Good morning everybody. I haven't been able to get together an SBI Live Q&A lately, and since I'm probably not going to be able to get one together for this week I wanted to give readers a chance to send some questions in for me to answer.
So I'm bringing back the old school Q&A format for this week.
Submit your soccer-related questions in the comments section below and I will post answers to some of them next week. Want to ask about the U.S. Olympic Qualifying debacle? The new MLS season? The senior national team? Whatever it is, send your questions my way and I'll try to get to as many of them as possible.
Send your questions my way.
Grow was referring to his game.
I wasn’t speaking about fitness and squad rotation. I was speaking about roles. For instance, did the loss of Gatt force Freddy outside on the right rather than his more effective position in the middle?
this Peter Walton who apparently is new MLS referee guru being brought across from England? Love it or leave him across the pond?
Ives,
The senior team appears to have turned the corner a bit now under Klinsmann. Will it just take time for the younger teams to do the same under the new regime?
Who do think is the next captain of the USMNT after Bocanegra?
Questions about U23/Olympic team:
– I loved the style that C.Porter was trying to get the team to play. Anyway for him to stay on? Is there anything for him to do for 2 years?
– I thought Porter made big mistakes in not resting some big guns for Cuba, not taking more CBs and not giving more playing time earlier in El Salvador game for Gyau and S.Johnson. What were Porters biggest mistakes?
– Did Porter not really understand how tired his players would be with all the games when there is open substitution in the college game?
– Why does it make sense to play F.Adu as a wide forward (he doesn’t have pace to take advantage of the space) instead of as a CM (where his touch and passing is more useful)?
– Is there a general sense that the U23s, especially in MLS don’t play in a pressure-packed league (where a bad season means a club gets relegated), so the real pressure games for them are when they get to the national teams, whereas in Mexico, a bad season leads to relegation, which is more pressure, which requires better/more consistent performance under pressure. Is this a problem with MLS?
Sorry for all the questions but I hope you will give your thoughts.
Thanks
Since the 2004 Olymmpic team failure to qualify.
Uhm, no they won’t. Boyd has never played for any German youth national team set-up. Corona has never played for Mexico in a FIFA sanctioned cap tie tournamnet. hence no they don’t have to file a one time switch.
For me :
1. Deuce. Period. Fire in those eyes alone would probably stop zombies in their tracks. Plus he’s kind of a wilderness man, fishing and all. Handy skills to have.
2. Jermaine Jones. Dude’s scary already alive. As a zombie…….
2012 Olympic qualifying: at home, with an incredibly talented team, half a dozen camps to prepare, against a weak group.
Worst US soccer performance at any tournament since… ?
Boyd and Adu.
+3
Hey Ives,
What’s the deal with Sebastian Lletget. I remember reading an article a few years back about how he maybe the most talented player West Ham has developed in a long time. But since then he’s yet to make the senior squad and wasn’t picked for the olympics qualifiers. Is he still so highly considered or has his value drop in recent years?
What people don’t get and most annoying is that those aren’t all mexican or american teams. For instance, Quintero is a Colombian national and Gomez is an American National. Toronto is a Canadian based team with players from different nationalities
Four years ago Dempsey was barley showing his influence at 24/25 years old that puts him older than what Adu is right now.
Four years ago, Dempsey was barley showing influence at 24/25 years old, that puts even old than what Adu is right now.
dude you nailed it. Our backline played soooooooo deep. You need to play w/ a high line to limit space & a DM that can break up counters. CONCACAF teams are less likely to put the ball over the top, and if they do you have Opara to chase them down. We could have really limited Canada/ES’s buildup by playing higher.
After participating in the tourney, are corona and anyone else now locked with the Yanks or can they still switch national teams
What is Porter’s responsibility for the failure to qualify for the Olympics? It seems to me that he was more determined to play the style the he wanted to play rather than playing tactically to the strengths of his players.
Just go to the tape, he’s terrible on the wing.
Beyond those already contributing (Jozy, D. Williams, T. Chandler, & Shea) Boyd, Diskerud, Morales, Gyau, Adu, Gatt, Wooten, and Corona are the most likely candidates. There might be others…Potts…but these are the ones who either are or should be on JK’s raidar.
