To you, being in England, this tournament may seem like an elevated series of friendlies, but to these teams it means a lot. It's driving the Mexicans absolute mad. They have traditionally been the stronger team and not only have the never lifted this silverware and the US has done it 3 times in a row. Ad, on top of that, Mexico hasn't beaten the UMNT in 5 years. It's a serious blow to their pride, but we have the better team now, and that's important for growing the game here.
The rivalry has been pretty even since the 1990s (USA held an edge of 16 wins-14 losses-12 draws from 1990-2019), but our results seem to outperform our talent most of those years. However, the last few years the USA is just clearly better than Mexico.
Agreed! I get games like Netherlands vs Germany are historical and have better players but they never feel intense liked compared to USA vs Mexico. The Mexican fan base really hates USA and makes the atmosphere like a good football match !
As of now, Nations League is the premier tourney in Concacaf and taken the most serious. Used to be the Gold Cup. But now, usually B teams are sent. Some of it has to do with scheduling of course.
Yup, for Gold Cup which is every two years, one year will have the A level players and the next edition will have B and C tier players. It all depends what is happening the following year.
@@HarveyWallbangers2 They will to next years gold cup as nations leagues will be in this same march window and the gold cup will be in the summer. Rumor is that it will have an expanded roster of teams for a "warm-up" for the world cup in 2026.
Haji Wright plays for Coventry, solid player, can play as a striker or on the left. He recently scored that FA Cup goal against Wolves to send them to Wembley
watched that and then just 5 days later he scored the go ahead goal against Jamaica to send the US to the nation leauge finals. He is doing great and if he keeps it up he has a great future ahead of him.
Adams been hurt for almost a year. Two surgeries on hamstrings. Right before international break, he got 1 game for like 30 minutes in PL. He is on a minutes restriction and had to leave at halftime.
As a Chelsea fan, Pulisic was not bad for us and was by no means a flop. He was crucial to our champions league victory and was unfortunately hampered by injury and inconsistent management/playtime. I feel like so many players "flop" in the premier league because teams do not give their players a chance to settle in and thrive and just splash the cash for the next big player because "the grass is always greener". A prime example being Nottingham forest, they have like 50 players and look at them now in the relegation zone. They got Gio Reyna on loan and haven't even used him. I hate forest for not giving Andrey Santos a minute of playtime during his loan but they're over here starting bums like Jonjo Shelvey. Like why did you even go for him? They play a counterattacking high pressing style with no flow in possession but get tempo setting guys like Andrey Santos and Gio Reyna. How idiotic, they don't even know what profiles they are signing. And then it convices the novice fans that these players are bad when it's simply player profiles not matching the system and mismanagement to the highest degree.
You could not be more correct on all points. Your last one especially - Really frustrating at times. Pulisic, Reyna, and McKennie all good examples. McKennie didn’t perform well for Leeds, but the whole team was dire and went through 4 managers in the 5 months he was there on loan. Fans assume he’s crap, or can’t handle the PL, then goes on to star at Juventus. Same thing with Pulisic. Bin him off for Mudryk, Sterling and Madueke, and now CP has got something like 20 goal contributions this year already. Patience is not a virtue that PL teams can afford sadly. And it ends up being a detriment to the club and the players
Thank you !!! Swear to it, was just going to Say the same exact thing about the Premier League. Just swallowing up super talented players and spit them out regularly period it's pretty amazing period good now I don't have to say it, cause you aready did. 😊
Multiple national team players of his time said he was arrogant and was always partying. He had an interview where he talks about how getting into exclusive parties at his age with older folk ruined his career.
Yes Freddie Ado the future of american soccer. So much hype and so much pressure on such a young man. He really was good especially for the youth teams. He actually dominated. He might have matured faster than the others. It might have been too much pressure or he just topped out and everybody caught up to him...
@@chuckwaardenburg496 Adu had great technique, but he never grew physically and didn't have the quickness that other small top level players have used to compensate for this. I doubt this will be a problem in the case of Sullivan who is already a good size for his age and judging by his older brother (a first team player for Philadelphia), should end up at a decent size. Plus Sullivan is quite fast and more suited to the English game than Adu ever would have been.
Tyler Adams is at Bournemouth, but he's been on the shelf with some hamstring surgeries since he left Leeds and is just getting back to form. Pulisic has been solid at AC Milan, 9 goals and 6 assists in league play. and a couple goals in Euro league play. Copa America is coming up this summer, it will feature the top 6 in CONCACAF and CONMEBOL in the USA. I think you are talking about Freddy Adu (Benfica). But there have been plenty of over-hyped Americans that fizzled out in Europe and never really became the player promised. Gedion Zelalem (Arsenal) comes to mind as another huge hyped player that fizzled out. Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jose Altidore (AZ Alkmaar, Sunderland) also come to mind. Though Altidore was quite successful at AZ Alkmaar and had a solid MLS career with Toronto FC.
