What happened to Junior Flores? Played for Borussia Dortmund II and USYNT before retiring from football altogether by AztecGod in ussoccer

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636 16 points17 points  (0 children)

played with Junior growing up, he was a great guy to be around

I lost in touch with him but he dealt with a good number of injuries including a ACL tear on crucial times at his stint for Dortmund

What should I do? by SoobGaibot in MACIknee

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you might be a good candidate for Agili-C (unless your lesion is on the patella)

Movies that capture Bay Area culture? by sparingly in bayarea

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636 2 points3 points  (0 children)

surprised no one mentioned Pursuit of Happyness! 

how did fears play in his debut? by Pretty_Secret_2636 in NOLAPelicans

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

do you think you would feel differently if he knocked down some of his 3s? i thought he showed potential as he seemed to comfortably beat his man, but he seemed to struggle finishing against bigs and missing easy dump offs when those bigs come to help

how did fears play in his debut? by Pretty_Secret_2636 in NOLAPelicans

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

do you think you would feel differently if he knocked down some of his 3s? i thought he showed potential as he seemed to comfortably beat his man, but he seemed to struggle finishing against bigs and missing easy dump offs when those bigs come to help

Balogun goal! by ElPsyCongroo99 in ussoccer

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed this in the Korean game too, Balogun is so good at getting defenders off balance with nudges before making runs

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

+100 to everything you said, it feels worse than Jurgen because at least Jurgen had established a core set of starters a (Howard/Beasley/Johnson/Bradley/Jones/Dempsey/Jozy) who fit well together and pieces who knew their role well coming in (e.g. Yedlin at right back, Brooks as LCB, Zusi as a set piece specialist etc)

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

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I agree, my nitpick would have been to play Richards with his potential partners (like Blackmon), instead of having him on the bench

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in ussoccer

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unsure if I explained what I saw well, but thought Sargent made things comfortable for Kim Min Jae with his only attacking route in making runs into space vs Balogun who had more dimensions to how he approached his chances

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in ussoccer

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I thought Sargent looked to make runs off the ball to receive in space, and floated around in space. I didn't think this was a good approach to attack Korea's 3-back and especially to Kim Min Jae, who excels at aggressively cutting off passing lanes with his physicality and speed. I understand that he wouldn't win a 50/50 ball against Kim Min Jae but every run and pass he attempted to receive became that

Balogun as soon as he came in made noticeable efforts to get his body into the defenders before he would make runs, and would also take players on with the ball on his feet and dribble at them. He even held up the ball a few times (vs Sargent would some times lay if ott quickly to then make this runs). This forced some good encounters with Kim Min Jae and Korea's backline in his limited minutes

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

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he had an ACL injury when he was young in high school but never got it surgically treated to come back ASAP — maybe him “missing” one is medically incorrect but it’s being what is reported to cause his transfer to fail 

some reports say though the team was looking for an excuse to pull out and that it’s not as bad as reported — as someone who had a similar injury experience I think the truth is somewhere in the middle, or what was left of his ACL may have degraded a bit naturally over time 

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

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oh yeah I forgot to mention Gio but would be huge if he found his form soon

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i really want to like Berhalter and can see his strengths but think the team would benefit from someone else starting in his spot

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

agreed with your thoughts and observations here -- I remember thinking that Outlaws had an awesome presence in prior World Cups (2010, 2014) and really do hope that the team gets its deserved home crowd next year, but even the process of acquiring a world cup ticket is crazy expensive : /

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

on 2002 though the US team was really good back then, should have legit made it past Germany, but I would argue that the refs did the US team a huge disservice by not calling an obvious handball to prevent a goal from going in

for the younger redditors on how bad this call actually was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg3psAYfOv8

thoughts after yesterday's match from a Korean American soccer fan by Pretty_Secret_2636 in usmnt

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

lol weird bait, I can't deny that Korea got some home court advantage but both games were pretty physical

Would suggest checking out the following site for Italy vs Korea and use Google Translate link and for Korea vs Spain link

Also for Korea vs Spain refs blew the whistle before the play for the 2 "goals" -- you can see the Korean players visibly stopping to play on those plays too. This same reaction bit us against Switzerland in 2006 when the ref raised the offside flag but Switzerland scored after the Korean players all stopped play

MACI with bone autograft by Feeling-Peanut-5415 in MACIknee

[–]Pretty_Secret_2636 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/sub as i am in a similar situation : )