As a Belgian I was so surprised not to see McKenzie in the squad. He's been class this season. Not taking either Pefok or Pepi was also so strange to me.
As someone who watched McKenzie pass it straight to a Mexican forward two yards from the goal in the Nations League Final, he was dead to me at that point.
Arno Cardon It's strange to an outsider seeing a non-UEFA/CONMEBOL team sabotage their squad like this but you have to understand that US Soccer federation and MLS have vested business interests with each other and they use our national team as a marketing platform for MLS players. Anyone who denies this is either an MLS fanboy deep in denial or someone who is simply ignorant of how our federation works. When you understand this, that's when everything from the awful MLS forced callups to Berhalter's hiring to Don Garber fighting former USMNT manager Klinsmann in public over MLS's level all make sense.
Yeah I was waiting for this. Portuguese here, but have been following Pepi since his early MLS days, and it is an absolute travesty that he hasn't been called up.
@@stebentifer2220 Pulisic struggles in the prem but he is still easily the best player on the USMNT, any US player in the bundesliga is likely to be good enough for the national team
Lol no he didnt that game was all antonnee robinson. Pepi got spoon fed that goal. If it werent for the other players nobody would know who pepi is today.
I'm Mexican American and a huge Pepi fan. When he chose the US over Mexico, I was happy because I thought he had a solidified spot and the US needed him more. To seem him be left out after saving us in WCQ and after finally finding form in the Eredivisie breaks my heart and pisses me off. Why is Morris in the squad. They really did my boi Pepi dirty :(
@@m.c.martin Gregg literally makes his strikers play defensively instead of being a goal threat. Running up and down the field and chasing opposing players is Gregg's gamelan.
Seeing my bro Maqwell going down the 5 stages of grief on this video was quite depressing, yet entertaining to see And just as everyone says, this is pretty much how we Mexican fans feel about our team every single world cup, i understand your pain bro
Gregg encouraged Pepi to go to Europe and take on a more difficult challenge than MLS. He did that and Gregg selected Jesus. I think the MLS quota is real. Pepi still made the right choice for his career and Gregg will be let go shortly after the World cup. Hope we see Pepi in the U-20 WC.
I also feel bad for Pepi, he's been doing well in our Eredivisie for a Groningen side that has been struggling so far this season. When I heard he was fighting for his World Cup spot for the USMNT I started rooting for the guy, so I feel bad that he didn't succceed. On another note I am glad for Luca de la Torre (I knew him from Heracles, last season) and Dest.
You should talk about how Ecuador pulled out of hosting the COPA America 2024. This could be a great chance for the United States to host again and to participate in the tournament
I haven’t seen every teams squad yet but all the teams I have seen have had some absolute selection shockers. Do managers and selectors not want to win the World Cup?
Given lots of players are in mid season form and a good chunk of players are hurt, let’s just say, lots of managers aren’t happy with their pool of players right now
Well, with the English team, you could basically tell who they were taking from the start. At first, I was kind of surprised that they took Rashford because of his injury/bad form last season, but then I remembered it's Rashford and there is no way England is kicking him off.
@@walincoln7033So???? Wtf does that have to do with football! Their team is very good and have been in very good form dominating asian qualifying and their strike force of Asmoun and Taremi is very dangerous. Even Alireza Jahanbakhsh is still going strong!
as a Sunderland fan I’m sad lynden gooch hasn’t been called up, if your squad is going to be shit might as well add a Papa Johns Trophy winner to add some star power
Maqwell know realizes what it’s like to be Mexico fan when they released the lineup for the gold cup final, and for the Nations league final, and World Cup qualifiers, and in most of the international games we’ve played!!
Joe Scally is playing really good at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Wasn't surprised to see him called up. Meanwhile Pepi at FC Augsburg couldn't fit in. Greetings from Germany
the pattern for berhalter here is including atleast one veteran in each position of the field (yedlin-defense, roldan-midfield, morris-attack) whether they deserve the cap or not its clear berhalter wants to balance the youth here.
Think about it though, our game plan is to have the least static attack possible. Weah, Pulisic, Sargent, Reyna, Aaronson, there is no room for a stagnant number 9 looking for tap ins. All of our attacking players are really good ball progresses. If we don’t have possession Pepi is invisible, what are the chances he even touches the ball against any top ten country.
Maguire for England is different to Maguire for United. Plus Englands weakest position is central defenders (We should have brought Tomori but oh well)
I'll be honest, Maguire is not as bad as everyone believes and in the England team he plays completly different so i think you shouldn't be understimating him or the Eng team
First video of Maqwell's I watched. I like the guy. Nice to see people of Vietnamese descent doing football soccer content with an American English accent. There is so much British accent I can take about association football.