Freddy Adu has become the unfortunate poster child of overhype. A tremendous waste of talent, tremendous waste of a career, and it really wasn’t even his fault. His agent pushed for him to leave MLS and play in Europe for Benfica before he was remotely ready for that kind of move Freddy really did deserve better out of his career
It's important to note that the Nations League has over taken the Gold Cup as the premier Concacaf tournament. The US doesn't even call up their best 23 for Gold Cup anymore to prioritize Nations League. In Europe it's irrelevant bc of the Euros but over here Nations League is the new King!
They didn’t show the whole sequence on this highlight, but on the waived off penalty the Mexican players was down on the ground making a meal of it even though the replay showed clearly he wasn’t touched.
Daz you are overrating the premiere league teams massively. Man U got bottom of the group below Kopenhagen and Galatasaray. Brighton just got smashed and embarrassed by Roma…
@@courtland7856I would argue that the premier league is the most competitive and balanced futbol league in the world right now. 3 different premier league teams (Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City) have won 3 of the last 5 champions leagues finals, and 2 of those finals both teams were premier league teams. Which league do you think is the best? And why? I’m genuinely curious
The nations league in North America is our big tournament. It used to be the gold cup but it’s shifted now to the nations league. Especially because North American teams are only in Copa every other year.
@@ZaneEX You didn't give context, so I replied with what I thought you were referring to. Generally, people will say 'in all competitions" or something akin to it if they're making an expansive reference beyond domestic production.
Tyler Adams been injured for the last 13 months that is why he has only played 1 game for Bournemouth. What a banger to score on your game back from injury.
Nations League is actually taken pretty seriously now for a variety of reasons, but this one involved qualification for Copa America so it DEFINITELY was being taken seriously. That is why the Canada vs Trinidad game was being talked about so much as it had qualification ramifications on the line. Not only that but the Mexico vs America international rivalry is getting pretty heated now, Mexico has been on the losing end for quite a while now while the game is still relatively niche in the US so that has been a pretty big blow to their pride and this can be seen in fan behavior at the events becoming more rowdy and discontent etc.
@@riccorichUSA and other concacaf federations started sitting starters for the Gold Cup the last few years while Nations League determines Copa qualifying this summer so ya gold cup is pointless..
Adams went to Bournemouth, but he's been injured most of the year. Wright plays for Coventry. Hirving Lozano's nickname is Chucky... apparently something about hiding under teammate's beds as a prank and jumping out at them. Gio is still a Dortmund player, but on loan to Forest. Tim Weah is George Weah's son actually. It happens that he was born in the US. Pulisic has been having a great year for Milan. He Leao and Giroud are quite a good front 3. The kid years ago you are thinking of is, I think, Freddy Adu.
1:49 I get that the nations league is a glorified friendly tournament but don’t tell me if England would win the next nations league you guys wouldn’t be celebrating it like it was a major thing.
That’s so funny you brought this up. I just mentioned this to a friend the other day. Freddy Adu was that kid you were talking about. So much hype and vanished almost immediately. Too bad.
No americans done well in Prem? Tyler Adams was Leeds best player but since they got relegated he got bought by Bournemouth and then got a real bad hamstring tear that put him out for most of the year, he's just come back, Antonee Robinson is pretty darn good at Fulham. Reyna should be starting at Forest but Nuno has some weird thing about playing guys on loan apparently. Reyna will likely be back at Dortmund next year or sold. Haji Wright at Coventry and Jose Sargent at Norwich might have their teams promoted to the prem next year..both are playing great in the championship. Also Pulisic is tearing up Serie A this year at Milan, he's got like 20 or 21 G/A so far.
DAZ: I think the American player who never lived up to his hype was Freddy Adu? I couldn't even remember his name and had to search for a few minutes. There's a good article about him titled "What Happened to America's Pele? The Rise and Fall of Freddy Adu" online.
The point of nations league here is because smaller concacaf nations were having trouble scheduling games, some going years without playing. So they kinda made this since it’s basically another gold cup for the “big” teams and it helps the smaller nations develop
Tyler Adams only had one match played for Bournemouth because he's been hurt for the past year. This was his second match back with the USMNT and his third total in the past 400+ days.
Caven Sullivan is the person they signed and he's only 14 (turns 15 in September). Your City scouts stated he was the best 14 year old in the world. As a Union fan I REALLY wish we'd get to see him play for the top team along side his brother Quinn. He just played for Union2, their lower team, which is mostly 17 year olds and up. People around the Union have been hyping him up since he was 10. He SHOULD make the US 26 World Cup team. Just hope he doesn't burn out like Adu. Highlight video link below for your enjoyment. ruclips.net/video/wmxad1Gr_U8/видео.html
CONCACAF has about 40 or so member federations so CONCACAF acts pretty much like the English tier system. There is the group where the US and Mexico are where they skip most of the qualifiers and go straight to the group stage of the main event. The bottom teams drop a level for the next cycle and play in the B qualifiers. The top qualifiers in B qualifiers go up to the A stage and the bottom of B go down once again to the C area. There's a bunch of other levels as well but they aren't important enough to mention. Same goes with qualifications for the World Cup. Hope this gives you a better understanding of CONCACAF
I agree on what you said about UEFA Nation’s League. The only time I really cared was when Luka Modric had a chance to win it with Croatia and get his first international “trophy.” Unfortunately, they lost
I know the Euros is a much tougher competition, but this is CONCACAF's version of it. It's simply the intra-confederation tournament. In the Jamaica game, Myles Robinson had a flick-on header off a corner kick which deflected off Jamaican forward Corey Burke (NY Red Bulls) for an own goal to tie the game in the final moments of stoppage time. Then, Haji Wright (Coventry City) scored twice in extra time for the win.
I never thought of seeing two British fellas react to a match between Mexico & United States, but I found it interesting, while seeing how they both reacted to the final of Concacaf Nations League.
Daz says he doesn't watch Serie A, but he's absolutely sure the Prem is miles ahead. Okay then. Think Champions League proves that England has toughest league, but it's not that much better. Often players do better on another team and league because it suits their style and they have the backing of the manager more than it having anything to do with how quality the league is. If it were as simple as Daz makes it out to be, then the England team which is loaded with successful Premier League players would have won something in our lifetimes.
Will never forget him leading us to our first win at the Azteca. Nor will I forget that time he scored a goal in the Prem, even though he'd probably rather I did.
US vs Mexico is becoming one of the most heated international fixtures in the world. (Relax, futbol elitists - I said heated, not "best" or "most important"). And to be fair, it's mostly the Mexican fans who are bringing the flavor. The national team is suffering from the results of protectionism. LigaMX clubs, in an effort to keep their best players at home, tend to overprice potential transfer targets. As a result, players who might otherwise benefit from playing against stronger competition, never have the opportunity. The real drama with the American squad is the manager. He's at least as unpopular with the fans as Southgate is with English supporters. The criticism is, he's too rigid, unimaginative, and far too loyal to players who aren't good enough. He rests on the laurels of beating Mexico, without striving to take the next step. The childish spat with Gio and Claudio Reyna did nothing for his public image.
Cavan Sullivan is one of if not the top American prospects between the age of 14-20 and is considered to be one of the top international youth players. Germany is reportedly trying to switch his allegiance from the US but it’s highly unlikely. He is 14 years old playing with the Philadelphia unions u-17s and with the USMNT U-15s. Of course he’s extremely young and talented but obviously it’s too early to tell how good he will be but I hope he does well so we could use him in a half a decade or so hahaha
Pulisic has seen a resurgence in his career at AC Milan, Reyna is on loan at Forest, Tyler Adams has been injured a lot of this season and just got back to fitness, Haji Wright plays for Coventry and just scored the winner in their FA Cup quarter final.
Haji Wright plays for Coventry City in the Championship and has been having a fairly good year for them, starting in almost every game and scoring 15 goals so far. Also scored a last minute goal in stoppage time of the FA cup against Wolves that sent them to the FA Cup Semis
I believe the player that you are talking about is Freddy Adu? Back in 2008-09 I read in a football magazine from Mexico (Fútbol Total) that they were comparing both Freddy Adu and Carlos Vela.
The bottom 7 clubs in the PL aren't competitive with the top of the table, or even the mid-table clubs. I mean, it is "possible" for lowest 7 or so to get an occasional result against the top clubs, but it doesn't happen frequently. That lowest group of clubs in the PL can only really compete amongst themselves.
I've followed Cavan Sullivan since he was like 11 or 12. He's been hyped the best American soccer player since Pulisic. He's just entering the most crucial time of his development so its still too early if he can live up to the hype. McKennie is a long story. He came to Leeds on loan because his teammates Aaronson and Adams + American coach Jessie Marsch were there and convinced him. The board promised they wouldn't sack Marsch and thus McKennie joined. Like 1 week after signing, Marsch gets sacked. McKennie became very angry but kept it professional despite the racist abuse from Leeds fans. After his nightmare loan was over, he went back to Juve and has been their 2nd, arguably best, player this season (according to Juve fans, I don't watch Serie A this season). Adams has just returned after being out for 9+ months with an injury. He was only allowed to play the first half to manage his minutes.
Mexico and USA matches is a big rivalry between the countries one of the matches had to be stopped due to Mexican fans using derogatory language to American players. The player kicking the ball and Mexican player trying to get the foul or yellow card if you watch very closely the American player never even touched him
The lads are still young, but I'm really loving the playstyle they've clearly been working on. Still needs a few more steps up, but I'd say the boys look better now than they have in ages. Really excited to see how they do in '26
As to your initial comments, Nations League seems to have surpassed our regional tournament, the "Gold Cup", as countries bring in their "A" team for this due to timing, the Gold cup seems to get the "B" and "C" players od the top teams.
Huge Adams fan, as a CDM he doesn't do that often lol, speaks to the fact the US were not scared of Mexico to be doing this kind of stuff. Was hard to wipe the smile off my face after that goal.
Tyler Adams has been injured which is only reason he only played 1 game for Bournemouth.. he just got back from injury 2 weeks ago… Freddy Adu is the young American that was supposed to be the greatest ever he signed for millions at 14 years old.. never did much
Even though they're under-utilized/valued at times, it has been nothing but sheer delight seeing more and more Americans brought into Premier League (and other top tier Euro league) play. More than anything else we do at home (developmental programs, expanded league play, etc.), US players getting deep and prolonged exposure to European football has built our competitiveness--bringing that experience back to international USMNT play and making every four years a blast. See you in 2026!
Btw, Pulisic is having probably the best season of his career at AC Milan. 20 g/a this season
Best season since lockdown pulisic. Honestly prolly statistically his best ever 🤷🏻♂️
Room for improvement too if his chemistry with Calabria improves and Bennacer ever gets fully healthy.
Pulisic doing well.
Last i checked, in all competitions so far
12 Goals
8 Assists
8 assists
To you, being in England, this tournament may seem like an elevated series of friendlies, but to these teams it means a lot. It's driving the Mexicans absolute mad. They have traditionally been the stronger team and not only have the never lifted this silverware and the US has done it 3 times in a row. Ad, on top of that, Mexico hasn't beaten the UMNT in 5 years. It's a serious blow to their pride, but we have the better team now, and that's important for growing the game here.
The rivalry has been pretty even since the 1990s (USA held an edge of 16 wins-14 losses-12 draws from 1990-2019), but our results seem to outperform our talent most of those years. However, the last few years the USA is just clearly better than Mexico.
We won three in a calendar year and have been unbeaten in 7 I think. Mexico is in shambles rn and it's so fun.
USA v Mexico is a top 5 international rivalry
Agreed! I get games like Netherlands vs Germany are historical and have better players but they never feel intense liked compared to USA vs Mexico. The Mexican fan base really hates USA and makes the atmosphere like a good football match !
Within players not so much outside of that
@@edbrown4800 Minus the homophobic chants. The Mexicans need to knock that off.
Facts
@@shaneg9081not going to happen. Mexicans are also notoriously racist to blacks. I’m Mexican so I know
As of now, Nations League is the premier tourney in Concacaf and taken the most serious.
Used to be the Gold Cup. But now, usually B teams are sent.
Some of it has to do with scheduling of course.
Yup, for Gold Cup which is every two years, one year will have the A level players and the next edition will have B and C tier players. It all depends what is happening the following year.
@@michaelwalker7400 USA hasn't sent an A team to Gold Cup since the Nations League started.
@@HarveyWallbangers2 They will to next years gold cup as nations leagues will be in this same march window and the gold cup will be in the summer. Rumor is that it will have an expanded roster of teams for a "warm-up" for the world cup in 2026.
The US sending an A team to the Gold Cup may be a thing of the past.
So happy Puli is performing great again. Has more goal contributions than all Chelsea attackers this year.
🗣️
Not Cole Palmer
@@gavinhorne6740 Cole Palmer has been nuts for us, there is no shame in not having 28 G/A. Puli still with a respectable number for the season so far.
Very true 20 is quite good. Don’t snub Nico with double digits and quickly closing on 20 too
Ya but he plays in serie A lol not the prem 😂
Haji Wright plays for Coventry, solid player, can play as a striker or on the left. He recently scored that FA Cup goal against Wolves to send them to Wembley
He’ll be looking at a big contract from one of Europe’s big clubs if he keeps it up
watched that and then just 5 days later he scored the go ahead goal against Jamaica to send the US to the nation leauge finals. He is doing great and if he keeps it up he has a great future ahead of him.
Pulisic is balling tf out 😂😂 How could you not know how good he’s doing
Dedt was doing better than him
@@Islndacan't even spell right lol
Adams been hurt for almost a year. Two surgeries on hamstrings. Right before international break, he got 1 game for like 30 minutes in PL. He is on a minutes restriction and had to leave at halftime.
As a Chelsea fan, Pulisic was not bad for us and was by no means a flop. He was crucial to our champions league victory and was unfortunately hampered by injury and inconsistent management/playtime. I feel like so many players "flop" in the premier league because teams do not give their players a chance to settle in and thrive and just splash the cash for the next big player because "the grass is always greener". A prime example being Nottingham forest, they have like 50 players and look at them now in the relegation zone. They got Gio Reyna on loan and haven't even used him. I hate forest for not giving Andrey Santos a minute of playtime during his loan but they're over here starting bums like Jonjo Shelvey. Like why did you even go for him? They play a counterattacking high pressing style with no flow in possession but get tempo setting guys like Andrey Santos and Gio Reyna. How idiotic, they don't even know what profiles they are signing. And then it convices the novice fans that these players are bad when it's simply player profiles not matching the system and mismanagement to the highest degree.
Great points here 👍
You could not be more correct on all points. Your last one especially - Really frustrating at times.
Pulisic, Reyna, and McKennie all good examples.
McKennie didn’t perform well for Leeds, but the whole team was dire and went through 4 managers in the 5 months he was there on loan. Fans assume he’s crap, or can’t handle the PL, then goes on to star at Juventus.
