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6.1.15

ASN Morning Read: A Bad Case of the Mondays

Various incarnations of the United States national team get back to work (The men! The women!, The teenagers!) after a number of games over the weekend produced both good and bad results. We are excited.
BY Noah Davis Posted
June 01, 2015
8:15 AM
  • New ASN 100, people. Get at it

  • Here's your roster for the upcoming friendlies against Germany and The Netherlands.


    GOALKEEPERS

    Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), William Yarbrough (Club Leon)

    DEFENDERS

    Ventura Alvarado (Club America), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Brek Shea (Orlando City SC), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur)

    MIDFIELDERS

    Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Danny Williams (Reading)

    FORWARDS

    Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)

  • Some thoughts on the missing:
  • Striker camp with Jurgen Klinsmann: "A striker progresses by always pushing himself towards finishing and staying calm in front of the goal. He has to stay extremely hungry. If you don’t score, it should drive you even more to be aggressive in the next game. As a striker you can never have a sense of satisfaction, that you are happy that you got one goal on the day. I can see it in the body language of strikers. When they celebrate a goal, I can see if he is already content. Meanwhile, then I ask him to get a second one. This is the type of striker we would love to develop, but again it’s an inner-driven game. The player decides that hunger and that drive. We have such a talented young group of strikers that haven’t broken through quite yet, so it’s about time for them to ask more from themselves."

  • U-20s win.

  • U.S. women tie

  • Alex Morgan won't be ready for full action at the World Cup.

  • But Morgan Brian will be.

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