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USMNT - 2026 World Cup Cycle

Camp Cupcake gametime. Even by January camp standards this team is pretty uninspiring. Between some MLS teams denying player callups and a few players leaving camps due to moves.

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Bench: 21-Matt Freese, 22-Zack Steffen, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 5-DeJuan Jones, 8-Brian White, 10-Diego Luna, 13-Tim Ream, 14-Emeka Eneli, 19-Indiana Vassilev

Nice to see a few of the young players. But how Miljevic is even on this team is wild, based on how it has gone on ever team he has even played on.
 
McGlynn with the a nice long range strike for a goal, if he finds a good European move he could become a player that challenges for a place in the full team. Agyemang is tall and fast and strong, had a nice goal. But rough around the edges. Miljevic within the first 2 minutes ran up to grab the ball for a penalty that it didnt look like he was supposed to take then hit the weakest penalty, decent enough goal but he was wide open.

Liked Arfsten at LB, especially considering our LB depth. Hopefully Luna starts the next game because i think he is closer to the full team (and atleast an interesting player).

Sloppy game overall.
 
Wasn't really familiar with a lot of guys going into this game. Came away impressed with McGlynn, Agyemang, and Arfsten. Miljevic with one of the worst penalties I've seen in recent memory
 
US beat Costa Rica 3-0 Wednesday night. Goals from White, Clark and Agyemang. Though the big winner was Luna breaking his nose and getting back on the field and setting up the first goal.

McGlynn, Luna, Agyemang the stand outs from the two games. Agyemang I think got on a lot of peoples radar, he has come from nowhere in the last year or 2. I think he was playing D3 college soccer 3 years ago. His touch doesn't look amazing, but he is so big, fast and strong and makes his touch work well enough to get goals.

Also, nice to see Clark with a nice camp, he looked like a lost cause until he got traded to Montreal.
 
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Nations League semifinal is tomorrow. Here was the original call up roster. Since then Robinson, Trusty and Cardoso have pulled out due to injury. Max Arfsen, Brian Gutierrez and Jack McGlynn have been called up in their place



Interesting that Pochettino called up a bunch of guys who played well at the January camp (Berhalter rightly or wrongly would have been killed for calling up 1 MLS player, let alone 5 or 6).

If not now for Sargent with the national team, then it probably will never happen. Robinson pulling out hurts because only Scally I trust as a fullback. I shudder to think he may play Ream at LB, instead of that i would prefer a back 3.

Only surprises of not called up players are Zendejas (in form and they really don't have many healthy wingers beyond Pulisic and Weah), and either of the Aaronson brothers.

Excited to see Luna with the full team.
 
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Not having a world class or low elite tier striker for this team is the equivalent of that meme having a Lamborghini in a trailer park. You can have world class players everywhere but if you can't have a finisher then teams won't be scared to sit back or bait those players in beating you with something special. If Panama has exposed the USMNT twice in big games, granted Weah sold the Gold Cup game, but how do you expect to beat legit soccer nations lol
 
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ZachaFlockaFlame said:
Not having a world class or low elite tier striker for this team is the equivalent of that meme having a Lamborghini in a trailer park. You can have world class players everywhere but if you can't have a finisher then teams won't be scared to sit back or bait those players in beating you with something special. If Panama has exposed the USMNT twice in big games, granted Weah sold the Gold Cup game, but how do you expect to beat legit soccer nations lol
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I thought the most telling thing was who he brought off the bench as his first subs in mid and striker. I do see the potential in Agyemang... looks like a young Altidore. This is not a deep team and as you say... very little up front.

Straight up loss at home to Panama in a tournament game... that's ugly
 
ZachaFlockaFlame said:
Not having a world class or low elite tier striker for this team is the equivalent of that meme having a Lamborghini in a trailer park. You can have world class players everywhere but if you can't have a finisher then teams won't be scared to sit back or bait those players in beating you with something special. If Panama has exposed the USMNT twice in big games, granted Weah sold the Gold Cup game, but how do you expect to beat legit soccer nations lol
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Well we only have like one, maybe two, players of that caliber to begin with, so actually developing more of those World Class players would be a help.
 
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