Same thing with Pulisic. Bin him off for Mudryk, Sterling and Madueke, and now CP has got something like 20 goal contributions this year already.
Patience is not a virtue that PL teams can afford sadly. And it ends up being a detriment to the club and the players
@@MichaelBalanoff Please do not even get me started on Sterling...
Thank you !!! Swear to it, was just going to Say the same exact thing about the Premier League. Just swallowing up super talented players and spit them out regularly period it's pretty amazing period good now I don't have to say it, cause you aready did. 😊
the young player you were thinking about was Freddy Adu, he played for my team DC United
That’s him 😂👍🏻
Multiple national team players of his time said he was arrogant and was always partying. He had an interview where he talks about how getting into exclusive parties at his age with older folk ruined his career.
Yes Freddie Ado the future of american soccer. So much hype and so much pressure on such a young man. He really was good especially for the youth teams. He actually dominated. He might have matured faster than the others. It might have been too much pressure or he just topped out and everybody caught up to him...
@@chuckwaardenburg496 Adu had great technique, but he never grew physically and didn't have the quickness that other small top level players have used to compensate for this. I doubt this will be a problem in the case of Sullivan who is already a good size for his age and judging by his older brother (a first team player for Philadelphia), should end up at a decent size. Plus Sullivan is quite fast and more suited to the English game than Adu ever would have been.
"young"
Tyler Adams is at Bournemouth, but he's been on the shelf with some hamstring surgeries since he left Leeds and is just getting back to form.
Pulisic has been solid at AC Milan, 9 goals and 6 assists in league play. and a couple goals in Euro league play.
Copa America is coming up this summer, it will feature the top 6 in CONCACAF and CONMEBOL in the USA.
I think you are talking about Freddy Adu (Benfica). But there have been plenty of over-hyped Americans that fizzled out in Europe and never really became the player promised. Gedion Zelalem (Arsenal) comes to mind as another huge hyped player that fizzled out. Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jose Altidore (AZ Alkmaar, Sunderland) also come to mind. Though Altidore was quite successful at AZ Alkmaar and had a solid MLS career with Toronto FC.
Jozy altidore *
Freddy Adu has become the unfortunate poster child of overhype. A tremendous waste of talent, tremendous waste of a career, and it really wasn’t even his fault. His agent pushed for him to leave MLS and play in Europe for Benfica before he was remotely ready for that kind of move
Freddy really did deserve better out of his career
@@coyotelong4349 they pushed him as a teenager and he never grew more than 5’5
It's important to note that the Nations League has over taken the Gold Cup as the premier Concacaf tournament. The US doesn't even call up their best 23 for Gold Cup anymore to prioritize Nations League. In Europe it's irrelevant bc of the Euros but over here Nations League is the new King!
The US uses the Gold Cup to give its younger players more experience, while adding in a few veterans that are on the edge of the A team.
Tyler Adams has been injured for almost a year and just came back this month. He is still under time restrictions.
You guys gotta watch extended highlights FFs. 😂
Forreal. So many of their questions would have been answered if they had.
They didn’t show the whole sequence on this highlight, but on the waived off penalty the Mexican players was down on the ground making a meal of it even though the replay showed clearly he wasn’t touched.
He was holding his leg because he almost got kicked in the face. Makes sense 😂
Daz you are overrating the premiere league teams massively. Man U got bottom of the group below Kopenhagen and Galatasaray. Brighton just got smashed and embarrassed by Roma…
Nothing new from
Premier league fans
They still think premier league is the best league in the world 😂😂
@@courtland7856ur delusional if u don't think the premier League is the biggest/best league in the world, I'm Mexican btw
@@Supern0vaaaa you delusional if you think it is, I’m also Mexican btw
@@courtland7856I would argue that the premier league is the most competitive and balanced futbol league in the world right now. 3 different premier league teams (Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City) have won 3 of the last 5 champions leagues finals, and 2 of those finals both teams were premier league teams. Which league do you think is the best? And why? I’m genuinely curious
The nations league in North America is our big tournament. It used to be the gold cup but it’s shifted now to the nations league. Especially because North American teams are only in Copa every other year.
Haji plays for Coventry. Won them the Wolves FA cup game. Won the US the Jamaica game before this with a brace.
7:50 theres another view of the kick and it didnt even touch him lol.
Pulisic's doing great at AC Milan. He's their top scorer this season.
Giroud is their top scorer, Pulisic second. A lot of Giroud's goals are penalties, not from the run of play, but still has the most goals.
@@JoaquinTazabi Try counting all goals
@@ZaneEX You didn't give context, so I replied with what I thought you were referring to. Generally, people will say 'in all competitions" or something akin to it if they're making an expansive reference beyond domestic production.
But I was still correct, Giroud has 14 goals in all competitions for the '23-'24 season, Pulisic has 12.
Tyler Adams been injured for the last 13 months that is why he has only played 1 game for Bournemouth. What a banger to score on your game back from injury.