What kills me is that everyone knows our biggest problem is scoring goals. We're the king of the 1-0 win, 1-1 draw, and 1-0 loss in competitive matches. And yet for the world cup Berhalter picks the SAME GUYS who can't score. Hell, we left the second leading scorer on the second best team in Germany AND our second leading scorer in qualification AT HOME. What the hell? They're rhe exact kind of distributing strikers a team like ours need.
I’m more of a Canadian fan (I’m dual citizenship) so…. We’re just happy to be here for the first time in 30+ years. Dude, if we score A SINGLE GOAL, I’m partying. I’d be rooting for Scotland (my dad was very Scottish) but… didn’t make it again.
The USMNT and the MLS have to have a contractual agreement for the USMNT to have a certain % of MLS players at this point, there’s no other way there should be this many
As someone that came through the US youth system there is a staggering amount of nepotism and favoritism. Literally was once told I was better than the other player in my position but “the other guys father is best friends with the coach”. This wasn’t even the most egregious example of it either.
I get why Pepi didn’t make it, and didn’t expect Brooks to make it after falling out with Berhalter, and should defo be in the squad over Long, but no Pefok for me is insane, idk wtf he is doing, surprised Joe Scally actually made the squad too
I'm a little shocked that Pefok wasn't called up into the team but...that's Berhalter for ya! That aside, I just hope we do well in this tournament, I doubt it but yeah.
This Is the first world cup i will watch with the USA in it that I can actually remember, I will have to watch Jordan Morris, and Christian Roldan play in the first world cup I will ever see.
Let's use this space to share the squad we could've take: Turner Slonina Horvath Brooks McKenzie Vickers Zimmerman Scally Yedlin Robinson Vines McKennie Adams Acosta Parks Aaronson Mihailovic Reyna Weah Pulisic Kikanovic Pefok Pepi 3 extras: Ream Musah Sargent
Ricardo Pepi decided correctly. I'm pretty sure if he decided to play for us, Martino would have called Funes Mori, Raúl Jiménez and Jesús Corona before him. Hell, he'd probably call Santiago Jiménez and Javier Hernandez (they are, for some reason, enemies of the FEMEXFUT) before Pepi. I hope this decision from the USMNT doesn't explode in their faces
@@wereallyrollin6680 No, we don't. We need to get rid of the Federation and the way things are done now. Thanks to that, we're taking Ochoa, Talavera and someone else to the World Cup and blocking someone like Acevedo, who actually knows how to go for a ball. We don't have Hernandez, we lack pace on the midfield because we are putting 38-39 year olds as distributors. We need to change the system first
Chicharito is hated by femexfut cause of some shit he said about them. Santi doesn't play or ever played for any of the regios or América. We all know televisa and los regios run the show behind the scenes that's why Funes mori and Gallardo are going despite being absolute wank.
Hi Maqwell, great video as always! Can I ask you, out of curiosity, if you're by any chance planning to do a video on this year's Napoli's exploit? In my 15 years of being a Serie A fan I honestly never seen anything like them, basically putting one hand on the scudetto since November
Maxwell depicts every Mexican on the planet after finding out Santi Gimenez isn't being called up over a out of form/returning from injury Jimenez and very unreliable Funes Mori.
I’ve been a sounders fan since 2009 so I know im a bit biased… but jordan Morris and cristian roldan don’t deserve all this slander man. Jordan Morris has fought through injury after injury often times ending his whole season and still fought back time and time again and came back. He’s been working his ass off to make it to a World Cup since 2015 and he definitely deserves a spot over Paul Arriola. His stats may not be there, but he and cristian have been a huge part of the sounders dominating MLS over the past 5 years.(not this last season of course but you get my point) if you watch a lot of sounders games you wouldn’t even question this roldan pick because he’s like a kante type of player just doing all the dirty work and doing it really well. Criminally underrated. I hope they get the chance to prove you wrong in the tournament!
hohum...they will have a chance...though to prove that we were all right to begin with...Morris and Roldan were chosen not because of their football ability (?) but because of the MLS quota
If this was a 23 man squad like every World Cup has been in the past Roldan wouldn’t haven been on the plane. But you also gotta remember he’s a great locker room guy
It is just the inconsistency with Gregg, like if there is any quality I admire about him and how he selects his squads it’s that he sticks with his guys. When pepi was struggling he stuck with him. When he brought haji in and struggled he didn’t care cause it wasn’t one of his guys. but than he goes and just changes things up. this man is clueless
It could’ve been a lot worse but it sucks because it could be so exciting to watch, glad to see Reyna pulisic and McKinnie getting their first shot in the World Cup
I can get that there are some people that surprised us, but I'm not surprised that Ferreira made it. I am surprised that his teammate, Paul Arriola, did not make it after his best season ever, but Ferreira also had his best season ever as well. One thing that a lot of my FC Dallas friends can agree with is that Pepi made his move to Europe WAAAAAY too early. He went almost a full year without scoring a single goal and he did not get back to his FC Dallas 2021 form until he was loaned out to another club. So am I surprised that Pepi didn't make it? A little, but he did not really show much even after he made his move to Augsburg until he got loaned out to Gronigan. Ferreira more than makes his case after some pretty good caps with the USMNT as well as a breakout year with FC Dallas.
