3.18.15
ASN Morning Read: Run, Run as Fast as You Can
United States national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann ask a couple Major League Soccer teams for fitness information; Eddie Johnson's career might be over; running out of exes.
BY
Noah Davis
Posted
March 18, 2015
7:51 AM
This whole thing is getting ridiculous: "Right before the first MLS matchday, Klinsmann asked multiple MLS teams if they could conduct a special fitness test of their national team players just for the U.S. coach. The teams all refused, in part due to the timing and in part because, as one team official told me, the request was 'absurd.'" Maybe let's talk about soccer and not fitness, yeah?
Another win for NYCFC: "Demand for Mix Diskerud jerseys literally forced Adidas into a shortage of the letter X for kit printing."
Klinsmann chats: “We are going to bring in a very strong roster into Denmark and Switzerland. It’s a bit tricky obviously because MLS has just started and it’s early in the season, so those players don’t have a rhythm yet. Meanwhile, the European-based players are in a full rhythm and the Mexican-based players are in a full rhythm, so we will bring what we believe will be the strongest roster into these two friendlies. It will be an interesting mix. We are there to learn, to play against very good opponents, but also to get results.”
FIFA excerpted his comments, too: "Seeing Jozy Altidore getting on the scoring side of it right away was very important. He had a tough time the last 18 months in the Premier League and for him it's an awesome feeling to start right away with two goals. We all know what Jozy can do when he's healthy and fit. Hopefully he's off to a fantastic season."
Sad story about Eddie Johnson: "While United officials have remained mum and [Eddie] Johnson has not spoken about his condition—one that sidelined him for the entirety of the six-week training camp—multiple sources say the ailment involves his heart and threatens to derail his career."
Oh joy:
Lolz: "While so many want to believe that Altidore was the main problem with Sunderland, the statistical needle sure leans toward my consistent view that his tenure there was more a case of Sunderland being the main problem with Altidore."
Germany wants Gedion Zelalem, but they aren't going to get him.
Panic about the Gold Cup: "If Honduras qualifies by way of winning its two-legged playoff against French Guiana, which it should, Group A will feature half of the region's 2014 World Cup teams in the form of the United States and the Catrachos. Then there's Panama, the runner up in the 2013 Gold Cup and the team which came closest to a trip to Brazil without securing qualification. Mix in upstart Haiti, and you might have something actually resembling a dreaded Group of Death."
Here's ASN deputy editor Noah Davis talking about the American Outlaws on Fusion and blinking a lot:
