Episode 22: Seems like there are a lot of exciting young U.S. players. Is this time different?

European preseason is always a time of inflated hopes and dreams.
Players getting chances, and fresh starts, and new contracts. We
run down of a lot of the action, and then Greg breaks out some
half-assed high school math as we try to sort out whether the
player pool is taking a step forward. (It is.)


0:30 We summarize a lot of the preseason news for the
under-23 player pool, including Pulisic, Hyndman, Richards,
Carleton, Gall, Parks, etc.

35:30 Is this time different? Buckle in for a rambling
discussion of old U-20 player pools, new U-20 player pools, 2012
changes in the development academy and a hypothetical USMNT 2018
World Cup roster.

1:09:45 Short Corners: Davies to Bayern and Acosta to
Colorado



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