USMNT Copa America: What Went Wrong? 

Good work boys! 👊🏽

TBH I lost all confidence in Berhalter after the 3-0 thumping by Japan in the run-up to the World Cup. In the press conference after that match the look of shock and confusion on his face was telling. He had no idea why his team and tactics had been beaten so comprehensively. I didn't like him as manager before that game, and since then I've been counting down the days until he's removed.

Love Yuri's gamer setup. As far as the takes, they are spot on. We need an attitude adjustment. Players cant be as comfortable as they are.

Here's my player analysis: Safe: Jedi Robinson, Joe Scally, Kristoffer Lund, Mark McKenzie, Gio Reyna, Johnny, Malik Tillman, Ricardo Pepi, Christian Pulisic, Haji Wright, Folarin Balogun, Sergino Dest Stay but In Danger: Chris Richards, Yunus Musah Out for now: Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Tim Weah Out for good: GK, CCV, Miles Robinson, Tim Ream, Shaq Moore, Brenden Aaronson, Josh Sargent, LDLT Integrate In: Patrick Schulte, Roman Celentano, Gabriel Slonina, Lennard Maloney, Auston Trusty, Jalen Neal, Tanner Tessman, Rokas Pukstas, Esmir Bajraktarevic, Kevin Paredes, Luca Koleosho OR Caleb Wiley, Damion Downs Happy to explain my thoughts on any!

Hopefully big change is on the horizon boys. Praying for a foreign manager who holds these kids to a higher standard. Great video as always

Excellent video. No revisionist history around the sequence of decisions and what mattered in the moment versus being critique-able but didn’t impact the final result. The shake up is needed. Great point about how three federations already axed their coaches (OK, one resigned … who knew a failed manager could do that?? 😉). Matt Crocker also MUST GO. We’re in a challenging spot with only two years to help correct this fiasco. We have to get the manager right, select the right players, and behind the scenes we need to schedule the right friendlies and maximize what few chances we have to get the new team to jell. Great stuff, guys.

I don’t think saying the team is overrated is correct because on paper, They should have def done better than what they did. Obviously, the game is not played on paper, but it definitely all comes down to guidance and mentality.

Musah has become the new Darlington Nagbe. Technically proficient, buy never amounting to much for the National team

Hookah McKennie is diabolical 😂

You're complaining about Sargent being on the roster, you could say the same thing about Adams. He was on a minutes restriction too.

One thing I want to see is an emphasis on getting player profiles like Brazil or France. Ik Brazil's not great rn but getting those pacey and technical players is going to seriously propel us. We've got players to play on the counterattack. I want to see a system around that. We also need better CBs and GKs. Imagine if Brazil had a great coach who could hold their players accountable. They'd be one of the scariest teams just based on that. I think if we can get soccer popular in this country to where kids who could be 5 tool outfielders or middle infielders, track athletes, football skill position players or even for basketball uber athletic point guards or power forwards got interested in the sport at a young age, and we can figure out a system to get THOSE types of kids playing soccer and not pricing them out, that's seriously going to help. Imagine if a kid like Corbin Carroll or Bobby Witt or Gunnar Henderson or Xavier Worthy or Amen Thompson got into soccer at a young age learning how to be technical. The good news is we're STARTING to see that little by little. An example: Kevin Paredes chose soccer over baseball, and was definitely athletic enough to be a problem on basepaths. But he decided to play soccer at a young age. But, we've still got a ways to go. I was talking with USMNTProspects and he seems to think we can build that player pool for like the 2034 World Cup.

