Hercules Gomez

He's proven it now like he proved it in years past.

But I'm playing the man here.

And Mauricio Pochettino, if we're going to hold him to his words, that's not his position anymore.

My worry with Anthony Robinson is he is so exceptional as an athlete that if you depend on those physical qualities and you're not physically fit,

You're not going to be on the field.

Jonathan Tannenwald of the Philadelphia Inquirer, they did a very good job with this because in the story, they're talking about how the U.S.

Men's National Team has always kept tabs on him.

But since they've seen that he's playing week in, week out, it's now constant.

This isn't Coach Perez with him.

And they're all, in all, he said, Anthony Robinson's words, in all, they're very surprised at how such a long layoff and then quickly like that, something changed.

So...

Just as quickly as it changed the right way, you need to be careful.

I know he's playing these games because I've been there with knee injuries.

It can quickly change the wrong way.

The guy on top, Max Arfstin.

The guy who's been playing with... If you give me a top three of guys that I think Mauricio Pochettino trusts from his tenure in the 22 games that are not players who have consistently started with the U.S.

Men's National Team before or been part of the program, Max Arfstin is probably number one there, if not number two.

It's that simple for me.

And...

He took his lumps.