Canada is in the tournament. They played to a 2-2 draw with Guadeloupe a couple days ago. Their next game is Saturday against Guatemala.
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Canada is in the tournament. They played to a 2-2 draw with Guadeloupe a couple days ago. Their next game is Saturday against Guatemala.
BTW, if you want to know why CONCACAF has a Nations League, the US announced today the two opponents they are going to play in their September friendlies. Because the European countries will be involved in qualifiers for their championship and the South American countries will be starting World Cup qualifying, the US's two game will be against....
Uzbekistan and Oman!
Must see TV!
Uzbekistan and Oman!
Must see TV!
That's not why there's a Nations League. The USSF was opposed to a Nations League because they want to schedule who they want to schedule. In that regard, Im not sure why they arent playing Mexico and Canada or some other upper CONCACAF team again. That would be better than Uzbekistan or Oman.
Another reason to get into UEFA. This is a joke.
It’s not going to change. With Europe and everyone else tied to their Nations League and world cup qualifying between now and 2026, finding opponents to play won’t be easy for us.
It absolutely is PART of the reason that there is a Nations League. Because the USSF CAN'T schedule who they want, because who they want is committed to playing elsewhere. Just like they would have been in the June window. Just like they are in the September window.
Do you really think that given their choice of all the possible opponents they pick Uzbekistan and Oman? They are playing who is available, not who they want.
Hmmmm about Musah. He and Palhinha, 2 top notch defensive midfielders. Jedi signing to is a great keep!
Plus looks like Willian will be back.
Plus looks like Willian will be back.
Has to be good news for Fulham, huh? ARob is one of the best LBs in the league.
What are your thoughts on Musah? Where will they slot him in their setup?
My Chelsea team is in talks with Brighton for Calceido. He’s supposedly the next Kante. Personal terms have been agreed for weeks but Brighton have always been shrewd negotiators with Chelsea and now they are asking for 100 million because of the Declan Rice deal with Arsenal. Chelsea has a back up plan in case things don’t work out…but I never heard of the guy. So my question is, why not Tyler Adams? I can’t believe that #6’s are going for 100 million plus. How much worse is Tyler Adams? He’d come a lot cheaper.
It's very good news. Keeping stability from last years squad is crucial. Willian was so much more than we expected. He was superb...almost like the Willian of old.
I like Musah. Not sure where his minutes would come from though. Palhinha and Harrison Reed were stalwarts as their defensive midfielders. I think Musah and Palhinha are very similar. Really good on the back end, cleaning up hairy situations but also have enough flare to make an impact in the offensive zone.
I'm all for depth but if Musah is looking for 70+ minutes a game, Fulham might not be the place for him. He's definitely not replacing Palhinha, he's not as good as him to be honest. He could replace Harrison Reed though, but Reed has one key thing...EPL experience and loads of it.
Honestly I don’t think at this point because they brought in Nkunku from Leipzig but the deal was done in January, and calceido has long been rumored to be a target. This summer has been all about selling and not much about buying. Any player who left would still be there if Poch wanted them. And another is Joao Felix who Poch doesn’t think fits his style. I saw that Chelsea is still interested in bringing him back but not sure if Poch will change his mind on him. One thing that will be interesting is to see what happens if and when Lukaku shows up. What will Poch do? Today Poch said it’s Lukaku’s responsibility to show up at Cobham this week. Let’s see.
Personally I’m not crazy about things and if Chelsea finishes top 6, then Poch is the real deal. All the linkage is gone. They offloaded everyone from the champions league team. Only Silva, James and Chillwell remain. Coaches and front office are gone. This is a complete start over.
How crazy is it with $100 million players. Rice, now Calceido? Not worth it, sorry. Haaland wasn't evern bought for $100 million and he's better than both combined. You'd think Chelsea would have learned from their flub on Cucarella from Brighton to spend like drunken sailors at the port of call.
