Blue Armour 4,438 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 When is he expected to join up with the squad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Blue Armour said: When is he expected to join up with the squad? It is a FIFA rule that obliges clubs to give their players a minimum of at least two weeks of holidays after their (players') season ends, so the earliest would be Monday, July 22. Would not be able to join sooner even if he'd want to, the rule is obligatory. Clockwork 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermonkey92 1,428 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Did anyone watch the match. How was he against a good team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 39 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said: Did anyone watch the match. How was he against a good team? A quick search on Twitter suggests that he played well in the final. Probably doesn't mean much given the level of competition but he won the Gold Cup's Young Player of the Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 hour ago, petre.ispirescu said: It is a FIFA rule that obliges clubs to give their players a minimum of at least two weeks of holidays after their (players') season ends, so the earliest would be Monday, July 22. Would not be able to join sooner even if he'd want to, the rule is obligatory. Not sure if he will take a short break or be given one but he did take 2-3 weeks off after ending his season with Dortmund and before joining up with USA for the Gold Cup last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 5 hours ago, Supermonkey92 said: Did anyone watch the match. How was he against a good team? I saw like 80 minutes of the game. He went missing for a long period in the second half. His teammates did him no favors though since they were shit during that period. Playing hoofball up to Altidore, who fucked the play up 9 out of 10 times. When Mexico scored Pulisic got more into the game. Kind of took responsibility that way. But whatever he tried ended up in nothing mainly because of clueless teammates. Tbh so many schoolboy errors made by both teams in this final. His passing is pretty spot on most times. He really has killer speed and dribbling. Gets fouled a lot. What most surprised me is that he is pretty promising at taking corners and long free kicks. He might be the corner taker next season, overtaking Willian (who sucks at them). OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Yeboii said: I saw like 80 minutes of the game. He went missing for a long period in the second half. His teammates did him no favors though since they were shit during that period. Playing hoofball up to Altidore, who fucked the play up 9 out of 10 times. When Mexico scored Pulisic got more into the game. Kind of took responsibility that way. But whatever he tried ended up in nothing mainly because of clueless teammates. Tbh so many schoolboy errors made by both teams in this final. His passing is pretty spot on most times. He really has killer speed and dribbling. Gets fouled a lot. What most surprised me is that he is pretty promising at taking corners and long free kicks. He might be the corner taker next season, overtaking Willian (who sucks at them). Altidore played fine until he got tired, as expected. His teammates being clueless wasnt the reason he didnt do much. They shot their shot in the first half, and when it didnt work, we were spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,814 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Pulisic has said that he is counting the time off he took (while in London and the US) between Bundesliga and Gold Cup as his time off and only plans a few days off after the Gold Cup final. He is hopeful to get in enough practice with Chelsea to be on the pitch in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,814 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 This is the most complete article I could find about his plans. https://www.thesportsbank.net/football/chelsea/christian-pulisic-to-join-up-with-chelsea-after-gold-cup-no-post-tourney-holiday/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: Altidore played fine until he got tired, as expected. His teammates being clueless wasnt the reason he didnt do much. They shot their shot in the first half, and when it didnt work, we were spent. Then the US have a huge stamina problem in their team. Only player that was involved, running and playing well the whole 90 mins was the right back Cannon. He played so well I would like Chelsea to look at him actually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,814 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I think the biggest problem is that after most of the tournament the US went youth and did very well. In the final the coach put more experienced starters out there saying they would be better suited to the pressure Mexico uses. After Pulisic ran through the Mexican defense for the entire first half, Mexico adjusted and tried to deny him getting the ball. The US attack suffered. The US tried to get the offense through Bradley and Altidore, Mexico made them look old and slow. I think the US should have stayed with the youth that got them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,814 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 The US team has a way to go, but the youth movement is encouraging. The young players look to Pulisic as the leader. The team as a whole has improved and I think there are much better days ahead. I think the remaining older players are done after this Gold Cup. The team will truly be Pulisic's squad going forward. Bradley has had high praise for Pulisic. I think the leadership torch will go from Bradley to Pulisic now. OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,048 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Altidore played fine until he got tired, as expected. His teammates being clueless wasnt the reason he didnt do much. They shot their shot in the first half, and when it didnt work, we were spent.He missed a sitter inside 7 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 27 minutes ago, LAM09 said: 6 hours ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: Altidore played fine until he got tired, as expected. His teammates being clueless wasnt the reason he didnt do much. They shot their shot in the first half, and when it didnt work, we were spent. He missed a sitter inside 7 minutes. Altidore is awful. No technique whatsoever, which is the whole point in the game... no matter how strong and powerful one is, still need to know how to play footy. pusilic was impressive to me. The us team is really poor in certain positions, which breaks their buildup every time. It’s similar, loosely, to Messi in Argentina team. OhForAGreavsie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork 1,794 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 https://twitter.com/amadoit__/status/1148066686773420032 Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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