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U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

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Torres hurt. It looked serious at first, but hopefully it's not that bad. They took him off on a stretcher, but he's now standing on his own. At the very least he might be affected for Tuesday's match at Guatemala.

Onyewu subs for him, Bocanegra slides out to the left.
 
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Bocanegra immediately makes his presence felt getting forward on the left side. Nice run, nice feed to Gomez but the shot went off the crossbar. Bradley got a shot shortly after that that A&B were lucky to clear off their line.
 
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Onyewu.......

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Good idea to try more of those low shots from distance. The keeper is giving up a lot of rebounds and the ball is skidding around on the wet turf.

Gomez! 3:1

It was ugly but it'll do. It's nice to have a poacher in the team for a change.
 
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USA 3:1 Antigua & Barbuda, FT

They got the job done, but there was plenty to dislike about this one.

The US is going to have to find some answers at the back that don't include Onyewu. If he can't be counted on in this kind of match, where then can he possibly be useful?

A start would be getting some guys healthy back there I suppose.
 
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leroyjenkins;2164139; said:
What does this mean?
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Can only play for the U.S. National Team now. He was born and raised in Germany & had thought about possibly waiting in order to play for them down the road, but that's out of the question now.
 
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leroyjenkins;2164139; said:
What does this mean?
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He has dual citizenship in the US and Germany, and he could have chose to play for either. By earning a cap with the US in a major competition, he is now tied to us for the rest of his international career.

There are other rules that go along with that in terms of the player's age and the ability of some to make a one-time switch. My understanding though is the Boyd is now locked in.

This also speaks to what's significant about a player like Tim Chandler (who could be very helpful at the back) turning down his invite to camp. He doesn't want to be locked in to the US, despite the fact that the Germans have no interest in him at this point.

I'm not sure how much interest the Germans had in Boyd for that matter, but unlike Chandler he has been unequivocal about his interest in playing for the US. He looks like a promising player that can add some danger to the US attack in the future, and hopefully in this cycle.
 
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Smudger;2164141; said:
Can only play for the U.S. National Team now. He was born and raised in Germany & had thought about possibly waiting in order to play for them down the road, but that's out of the question now.
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jlb1705;2164146; said:
He has dual citizenship in the US and Germany, and he could have chose to play for either. By earning a cap with the US in a major competition, he is now tied to us for the rest of his international career.

There are other rules that go along with that in terms of the player's age and the ability of some to make a one-time switch. My understanding though is the Boyd is now locked in.

This also speaks to what's significant about a player like Tim Chandler (who could be very helpful at the back) turning down his invite to camp. He doesn't want to be locked in to the US, despite the fact that the Germans have no interest in him at this point.

I'm not sure how much interest the Germans had in Boyd for that matter, but unlike Chandler he has been unequivocal about his interest in playing for the US. He looks like a promising player that can add some danger to the US attack in the future, and hopefully in this cycle.
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Thanks
 
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TooTallMenardo;2165610; said:
I'm boycotting the game due to this ignorant [censored]ing idea of putting a soccer game on PPV.
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You'll be streaming it just like me.
 
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