Korbin Albert: PSG’s American Trendsetter Part V: Captaining the Movement the Future Lands on Albert #1961

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A Skill-set and Potential Comparable to World Class Roma Playmaker Manuela Giugliano

From a skill set standpoint she is elite and she’s only going to grow into a match winner. A dynamic midfielder with some really exceptional attacking traits. She has good dribbling skills and ball control. It is difficult to take the ball offer now. There are players that can do it and have done it, but she’s only going to refine those set of skills. Not to mention she’s a rather gifted passer. She also can make those runs in behind and find herself in great attacking situations. She is a capable goal scorer. While she is only scored once for PSG. If you look at the breakdown of what she’s able to do on the pitch, you’ll see all the level that we have seen so far at PSG. She is in a midfield that is a loaded deck, yet she’s found ways to be very effective inside of it. By the time she’s 21, she will be one of the most critical pieces of the PSG side. She is absolutely thriving at a ridiculous level. She’s played very well, not only against Roma but against Benfica and Bayern Munich. She is the type of player that we could see down the line score. 10 goals a season for a decade. Ironically, she is very similar to Manuela Giuliano. I don’t need to be a Roma fan here, but they have very similar styles of play. Now Albert just has got her feet off the ground and is doing tremendously well. She is nowhere near the level of Manuela Giuliano but they have some similar characteristics. Especially when it comes to her dribbling ability in front of goal. She often finds a way to confuse defending goalkeepers something that Manuela Giuliano has done for years. While I see Albert more as a goal scorer than a facilitator. Obviously, Manuela Giuliano does both at a high level, but she’s known for her playmaking ability and her passing as well as her leadership. Albert still has a way to go before we see that level, but they’re also quite similar in some regard. She’s only going to continue to thrive the more she’s in Europe. The fact that she made the decision to play in Europe instead of doing the United States route shows her intelligence. It’s very clear here that Korbin Albert has all the characteristics the intangibles and checks all the boxes of being a game changer in an Emma Hayes team. While there are other components of this side that are very promising, the 20-year-old PSG star will be before not too long the catalyst to Emma Hayes’s USWNT

Smith and Rodman made the wrong choices Korbin Albert Will be More Prepared when it counts

