Subject: [U21] Tournament & friendly

Friends, I'm very happy today because the draw for the World Cup Qualifying Group took place.

As you know, we qualified from Pot 3. We specifically selected the most balanced opponent from Pot 2. There weren't any particularly strong opponents.

In the previous World Cup Qualifiers, we were drawn against France and won one match 1-0. The link to the match is below.

https://sokker.org/comment?matchID=42370635

Fransa U21 - ABD U21 0:1



Furthermore, we weren't drawn against our important opponents from Pot 1, such as Poland, Romania, Italy, Hungary, Türkiye, Bulgaria, and Germany.

U21 Group J


1. France U21
2. Lietuva U21
3. USA U21
4. Nigeria U21
5. Kazakhstán U21
6. Nicaragua U21

You're right!
I wouldn't say it'll be an easy path, but the chances of qualifying are high!
Good luck, friend!

Thanks LowPing. If you're selected, we'll see your World Cup group soon.

USA U21 - Paraguay U21 1:0

By winning our last match, we finished 3rd in Group B of the AMERICA CUP and closed the season with a victory.

Nice. Good luck next season. Hopefully Our best talent is on the way to strengthen the team in a near future.

From what I see 2 seasons from now we will be in a very different place when it comes to quality available for u21 team.

Thanks for sticking around.

I think you'll be fighting with Lithuania to qualify for the U21 World Cup. I wish you luck and hope to play in the World Cup next season.

norbert1987 Frankly, we wouldn't have stood a chance against strong countries like Colombia, Greece, Switzerland, Croatia, Mexico, and Cuba. That's why I'm happy with the draw. Of course, they're not weaker than us, but at least it was balanced.

Paradiseky, thank you for trusting me again.

I've previously participated in the World Cup with Azerbaijan U21 from Pot 3. Why not now?

USA U21 - Paraguay U21 1:0

USA U21 - Rossiya U21 2:0


We started the first two matches with our new squad with wins, but I'd like you to examine the statistics from the Russia match.

We didn't give the Russians a chance to breathe. We played magnificently.

My only regret is that Jody Ralph was injured for 20 days on Friday. I'm very sorry he won't be able to play the France match.

Nigeria U21 1:2 USA U21

It was a terrible match, I'm sorry.

Our opponent today, France, won 7-0. The French have a formidable forward line. Furthermore, our main goalkeeper is injured, and we don't have another 21-20 year old. We'll be playing with a 19-year-old goalkeeper who's in very poor form, and our main defender is also injured. Furthermore, our best striker, who plays for my club team, has also seen a significant dip in form. France caught us at our worst moment. Still, I'll try to do something.

im questioning your roster selection. Before you missed on finding Hodge. I have a player work 400k+ (probably more at for 18 - his form is 11) but your roster includes weak players like
Vin Hamilton
19
105,5k
1,85k

very interesting, after i posted this message, you removed one other mid from the u21 roster - interesting timing,

imo u21 roster has many weak players who do not play in games yet stronger players than them do not get called up.

I had to make a revision today regarding the reserve goalkeeper.

I won't name names because some users are rightfully upset.

Unfortunately, this was the goalkeeper I signed for the national team today.


mükemmel [11] kondisyon mükemmel [11] kalecilik
yeterli [6] hız kötü [3] defans
iyi [7] teknik kötü [3] oyunkuruculuk
kaliteli [8] pas kötü [3] golcülük

If there are any players like Hodge that I missed, please let me know.

Not sure for what and why people are blaming mustafa. The quality of our U21 players has been relatively poor for the past 2-3 season and one player won’t make a big difference. The commitment to developing our young players is lacking beyond a few dedicated managers. Fortunately we will be in an upswing soon.

Selling young talented players to foreign managers is a risk and I am not surprised if they disallowed sharing skills with the NT coach. I looked on SKtables NT page and Hamilton does not come up ANYWHERE. The only reason people know of him is because of one forum post where he is clearly a striker. I don’t know how managing a NT works but I would imagine it would be very risky to play a player with unknown skills even if you suspect they are decent as they are likely exclusively training pace. Wilder is good too he is just too slow for U21 and 19 but I’m working on it.

NT players are missed by coaches all the time. For all my players on senior NTs I had to directly message the coach in all but one scenario.

Also a 19 yo keeper would have been just fine had he been in better form. He is among the best in the world and will surpass Wyatt Cheatham in future

this is why I keep voting for mustafa. It's not due to lack of tactical effort on his end. He's trying. It's more than just buying and training guys.

In college football (American) just look at Bill Belichick this season at University of North Carolina. Best head coach in NFL history, getting creamed week in and week out due to inferior talent.