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Gonzalez & John skip USMNT camp ahead of potential winter moves

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After the lengthy wait to have their chance to impress U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, it appears George John and Omar Gonzalez will have to wait a bit longer.

Both John and Gonzalez are skipping national team camp in Arizona to attend to potential winter moves. John has left the country to pursue a potential transfer while Gonzalez is mulling over loan opportunities.

Seattle Sounders defender Jeff Parke and midfielder Brad Evans were called in to replace the two centerbacks in the camp.

John is entering the final year of his MLS contract, making a winter transfer move very likely. A Gonzalez loan deal is a bit more surprising, though he has been linked to interest from Mexico and various clubs in Europe in the past.

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  1. Im only sad about this because I wanted to see them play. Together. For the Nats. On the same team. Our team.

    I dont think it’s quite a given that John is going to England either. Strongest possibility yes, but not his only option.

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  2. If I’m remembering correctly, John has a duel EU citizenship, right? I’m not sure how Ream and/or Gonzalez would qualify for a work permit…

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  3. Not sure why everyone is making too big a deal about this. Landon has backed out of a couple camps over the past year for club reasons. These are simply friendlies and it benefits the Nats in the long run if John makes a move to a better team anyways. As for Gonzalez, it appears to be his decision and if a short loan also leads to a transfer for him, then just as good for his future chances with the Nats as well.

    Until the dropping out of camps or not getting called up anymore even after transfer moves, then I don’t see a reason to get worked up.

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  4. People on here need to realax a little. If John goes to EPL and succeeds that will catapult him onto the USMNT. We have four Centerbacks in Europe: Oneywu, Boca, Whitbread and Goodson. We have plenty of time to develop others.

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  5. exactly.

    Heck, it may turn out that this was a foolish move for Gonzo (I doubt he’d screw himself like that, but for the sake of argument let’s say he did).

    No matter what, we don’t know that now from this info, no way.

    But, if your schtick is to always rip Gonzo whenever his name is mentioned no matter what(or Landon when his is mentioned, etc.), you get all this hyperbolic BS, as demonstrated above, again

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  6. All you need is a Euro passport and be under 25 to play in the EPL? Maybe your right….then again wouldnt the table have something like 10,000 teams?

    If you have the talent to play in the EPL you will play in the EPL. There are way$ around work permit issues.

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  7. sad

    Ives didn’t call him a fool from this little bit of info, because he knows better, because Ives is a smart soccer brain who can rise above his own ego to see clearly

    who is the fool, Mr. Hyperbole?

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  8. I am completely in favor of a Gonzalez loan move. Loaning out Gonzalez, Donovan (and perhaps others) will mean the Galaxy will show up in form for the CCL quarterfinals. I think they’ve got the best chance of the MLS teams to win this year.

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  9. I don’t know, you may be right. But with how Klinsmann has been speaking about what this camp is and how it’s the chance for these fringe players to earn their way up the depth chart.

    Obviously Gonzalez is tossing that opportunity, because there won’t be another chance until the Olympics.

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  10. The undeniable facts are that you take small bits of info and turn them into whatever you want, accuracy be damned.

    we all know it, Mr. Hyperbole.

    the undeniable facts

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  11. Not necessarily. John is getting interest from EPL teams at least in part because he has a Greek passport. Cameron wouldn’t qualify for a work permit to the UK. Plus, John is a couple years younger, so he’s a more attractive acquisition.

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  12. I’m sure he didn’t just leave without Klinsy’s approval. Klinsman would be the fool to let something small like missing one camp keep him from capping a guy who looks to be one of our best defenders for a very long time.

    It could be a senior team version of what happened with Subotic, and we definitely don’t want that.

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  13. Uh the facts are Gonzalez left on the first day of camp to mull over a short off season loan deal.

    Those are the undeniable facts, and really there is nothing else that would make him less of a fool.

    (SBI-Gonzalez and John actually never reported to camp, something we weren’t aware of until late last night.)

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  14. Blackburn might still need a CB. Samba or Dann could be on the move, and they were already targeting a move for him before that was the case. I’d be fine with either though!

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  15. When Dallas signed the Colombian defender, I kinda figured that was done with allowing a John transfer in mind. The timing ain’t coincidence. As for LA, they’ve been loading up on defenders since the offseason started, in anticipation of losing Gonzo and possibly Franklin, too.

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  16. As long as Arsenal and Chelsea are interested in Bolton’s Cahill, then there is interest in picking up George John. When talks breakdown and Cahill deal falls apart, interest in John evaporates.

    My money is on George John to Bolton.

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  17. All that hoopla about not getting a call up and then he bails immediately after the start of camp?

    I wouldn’t be surprised if he never received another call up as long as Klinsmann is coach. What a fool.

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  18. This have-sexing figures… Piss n moan that he doesn’t get called, then bolts once he’s in for a club offer… Total prima donna overhyped by la fans.

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  19. From a personal standpoint Newcastle could use any defender at this point, and either one of them could learn a lot from Coloccini, who is playing out of his mind and should definitely be playing for Argentina.

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  20. If he was better than John he’d be the one exiting camp dont you think?. Cameron shares Johns skillset (i.e total package) Having not to compete against John or Omar this will likely catapult Cameron to the first team.
    Not a bad thing at all because he has the tools to succeed but it does suck for John and Gonzalez as their road to USA glory keeps getting longer

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  21. The first day of camp was today and all it was was physical tests and blood tests and the like. If Klinsy saw enough of him after one day the Omar is in trouble

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  22. I’m very surprised about Gonzales’ leaving camp to go on a possible loan. I wonder if Klinsman saw enough of him, or will this move just keep him off the radar for a while. I hope John lands in the EPL.

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  23. congrats to parke! he definitely deserves it through not just his attitude but his skill too.

    evans on the other hand? enhh. he’s definitely a locker room guy though, great attitude but i don’t see him making any sort of impact on the field. oh well, it’s great for him and i’m very happy.

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  24. Parke is a great guy, and thank you ives for spelling his name right. Its amazing how many times ive seen his name spelled park.

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  25. they are realistically probably not, but they would rather probably have experienced players than even more young guys with just potential.

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  26. I wonder where John is going? Hopefully England again.

    And really, Brad Evans and Jeff Parke are the next two guys in our depth chart?
    I would have picked Chad Marshall and Chris Rolfe (the roster needs wingers).

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