At some point, you have to go with your best 11. I am not sure we have a striker in our "best 22," certainly not best 11. I'd move Weah or Reyna to the #9 to get Aaronson on the field.
We have 0 viable strikers but 7 midfielders/wingers for 5 positions. Pulisic, Weah, Adams, McKennie, Musah, Reyna, Aaronson. Would it be so crazy to not play Ferreria, Pepi, Morris, Wright, etc?
Another reason we should be in UEFA. They are playing Nations League came so our options were limited.
Oh that’s right. But that’s why they don’t like nations league too. They want to be able to step out and play teams like us. But they can’t.
I like Peredes, I miss him being with DC United. The thing he did fairly often was draw a penalty kick by faking everyone out and carrying it into the box and they get frustrated and foul him.
You heard it here first. Why does every idea have to come from me? You showed the low USMNT ratings on the other board. Well, that's mostly because the team plays all "non-interesting" games for the casual fan. They just have those 3-4 WC games plus 2 games vs Mexico and maybe a Gold Cup Final vs Mexico in a 4 year period. That isnt enough. Put them in UEFA and then WCQ and Euro qualifying are interesting as hell and Nations League for us would be cool. That's how you grow the sport.
Or you do what CONMEBOL is supposedly doing and keep your own organization but participate in the next UEFA Nations League.
Yea but he's too valuable on the wing. It doesn't have to be this hard though. Who are Berhalter's best soccer players? Is Ferreira one since he scored 3 vs Grenada? No. Put Weah or Reyna up there and call it a day.
Sure, but Israel has a legit claim to Europe, they border Europe and for political reasons, it's probably better that they don't visit Arab countries. Surinam and Guyana should definitely be South America. Australia? They should be wherever New Zealand is. And USA in UEFA, you're risking basically USUALLY not qualifying for the WC.
How about Armenia in UEFA? How is Armenia considered to be part of Europe? Maybe the US can take Russia's spot if they leave for Asia.
Why would the MLS want to be in the Champions league? Well, they would happily take the check for losing, but the owners love the guaranteed profits. Love the salary caps. Euro clubs go bankrupt. Heck, Barca is in bad shape.
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I don't really care if MLS is a TOP league, USA is in North America, THE END.
But the United States borders the Atlantic Ocean...which borders the U.K., Spain and Portugal.
Canada and Mexico should join UEFA too then, why should they be left behind, as soon as USA joins they should also petition to join. Canada is even closer to Europe, you can practically swim to Iceland.But the United States borders the Atlantic Ocean...which borders the U.K., Spain and Portugal.
See, now you're beginning to see things through the thick Coke bottles lenses of you know who...
Sure, the fans would like it - especially if their teams were one of the ones to way overspend. As for $$$, did you miss the part about Barca? Do you think City or Chelsea turned profits?
Canada also recognizes Queen Elizabeth as Head of State so they are even more European and part of the UK.
And the U.S. used to be a territory of the Crown so there is that historical tie we have. I mean soccer wasn't even around in the mid 1700's but we can't let that cloud our thought process.
Mexico should join CONMEBOL. Canada to UEFA. The rest of CONCACAF can play for 1-2 WC bids. Maybe Greenland can win Concacaf then.
Should Syria, Iran, and Iraq be in UEFA then since they border the Asian part of Turkey, just like Armenia?
MLS teams wouldn't even make it to the group stage with the rare every so often exception. MLS would get maybe 2 guaranteed UCL spots and they'd be early stages. Setting up titanic games against Shamrock Rovers or Lincoln Red Imps for the right to face Qarabag or F91 Dudelange
