Turner has been injured. Hasn't played yet for NE in the new MLS season or CCL. My understanding he is close to being ready and people around NE were surprised he wasn't included in the side last weekend. Steffen played FA Cup for City not long ago. I assume he is healthy and presumably the starter if the game were this weekend but 2 weeks is a long time so maybe Turner might be ready to go. I'd be shocked if they brought in Guzan. They could easily go with Sean Johnson or Ethan Horvath for that 2nd and 3rd spot if Turner isn't ready.
Leeds played an outstanding match. More possession than I've ever seen from them and the attack was still that crisp, fast style. The defense was much better. No glaring breakdowns. The goal from Leicester was a well constructed counter and the finish from Barnes a but of a fluke as the Leeds defender had him closed down and blocked from the goal but he got megged trying to block the attempt. Look for Leeds to take some points in the next 3-4 fixtures against teams that are also struggling to stay up.
Beer?halter has a real problem in goal. I don't know much about Sean Johnson but he might work. I really like Horvath and think he deserves a call up. But if Beer?halter calls up that 17 yr-old with zero caps with the Sr's....I repeat: Beer?halter is not a serious man! Please, no Guzan!
Sean Johnson has wilted on the international stage several times, most notably at the Olympics. He’s done little to develop. Tremendous athlete and that’s enough for MLS but not enough for the Azteca or WC. And if that’s not enough of a negative, he went to UCF.
Both are injured. Horvath has played 5 competitive matches in the last 20 months iirc.
Here's hoping Turner is OK in time. I can't imagine having to play with Guzan in Berhalter's preferred style is a winning proposition no matter who we're playing.
Sargent has been so out of form as a scorer, he’s been moved to winger in a service role. I don’t know why people still think of him as the Great Red Hope.
NY Jets owner Woody Johnson is also said to be interested in Chelsea. That should scare the hell out of every Chelsea fan.
This is unbelievable. Norwich doesn't have a prayer to avoid relegation, yet his coach insists on keeping him around & missing the 3 most important matches for his country to date. This is assuming Beer?halter had any plan to call him up in the first place.
The club has to release. He was designated a reserve by GB so the club announced that early to reassure their fans after the loss to Leeds.
I'm interested in the Defensive back 4. The CB selection is quite odd. I don't think we've seen much of that lineup play together before.
Because there is some flexibility with who the US has listed as forwards. Aaronson, Reyna, and Pulisic could all realistically line up at the 8 or 10 positions. As for the CBS, look for Miles Robinson and Zimmerman to get the bulk of pt in those spots and Dest/A Robinson at the outside fullback spots. What I don't want to see Berhalter do is run Dest and Robinson out there against Mexico and then decide that Cannon and Yedlin (or more likely Sands) play against Panama. I also don't want to see Berhalter treat the Mexico game as a lost game before it starts and run out the backups to get trounced and going all in vs Panama at home. That's a sure fire way to put more pressure on your squad than there needs to be
Only if you're a fan of Chelsea. The rest of EPL would be rejoicing...except for Arsenal because they're stuck with Stan Kroenke
That's the 2nd time Jimenez has picked up double yellows this season. The previous time he picked up 2 in about 45 seconds as he had a cynics foul to stop a break and then he stepped in front of the free kick w/o giving the requisite space. He's not a very smart player
Let's hope his future half-time speech's delete German & stick to the Queen's English & Amurican English
Wow. Things crumbling before our eyes. Maybe they should have taken care of business against Panama the first time around and Canada during the home leg. We may see a repeat of 2018
