2012-2013 Yanks Abroad

Jozy reaches 30 goals today in all competitions. Wow. Check out the header finish off the rebound on the first goal (which was sweet) and the second was a pretty, curling free kick. :bow-yellow:

http://www.soccerbyives.net/2013/04/alt ... ctory.html

 

Well considering he has been living up in Huddersfield since he was 7, not sure how fluent he is in English let alone German :shock:

 

Unfortunately couldn't post the article from espn, since it's on the 'insider' section that requires paying for a subscription, but the author eluded to the re-emergence of Alejandro Bedoya, that he's even very good form in Sweden and could be ready to challenge for a USMNT spot. Rated him very highly, but his time at Rangers set him back (injuries, little playing time until the end, and then the financial meltdown at the club).

:banana-dance: Michael Bradley went the full 90 for Roma in their 4-0 win

 

Brek Shea's being brought along slowly at Stoke which doesn't bode well for the WC qualifiers, but will probably feature on the Gold cup squad.

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/14321 ... ea?cc=5901

 

Interesting to read that Klinsman felt Shea should not have gone to Stoke.

 

Jozy scores the eventual winner over PSV to give AZ the Dutch Cup. That's 31 goals (if you're counting).

http://www.soccerbyives.net/2013/05/alt ... inner.html

 

**Broken record alert**. If Jozy can score 30+ in the dutch league, he should be able to score v the Jamaica's and Panama's. Is it too much to ask the coaching staff to watch every match of AZ and figure out how to get the best out of him??

 

:handgestures-thumbupleft: Maybe he was the Yentl?

 

No fuc#$%%* $hit. Seriously. The US has a striker that is begging to have an attack built around him, with competent offensive complements, but it doesn't happen. And it won't happen. I'd wish the US would still play to its strengths and not the prefabricated system; the system will develop in the future, but, herein lies the interim, i.e., WC qualification. Jozy has reached a point where he should be the focal point (not Dempsey, or Gomez or Donovan - but those type of players can make Jozy BE the featured attacker). Oh well, don't turn around, der kommissar's in town...

 

Tim Howard posted his 3rd consecutive clean sheet and has 5 cs's in his last 6 matches. Since returning from his back injury, Howard looks like the Tim of old.

 

Hercules is moving closer to home:

http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/usa/ ... una-060513

I wonder if he'll live in San Diego, then cross the border.

Also, he talks a little about his knee injury.

 

Tijuana now have four Americans with their first team and another four Mexican-Americans with their youth teams close to breaking in with their first team.