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  1. 5 minutes ago, Woodrow Call said:

    I've been watching German football since the 70's. This is the worst German side I've ever seen. No finishers, poor defense. An unimaginative manager. 

    Bambi, Gnabry, and Sane are all scorers, so it’s bizarre that they can’t finish here.  The defense is historically bad. I thought Hansi was the man behind the curtain on that 2014 team after Low seemed to melt after he left. Now I don’t understand how they went from that dominant a performance to this.  

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  2. 27 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    What does this even mean?

    All of these guys play year round. And every league schedules around international breaks. It isn't like MLB vs. Venezuelan winter league. 

    MLS plays Feb-Oct, most international leagues are Aug-May.  I think guys that are mid season are in a different form than guys coming off their break. We are always missing internationals during stuff like gold cup, so their time together in camp is impacted. MLS guys get more time in camp, which I think gets them some outsized trust and playing time with GGG.  

  3. 10 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Was thinking about this earlier, thought I’d throw it out to the group.

    if/when the US wins a world cup, is it more likely to be a miracle run from a team rated similarly to this one, or will it be a more methodical plod where the team climbs the rankings and slowly advances further until it is one of the favorites?

    I’ll say former. Structurally USSF is always going to suffer because of their best players being across the pond.  We lose time in camp on international breaks waiting for guys to be released. Our mix of MLS guys and internationals are always in different form because of the different season timings. I think that will always lend itself to a mixed bag which will keep our rating roughly where we are now.  

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  4. 1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

    CP did his job, Aaronson is one hell of an injury replacement 

    I read that GGG kept trying to sub in Areola and the staff had to distract him with balls he could back pass while they made the switch for Aaronson. . 

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