Recruiting Dest and Musah is rightfully a massive credit to Gregg Berhalter and arguably makes him worth it for this cycle despite the turbulence.
But also kudos to Dave Sarachan for helping recruit Antonee Robinson. Most don't know he got an England U21 invite in 2018.
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- Think about the England fans and also certain CONCACAF rival fans who, after his decision last year, said Musah was never good enough for England anyway and scared to compete. Never -- even later in his prime. The world witnessed him outplay England's senior midfield at age 19.
- Last 24 or so hours for US Soccer: 🇺🇸U19s (mainly '06s) win 3-2 over the hyped 🏴'05s who had crushed 🇲🇽'05s by 6 goals 🇺🇸MNT three-peat in CONCACAF's only A-level competition with half the roster age 23 or less 🇺🇸U23s draw 2-2 vs loaded 🇫🇷U23s (a few 🇫🇷MNT caps) on their soil
- Big congrats to the US U16s on their 2-1 victory over England and Christian McFarlane. This was not a full-strength US roster either. Tournament results: 2-2 draw with Spain 4-1 win over Wales 2-1 win over England
- Players with fewer than 5 caps and not on the WC roster who should be in the first international-window camp next cycle (along with obvious inclusions like Richards and Pepi): Folarin Balogun if he accepts Taylor Booth Johnny Cardoso Erik Palmer-Brown Malik Tillman Alex Zendejas
- Yunus Musah and Gio Reyna are currently 1st and 2nd among 2002s in the world for Top 5 European League minutes this season. And they are among the youngest 2002s.
- The four youngest non-European players to play in the Bundesliga this season are all American. Bello Pepi Reyna Scally
- The USMNT may be able to field a lineup only from the upcoming Champions League Group Stage. Steffen- Man City Dest- Barcelona Brooks- Wolfsburg Richards- Bayern Adams- Leipzig McKennie- Juventus Reyna- Dortmund Aaronson- Salzburg Pulisic- Chelsea Pefok- Young Boys Weah- Lille
- Davies and Adams dueled today at the top of the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, Lainez, the top El Tri youth in Europe, did not make the bench for 13th-place Betis and has gone over a month without playing. US has the most youth talent in Europe among CONCACAF, and Canada is second.
- Random fact of the day: Yunus Musah and Malik Tillman dueled against each other for the U17s of England and Germany in late 2018.
- Good luck to whoever has to face the McKennie, Musah, Adams central midfield when they hit their prime. Could legitimately become one of the best groups of any nation. At an average age of about 21 they already bossed El Tri. The US is developing some nice depth behind them too.
- Gio Reyna vs. Werder Bremen: 1 absolute golazo 1 key pass; would've been an assist 22/23 passing (96%) 4/5 successful dribbles 5/6 duels won Unreal production for a 17-year-old in 24 minutes of action. USMNT call-up inbound.
- Edson is a good player. He is Mexico's second-youngest starter. At the time of the 2026 World Cup, Yunus will be younger than Edson is today.
- How it started How it's going (tweet was aimed at me)