+1
Also Shea, Diskerud, and Wooten. Probably a few others I’m forgetting…
Of course, how could he not be, at age 57?
Adu will not “grow” he is an adult, a slow 5’2″ guy is who he is.
Orange County disaster?
Olympic cualifying?
Danny Williams is not a winger. Please inform Klinsmann of this fact.
Boyd and Corona, at least, will now require the hassle of filing for their one-time switches if they decide to change federations.
I would also like your thoughts on this.
great question!
I grew up watching/playing baseball/softball, so always keep score when I go to the games.
When my kids started to play soccer I became a soccer fan. So now my question is how do they get all the stats for soccer – such as how many miles Michael Bradly ran in a WC game, or % of possession (which you can pretty well guess at) or number of passes v.number completed.
I find it very interesting and would like to know how they do this. thanks.
Will the US be smart enough to cap tie Terrance Boyd, Alfredo Morales and Joe Corona for the “seemingly easy” WCQ against Antigua on June 8th?
the things I can think that might contorbute are the following
1. Herc doesn’t need time playing in friendlies, he needs time with his club to establish himself
2. Players like Altidore and Agudelo and Buddle need the hands on approach and the exposure to shape their future, whereas Herc is in a good place in both respects,so it’s a better investment of time to cap them and bring Herc in later come qualifying
3. Herc does not fit the profile that JK is looking for in a striker
4. JK is sniffing glue.
blaming Adu for his success on one team or another is like blaming a goalkeeper for a loss, an entire team makes a player better. the entire Union is struggling right now and until that entire trio fo Adu Torres and Farfan find their groove they will all look suspect.
Plus Nowak is a tool.
Question 1: abby wambach
Question 2: abby wambach
is there any sour of appeal or legal recourse? At the risk of sound litigious, one could argue that’s not only poor sportsmanship but aggravated assault.
If World Cup qualifying started tomorrow, and you had your choice of players. Who is in your starting lineup and what formation?
Ives,
1) What do you think of how Convey is playing in the KC formation and will he ever regain National team form?
2) How long does Ben Olsen have if DCU continues to struggle?
And I’ll piggy back on this question. Why have there been no tribute matches for US internationals?
With as many friendlies as we play in a year, subbing guys on for 15 minutes at the end of games almost seems “proper.”
Especially for the McBrides, Reynas, Kellers, etc.
Is it a player decision or a US Soccer decision?
In what way? Charlie Davies is no where near the player JOB was,….not even close. Injury? Davies suffered from massive trauma from one accident. JOB was simply injury prone.
Hopefully it does. You cannot fail to this degree and expect to continue.
Rate Tim Ream’s play at Bolton thus far.
What will happen first,…
1.) A SSS being built in the four boroughs (sorry, Shaolin)
2.) Red Bull winning MLS cup.
Is Charlie Davies the next John O’Brien?
Freddy Adu no longer qualifies for any of the national youth teams. Was the El Salvador game the last time we will see him play in a meaningful game for the USA (WC qualifying, Gold Cup in the Confederation Cup qualifying year, Confederation Cup, WC, etc.)?
Does the El Salvador loss make Sean Johnson a better player, worse player or have no impact on him?
The Galaxy were without many of its players for the preseason, either due to loans, injuries or resigning players who had signed with other teams. Did the Galaxy’s lack of preseason time together doom its Champions League run?
Ives,
Does TFC have a motivation problem? How do you explain TFC’s form in the MLS as compared to the Champions League?
The international game suits technical players for the most part, not the strong physical types. How else can you explain Adu and Bunburry’s difference in form between the two?
There shouldn’t have to be a complain about Larin, it was obvious to all what happened. People talk about how not qualifying was disheartening, but what’s more disheartening to me is what a corrupt joke the management of CONCACAF is. I’d hoped it would improve when that crook Warner was forced out, but I won’t expect it.
For those of us looking to travel during wc qualifing, which nations would u most recomend visiting? In terms of connectability between airport, city and stadium, quality of stadium/game day atmosphere, other things to do before and after the game, etc