Subject: »[Junior]USA Youth Roll Call

I already have Vercollone and Howes from you, they are developing well, Whitley also looks good :) good luck in the skill draw :) he has the potential to be on the USA national team

What kind of juniors did you get out of school today? :)

Last Nights Draw...

18.5yo Formidable 4wk talent
Teddy Hasselhoff, age: 18
club: Marauders FC, country: USA
value : 71 000 $
wage: 1 050 $
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 169 cm, weight: 67.9 kg, BMI: 23.77

poor [3] stamina tragic [0] keeper
very good [9] pace solid [8] defender
average [5] technique hopeless [1] playmaker
average [5] passing tragic [0] striker


20.5yo Outstanding 4.5wk talent
Vince Uzelac, age: 20
club: Marauders FC, country: USA
value : 74 250 $
wage: 1 100 $
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 186 cm, weight: 77.2 kg, BMI: 22.31

good [7] stamina hopeless [1] keeper
adequate [6] pace very good [9] defender
hopeless [1] technique average [5] playmaker
weak [4] passing hopeless [1] striker


18.5yo Very Good Pull ????? 3.6wk talent
Irwin Spurlin, age: 18
club: Marauders FC, country: USA
value : 27 750 $
wage: 575 $
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 172 cm, weight: 74.2 kg, BMI: 25.08

poor [3] stamina tragic [0] keeper
poor [3] pace unsatisfactory [2] defender
tragic [0] technique unsatisfactory [2] playmaker
good [7] passing average [5] striker


Next week I'll pull a formidable 17 yo.... I now have too many juniors to train, including my 22yo mid, I have 15 trainable guys. more than half are from my YS.

I need to sell a couple but not sure which.

I personally would keep Hasselhoff and TL the rest. The 17 next week should be the best of the bunch.

honestly, I'm not sure I'd keep any of them., at least not until you see next week's pull. Hasselhoff I would be personally on the fence on.

I put 4 on the transfer list. 3 probably won't sell. Sacked another.

I did put Dill Dobbie on the transfer list. He's an 18yo Striker. He should fetch a couple bucks.

I'll keep Hasslehoff a week and see if Whitley next week with good distribution.

I think Hasselhoff is a decent U21 prospect with decent talent and ok secondaries. Obviously you can find dozens of similar players on TL for under 100k but none are from the US. High pace helps. If you just train defense for 2 seasons you have a stud player. The 17 yo will definitely be more valuable but only being formidable you could still get unlucky on the skills distribution.

Two seasons? He'll be too slow to tackle anyone in u21.

I mean, trust me I know.

The Israeli group I inherited two seasons ago couldn't catch a cold with their pace levels. I had literally no choice but to run a back 5 and it still wasn't good enough. As soon as one tackle was broken it was over.

The team in this cup is built better across the board. They just lack one specific thing this term that I had in mine - a single dangerous scoring threat.

Teddy Hasselhoff has potential to play for the USA U21 in the future. We always need more defenders than attackers. For example, I train two 18-year-old defenders in my team, today they look like this:

Marcus Covey, age: 18
club: KS Tomaszów, country: USA
value : 404 000 zł
wage: 4 000 zł
solid [8] form
excellent [10] tactical discipline
height: 179 cm, weight: 75.9 kg, BMI: 23.69

average [5] stamina tragic [0] keeper
solid [8] pace excellent [10] defender
unsatisfactory [2] technique weak [4] playmaker
adequate [6] passing average [5] striker

Zander Morgan, age: 18
club: KS Tomaszów, country: USA
value : 475 000 zł
wage: 3 800 zł
brilliant [14] form
excellent [10] tactical discipline
height: 179 cm, weight: 72.7 kg, BMI: 22.69
bookings:
weak [4] stamina tragic [0] keeper
adequate [6] pace excellent [10] defender
weak [4] technique weak [4] playmaker
adequate [6] passing weak [4] striker

for me, talent is king. Especially when you actually know what it is.

Although, again, if the guy next week is a bit of a mess, he could always keep Hasselhoff until he's got the NT flag and then sell. :)

Trevor Bearup 16 adequate [6] outfield 1

I think Kozar is pretty good as far as U21 Strikers go

Randolph Kozar
solid [8] stamina tragic [0] keeper
incredible [13] pace adequate [6] defender
outstanding [12] technique adequate [6] playmaker
very good [9] passing incredible [13] striker

In 7 weeks he should be incredible, incredible, brilliant to end the season

If Hasselhoff is formidable pace and unearthly defending at 21. 4-5 similar defenders should be able to smother a player like Kozar in U21

I have a good one coming out eventually:
Frederick Selolwane 17 very good [9] outfield 24

Talent is looking like it might be somewhere 3-4 through 10 weeks and probably will end up magical-divine at 19.5 yo
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So, my first relevant youth pull to announce.

Dakota Hodge, age: 16
club: Baltimore Arsenal FC, country: USA
value : 23 500 $
wage: 550 $
very good [9] form
tragic [0] tactical discipline
height: 179 cm, weight: 82.5 kg, BMI: 25.75

poor [3] stamina tragic [0] keeper
average [5] pace hopeless [1] defender
weak [4] technique average [5] playmaker
hopeless [1] passing weak [4] striker

I'm not sure what to do with him yet. it's late here. Dunno if he'd sell for a lot atm, but if I train him, it'd probably be as a striker. His 6 week chart yet from 6 to 8 and then back down to 6, but he's got 23 skills so there's no way he's just adequate. 23 points is what an adequate 17 year old comes out with. Trust me, I speak first hand from this. lol
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A very good striker, now it is best to train him for speed for two seasons, and then alternate technique and shooting

I know, but it's functionally impossible for me to do so. He'd have to play defense in an ML game. No way. Can't play him as defense order in midfield because then that ruins the sub.

Which is why I'm even considering selling