USMNT - ‘23 and beyond
the balogun thing is what I’m most worried about with zombie ggg
He’s shown no indication he knows what to do with an actual 9 (or much at all in the final third)
Please prove me wrong
I guess if we are being fair, the program doesnt really know what to do with a 9. Young Altidore was as close as weve had to a decent 9 (on paper), but he flailed in Europe and was injured when it mattered. He never really took the next step.
This is happening, its news we didnt need, or want, but somehow this is happening. The beef with Gio, it HAS to be put to bed. Gio has the ideas a lot of guys dont have. Sometimes you see him make a pass and you scratch your head, but he opens up an attack most players just dont see. We cant tell him ahead of 2026...you wont play too much. Berhalter did that. He actually did that. Then Gio sandbagged training after that.
That has to be resolved before anything else. Pepi hung up on him when he was told he wasnt going to Qatar. Something else, much easier, to put to bed.
But Jordan Morris, Ferreira, Roldan, Acosta, Arriola and Yedlin can never wear a US shirt again and itll be too soon.
And we still only scored 3 goals in 4 games at the WC. We got out of the group by barely squaking by Iran. I dont see the WC as an out and out success to show why Berhalter needs to be here in spite of everything else telling you he shouldnt. I didnt watch us play any of those 4 games and thought we played fluid at any point.