Hahaha!!!This is the most hilarious video regarding your United States' national team's twenty one men squad and I know what you would be thinking in your mind,good friend Maqwell!!!😂
As a Boro supporter I still don’t understand how Zack didn’t get called up. He’s genuinely a great keeper in his current form especially in the Blackpool and Hull games
As a lifelong diehard Bluenose the USMNT isn't missing much without Tillman and Sands. Sands is okay at best, does an average job in midfield and isn't great at center back (although we have no other options due to injury). Tillman hasn't really been great- aside from his goals he messes around a lot on the ball. Has a very neutral attitude in-game and doesn't bring his true talent like he should given the state of the Scottish Premiership.
It’s crazy when any fan can see the quality. There has to be a quota for MLS players in the US Soccer hierarchy, I could see bringing Zimmerman, Acosta and maybe Yedlin but the rest make zero sense
i know the pain, Norway has not qualified for a tournament since the year before i was born, we have a very strong and promising young team, but cant even qualify in a group with a faltering Netherlands team, and a turkey team that failed to live up to any of its promise during the euros in 2021
yoooo, pogchamps. getting to see Maqwell dis on on his seppo's almost right as the video lands lets gooooo, let's hope somehow America does worse in their group than Austalia does in their lets go aye
Bro you guys have a good pool to select players from for your national team , here in South Africa we have too many problems. Many players are not given a chance to go overseas and others don’t want to go when the chance presents itself. Locally youngsters are not given a chance at senior level. Even those who breakthrough don’t get regular game time. There’s no incentive to produce players and get them playing at high levels. Our overseas based footballers are not getting regular gametime at their clubs. 💯 whole lotta ish
It's not that bad of a roster on the Gregg Berhalter scale; -I'm not too mad about leaving out Zach Steffen since he's been in poor form but Ethan Horvath hasn't been much better. Sean Johnson makes sense as a 3rd GK but I wish Josh Cohen could have gotten his chance since he's been performing pretty well in the Champions League and in Israel, plus he probably could have been an guy would could give an edge in a PK shootout. -Shaq Moore makes no sense and Jordan Morris is a complete waste. 3 RBs is completely pointless when that roster spot could be used on a guy who could be more versatile like James Sands or even just a backup LB like Sam Vines. Morris offers nothing in comparison to Malik Tillman or even a Johnny Cardoso who is in good form. Honestly I'd take Paul Arriola over Jordan Morris any day especially in a situation where we will most likely need more defensive support in wide areas. Honestly Pepi would make more sense even though he's not versatile because Josh Sargent can play on the wings. -We know Berhalter loves Jesus Ferreira and Aaron Long too much. Ferriera certainly should compete for a spot on the roster but he's been in poor form and shouldn't be considering a CF in my eyes and should have been getting reps on the wing and at the 10. Aaron long just sucks ass and Erik Palmer-Brown or Mark McKenzie even Matt Miazga would be better, Auston Trusty would have been ideal but Gregg never tried to integrate him. -The biggest issue in my eyes is that Gregg never tried to seriously go after duo-nationals like Folarin Balogun who is killing it in Ligue 1 or Alejandro Zendejas who is one of the best players in Liga MX. Plus like you mentioned, leaving out Gaga Slonina has to be a slap in the face for him. -Plus when looking at the pool of MLS players he went after his favorites instead of guys who can actually provide something of a spark off the bench like a Đorđe Mihailović or Eryk Williamson but I guess Roldan isn't completely awful because he's versatile and can provide some leadership. Thank god Tim Ream finally made it back into the roster though, and Haji Wright is a nice surprise I guess if Berhalter actually uses him as a super sub when Ferriera inevitable makes the right run but can't finish.
Tillman started off pretty well for us and has had his stunts but honestly since the start of the season to now he looks an entirely different player. I’m surprised he didn’t get called up. Sands too, he’s very smooth and consistent but never does anything spectacular.
We should not be promoting the MLS through the USMNT because they aren't to caliber as the players that play in europe and the champions league. Just my two cents.
i was like this when i saw wondow in the 2014 squad. i knew if he came in we were doomed. and sure enough! i had seen him in the 2011 gold cup against the first panama game. and bruh missed from 6 ft out. adn ever since then i knew he wasnt for our squad and yeah it happened again in 2014 on a much bigger stage.