Good video. Areas of agreement: - GGG has got to go. 'Nuff said. - The fanbase has greatly overrated the player pool. GGG is hardly the only problem. - Weah shouldn't be a starter. He's hardworking player and seems like a good guy, but he is not a winger and hasn't played there at the club level for years. His one offensive skill is dribbling to the end line for a cross. Just doesn't create enough danger. Lack of production from his position is one of the reasons the team scores so few goals. I'd much prefer Aaronson (who at least creates turnovers) or Wright (who has a good goal-scoring run in a decent league). - Mckennie needs to be benched and I don't care who replaces him. A horrid performance demands accountability. If he loses almost all his duels and almost nothing going forward, what is he in there for? - Agree we need to try new faces. More competition for places, no more inked in starters. Form and performances need to matter. - Agree it's time for a young starter at the keeper position. Turner's distribution hasn't improved and his shotstopping hasn't been great. Time to move on, especially now that he isn't a club starter. Areas of disagreement: - Besides being injury prone throughout his entire career, Adams is too mistake prone to be the regular 6. The margins are so slim in international football that one mistake can completely change the outcome of a tournament. Adams made critical mistakes both against Neth. and Panama that completely changed the team's chances the the last two major tournaments. He does one thing very well, but is not a well-rounded player. - Johnny may not have been great in his limited time, but he looked fabulous in La Liga this year. While he doesn't offer a whole lot going forward, neither does Adams. Johnny has great positional understanding, wins his duels and makes the right pass. My 6 for the future. Look at those these little European teams that manage to grind out results against more talented opposition. Athleticism isn't everything. - I thought Ream was okay. He reads the game so well. But he is not the answer for 2026. As you noted, this is a huge area of concern going forward.

I underrated how hard it is to have a channel, tried recording and wtf idk how u guys do it

I think more than ever we have to give these players a hard time, definitely not burning cars Yuri but the pressure needs to be there because realistically, are we going to blame the next coach too just because it won’t be a big name like Klopp? Only Pulisic, Jedi can say they would start in the 2014 squad

Greg scoreboard watching during the third game??? Ramp up boys, no slow down, ramp back up we need a goal ???? Matt Crocker needs to go also. Clean house as they did on the women’s side - coach, staff, older players - even Twila could have started playing the young ones earlier - what was she waiting for? Greg should have been gone several years ago when the on field camera caught him taking selfies with the crowd down by the sidelines- yup Greg, it’s all about you. As far as the red card goes - sometimes things happen for a reason.

realistically sebastian berhalter should start 6 for us for the next decade

Braden, your wrong about Chris Richards being the best CB, Ream was clearly the best CB on the team during Copa. But you're right Ream isn't the future.

Canada Friendly starters: Schulte, Canon, Richards, Trusty, Robinson, Maloney, Johnny, Reyna, Haji, Pepi or Sarg (whoever is Going to Start for club), Puli. NZ Friendly starters: 3-5-2 Gaga, Scally(cb), Maloney(cb), Richards(cb), Musah(rwb), Robinson(Lwb), Adam’s, Reyna, Luna, Puli, Balo. Rest of roster: Turner or Horvath (club starter), Lund, Neal, Ream (leader), Tillman, koleosho or Paredes. Keeping about half starters in place for some continuity. Try new formation, not going to argue about specific players except I think the locked in starters should play.

Canadian here, but 40 year Liverpool supporter...If Klopp becomes the USA National Manager.. i have 3 things to say USA!!! USA!!! USA!!!

Yuri was harsh on Luca. 😅 but I think players like Weston need to be left off I think the team has a weak mentality

let's see the forest for the trees, the major problem is the clown show that is US soccer. USSF cannot claim the success of USWNT, we have Title IX to thank for that. nepotism and NO ACCOUNTABILITY. we have all been calling USSF out, but they do NOT CARE. that is the central theme from top to bottom. THE ONLY WAY TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE IS TO BOYCOTT.

US fans need to accept your “golden generation” just isn’t as good as they think it is. Playing in CONCACAF has given some the belief you can mix it with the best of South America which is just delusional. You couldn’t even beat Panama, who are average at best.

Canada and the US have the same problem. And its a unique problem that other soccer nations don't have. Our best athletes don't play this sport. Canada's best play hockey and the US best play Football and BB. Until that changes both countries will never reach European or South America top team heights.

So many things you have Spain going to a final with the help of a 16 year old. Mean while the US can’t produce a single elite player with a population over 300 million 😂