Blokes, you guys should react to extended highlights only. These are just quick clips and don't do the game any justice.
Nations League is actually taken pretty seriously now for a variety of reasons, but this one involved qualification for Copa America so it DEFINITELY was being taken seriously. That is why the Canada vs Trinidad game was being talked about so much as it had qualification ramifications on the line. Not only that but the Mexico vs America international rivalry is getting pretty heated now, Mexico has been on the losing end for quite a while now while the game is still relatively niche in the US so that has been a pretty big blow to their pride and this can be seen in fan behavior at the events becoming more rowdy and discontent etc.
Puli was named Serie A player of the month recently.
Ac Milan is having a better season than Chelsea that’s for sure
Pulisic going from Chelsea to Milan has been the move of his career so far
The kid I remember getting major hype here in the US was Freddy Adu 16 year old signing for DC United and never worked out for him
Adams has been injured all season and just got back healthy. I believe he hurt his knee badly when still at Leeds.
Tore his hamstring and had to have 2 surgeries. Been out for about a year, with one very brief, ill-fated comeback in there somewhere
US u-23s just drew with france as well. It was a friendly in France, but I mean its a good sign.
nations league has been bigger than the gold cup for the past 2-3 editions, gold cup has been reserves and debutantes
Not really
@@riccorichYes, really
@@chuckobscure5622 no its not
Gold Cup became a marketing campaign for the MLS. They can call up the a team but don't due so cuz of the corruption in our federation
@@riccorichUSA and other concacaf federations started sitting starters for the Gold Cup the last few years while Nations League determines Copa qualifying this summer so ya gold cup is pointless..
It was canada vs the us last year in the final
Adams has been injured that’s why he’s not playing at Bournemouth. He just came back from injury
Adams went to Bournemouth, but he's been injured most of the year.
Wright plays for Coventry.
Hirving Lozano's nickname is Chucky... apparently something about hiding under teammate's beds as a prank and jumping out at them.
Gio is still a Dortmund player, but on loan to Forest.
Tim Weah is George Weah's son actually. It happens that he was born in the US.
Pulisic has been having a great year for Milan. He Leao and Giroud are quite a good front 3.
The kid years ago you are thinking of is, I think, Freddy Adu.
1:49 I get that the nations league is a glorified friendly tournament but don’t tell me if England would win the next nations league you guys wouldn’t be celebrating it like it was a major thing.
I saw only De Bryune has more assists than McKennie in top 5 leagues
That’s so funny you brought this up. I just mentioned this to a friend the other day. Freddy Adu was that kid you were talking about. So much hype and vanished almost immediately. Too bad.
bro, his nickname is chucky. no one calls him hirving lozano 😂
They call him Chucky after the killer doll. Maybe because he's small, or maybe he laughs funny.
Even the Mexicans call him Chucky. That's not something the Americans started.
No americans done well in Prem? Tyler Adams was Leeds best player but since they got relegated he got bought by Bournemouth and then got a real bad hamstring tear that put him out for most of the year, he's just come back, Antonee Robinson is pretty darn good at Fulham. Reyna should be starting at Forest but Nuno has some weird thing about playing guys on loan apparently. Reyna will likely be back at Dortmund next year or sold. Haji Wright at Coventry and Jose Sargent at Norwich might have their teams promoted to the prem next year..both are playing great in the championship. Also Pulisic is tearing up Serie A this year at Milan, he's got like 20 or 21 G/A so far.
Jose Sargent 😂😂😂
why are you laughing? Sargent has been on fire in the championship@@angryroy6277
daz talking about freddy adu
Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard have been the 2 best Americans in the premiere.
Brad Friedel, Kasey Keller, Claudio Reyna, Brian McBride
@@TheGFame7DeMarcus Beasley, John Harkes, Carlos Bocanegra
DAZ: I think the American player who never lived up to his hype was Freddy Adu? I couldn't even remember his name and had to search for a few minutes. There's a good article about him titled "What Happened to America's Pele? The Rise and Fall of Freddy Adu" online.
“They don’t have anyone who sets the world on fire…does Dybala still play for them?” 😂
People don’t realize but the USA is putting in performances. In the past couple of days our u23 tied France’s u23 and our u19s beat England u19s
13:37 Freddy Adu? The hype was crazy and he did nothing basically
The point of nations league here is because smaller concacaf nations were having trouble scheduling games, some going years without playing. So they kinda made this since it’s basically another gold cup for the “big” teams and it helps the smaller nations develop
Freddy Adu is who you're thinking of. Signed a $1M contract at age 14 w/ DC United. Didn't like to train.
Juve not finishing top 6 in the prem is a wild take.
Your thinking of Freddy Adu was the young kid that never amounted to anything
Mexico hasn't beaten USA since Sept 6, 2019.
Damn, the times when we were the "lil bro"
Feels good 😢
The US has 25 wins vs. 38 wins for Mexico. In 2000 it US with 6 wins vs. 29 wins for Mexico. That's what you call owning a team.
@@seanwilson5516 no. that's what u call living in the past. its 2024. wake up n smell the coffee.