In that game against Saudi Arabia he looked the best because he had about 5 minutes of taking the ball at guys, more than any other player on the team could do
USMNT: United States Mutant Ninja Turtles
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As someone from El Paso TX, I was very excited about Pepi's form this season. When he wasn't called up for the world cup I was devastated.
Hes garbage bro but then again the whole team is
Even the Local News there was pissed that he didn't get called up. They hope Greg gets Sacked.
Same bro.
@@AKUNJIG if he gets sacked who else will be our manager?
@@flamminboi4507 His Contract runs out after the WC. So it's up in the Air if he comes back.
As a Belgian I was so surprised not to see McKenzie in the squad. He's been class this season. Not taking either Pefok or Pepi was also so strange to me.
As someone who watched McKenzie pass it straight to a Mexican forward two yards from the goal in the Nations League Final, he was dead to me at that point.
nah McKenzie is poor for the USA
McKenzie is injured, Pefok scored 6 goals for union, disappeared, no longer starts, and scored only 1 in 9 for the USMNT in a tournament of B teams.
Arno Cardon It's strange to an outsider seeing a non-UEFA/CONMEBOL team sabotage their squad like this but you have to understand that US Soccer federation and MLS have vested business interests with each other and they use our national team as a marketing platform for MLS players. Anyone who denies this is either an MLS fanboy deep in denial or someone who is simply ignorant of how our federation works. When you understand this, that's when everything from the awful MLS forced callups to Berhalter's hiring to Don Garber fighting former USMNT manager Klinsmann in public over MLS's level all make sense.
@@hyperrat12 that's still more than anything Jordan Morris has done though.
Yeah I was waiting for this. Portuguese here, but have been following Pepi since his early MLS days, and it is an absolute travesty that he hasn't been called up.
Ganda basco
Tás a falar bem
Pepi is a kinda talented player, but he hasn't perform the best in the Bundesliga
@@stebentifer2220 Pulisic struggles in the prem but he is still easily the best player on the USMNT, any US player in the bundesliga is likely to be good enough for the national team
@@deeznoots6241 Pepi isn't a Bundesliga Player, he got loaned out to the Eredivisie.
Actually surprised he didn’t find a way to squeeze Zardes in there
I'm only remebered him on Backed by Messi on Adidas and Journey in FIFA...
@@harizzakwan580 I remember him from fifa mobile in 2018 haha.
I remember him becuase I met him
I remember him for his hair
@@SkyvoxYT✨ STARDES ZARDES ✨
this really is one of the world cup squads of all time
Of a the 32 squads making it, this is definitely one of them
@@isaacalcala808 😂😂
The US is so good, that they will probably be one of the 32 squads to make it to the final.
Truly the world cup squad of all time
Pepi literally saved Gregg’s job and then he gets snaked for a guy who has done fuck all for us.
More like save all of us, I doubt Gregg would've been fired.
Lol no he didnt that game was all antonnee robinson. Pepi got spoon fed that goal. If it werent for the other players nobody would know who pepi is today.
I mean you can’t deny that he’s inform. That’s the reason he’s on the plane
I'm Mexican American and a huge Pepi fan. When he chose the US over Mexico, I was happy because I thought he had a solidified spot and the US needed him more. To seem him be left out after saving us in WCQ and after finally finding form in the Eredivisie breaks my heart and pisses me off. Why is Morris in the squad. They really did my boi Pepi dirty :(
@David Montgomery Sargent shouldn’t have been called up
It's berhalter fault for treating him like garbage.
@David Montgomery Only if he learned to stay forward and stopped being a defensive striker should he be called up
@David Montgomery let’s hope it translates to the national team then
@@m.c.martin Gregg literally makes his strikers play defensively instead of being a goal threat. Running up and down the field and chasing opposing players is Gregg's gamelan.
Seeing my bro Maqwell going down the 5 stages of grief on this video was quite depressing, yet entertaining to see
And just as everyone says, this is pretty much how we Mexican fans feel about our team every single world cup, i understand your pain bro
Faxx, VIVA Mexico
at least u always qualify and pass group stages...
im canadian
@@jk-gb4et congratulations on Canada making it to the world cup
@@Temperus67265 🇨🇦 💖🇲🇽
I hope Ricardo Pepi sees all the love he’s getting from the fans. We know, we roll with him
Ah yes
Maxwell dying from the inside
As an Internacional fan, im a bit sad Johnny Cardoso didnt make it in, he has been a solid player in our team
Gregg encouraged Pepi to go to Europe and take on a more difficult challenge than MLS. He did that and Gregg selected Jesus. I think the MLS quota is real. Pepi still made the right choice for his career and Gregg will be let go shortly after the World cup. Hope we see Pepi in the U-20 WC.
