Awful FIFA rankings aside, the USMNT and Mexico are clearly the worst Pot 2 teams and by quite some distance and Iran and England are in the bottom half of the Pot 1 and Pot 3 teams.
We were very fortunate to be in Pot 2. We should have been in Pot 3 which would have placed us in a brutal group. I would definitely consider Senegal, Japan, Serbia and Poland (all Pot 3 teams) as favorites against us at the moment.
I think the rest of the golf world will be able to outlast LIV. With a few notable exceptions, its the late 30s and 40s tour. Is LIV going to dip back into their pockets for another billion in a couple years with the majority of its roster (and almost all of the guys anyone has heard of) retire?
Understood, just a summary of how fucked our roster was for these tune-ups compared to where we were a year ago. I assume that Weah, Musah and Richards will also be back.
It will emerge as an even higher income/net worth area as the super wealthy will take advantage of the devastation to convert these islands into the west coast Jupiter Island. I guarantee that these fucking vultures are in the process of evaluating "development opportunities". This applies to the entire region.
Starting lineup vs. Costa Rica (10/13/21)
Steffen - horrible form/not starting for club
Dest - poor form/not starting for club
Robinson - injured/out of world cup
Richards - injured/not starting for club
Robinson - injured
Adams - IN GOOD FORM AND STARTING FOR CLUB!!!!!!
Musah - injured
McKennie - poor form
Pulisic - poor form/not starting for club
Pepi - horrible form/not starting for club
Weah - injured
The USMNT intelligentsia are increasingly calling for a 4-2-3-1 with Richards and Zimmerman at CB, Musah next to Adams, Gio as the 10, Pulisic at LW, Pefok at the 9 and Weah at the RW with Aaronson replacing whoever isn't producing at LW, 10 and RW.
It's shocking. Reminds me of youth CBs playing 11 v 11 for the first time who don't understand yet where the opposition players are positioned compared to 9 v 9.