️ 1 dribble won
🎯 3/3 tackles won (match highest)
🔥 4 duels won
⚔️ 6 ball recoveries
✅ 8.7 rating on fotmob
Masterclass 🔥
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Only five players currently under 20 and playing in the Bundesliga this season were developed outside of Europe.
Ricardo Pepi
Gio Reyna
Joe Scally
Reinier (turns 20 this month)
Piero Hincapie (turns 20 this month)
The three youngest of these five are American.
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The list of nations with a better U21 striker one-two punch than Folarin Balogun and Ricardo Pepi is very short.
Truly one of the top striker duos globally for youth-age-eligibles.
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Daryl Dike has 7 goals in 849 minutes.
For players with at least 700 minutes played, Dike's non-penalty goal rate of 0.74 per 90 minutes ranks first place in the English Championship.
He is also younger than anyone else in the *top thirty* of that category.
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Pepi is one of four U21 (born '01-later) strikers with double-digit league goals in a Top 6 League by UEFA Coefficient. The only U20 of them.
The others: Brian Brobbey, Elye Wahi.....and the leader Folarin Balogun.
Soon could be two of four held by 🇺🇸
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Real Madrid's highly-rated left back Manu Romero will reportedly return to the 🇺🇸YNT explaining his absence from 🇪🇸YNT camp.
No doubt he had a positive experience last camp playing regularly as the US defeated the likes of Portugal and Italy
Me parece bastante buena también esta generación 2009, jugadores de alto potencial, sin embargo, son tan pequeños que seguramente con el tiempo muchos no lleguen y surjan otros nuevos que ahora mismo no se sabe de ellos.
Manu Romero❌está con USA, una pena, esperemos cambie.
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No other current U17 prospect in CONCACAF is drawing as much indignation from multiple fanbases as Keyrol Figueroa is.
Definitely some fear there. They proclaim that he is not an American and shouldn't be playing for the USA. But no denial from them about his ability and play.
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Matthew Hoppe is the 15th US youth eligible in a Big 5 League matchday squad since the summer.
The others: Pulisic, McKennie, Adams, Dest, Reyna, Musah, Richards, Sargent, Robinson, Weah, Konrad, Otasowie, and Vassilev and Llanez (before loans). The rest of CONCACAF has four.
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Curious to see whether Pepi ends the window with zero competitive playing time given, much like Musah for Nations League.
That would be....something.
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No one path for US young players to Europe:
-Grow up there (Dest, Musah)
-Move early w/ EU passport (Reyna), parent (Konrad), both (Pulisic)
-Sign first pro deal at 18 (McKennie, many others)
-Sold in early 20s from MLS (Adams, Aaronson) + w/ past Euro experience (Steffen, EPB)
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Dest and Musah are a major boost for the USMNT now and for years to come. But despite the more low-key recruitment, Jedi deserves recognition up there with them.
No doubt facing the likes of France and Brazil so early helped him become the player he is today. Thank you, Dave.
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Other USYNTs this year.
U20s: easily best in CONCACAF, drew Argentina
U19s: perfect 5-0 record vs Euro opponents including England
U17s: beat Portugal/Belgium/Uruguay, drew Argentina, tight loss to Italy, held own vs U18s
All teams coached by up-and-comers, not retreads.
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You love to see it. No doubt he will be with the next US U20s
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The US if healthy can field a five-man youth-eligible midfield of all Champions League Knockout Stage team starters. Adams, McKennie, Musah, Pulisic, Reyna.
Valencia breakout star Yunus Musah has accepted a call-up to
#USMNT
camp later this month, according to a source with knowledge of the decision.
The 17-year-old New York-born Musah has represented England at the youth levels.
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Congrats to Gabriel Slonina on his consecutive clean sheets. This time surviving 90+12' against upper-table Antwerp
You must keep in perspective it's very unusual for a 19-year-old goalkeeper to start in a Top 8-10 European league. This loan is great for his development
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Haji Wright, age 24 (been 23 most of the season), has 10 goals in 16 Super Lig starts.
Michy Batshuayi, current Belgium NT striker in his prime age, has 14 goals in 24 Super Lig starts with better support.
No, Wright isn't as good. But you must admit this is pretty remarkable.
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None of these strikers were at the World Cup for the USA:
-Possible Ligue 1 Golden Boot
-Only outfield player in Eredivisie Best XI of Month not from Ajax/PSV/Feyenoord
-C'ship goal rate at two clubs since 2021 topped only by a few (e.g. Toney, Mitrovic, Akpom)
Ages 21, 20, 22.
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Genk and Salzburg are close to qualifying for UCL. If they do then the USMNT can field a XI only from Champions League Group Stage sides. Nine of them below age 23.
This is not necessarily the best USMNT lineup since the US has other good players too but still great to see.
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Although it would be nice to get Koleosho to "come home" to his native USA (still possible), you have to feel better about Booth, Paredes, and Wright as the backup winger pool.
All three of those players have positional versatility too especially Booth
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USMNT in 17 matches since 2020:
15 wins
Two trophies
One draw to a Euro round-of-16 nation
One 1-goal loss to a Euro round-of-8 nation
GD +37 (46 scored, 9 conceded)
USMNT roster average age: 23.75
Opponent roster average age: 27.05
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The US U17 roster leak includes some dual-nat panic prospects.
Christian McFarlane: '07, capped by England U16
Santi Morales: '07, next big Argentinean-American from Inter Miami
Aiden Harangi: capped by Hungary U17
Cruz Medina: in contact with FMF
Noahkai Banks: German-American
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With a weighted average age of 24.2 in WCQ according to
@fbref
, the current USMNT is the youngest national team to qualify for the World Cup since *at least* the 2014 cycle.
Along with the Nations League and Gold Cup trophies this is remarkable.
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Zendejas could have easily declined this US invite to focus on key club matches and wait for El Tri. So although no final decision yet it's great to see this initial commitment from a dual-national.
And respect to Club América for not blocking it like others in Liga MX may have.
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It's not just that Mexico is 1-1-4 against the US and Canada this year and lucky the draw was not a loss. Also remarkable how much younger the US and Canada are. Even Mex U20s are being carried in large part by US and Canada products. Sound the alarm for Liga MX development.
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The US 🇺🇸 since June 2021:
-Both CONCACAF senior trophies 🏆🏆 held by U23-heavy squads (the real U23s)
-2022 World Cup qualified ✅ with the 5th-youngest weighted age of nearly 600 WCQ Participants since 2014 cycle
-2023 U20 World Cup qualified ✅
-2024 Olympics qualified ✅
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USYNT fullback Isaiah LeFlore has moved from Sporting KC to SC Braga who are fourth place in Portugal's Primeira Liga.
He is listed with the first team on the league's official website. Credit to BigSoccer for spotting.
#Otro
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Today the US passed Italy in U21 Top 5 League minutes. The US has 10,417. Italy has 10,208 mostly from Serie A.
If this lead holds in the next month, it would be the first time a non-Top 5 League nation finishes top five for U21s since Brazil in 2008-09 (credit to
@NatFan9
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Sargent now leads this Top 8 League in scoring rate, outside of a few players who have one goal in cameo minutes.
Time to consider him as one of the top two US strikers. Or if keeping both Pepi & Balogun, still give him (or Wright) another spot since they can play out wide too
JOSH SARGENT 🫡🇺🇸 GOAL
HE CAN’T BE STOPPED 🔥
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As a CB, Sam Rogers has pretty much dominated in Norway after toiling in USL. His club sold a player to Benfica this week and are close to qualifying for Conference League.
Soccer development in the US has a ways to go but its physical aspect has helped Rogers and Auston Trusty.
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