I didn’t like the Cucurella deal last summer. I’m a chilly fan. When he’s healthy he’s good. I’m all for bringing in completion and having 2 solid left backs, but do you need to spend 80 million or whatever it was on him? I hated that deal and didn’t understand it then and don’t understand it more now. Another one was Sterling. We already had a ton of wingers and didn’t need Man City’s sloppy seconds. Between the two of them they spent 150 mil on fees and they make probably 450K per week in wages. Biggest need on this team is a #9 and as you said they could have got Haaland for that.
I’m telling you, theres a chance chelsea comes back. But I think there’s a greater chance that they stay in the land of irrelevance for the next decade because they are signing all these guys to 8 year deals and there’s no guarantee any of them are going to pan out.
They snatched Mudryk from under Arsenal’s nose and spent 100 mil on him. He had a great assist in a U21 game last week and everyone on social media is creaming themselves. He’s got a ton of pace and of course I’m pulling for him…but Pulisic at 21 was soooooo much better. This kid played a dozen games at Chelsea and hasn’t scored a goal. At 21, Pulisic put Chelsea on his back and led them to top 4 and UCL qualification…which they won the next year. In other words, no Pulisic = no Champions League trophy.
I saw Mudryk play in the CL against Celtic last year and was really impressed. But some guys can make the leap to the EPL and some can't.
I don't think Haaland's transfer fee should be taken at face value. He had a low release clause and wanted to go to City given his family ties there. I think everyone realized that amount was well below market
Yeah he would have cost double the summer before. I still would have done it. But chelsea spent all that money on the proven commodity who was Romelu Lukaku.
Any buzz yet in the US for the Women's World Cup?
Hosted by Australia and NZ.
Weather likely to be a factor as it is winter here. The southern most host city is Dunedin with a covered stadium, but windy Wellington and Christchurch can get dodgy weather in July and August.
Does USA win this pretty easily?
Hosted by Australia and NZ.
Weather likely to be a factor as it is winter here. The southern most host city is Dunedin with a covered stadium, but windy Wellington and Christchurch can get dodgy weather in July and August.
Does USA win this pretty easily?
I am not feeling much buzz. But I know people in my circles will be watching.
I’m not feeling good about it and that’s due to all the injuries. Mallory Swanson(Pugh) was in incredible form over the last year and may have been our best player. But she tore her knee up and she’s out. She was dominant before her injury. Catarina Macario was on her way to being the best player in the world and she tore her ACL and she’s not playing. Becky Sauerbrunn is out too with injury and left off the roster. Thats 3 elite players for me. But we have a ton of depth of course so yeah we can win. But I think this is a year that someone else takes it.
USA opens with Vietnam. We will probably see Alex Morgan score 3 goals and disappear the rest of the tourney. She’s the womens version of Jesus Ferreira. I’m excited to watch players like Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman become the next generation of stars.
Fk, did you see that your favorite women's team star announced she's retiring at the end of this season?
They are going to spend the month of the World Cup slobbering all over her.
They are going to spend the month of the World Cup slobbering all over her.
So who would you say is the favorite? I work with a real sports nut English midwife. She wanted to bet me that England would win it, not USA. We didn't agree to stakes but something like we sing the winners national anthem or something humiliating like that. I didn't take the bet as I wanted to think it over. I suggested a pool where you draw a team, but that doesn't preclude a bet on individual teams.
Dunedin is really getting prepped for hosting. They are blocking off a section of town near the stadium to create a fan zone. My son's university flat is a couple of blocks from the stadium. Their street is getting blocked off to traffic on game days. And then first weekend of August is an All Blacks test against Australia.
Here are the host cities:
Dunedin=Seattle (Rain more likely than snow. Cold, dreary and windy)
Christchurch=Washington DC (colder and more likely to snow than Dunedin)
Wellington=San Francisco (bone-chilling wind)
New Plymouth=Portland, OR (cold but not freezing, little snow. Coastal pattern)
Auckland=Wilmington, NC
Hamilton=same as Auckland
It is unlikely that snow will be a factor, but cold, wind and rain most certainly will (except in Dunedin's covered stadium).
Whoa! I haven’t seen that yet. Gonna look it up after I respond to USN about the womens World Cup.
