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USMNT 2022 World Cup

 Frankly, I am sick and tired of hearing about how young the U.S. team is as a cover for if they lose to Wales and England over their first 2 Group B games Look, its time to put up or shut up and if they don't get through to the Round of 16, one has to look at youth soccer in the U.S. and all its riches and ask the very basic question of what is wrong? I do hope they go through but with both Gareth Bale and Harry Kane feeling the wind in their sails these past few weeks, I've got to wonder. More to follow.
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 OMG, the U.S. Women's National team loses 3 games in a row. Has not happened since 1993. Our girl, Carli Lloyd, says the players need to concentrate more on playing soccer and less about their brand and marketing. Hoorah!! 
 Finally, Graham Potter the new manager shows some faith in Christian Pulisic as he starts vs. Wolverhampton. Brings energy to the Chelsea squad with his passing and attacking mode. Scores on a cutback to the left and left-footed shot. Nice work!! Chelsea 3 - Wolves 0. He needs minutes like this in the games to get ready for next month's World Cup
 Had the misfortune to watch the Man City trouncing of Chelsea 0-3. Pulisic played well. Wormer was lost. Mason Mount was suprisingly lost in the mid-field Frank should have used Giroud. But by pushing up so aggressively it left the defense suseptible. Konte caught chasing on the DeBruyne put back goal. One thing the commentators got right, players like DeBruyne play cold in the final third of the pitch. Very cool,calm and collected. Frank needs to get the boys together.
 Chelsea 1 - Arsenal 2 on Boxing Day 2020. Something is definitely wrong and I can't put my finger on it. Any ideas out there?
 I finally got to watch the Chelsea match vs. West Ham today. My impressions are still liking the trio of Abraham, Pulisic and Wormer working up top. Sometimes I get crazy with the amount of passing that goes on prior to make a penetrating attack.  Good thing at this point we have defenders, Zouma and a creak, creak Silva that can still jump

Chelsea vs. Leeds- 3-1. Top of the EPL table

  Nice win for Chelsea over Leeds to go to the top of the table. Pulisic gets more playing time and with the help of Wormer,puts one in the back of the net. They are both quick. I like the 2 of them up top. In the back Zouma and Silva look terrific. In the middle Mount and Kante solid and indefatigable. Come on people lets have some comments!!!