**Official USMNT Soccer Thread**

[deepinthajeep]

Apparently Juan Agudelo is looking into purchasing property in Cyprus so he can obtain an EU passport....


I want to see this kid flourish so badly, he needs to find a club ASAP.

Agudelo is an idiot, that or his agent has breached his fiduciary duty multiple times in the past year.  

Kid was welcome back at Utrecht and then New England tried to bring him before the MLS transfer window closed in August. 

He's set for a trial at Wolverhampton. Juan will be fine.

http://www.espnfc.us/story/2079254/...mpionship-side-wolverhampton-wandererssources

 

[deepinthajeep]

#10 always.

 

[b fresco]

Donovan has to be an undercover latino brother. Spanish is solid (like he grew up with fam that spoke it) and that pic above is his AC SLater impression to a T. Plus he hates Mexico. He got be Latino, he HAS TO BE.

 

[ice city fc]

Apparently Juan Agudelo is looking into purchasing property in Cyprus so he can obtain an EU passport....


I want to see this kid flourish so badly, he needs to find a club ASAP.

Agudelo is an idiot, that or his agent has breached his fiduciary duty multiple times in the past year.  

Kid was welcome back at Utrecht and then New England tried to bring him before the MLS transfer window closed in August. 

He's set for a trial at Wolverhampton. Juan will be fine.

http://www.espnfc.us/story/2079254/...mpionship-side-wolverhampton-wandererssources

Nah man - The English FA already denied two work permits while Juan was actually playing. Getting a work permit isn't some luck of the draw, if you fail try again type thing. There are standards and requirements for appearances that have to be met that Juan didn't meet before and he's done nothing to help himself since. We can call this a trial if we want but it's obviously not because Wolves can't actually sign him.

Add Werder Bremen ( a fantastic club) to the list of offers that Juan and his agent turned down. Sporting Lisbon, NE, Utrecht, and Weder Bremen all told to kick rocks because Juan or his agent have delusions about playing in England immediately.

You have to question the competency of his agent which is 100% fair given he shares an agent with Brek Shea who's made his share of questionable career decisions, an agent who also happens to be Breks child hood friend, an agent who has zero other pro football clients.

Juan needs to get his head out of his ***, fire his amateur agent, get a real one, and stop wasting prime development years in a career that last a decade if you're lucky.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Juan can go kick rocks... If he doesn't get on an English side now, he won't next season. The FA is going to reduce foreign players playing in any of the 4 English leagues by 50%. This is comical because the FA chairman thinks foreign players in the Prem are ruining English football...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/17/fa-non-eu-players-english-football

 

[freshkrn]

Cant wait for tomorrow.

 

[rck3sactown]

Damn, I had no idea Brek and Agudelo shared the same agent 

that explains so much, I stumbled on that agent's IG a while back and that dude is a grade A clown ***.

Juan, you are better than this; I still believe 

 

[ijumpmani]

My view for tonight's match

 

[rck3sactown]

Whoa

Yedlin in the mid.... weird

Garza and Gyau getting the start, young lefties 

 

[DeadsetAce]

Yeldin in the mid.... weird

i kind of like the idea of this. interested to see what he can do out there

 

[freshkrn]

Damn Donovan starting lego

 

[rck3sactown]

 

Yeldin in the mid.... weird

i kind of like the idea of this. interested to see what he can do out there

Ehhh I'm fine experimenting with it but I just don't see him this late into his young career, being able to develop decent enough technical skill to play in the mid.

IMO it would be ideal if he just shored up on the defensive end and bombed up and down the field.

 

[DeadsetAce]

^ i wonder if it is just experimenting or if it's purely due to available heads and getting certain guys PT (yedlin included).

we'll see i guess

 

[rck3sactown]

Probably a little of both.

Jurgen could have just gone with what he had going in the WC warm up tour and had Chandler at LB and Yedlin at RB and then have Corona at RM.