@marvelfan7720 Reading comprehension is a soft skill. Learn it before making a fool of yourself.
@@seanwilson5516should take your own advice.
@Mav0011 🤡, I pointed out a team that won 19 games to 9 since 2000. What are you missing besides a brain?
Haji Wright (Striker) plays for Coventry, scored the late winner against wolves in the FA cup quarters just the other week.
Guys, I think the kid you're thinking of, from 10+years ago, was maybe Freddie Adu?
Adu is now 34 years old.
Tyler Adams only had one match played for Bournemouth because he's been hurt for the past year. This was his second match back with the USMNT and his third total in the past 400+ days.
Pulisic is positively killing it at AC Milan. He’s thriving. Yunis Musa as well
Caven Sullivan is the person they signed and he's only 14 (turns 15 in September). Your City scouts stated he was the best 14 year old in the world. As a Union fan I REALLY wish we'd get to see him play for the top team along side his brother Quinn. He just played for Union2, their lower team, which is mostly 17 year olds and up. People around the Union have been hyping him up since he was 10. He SHOULD make the US 26 World Cup team. Just hope he doesn't burn out like Adu. Highlight video link below for your enjoyment.
ruclips.net/video/wmxad1Gr_U8/видео.html
Philadelphia Union also produced the Aaronson brothers.
CONCACAF has about 40 or so member federations so CONCACAF acts pretty much like the English tier system.
There is the group where the US and Mexico are where they skip most of the qualifiers and go straight to the group stage of the main event. The bottom teams drop a level for the next cycle and play in the B qualifiers. The top qualifiers in B qualifiers go up to the A stage and the bottom of B go down once again to the C area. There's a bunch of other levels as well but they aren't important enough to mention.
Same goes with qualifications for the World Cup.
Hope this gives you a better understanding of CONCACAF
They have the same, or at least a similar, system in Europe with their Nations League
Pulisic is having a good season. 20 goals and assists (total), and he got two guys sent off in one match a couple weeks ago.
USMNT will be playing in the Copa America this summer in June. Against the top international teams in South America
I agree on what you said about UEFA Nation’s League. The only time I really cared was when Luka Modric had a chance to win it with Croatia and get his first international “trophy.” Unfortunately, they lost
I know the Euros is a much tougher competition, but this is CONCACAF's version of it. It's simply the intra-confederation tournament.
In the Jamaica game, Myles Robinson had a flick-on header off a corner kick which deflected off Jamaican forward Corey Burke (NY Red Bulls) for an own goal to tie the game in the final moments of stoppage time. Then, Haji Wright (Coventry City) scored twice in extra time for the win.
I never thought of seeing two British fellas react to a match between Mexico & United States, but I found it interesting, while seeing how they both reacted to the final of Concacaf Nations League.
Daz says he doesn't watch Serie A, but he's absolutely sure the Prem is miles ahead. Okay then. Think Champions League proves that England has toughest league, but it's not that much better. Often players do better on another team and league because it suits their style and they have the backing of the manager more than it having anything to do with how quality the league is. If it were as simple as Daz makes it out to be, then the England team which is loaded with successful Premier League players would have won something in our lifetimes.
What about Tim Howard? American that played for Everton. One of the best goalies in the 🌎 world.
Will never forget him leading us to our first win at the Azteca. Nor will I forget that time he scored a goal in the Prem, even though he'd probably rather I did.
You guys should open your mind to more leagues. The PL is the best but other great football is being played in other countries.
US vs Mexico is becoming one of the most heated international fixtures in the world. (Relax, futbol elitists - I said heated, not "best" or "most important").
And to be fair, it's mostly the Mexican fans who are bringing the flavor. The national team is suffering from the results of protectionism. LigaMX clubs, in an effort to keep their best players at home, tend to overprice potential transfer targets.
As a result, players who might otherwise benefit from playing against stronger competition, never have the opportunity.
The real drama with the American squad is the manager. He's at least as unpopular with the fans as Southgate is with English supporters. The criticism is, he's too rigid, unimaginative, and far too loyal to players who aren't good enough. He rests on the laurels of beating Mexico, without striving to take the next step.
The childish spat with Gio and Claudio Reyna did nothing for his public image.
Cavan Sullivan is one of if not the top American prospects between the age of 14-20 and is considered to be one of the top international youth players. Germany is reportedly trying to switch his allegiance from the US but it’s highly unlikely. He is 14 years old playing with the Philadelphia unions u-17s and with the USMNT U-15s. Of course he’s extremely young and talented but obviously it’s too early to tell how good he will be but I hope he does well so we could use him in a half a decade or so hahaha
Shouldve watched extended highlights, these dont do any justice
"Extended" is being generous. Was a poor game.
@@marvelfan7720not if you like USMNT. There was some good football from them. However,MX is very poor now. They were terrible.
@@BWen3i watched the game too.. and a usmnt fan.. but it was poor.
Sure mexico was poorer, but it still sucked overall.
