That’s true. Pefok is having a great season and is merely dinged for being in a lower league and not quite fitting the profile of what Berhalter wants. I would not mind at all if he’s one of the two or three who get picked out of the striker lotto for the next window, but that seems not to be where Berhalter is at these days.
I have no doubt that David Wagner is providing plenty of insight and first hand info about Pefok.
I would be surprised if Balogun is a factor for the World Cup, even if he does declare. He's not making too much noise right now and I imagine he'd have to really force Berhalter's hand with his performances to get into the picture so late. But on longer-term potential I have to think he is in the upper tier of those US striking prospects.
Definitely, lack of familiarity puts him at the bottom of that pack for 2022 unless he just explodes in the end of this season/beginning of the next, but he's got an intriguing profile aiming for 2026
I agree with this, but I'm not 100% sure that's how Gregg views the world. I think back to two recent Scuffed podcasts (props to @InstaFace for getting me onboard over there), one with Eryk Williamson and one with John Muller, a soccer analytics writer for the Athletic. Williamson noted how difficult it is to learn Gregg's system. I'm not saying he was critical of Gregg, but he stated it took him three camps to get the basics down. This probably explains better than anything else why Gregg prefers familiarity over other factors. Pefok has minimal recent experience in Gregg's system, so I am not sure how much form really matters. In the Muller interview, both Muller and Belz claimed that Gregg has styled his system after Pep's. Not sure how much Pefok has a role in a positional play system like that. We can argue the merits of putting system over players, but at this point it doesn't much matter.
Thanks. I’ll have to check it out.
I haven’t really gotten into the Discord yet, I only really listen to the podcasts which oscillate between “great” and “fantastic”. I think I might be scarred from spending 12 seconds looking at USMNT twitter banter.
Said he’s ahead of schedule and should be back soon
I was a little surprised not to see someone like Bello for just that reason. Looks like Luca will be playing a major role this window as I doubt Gregg puts Busio into a cage match (maybe starts at Azteca????) and Roldan has been brought in mostly as a late sub on the wing.
This is good. I have a lot to say about this law, but am happy to see the Outlaws raising their voice.
Hopefully we're in before game 3 and we don't need to worry about who is behind Jedi or anything... but this helps for sure.
It’s been a less than stellar month for MLS players in Mexico City, even by my low standards for success.
At the end of the day 1-1 was a good result in Mexico, but it was in Leon, not in Mexico City!
It is going to be a tough game. But I can live with them getting beat so long as Canada does its job.
Game over at midnight, sleep til 9:30, nail interview at 11. You got this.
DVR the game and fast forward through halftime and Mexico players writhing on the ground the next morning. You'll save at least an hour that way.
What we want to happen
March 24
given that, plus the card situation, travel and playing two big games following, has there been any whispers about running a defensive B team out there tomorrow and hope for 0-0 draw or a nick a goal on the counter?
I know that playing at altitude is more taxing in terms of oxygen intake, but does that really affect your ability to play a game three days later (not at altitude)?
