If the Olympic team has problems scoring goals the #1 criticism will likely be the Diego Luna snub, but the #2 criticism could be not letting the Sounders keep Jordan Morris for a few extra days in order to call him up... Since last year, Jordan Morris has made 20 appearances where he’s played as a lone forward for most of his time on the field. He has 15 goals in those matches. It might be time to call him the No. 9 the Sounders have been looking for.— Jeremiah Oshan (@JeremiahOshan) July 16, 2024
I heard the U.S. Olympic team drew Spain 1-1 today in its final pre-Olympic friendlyThe U.S. goal came from Taylor Booth— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) July 18, 2024
Heads up.. I also heard the teams agreed to take penalties after the game for practice. I don't know how that went.
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ne...n-expert-reveals-picks-to-win-teams-to-avoid/ US is tied with Japan for the 5th best odds to win the tournament France +200 Argentina +240 Spain +260 Morocco +1200 Japan +2200 United States +2200
Tessmann on loan to Everton? ❗️ Tanner Tessmann is increasingly closer to Inter Milan. He could then be sent out on loan to Everton.[@SkySport - VIA: @marifcinter] pic.twitter.com/RG4jv7w7Zm— USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 (@USMNTOtaku) July 18, 2024 ⚫️🔵🇺🇸Tessmann sempre più vicino all'Inter. I nerazzurri potrebbero poi girarlo in prestito all'Everton @SkySport pic.twitter.com/e2gYZU4kKh— Daniele Mari (@marifcinter) July 18, 2024
The U.S won the shootout vs Spain after the 1-1 draw https://t.co/d2bn2T6MU3— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) July 18, 2024
I don’t know if they are good enough to beat Argentina (our likely quarterfinal opponent), but I do think there was a very large overreaction to the recent Japan friendly.
Agreed, took some stick, in my view stupidly, in another forum for just mentioning what Paraguay did in Conmebol qualifying (quite impressive, runner up to Argentina in the group stage, then finished in 1st place in the final stage of qualifying), but beating them, and tying Spain? Damn impressive. Of course you never know with tune ups, what a coach/team is working on and prioritizing, but in qualifying both teams were quite good. Paraguay won for Conmebol, Spain made the Final for UEFA, losing to England 1-0. Not bad at all, but again, no idea if its meaningful or not, but hey, its better than getting stomped in the tune ups or having ugly losses on the scale of that Japan game last month.
A HUGE drop from the top three, though. Seems like it's worth dropping a couple bucks, though, if that's what you're into!
They're not good enough to beat Argentina, but they're good enough to beat Spain and tie France? "Good enough" and whether it would happen are two different things. We're fifth favorites for a reason, on both sides of the equation. We aren't favorites, but we can absolutely make a run at a high finish. There's no guarantee either we'll face Argentina in the quarters.
With Spain it’s tough to know not knowing what sort of lineup they put and I’m not sure the overlap between the roster from the France roster from the friendly versus for the Olympics. I don’t know if we are or aren’t good enough to beat Argentina but that’s a pretty tough quarterfinal matchup (and by far our most likely one).
Probability of France winning the group with us finishing second might be around 50-60%. Probability of Argentina winning their very tough group is also about 50-60%. Probability of us finishing second and getting Argentina is around 30%. Probability of us winning the group with Argentina finishing second probably below 10%. So probability of us playing Argentina is around 40% if that. Let's worry whether we are athletic enough to beat Guinea first.
I watched France vs. Japan highlight. The result is 1:1, but France has like 500 chances to score and screwed up left and right, high and low. Richard’s teammate #7 Olize screwed up to give Japan a goal and he also scored a beauty. Japan has no much offense.
Trying to put together what I've heard, and I am not 100%, but this is what I think the XI was against Spain. GK: Schulte (I think) LB: Tolkin CB: Zimmerman CB: Dietz (Robinson wasn't there or just arrived) RB: Harriel CM: Tanner CM: Busio AM: Djordje RW: Paredes LW: Paxten CF: Duncan Booth was a sub
"The high prices of the operation led Inter to take a step back for Tessmann." Le alte cifre dell’operazione hanno indotto l’Inter a fare un passo indietro per Tessmann. pic.twitter.com/jv918nVwTw— Pasquale Guarro (@GuarroPas) July 19, 2024 why can't we have nice things Diego Luna not good enough for the Olympic team but good enough for the All Star team ✨✨✨Moïse Bombito and Diego Luna have been added to the 2024 #MLSAllStar roster. pic.twitter.com/Ldj4kMhCPq— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 19, 2024 All you Lunatics are gonna love thisMoon boy is headed to the All-Star Game! pic.twitter.com/kHlFWjLMhW— Real Salt Lake (@realsaltlake) July 19, 2024
Axel Perez (17) and Darius Lane (16) participated in training with the United States Olympic squad Axel Perez (17) and Darius Lane (16) participated in training with the United States Olympic squad ahead of the 2024 Olympic games in France 🔥Axel Perez, who plays for Olympique de Lyon 🇫🇷 and Darius Lane, player for Brighton & Hove Albion 🏴 both had impressive showings 👀 pic.twitter.com/bmTMQPC0oZ— Footy Access (@footy_access) July 19, 2024 (except Axel Perez is 12)
I am surprised Venezia will release Tessmann and Busio for the Olympic team. I was thinking they will have blocked them from playing.