@@marvelfan7720 disagree. And that all good 👍
@@BWen3 ok
For Concacaf, the Nations League is the same level as the Euros. Our Gold Cup is like the Euro Nation's League.
Pulisic has seen a resurgence in his career at AC Milan, Reyna is on loan at Forest, Tyler Adams has been injured a lot of this season and just got back to fitness, Haji Wright plays for Coventry and just scored the winner in their FA Cup quarter final.
Tyler Adams is just getting back to match fitness after having hamstring surgery while at Leeds.
Haji Wright plays for Coventry City in the Championship and has been having a fairly good year for them, starting in almost every game and scoring 15 goals so far. Also scored a last minute goal in stoppage time of the FA cup against Wolves that sent them to the FA Cup Semis
I believe the player that you are talking about is Freddy Adu? Back in 2008-09 I read in a football magazine from Mexico (Fútbol Total) that they were comparing both Freddy Adu and Carlos Vela.
The bottom 7 clubs in the PL aren't competitive with the top of the table, or even the mid-table clubs. I mean, it is "possible" for lowest 7 or so to get an occasional result against the top clubs, but it doesn't happen frequently. That lowest group of clubs in the PL can only really compete amongst themselves.
I've followed Cavan Sullivan since he was like 11 or 12. He's been hyped the best American soccer player since Pulisic. He's just entering the most crucial time of his development so its still too early if he can live up to the hype.
McKennie is a long story. He came to Leeds on loan because his teammates Aaronson and Adams + American coach Jessie Marsch were there and convinced him. The board promised they wouldn't sack Marsch and thus McKennie joined. Like 1 week after signing, Marsch gets sacked. McKennie became very angry but kept it professional despite the racist abuse from Leeds fans. After his nightmare loan was over, he went back to Juve and has been their 2nd, arguably best, player this season (according to Juve fans, I don't watch Serie A this season).
Adams has just returned after being out for 9+ months with an injury. He was only allowed to play the first half to manage his minutes.
Mexico and USA matches is a big rivalry between the countries one of the matches had to be stopped due to Mexican fans using derogatory language to American players. The player kicking the ball and Mexican player trying to get the foul or yellow card if you watch very closely the American player never even touched him
I'd say nations league here is bigger bc of the drama of the 3-2 usa Mexico game
What a game that was...
Tyler Adams has been hampered by injuries these last 2 years
The lads are still young, but I'm really loving the playstyle they've clearly been working on. Still needs a few more steps up, but I'd say the boys look better now than they have in ages. Really excited to see how they do in '26
Haji wright plays for Coventry city
The kid you guys are talking about maybe Freddy Adu, came onto the scene almost 20 years ago, he played in Philadelphia Union for a short period.
As to your initial comments, Nations League seems to have surpassed our regional tournament, the "Gold Cup", as countries bring in their "A" team for this due to timing, the Gold cup seems to get the "B" and "C" players od the top teams.
11:00 Juve, Inter, and Milan all finish top 10 in the Premier League.
Nice video again Daz :)
Huge Adams fan, as a CDM he doesn't do that often lol, speaks to the fact the US were not scared of Mexico to be doing this kind of stuff. Was hard to wipe the smile off my face after that goal.
Manchester City signed Cavan Sullivan he’s 14 years old
15, going on 16 later this year, which will allow them to loan him out to their Belgium affiliate.
@@donviajero2580 He's 14
You can look it up you know... September 28th, 2009
Thats delusional sayin juventus would not finish top 6 in the prem😭😭
I believe you are talking about Freddy Adu
Freddy Adu, young phenom that never panned out that you were talking about.
Pulisic played amazing this match!! unfortunate it didn't find him a goal.
Tyler Adams has been injured which is only reason he only played 1 game for Bournemouth.. he just got back from injury 2 weeks ago…
Freddy Adu is the young American that was supposed to be the greatest ever he signed for millions at 14 years old.. never did much
Talking about Freddie Adu? That’s way back. Conrad dela Fuente?
Freddy Adu…was the hyped up prospect that didn’t amount to anything
I don't want to jinx them, but the USMNT hasn't lost to Mexico since early 2019. Since then, 7 matches -- wins and a couple of draws.
Even though they're under-utilized/valued at times, it has been nothing but sheer delight seeing more and more Americans brought into Premier League (and other top tier Euro league) play. More than anything else we do at home (developmental programs, expanded league play, etc.), US players getting deep and prolonged exposure to European football has built our competitiveness--bringing that experience back to international USMNT play and making every four years a blast. See you in 2026!
Daz the young American you were thinking of that was supposed to be the next big thing and did nothing was Freddie Adu.
The player you couldn't remember was Freddie Adu.
Freddie Edu. That's the kid who was supposed to be the next big thing in 04/06ish timeline. he played for DC United, he was a big deal here near DC.
Freddy Adu is the guy that was supposed to be the next superstar.
Adam's has been injured since the end of last season. He's just now fit. You will be seeing him a LOT more now that he's back.
They call Lozano "Chucky" because he likes to prank his teammates and scare them...