Tema: U20/U17 - Soccer

Not sure what area you are looking to add depth but SD Bryan Bow put up a 23 in the first game this season (in camp right now) at 19.

Erroll Hemphill also put up a 22- same exact situation as Bow.

I don't have an 20yo's, but both those guys are showing some promise.

We are officially all scheduled for this weekend. Our game will be a friendly match with Turkey's U20 team at their arena. Kiiiiiiind of funny that their #1 player is actually willmot's player.

To round out the team -> LD Cory Long (19) was added, as well as G Sylvester Speer were added.

I guess I'm too late, but 19 year old Cale Dyson is getting a 24 at RD with 80% chemistry, and he'll be swapping starts by the mid-point of the season. He'll be the number one starter next season as well.

zomg, Cale Dyson has been added to the roster. I ended up dropping a 20 year old who wasn't going to start anyway. Thanks!

Ha! Yeah, I just picked him up last offseason. I was surprised they dropped him to the U20, since he was top ten in their NT. If we end up facing them in competition, I'll make sure my players stuff him in a locker or something.

Thats funny

TIME REMAINING TO KICK OFF: -1 DAYS -1 H -25 MIN--- U-20 game. Although it says 10:30 today.

Hi, dont you need any SF for U20? Silas Wofford is only 18 but very perspective universal forward...

Denverko, thank you for the suggestion. As a result, Marlin Fripp has been let go from the squad and Silas Wofford has been added. I liked the fact that he was 18 and will definitely make appearances in matches this year and will, most likely, be a starting staple in years to come. Thanks man.

Big game against Serbia for the U20's today. We're tied with them on points for the lead in the group right now, although admittedly they've had tougher competition so far. Based on team strength, Serbia is the class of the group; as of the last game the overall TS rankings for our group are:

135 - Serbia
131 - Canada
130 - Argentina
122 - USA
122 - Switzerland
115 - Venezuela
108 - Greece
89 - India

We're at home for this one, so we'll see if we can pull some magic out of the hat.

Just an FYI, UncleSamuel hasn't logged in since early May, so I'm assuming I'm pretty much running the show for the rest of this season, and then we can have a special election after that. I'll be keeping with his plan in general, of a 3-4-3 formation. As our 20-year-old starters get tired in the next few games, I'll work the 18's and 19's into the lineup to get a head start on building chemistry for next year.

Check out adding Vern Perrin

I don't know that I can do that as the assistant anyway, but we're sitting at 35 players already, so we won't be able to drop someone and add Perrin until the new season.

I think it really sucks that National Teams can't drop players during the season.

Our U20's play rival Canada at home tomorrow. I won't talk too much about strategy here, but we'll be starting a few guys who have not seen much action yet this season, as our top guys are starting to get tired.

Right now we're sitting in 4th place, with Argentina and Venezuela both a point behind us. I'd like to take all 3 out of this game, especially since we're at home. Our offense, while potent on paper, has not been exploding the way I'd like to see. Hopefully some of these changes turn that around.