But I'm sure Jurgen wanted to see what Garza has at LB.... admittedly I know next to nothing about him 

 

[DeadsetAce]

^ makes sense

 

[rck3sactown]

Mixxxxxxxx

 

[rck3sactown]

Pls be okay Joe

 

[rck3sactown]

I would be lying if I said I didn't get a little choked up seeing Landon walk off....

Thanks for the memories.

 

[degenerate423]

Disappointed I didn't get to watch the game because of work. Hopefully there's a replay on somewhere tonight.

 

[rck3sactown]

Out: John Brooks, Landon Donovan, Luis Gil, Omar Gonzalez, Brad Guzan, Joe Gyau

In: Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, Matt Besler, Jermaine Jones, Graham Zusi, Sean Johnson

                      Jozy

       Zusi-----Dempsey-----Bedoya

             Bradley-----Jones

Chandler---Besler---Orozco---Yedlin

                   Rimando

But its just as likely that Jurgen just gives most of the MLS guys brief 2nd half stints..... who knows

 

[champcruthik]

Team Yedlinny. Obligatory Mackenzie update:

 

[sonoftony]

copped tickets for USMNT vs Honduras on tuesday

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Why doesn't Miguel Ibarra play in the MLS. Just kind of confused as to how he was selected

He's been playing well for Minnesota partnering with fellow Californian Christian Ramirez... This maybe his chance to showcase his combo of talent & speed.

Timely story about Ibarra...

[COLOR=#red]Who Is Miguel Ibarra?[/COLOR]
Posted on October 13, 2014 by Chris Moore

Do not feel bad if you are one of the many that are unfamiliar with the California native who was called up to the US Men’s National Team squad for last Friday’s 1-1 draw against Ecuador, and is included in Tuesday’s squad for the match against Honduras. Three separate websites have Ibarra listed at three different positions. Wikipedia has Ibarra listed as an attacking midfielder, ESPN labeled the player as a defender, and the USMNT website has him as a forward (I would obviously trust the actual USMNT website for Ibarra’s correct position).

Even though he received his first call up to the USMNT during Landon Donovan’s final match in red, white, and blue last Friday, Ibarra does not play for an MLS club. The 24-year-old makes his living for Minnesota United FC, in the second-tier North American Soccer League.

Ibarra spent his freshman and sophomore years in college at Taft College in California, where he was named in the Central Valley Conference First Team both years, and was the MVP of the conference following his sophomore season. Ibarra would later transfer to the University of California at Irvine for his Junior and senior seasons. The accolades would not stop there for Ibarra, as he was named into the All-Big West Conference Team of the Year and Co-Offensive Player of the Conference during his senior season at Irvine.

Despite Ibarra’s success in college, he was not one of the 38 players selected during the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. Ibarra was, however, picked in the second round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft five days later. Although he was selected by the Portland Timbers during that draft, Ibarra failed to come to terms on a contract with the Timbers and signed with Minnesota (then called the Minnesota Stars) in March of 2012.

The underrated Ibarra possesses pace, skill, and decent finishing abilities (as seen here). Ibarra currently has eight goals (tied for fifth most in the league) and five assists (tied for second most in the league) during league play this season. Ibarra has scored a total of 14 goals and recorded 13 assists during his three seasons in Minnesota.

With the aforementioned Donovan retiring from the national team and other stars in the team (DaMarcus Beasley, Kyle Beckerman, Clint Dempsey, Jermaine Jones, and Tim Howard) over the age of 30, the USMNT needs its young players to step up and soon take the reins to help continue America’s recent climb in the world of soccer. Whether Ibarra will be a part of the passing of the torch remains to be seen.

Ibarra became the first call-up to the USMNT from a second-tier league in over nine years, when Clyde Simms from the Virginia Kickers trained with the national team ahead of a World Cup qualifier in 2005.

Ibarra, the 24-year-old forward/winger, could make his national team debut Tuesday night against Honduras in Boca Raton, FL. The game will be televised live on ESPN and WatchESPN.com at 8pm ET.

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/10/13/who-is-miguel-ibarra/

 

[freshkrn]

What a goal JOZY

 

[rck3sactown]

I love/hate when Deuce gets cheeky