Martin de Roon (Atalanta – the Italian club, not a misspelling of Atlanta United) and Davy Klassen (Ajax) will do their best to help de Jong control the midfield against the USA’s outstanding MMA trio. (To be clear – “MMA” refers to their initials, not their style of play. )Gakpo and Memphis Dupay, a former Manchester United afterthought who scorched the nets for Lyon and has moved to Barcelona, play up front. Here’s a nifty tactical look.
comes calling after this Cup. With that, I’ve ripped off most of Tom Dart’s scouting report, but please do read the rest:Oh – and they’re not dull, insists Louis van Gaal. In the USA’s favor …Eric Wynalda, whose long history with the US team includes a goal in the 1994 World Cup, says this US team has a great goalkeeper in Matt Turner, a much-scrutinized player delivering the goods in Christian Pulisic, a solid defense, and a captain who inspires on and off the field in Tyler Adams. And please do read more about Tyler Adams. His midfield tenacity is crucial, giving the US outside backs the freedom to attack, something that paid off against Iran when Sergiño Dest put in the cross for Pulisic.
Being the underdog is fun. And this is winnable, isn’t it? The oddsmakers generally give the Netherlands a 50% chance of winning outright, and then “draw” and “US win” split the other 50%. This being a knockout-stage game, “draw” means “penalties, ” and which team will be feeling the pressure then? This should be fun. Let’s talk for a bit and then watch, shall we? Beau will be here shortly, but in the meantime here’s how the two teams’ campaigns have gone so far. How USA got here In the opener, the US came storming out the gates and looked like they would carve up Wales for a convincing victory after Tim Weah’s goal.
I attended their greatest rival. )In the Netherlands’ favor …Well, they’re the Netherlands, right? But are they a classic Dutch team? As “the guy who knows soccer” in many a social setting, I’m often asked to give ad hoc scouting reports of US opponents. “Oh, the Netherlands are great, ” I said. “They have great players like …”Um …OK, OK – Virgil van Dijk, yes. He’s the bedrock of many a recent Liverpool success.
Jackson just did the intro on Fox. I’ve got chills, even though I would’ve loved for him to say, “WHAT DOES WESTON MCKENNIE LOOK LIKE?! ” Or Tarantino’s tweaking of a verse from Ezekiel. And … whoa … Joe Biden? This is starting to seem like a big deal. Send in your emails while ye may, and I’ll respond to as many as my typing speed and attention span will allow. Netherlands lineupThe imposing Noppert is in goal, with van Dijk in the middle of the back line between Manchester City’s Nathan Ake and young Ajax back Jurrien Timber. Daley Blind, who had a long spell with Manchester United but whose surname is synonymous with Ajax, is on the left, Denzel Dumfries, who moved last year from PSV to Inter, is on the right.
US lineupAnd there’s big news: Jesus Ferreira, the young goal-poacher who plays for FC Dallas (at the moment – he’s destined to join Weston McKennie, Kellyn Acosta, Shaq Moore and other players in the USMNT talent pool as graduates of The Best Academy in the States who have gone to good clubs overseas), has been controversially omitted so far. Not today.
And his composure in a press conference when asked a delicate question on race relations should be the envy of any world leader. PreambleWelcome to The Biggest US Men’s Game Since the Last One …It’s typical of a World Cup, of course, for each game to be “bigger” than the last, and we knew that about the US when we saw the draw. Wales? OK, fine, typical group-stage game. England? Now we’re talking.
And yes, Christian Pulisic starts. The many ties between these footballing nations …As mentioned, Dest grew up in the Netherlands and was part of the Ajax youth machine. Also growing up in the Netherlands: Earnie Stewart, the US Soccer sporting director who scored some of the most important goals in US history, including the winner against Colombia in 1994. Also spending part of his career in the Netherlands: Gregg Berhalter, the US Soccer coach who went to some little state college* before moving to the Netherlands. All this, plus an injury update on Christian Pulisic, in our preview by our US guy in Doha, Bryan Armen Graham: (* – the University of North Carolina is a fine institution.
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He’s starting in place of Josh Sargent, who was banged up against Iran. Walker Zimmerman returns to the back line despite Cameron Carter-Vickers doing quite well in that space against Iran. The rest is unchanged. Tim Ream, the Fulham veteran who had been out of the picture for quite a while but has served honorably alongside Zimmerman or CCV at center back, is still there, as is the MMA midfield of Adams, McKennie and Yusuf Musah. The marauding outside backs of Antonee Robinson and Dest keep their spots as expected. Tim Weah, scorer of the goal against Wales and the man who had a goal called back against Iran in a razor-thin offside decision, remains on the front line.
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Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong is great, even if Barcelona isn’t really Barcelona these days. (Sergiño Dest, incidentally, is a Barcelona player on loan to AC Milan, and he grew up in the Netherlands at Ajax, which rivals Barcelona in the race to be The Most Lauded Youth Academy on Earth. )Their goalkeeper, Andries Noppert, is … tall. Barely even had to jump. Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/ReutersAnd Cody Gakpo is still relatively unknown because PSV Eindhoven isn’t a glamour team these days, but that’s going to change when a big club or three.
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The Land Where the Game Began has a losing record against the US in the World Cup. (And still does. )Iran? Uh oh. Flashbacks to 1998 and The Biggest Humiliation the US Ever Had in a World Cup. And a game that would surely determine whether they would advance. So this game, against … (checks notes) … the Netherlands is “bigger” in the sense that it’s a round of 16 game. But it feels different, doesn’t it? The concern that the US would embarrass itself has disappeared. Now, they’re playing with house money. Is that the right term? I don’t know gambling. So it’s a different type of nerves.
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