I heard pepi is injured
how is Pepi not called wtf. Even as a german Im bewildered, man is balling in the Netherlands unlike his time at Augsburg.
Steffen > Johnson
Palmer-Brown > Moore
McKenzie (Brooks) > Long
Tillman > Roldan
Pefok > Morris
Pepi > Ferreira
I also feel bad for Pepi, he's been doing well in our Eredivisie for a Groningen side that has been struggling so far this season. When I heard he was fighting for his World Cup spot for the USMNT I started rooting for the guy, so I feel bad that he didn't succceed.
On another note I am glad for Luca de la Torre (I knew him from Heracles, last season) and Dest.
This is the saga I've been waiting for,
the one we all needed!
You should talk about how Ecuador pulled out of hosting the COPA America 2024. This could be a great chance for the United States to host again and to participate in the tournament
I think Gregg has broken this man 😂
😂🤣 bro needs to check into a mental hospital after this
I haven’t seen every teams squad yet but all the teams I have seen have had some absolute selection shockers. Do managers and selectors not want to win the World Cup?
Given lots of players are in mid season form and a good chunk of players are hurt, let’s just say, lots of managers aren’t happy with their pool of players right now
Well, with the English team, you could basically tell who they were taking from the start. At first, I was kind of surprised that they took Rashford because of his injury/bad form last season, but then I remembered it's Rashford and there is no way England is kicking him off.
Gregg wouldn’t even have a job if Pepi didn’t save him against Honduras.
Imagine being in the same group as England, Wales and Iran and Wales are the most optimistic team rn.
Nah Iran are - Wales and England has a poor nations league and US should have dominated qualifying but scraped through
@@JohnHolywell Iran definitely aren’t, nobody there even cares about the World Cup because of what’s going on in that country at the moment
@@JohnHolywell uh ye, been watchin the news lately in Iran bud?
@@walincoln7033So???? Wtf does that have to do with football! Their team is very good and have been in very good form dominating asian qualifying and their strike force of Asmoun and Taremi is very dangerous. Even Alireza Jahanbakhsh is still going strong!
@@JohnHolywell just saying, it's bound to affect the players on some level
Just like me with the spanish one and Luis Enrique
ong he decided to take Eric Garcia, but not Sergio Ramos
Yeah wth is he doing? No De Gea, Thiago, or Ramos.
Some coaches have had some baffling picks to say the least
Let’s be honest here,
We all knew Enrique would do us like that…
I hope Marcelino takes over the team after the cup!
It's cause Enrique is anti Madrid/Castilla in general he's the Manger version of pique
as a Sunderland fan I’m sad lynden gooch hasn’t been called up, if your squad is going to be shit might as well add a Papa Johns Trophy winner to add some star power
My little brother is going to be one of the kids with the players during the US vs Wales game. If they put him next to walker zimmerman i swear to god
What's he look like?
Maqwell know realizes what it’s like to be Mexico fan when they released the lineup for the gold cup final, and for the Nations league final, and World Cup qualifiers, and in most of the international games we’ve played!!
Also, for that Pepi miss, hope he got what he deserved for what he said about his own people!! That piece of garbage!!
And Germany between 2017 and 2021 before Flick!
@@m.c.martin Germany at least have something good to make themselves proud. What do we have? Gold cups?
Of course we have to fully support this team, but it’s hard when you know one of our young stars, Ricardo Pepi, was left out. I feel so bad for him.
Joe Scally is playing really good at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Wasn't surprised to see him called up. Meanwhile Pepi at FC Augsburg couldn't fit in.
Greetings from Germany
Pepi got loaned out this season
the pattern for berhalter here is including atleast one veteran in each position of the field (yedlin-defense, roldan-midfield, morris-attack) whether they deserve the cap or not its clear berhalter wants to balance the youth here.
Think about it though, our game plan is to have the least static attack possible. Weah, Pulisic, Sargent, Reyna, Aaronson, there is no room for a stagnant number 9 looking for tap ins. All of our attacking players are really good ball progresses. If we don’t have possession Pepi is invisible, what are the chances he even touches the ball against any top ten country.
I’m surprised that Harry Maguire is in the England team... but as a Brazilian I am happy af because we can take advantage of that hahahaha.
Maguire for England is different to Maguire for United.
Plus Englands weakest position is central defenders
(We should have brought Tomori but oh well)
I love Reece James for my club, but I’m not mad he’s not going lol
As a Brazilian, who did Tite call up that is the equivalent of Harry Maguire? Aka who did the general public hate but knew Tite would bring?