Would Arsenal sell to Chelsea? I mean, we sold Jorgi and Havertz to them…???
Chelsea bought this Nicholas Jackson dude from Villarreal, and I wondered if they bought him, why not Balogun? Jackson was a reserve until a few months ago and then scored like 10 goals in 9 games. He doesn’t have a long track record. We also have Broja who isn’t that exciting to me at this point. Plus they have to clear Lukaku off their books. But I say hell yeah on Balogun.
Are you a Gyn? I used to be in women’s health.
As far as the World Cup, I’ve listened to some experts on Sirius XM, and there doesn’t seem to be a clear favorite but all the betting is favoring the US. I just looked it up on draft Kings and the USA is +250 and England is +350. So those are the two favorites at this point. Many think Germany is going to have a say. Many thought France would too but they have a last minute new Manager and all kinds of inner turmoil so they would have to overcome all of that and put it all together in a short window which doesn’t seem likely.
If you have time, google best womens players in the world. If you see some of these lists, most of which are euro based, you’d think that Spain is the best team in the world, followed by England and France. You don’t find many US players on the list which is nuts. The lists are biased of course, but it does make one wonder.
It's a loan so maybe they'd do something similar with Adams.
Aaronson will be in the same team as Jordan Pefok, who's a forgotten man for the US team but could still be part of the striker mix.
Damn. I forgot about him too. Lol. We have some solid depth at the #9 position if they continue to develop.
Back to Adams, everyone universally agrees that Adams is too good for the English Championship so I hope he finds a team. That said, I’m sure Leeds doesn’t want to lose him. He’s that important to them in their quest for promotion back to the Prem.
I'll be interested to see how he performs. He seriously regressed once he got to Leeds even to the point that it effected how he performed for the national team.
Bayern submitted a second bid today for Harry Kane. What if he goes, where does Tottenham look for a replacement? Lukaku? Balogun?
I think the US is still the favorite, but not a prohibitive favorite like they have been sometimes in the past.
I think England may have been the favorite, but they are missing some players as well. And Spain has all their issues between the players and the federation that means they are missing some of their best players. And France has internal issues as well. And Canada is old. Everyone other than maybe Germany has some sort of problems going into the tournament, so it should be more wide open than it ever has been before.
Could be a tournament where the Aussies, as one of the hosts, get on a run that carries them to the top.
Isn't USA old? Or have they incorporated enough younger talent? Is Carly Lloyd finally retired?
No. The USA have plenty of players in their first World Cup. They had to roster Rapinoe and Morgan to provide the linkage to the previous teams, although Morgan is still a starter for whatever reason Sure there are players like Horan and Lavelle too, but you’re going to see many new faces.
The US has a mix of old players and young ones who are going to be counted on to play well. They have 14 players on the roster who have never played in a World Cup before.
Trinity Rodman is 21. Sophia Smith is 22. Alyssa Thompson is 19. Naomi Girma is 23. Emily Fox is 25. Ashley Sanchez is 24. You are, or at least should, be seeing a lot of those six players.
Part of the reason why I say the US may not win is because there are so many new faces that will be depended on, and in a knockout tourney, anything can happen in one match. So if I were betting and could take the US or the field, I’d take the field. But if I had to take one team, I’d take the US.
But someone better win this year, because if they don’t, the US could easily win 4 in a row in four years when it’s back over here again. Imagine Thompson, Pugh, Rodman, Smith and Macario in their prime in 4 years. My lord.
I think that is the right answer. The US is the favorite, but not a big favorite by any means.
Harry Kane has only himself to blame for having no silverware. His loyalty to that craptastic owner is mind boggling.
Second bid for arguably the best striker in the world, fetching 80 million euros/68 million pounds is cheap! How on earth does a twat like Jack Grealish fetch $100 million, Declan Rice and possibly Caicedo as well. I'd take Harry Kane or Haaland over any of those 3 in millisecond.
Another interesting watch will be Wilfried Zaha. Always been a fan, but he is so loyal to Palace.
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