A little background, my friend and I have these things called Real Man's Bets, where we pick some outrageously unlikely event and act like we're smarter than everyone for no reason. For example, he told me before the season started his RMB was Everton to win the league. (which looked good for a minute) A few weeks ago, I said my RMB was the US to win the World Cup in 2026. My basis for that was merely the fact that eight Americans were in Champions League squads and eight Americans were in Europa League squads.
Erasing the foul taste of failing to qualify for the last World Cup starts this weekend. A team of European based players (plus one MLSer and one from the Brazilian league) with an average age of 21 will have friendlies against Wales and Panama. Christian Pulisic is missing due to injury and Josh Sargent had to stay with Werder Bremen due to Covid restrictions. Here's their squad for this weekend:
Goalkeepers:
Zack Steffen - age 25 - Manchester City
Ethan Horvath - age 25 - Club Brugge
Chituru Odunze - age 18 - Leicester City
Defenders:
Tim Ream - age 33 - Fulham
John Brooks - age 27 - VfL Wolfsburg
Matt Miazga - age 25 - Anderlecht
Reggie Cannon - age 22 - Boavista
Antonee Robinson - age 23 - Fulham
Sergiño Dest - age 20 - Barcelona
Chris Richards - age 20 - Bayern Munich
Midfielders:
Weston McKennie - age 22 - Juventus
Sebastian Lletget - age 28 - LA Galaxy
Tyler Adams - age 21 - RB Leipzig
Johnny Cardoso - age 19 - Internacional de Porto Alegre
Richard Ledezma - age 20 - PSV
Yunus Musah - age 17 - Valencia
Owen Otasowie - age 19 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Forwards:
Timothy Weah - age 20 - Lille
Ulysses Llanez - age 19 - Heerenveen
Konrad de la Fuente - age 19 - Barcelona
Nicholas Gioacchini - age 20 - Caen
Giovanni Reyna - age 17 - Borussia Dortmund
Sebastian Soto - age 20 - Telstar
Pulisic, McKennie, Adams and Reyna are locks to be the backbone of the 2026 team and will hopefully be joined by a proven goalscorer and another dynamic attacking midfielder to go with a solid defense. Hopefully, they don't get embarrassed by Wales and held to a 0-0 draw by Panama this weekend.
Erasing the foul taste of failing to qualify for the last World Cup starts this weekend. A team of European based players (plus one MLSer and one from the Brazilian league) with an average age of 21 will have friendlies against Wales and Panama. Christian Pulisic is missing due to injury and Josh Sargent had to stay with Werder Bremen due to Covid restrictions. Here's their squad for this weekend:
Goalkeepers:
Zack Steffen - age 25 - Manchester City
Ethan Horvath - age 25 - Club Brugge
Chituru Odunze - age 18 - Leicester City
Defenders:
Tim Ream - age 33 - Fulham
John Brooks - age 27 - VfL Wolfsburg
Matt Miazga - age 25 - Anderlecht
Reggie Cannon - age 22 - Boavista
Antonee Robinson - age 23 - Fulham
Sergiño Dest - age 20 - Barcelona
Chris Richards - age 20 - Bayern Munich
Midfielders:
Weston McKennie - age 22 - Juventus
Sebastian Lletget - age 28 - LA Galaxy
Tyler Adams - age 21 - RB Leipzig
Johnny Cardoso - age 19 - Internacional de Porto Alegre
Richard Ledezma - age 20 - PSV
Yunus Musah - age 17 - Valencia
Owen Otasowie - age 19 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Forwards:
Timothy Weah - age 20 - Lille
Ulysses Llanez - age 19 - Heerenveen
Konrad de la Fuente - age 19 - Barcelona
Nicholas Gioacchini - age 20 - Caen
Giovanni Reyna - age 17 - Borussia Dortmund
Sebastian Soto - age 20 - Telstar
Pulisic, McKennie, Adams and Reyna are locks to be the backbone of the 2026 team and will hopefully be joined by a proven goalscorer and another dynamic attacking midfielder to go with a solid defense. Hopefully, they don't get embarrassed by Wales and held to a 0-0 draw by Panama this weekend.
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