I'll be honest, Maguire is not as bad as everyone believes and in the England team he plays completly different so i think you shouldn't be understimating him or the Eng team
@@dixoncider8372 Fred maybe? Idk, I’m not Brazilian but Martinelli and Alves have also been shouts for controversial picks to far
First video of Maqwell's I watched. I like the guy. Nice to see people of Vietnamese descent doing football soccer content with an American English accent. There is so much British accent I can take about association football.
It’s good to hear an honest opinion that doesn’t suck up to the US soccer establishment like every other soccer show….
Looking forward to playing you guys in the inevitable 0-0 draw
And both England and USA crashing out of the group stage as the result.
@@evonneokafor The draw happened but the group stage crashing out didn't, which was a pleasant surprise.
What kills me is that everyone knows our biggest problem is scoring goals. We're the king of the 1-0 win, 1-1 draw, and 1-0 loss in competitive matches.
And yet for the world cup Berhalter picks the SAME GUYS who can't score. Hell, we left the second leading scorer on the second best team in Germany AND our second leading scorer in qualification AT HOME. What the hell? They're rhe exact kind of distributing strikers a team like ours need.
You know who couldnt score or let alone get possesion of the ball for a whole year after a lucky game? Ricardo pepi.
Despite some questionable picks, this is still the most talented squad that the U.S. has sent to a World Cup in a long time.
And the only thing that could hold them back is bad coaching.
@@manjon217 Which is exactly why were going out in the group stages
alrighty then, time to prepare my resume for the usmnt manager spot in december
you will get it for sure considering its only the trying hard wannabe current coach you have to beat
I’m more of a Canadian fan (I’m dual citizenship) so…. We’re just happy to be here for the first time in 30+ years. Dude, if we score A SINGLE GOAL, I’m partying.
I’d be rooting for Scotland (my dad was very Scottish) but… didn’t make it again.
That painful laugh at the end is so relatable.
The USMNT and the MLS have to have a contractual agreement for the USMNT to have a certain % of MLS players at this point, there’s no other way there should be this many
MLS quota
Gregg Berhalter is a non-sentient lifeform and tool of the MLS-SUM-USSF Industrial Complex.
As someone that came through the US youth system there is a staggering amount of nepotism and favoritism. Literally was once told I was better than the other player in my position but “the other guys father is best friends with the coach”. This wasn’t even the most egregious example of it either.
I get why Pepi didn’t make it, and didn’t expect Brooks to make it after falling out with Berhalter, and should defo be in the squad over Long, but no Pefok for me is insane, idk wtf he is doing, surprised Joe Scally actually made the squad too
WHAT THE HELL?!?!? WHY AREN’T WE TAKING PEPI?!?!?!?!?
I'm a little shocked that Pefok wasn't called up into the team but...that's Berhalter for ya! That aside, I just hope we do well in this tournament, I doubt it but yeah.
This Is the first world cup i will watch with the USA in it that I can actually remember, I will have to watch Jordan Morris, and Christian Roldan play in the first world cup I will ever see.
Let's use this space to share the squad we could've take:
Turner Slonina Horvath
Brooks McKenzie Vickers Zimmerman
Scally Yedlin
Robinson Vines
McKennie Adams Acosta Parks
Aaronson Mihailovic
Reyna Weah
Pulisic Kikanovic
Pefok Pepi
3 extras:
Ream
Musah
Sargent
Ricardo Pepi decided correctly. I'm pretty sure if he decided to play for us, Martino would have called Funes Mori, Raúl Jiménez and Jesús Corona before him. Hell, he'd probably call Santiago Jiménez and Javier Hernandez (they are, for some reason, enemies of the FEMEXFUT) before Pepi.
I hope this decision from the USMNT doesn't explode in their faces
Man f that hope he leaves and comes to his roots we need a striker he has an undisputed spot fs
@@wereallyrollin6680 No, we don't. We need to get rid of the Federation and the way things are done now. Thanks to that, we're taking Ochoa, Talavera and someone else to the World Cup and blocking someone like Acevedo, who actually knows how to go for a ball. We don't have Hernandez, we lack pace on the midfield because we are putting 38-39 year olds as distributors. We need to change the system first
Morgan Freeman as narrator: But we all knew that the USMNT would implode on itself.
@@wereallyrollin6680 He can’t leave the US.
Chicharito is hated by femexfut cause of some shit he said about them. Santi doesn't play or ever played for any of the regios or América. We all know televisa and los regios run the show behind the scenes that's why Funes mori and Gallardo are going despite being absolute wank.
Hi Maqwell, great video as always! Can I ask you, out of curiosity, if you're by any chance planning to do a video on this year's Napoli's exploit? In my 15 years of being a Serie A fan I honestly never seen anything like them, basically putting one hand on the scudetto since November
Maxwell depicts every Mexican on the planet after finding out Santi Gimenez isn't being called up over a out of form/returning from injury Jimenez and very unreliable Funes Mori.
