***Official 2022 World Cup Thread***
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I don't watch much soccer outside world cup but that was nice! I see Pulisics name a lot so he must be good?
2 things
1) Thank god for that goal you dominate the game like that and not score, it does not end well
2) Clearly a Big 12 crew working this game. Dude sucks
1) Thank god for that goal you dominate the game like that and not score, it does not end well
2) Clearly a Big 12 crew working this game. Dude sucks
I want to say he's considered America's first true soccer prodigy?
Completely agree - the longer it went without us scoring I was becoming nervous.
Now, lets not fall asleep here lads. Great half, finish it out
Now, lets not fall asleep here lads. Great half, finish it out
No. Definitely not. He has a long way to go to even get to Clint Dempsey level let alone Landon Donovan level.
Do you think Berhalter has to continuously show his credentials to security to proved he's actually the coach and not some random soccer dad?
It's interesting to see the range of coaches appearances. Some go full suits and then you have some that look like they just woke up and grabbed whatever t-shirt looks the cleanest in the laundry basket.
Uh - not yet. He could be in time but as of today? TO me, Nope, not at all.
Reputation-wise, maybe. That said, Pusilic has talent that neither Dempsey nor Donovan have, though. Pusilic has pretty much spent his entire career playing and training with the best clubs in Europe, whereas both Dempsey and Donovan had to work their asses off in America just to get looked at over there. That should tell you what the best in the world thinks of his talent.
By the end of his career, Pusilic will have far surpassed both.
That is also why I used the word "prodigy" - Pusilic is; Dempsey and Donovan weren't.
He doesn't have the longevity yet of those two, but as far as actual talent and skill he surpasses those two, and it's not really close. You don't judge on just international. You judge on their every day club. Pulisic at Dortmund and Chelsea blows away Dempsey and Donovan.
Edit: Pulisic has 33 goals with Dortmund and Chelsea. Donovan had 2 with Everton. Dempsey had 57 I think between Tottenham and Fulham.