We are already seeing Albert’s move to PSG as an essential method of madness. All of this is about her being a trendsetter for possibly a new outlook on the way the players will operate primarily in club selection. If everything comes together in the right way, we will see more and more players evacuate the United States and test themselves against the very best. The fact of the matter is not everyone will be capable of it. There are a couple individuals on the current national team that we’re not good enough to compete against the best in Europe. While some of them have rebounded and have been able to perform at a high level against elite competition, a vast majority of them have not. However, it takes real bravery to do what she has done. She went into a situation that was completely unpredictable. There was no guarantee that she was going to get solid game time and how much she would play. Well, she still scored only once in the PSG colors. She is basically starting every match this season. I haven’t paid too close attention to it but most of the matches she is starting or at least playing a substantial amount of time. Her PSG contract is not a short deal. It’s worth 3 years. PSG made their intense completely clear and she made her intent clear when she made the move. Since the World Cup has ended and since she joined PSG from Notre Dame, we have starting to see the trend. Have positive outlooks already. Now when I say trendsetter, we’re looking at this from a long -term vantage point. However, since she is made the move to Paris we are seeing not a lot but some moves that Go along with the trend that she is setting. Mia fishel recently moved to Chelsea. This not only will benefit the team, but Emma Hayes is the manager of Chelsea until the summer when she joins the u.s national team. Officially. Mia though is a different case. She was the number sixth pick of the draft couple years ago. She ultimately did a 360 after being drafted by the Carolina courage. She instead went to Mexico and has been a scoring machine ever since she’s arrived. She recently have made the move to Chelsea. Catarina Macario may not apply to the traditional route nevertheless she’s signed for Chelsea. After a couple seasons with Olympic Lyon and winning everything she’s now decided to make the move to England. U.s defender Emily Fox according to multiple reports is about to join Arsenal in England. So since the conclusion of the world cup and since Albert made a move to PSG, there have been several players on the move to Europe. The route Korbin Albert made was an incredibly important one. There’s going to be a substantial difference between her and some of the other counterparts. While the United States is very strong in attack, The crucial individuals that the United States is going to have to consistently rely on up front are failing to see the message. Albert only has one appearance with the national team. However, this is why despite that, she will be more prepared for the big moments wearing the red, white and blue, then multiple attacking players that played at the World Cup. The entirety of all these moves that the United States women’s national team is making. On top of Albert going to PSG Emma Hayes coming in as manager. It does seem the team is attempting to tread in a certain direction. Albert obviously appearing to be a component of this movement. In fact, she’s probably the face of it at this point. Sophia Smith and Trinity rodman are without question the most talented attacking players on the national team. Alex Morgan hasn’t retired yet, but I doubt she will participate in the next World Cup. The Olympics may be on the table but collectively Alex Morgan’s importance to the national team has dwindled Even before the World Cup. The attack will be built surrounded by Trinity rodman and Sophia Smith. That said Catarina Macario is also part of that group and it’s clear that she’s made the adequate decision to continue to prosper in Europe. She understands the importance of that. She has not played in the United States and ever since she came out of college she has been in Europe. She understands how important it is to be competing against the best. Not to mention she is one of the best young attackers in the world. She’s already down the right path making the right decisions, having the bravery to make those type of decisions and testing herself. There’s a reason she’s so highly regarded throughout Europe. Circling back to Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman. They are two of the highest paid players in the NWSL. The national team will heavily rely on them. They are 22 and 24 years old respectively. Albert is 20 and already playing for one of the best teams in the world. Her being at PSG is much more meaningful and important for the national team. Then the type of wages that Rodman and Smith are on. Now there’s no doubt about it. They absolutely smashed it to pieces in the league that they are in. However, if this national team truly wants to take a leap forward, which they need to do, considering the caliber of manager they’re bringing in both of these ladies cannot be in the United States playing their club football a year from now. Them not making the decision to play in Europe. Will make or break the capabilities of this team going forward. Of course Catarina Macario is in Europe and will continue to do well. Albert, signing for PSG gives her the possibility of being a corner piece of this national team in midfield along with Lindsey Horan that’s already established playing in Europe and in that midfield with Albert. We got a center back potentially going to Arsenal. While it’s a low number, important positions are all thriving and going to Europe to test themselves against the best players in the world. So Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman’s failure to do that so far and possibly the failure to do that going forward can self-sabotage the team. The fact of the matter is Albert will be more prepared for the big moments than either of them. She’s been playing football for a lot less amount of time yet she will be more prepared. In the group stage of the World Cup, the United States play it again Portugal and the Netherlands. Portugal has Jessica Silva. As I mentioned in my opening, She may not be a top 20 player in the world, but she still is elite at the highest level. In the match against Portugal, neither rodman or Smith could handle to match the level being put forth by Silva. Against a Portugal side with many players in Europe, they looked out of place uncomfortable and completely disoriented. Against the Netherlands The United States bumped into world-class footballers such as Jill Roord,Daniëlle van de Donk,Jackie Groenen,Lineth Beerensteyn and a top five player in the world Lieke Martens who, by the way, is a teammate of Albert at PSG. There’s even more players on top of that. Rodman and Smith really struggled. They looked out of place again. That is a team full of the most elite players in the game. They played against Sweden in the round of 16 I don’t need to list off a bunch of names but they have the likes of Kosovare Asllani at AC Milan,Amanda Ilestedt at Arsenal, Filippa Angeldahl at Manchester City and many others. Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman in their careers. All the players I named from Portugal, Sweden and the Netherlands have played against those players once. Maybe one other time in perhaps an international friendly. However, for the most part, two of the most important pieces of this national team going forward. Trinity rodman and Sophia Smith have not played against the best competition they faced at the World Cup. That’s a problem! Korbin Albert has not even finished a full season at PSG yet and she has played against several of the players I’ve named in the French league or in the Champions League, PSG is in a group with Bayern Munich and Italian champions Roma. That’s another 10 or 20 world-class players that Sophia Smith and Trinity Robin have not played against. When those moments come in critical areas, they will not be prepared. They’re great players, but without the experience of playing against the elite level footballers in the women’s game, their decision not to have the bravery to demand European football for themselves could be costly. Albert will be far more prepared than those two for the biggest moments. She’s 20 years old, playing for PSG and playing against the best of oppositions. Both Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith are older than Albert yet. Albert will come across as the more experienced player because of the excellence that she is subjected to on a daily basis from her teammates and her opponents. Not to mention the intent, training sessions and the demand of success from PSG as a club. When it truly matters Korbin Albert will be prepared for the most difficult moments imaginable. Sophia Smith nor Trinity Rodman is being linked to any European club at the moment. Trinity rodman hasn’t left. Probably because she’s the highest paid player in league history and so Sophia Smith isn’t leaving primarily because her boyfriend plays for the Arizona Cardinals. What we’re seeing here is to the best players in the United States making selfish decisions. That will keep them unprepared for the biggest moments. While 20-year-old Albert will be ready for any obstacle because the obstacles she goes through on a daily basis with PSG. The hope we can get from all of this is that by the time. Albert is a regular on the national team and Sophia Smith and Trinity rodman can see the level that she’s got in her game. The hope is that the impact she’s made at PSG and the decision to leave college early to pursue Champions League football in Paris will convince Sophia Smith and Trinity rodman to make that brave move to Europe. Korbin Albert is a trendsetter in so many ways for the new trend that is starting to sway in a European direction. However, though she also has the chance to greatly impact others and following her footsteps to make the same choices. Albert can’t make Sophia Smith and Trinity rodman make the right choices but Albert’s move to PSG will certainly be convincing enough for the others on the come up and current members of the squad to prioritize European football. If she’s able to change the way the national team players operate and gets more and more players to Europe than The United States with Emma Hayes now as manager can win the World Cup and dominate the game again. Korbin Albert started this trend. She is the trendsetter of the new movement. Whether others will follow is unknown is but she has started the movement. The USA want to dominate again Korbin Albert is the first step as she trendsetters the movement.