It is a good day when Maxwell uploads
I’ve been a sounders fan since 2009 so I know im a bit biased… but jordan Morris and cristian roldan don’t deserve all this slander man. Jordan Morris has fought through injury after injury often times ending his whole season and still fought back time and time again and came back. He’s been working his ass off to make it to a World Cup since 2015 and he definitely deserves a spot over Paul Arriola. His stats may not be there, but he and cristian have been a huge part of the sounders dominating MLS over the past 5 years.(not this last season of course but you get my point) if you watch a lot of sounders games you wouldn’t even question this roldan pick because he’s like a kante type of player just doing all the dirty work and doing it really well. Criminally underrated. I hope they get the chance to prove you wrong in the tournament!
hohum...they will have a chance...though to prove that we were all right to begin with...Morris and Roldan were chosen not because of their football ability (?) but because of the MLS quota
If this was a 23 man squad like every World Cup has been in the past Roldan wouldn’t haven been on the plane. But you also gotta remember he’s a great locker room guy
Someone should subscribe to Maqwell's Patreon with the name Gregg Berhalter to see how he reacts.
It is just the inconsistency with Gregg, like if there is any quality I admire about him and how he selects his squads it’s that he sticks with his guys. When pepi was struggling he stuck with him. When he brought haji in and struggled he didn’t care cause it wasn’t one of his guys. but than he goes and just changes things up. this man is clueless
man, i love your video. your swearing pretty much sums up everyones frustration.
Pefok and Pepi not on the plane but Morris with his 11 goal contributions in about 30 mls games makes the cut lmao
It could’ve been a lot worse but it sucks because it could be so exciting to watch, glad to see Reyna pulisic and McKinnie getting their first shot in the World Cup
I can get that there are some people that surprised us, but I'm not surprised that Ferreira made it. I am surprised that his teammate, Paul Arriola, did not make it after his best season ever, but Ferreira also had his best season ever as well. One thing that a lot of my FC Dallas friends can agree with is that Pepi made his move to Europe WAAAAAY too early. He went almost a full year without scoring a single goal and he did not get back to his FC Dallas 2021 form until he was loaned out to another club. So am I surprised that Pepi didn't make it? A little, but he did not really show much even after he made his move to Augsburg until he got loaned out to Gronigan. Ferreira more than makes his case after some pretty good caps with the USMNT as well as a breakout year with FC Dallas.
In hindsight, the man was secretly clarvoyaint, because man Pepi is absolutely not delivering. Despite the quite excellent crosses he's been given.
Hahaha!!!This is the most hilarious video regarding your United States' national team's twenty one men squad and I know what you would be thinking in your mind,good friend Maqwell!!!😂
"This man sends sitters to space" 😅💀
Scenes as Jordan Morris scores 18 goals and wins the World Cup
As a Boro supporter I still don’t understand how Zack didn’t get called up. He’s genuinely a great keeper in his current form especially in the Blackpool and Hull games
Overall he hasn't been great and he's been injured. But he should've made it over Sean Johnson though
This is how England feels. Now you know
Yeah, Morre, Roldan, and Morris are a head scratcher.
I like your passion. Keep it up.
Still surprised how Morris is always on the squad lol
I cussed out my TV when Pefok got snubbed.
0:41 picking James sands would’ve been tournament suicide
As a groningen fan i am so confused why pepi isn’t called up. I was so sure he would go to qatar cause he has been amazing for us so far
Taylor booth de betere Amerikaan laatst 🤫💀
It feels like berhalter just chucked in some mls players because it would look bad if almost the entire national team played outside the country.
If the us make it to the round of 16 I will change my mind about the squad but for now question still be asked
they are not making it out of the group, most especially if Beerholder plays all his MLS inclusions all at the same time
@@yddubbud8229 Some MLS inclusions are fine, but ones like Long and Morris will fuck us over massively
Speaking of the ISL, Could you do a video on the ISL, it's past, present and future prospects?
I keep saying this. USMNT should never have an American coach.
As a lifelong diehard Bluenose the USMNT isn't missing much without Tillman and Sands. Sands is okay at best, does an average job in midfield and isn't great at center back (although we have no other options due to injury). Tillman hasn't really been great- aside from his goals he messes around a lot on the ball. Has a very neutral attitude in-game and doesn't bring his true talent like he should given the state of the Scottish Premiership.
Name a more iconic nemesis combo than Maqwell and generic bold coach man of USA team.
I'm beginning to think Southgate isn't as bad as I thought he was 🤣
It’s crazy when any fan can see the quality. There has to be a quota for MLS players in the US Soccer hierarchy, I could see bringing Zimmerman, Acosta and maybe Yedlin but the rest make zero sense
At this point just put Jesse Marsch undercover 😭
Usa fans: our expectations were low but HOLY FUCK
i know the pain, Norway has not qualified for a tournament since the year before i was born, we have a very strong and promising young team, but cant even qualify in a group with a faltering Netherlands team, and a turkey team that failed to live up to any of its promise during the euros in 2021
Every time I see Greg on TV or anything, I just imagine what it would be like if we had Jesse Marsch as the NT manager.
I feel bad for Pepi, he should have went with mexico
No Pepi no party 😢
Pepi
NASA wanted Ferreira but USMNT took him first 😂😂😂
yoooo, pogchamps. getting to see Maqwell dis on on his seppo's almost right as the video lands lets gooooo, let's hope somehow America does worse in their group than Austalia does in their lets go aye
The US bout to do an England 2016
Tbf things did get better
Iceland is not in this world cup though
I love seeing my teams kit in one of your videos. Thanks for wearing it 🤍💙
Someone Had to have told berhalter he won't be remembered for this world cup, and man's said, oh I'll be fucking remembered, AYO JORDAN
Bro you guys have a good pool to select players from for your national team , here in South Africa we have too many problems. Many players are not given a chance to go overseas and others don’t want to go when the chance presents itself. Locally youngsters are not given a chance at senior level. Even those who breakthrough don’t get regular game time. There’s no incentive to produce players and get them playing at high levels. Our overseas based footballers are not getting regular gametime at their clubs. 💯 whole lotta ish
Don't underestimate the value of a vibes guy like Roldan, otherwise fully agree.
It's not that bad of a roster on the Gregg Berhalter scale;
-I'm not too mad about leaving out Zach Steffen since he's been in poor form but Ethan Horvath hasn't been much better. Sean Johnson makes sense as a 3rd GK but I wish Josh Cohen could have gotten his chance since he's been performing pretty well in the Champions League and in Israel, plus he probably could have been an guy would could give an edge in a PK shootout.
-Shaq Moore makes no sense and Jordan Morris is a complete waste. 3 RBs is completely pointless when that roster spot could be used on a guy who could be more versatile like James Sands or even just a backup LB like Sam Vines. Morris offers nothing in comparison to Malik Tillman or even a Johnny Cardoso who is in good form. Honestly I'd take Paul Arriola over Jordan Morris any day especially in a situation where we will most likely need more defensive support in wide areas. Honestly Pepi would make more sense even though he's not versatile because Josh Sargent can play on the wings.
-We know Berhalter loves Jesus Ferreira and Aaron Long too much. Ferriera certainly should compete for a spot on the roster but he's been in poor form and shouldn't be considering a CF in my eyes and should have been getting reps on the wing and at the 10. Aaron long just sucks ass and Erik Palmer-Brown or Mark McKenzie even Matt Miazga would be better, Auston Trusty would have been ideal but Gregg never tried to integrate him.
-The biggest issue in my eyes is that Gregg never tried to seriously go after duo-nationals like Folarin Balogun who is killing it in Ligue 1 or Alejandro Zendejas who is one of the best players in Liga MX. Plus like you mentioned, leaving out Gaga Slonina has to be a slap in the face for him.
-Plus when looking at the pool of MLS players he went after his favorites instead of guys who can actually provide something of a spark off the bench like a Đorđe Mihailović or Eryk Williamson but I guess Roldan isn't completely awful because he's versatile and can provide some leadership.
Thank god Tim Ream finally made it back into the roster though, and Haji Wright is a nice surprise I guess if Berhalter actually uses him as a super sub when Ferriera inevitable makes the right run but can't finish.
You fucing TIC-TAC killed me lol
Tillman started off pretty well for us and has had his stunts but honestly since the start of the season to now he looks an entirely different player. I’m surprised he didn’t get called up. Sands too, he’s very smooth and consistent but never does anything spectacular.
We should not be promoting the MLS through the USMNT because they aren't to caliber as the players that play in europe and the champions league. Just my two cents.
by maxwell tone i can tell that he is not mad he just disappointed
he is mad and then curses but it is cut out. pretty much sums up what everyone else is feeling
I'm still confused... what else did Pepi need to do to get on the team... give Greg a handy?
i was like this when i saw wondow in the 2014 squad. i knew if he came in we were doomed. and sure enough! i had seen him in the 2011 gold cup against the first panama game. and bruh missed from 6 ft out. adn ever since then i knew he wasnt for our squad and yeah it happened again in 2014 on a much bigger stage.
My prediction for US Soccer 😮💨
0 wins 0 draws 3 losses
0 goals & only 2 shoots on traget
Joe Scally has been solid for Gladbach, no idea how he's performed for the national team so far though.
In that game against Saudi Arabia he looked the best because he had about 5 minutes of taking the ball at guys, more than any other player on the team could do