Yanks Soccer

Jozy Altidore has revealed quite a bit recently about the last few months and the start of the season on sunday.  We all wanted to see more of Jozy, but we were told he was injured, not the case as it turns out.

Jozy revealed the following to the New York Times:

And the Olympics. Man, it seems like that was ages ago, but it was only a few weeks. I honestly don’t want to talk about. It was pretty disappointing for me as a whole. O.K., I guess I have to say something! Everyone was disappointed, even now when I think or talk about it I get a sour taste in my mouth. We had so many good players on the team and were so close to getting out of the first round. It’s hard to take and I don’t like to talk about it.

I know there were some things written about me being injured … I don’t know where that came from because I wasn’t injured. Maybe my left ankle is not the greatest, but I was more than fine to play. How much I played was really a coach’s decision. I had a game plan for myself, but I guess it wasn’t the same as the coach’s plan. My playing had nothing to do with my ankle, it was just how the coach made the lineup.

It’s shocking to me.  If Jozy was healthy, he would have been on the field the whole time so this comes as a disappointing news.  Maybe Jozy could have made the difference had he played more, unfortunately, we’ll never know.

Jozy also revealed he won’t be moving on loan, and he might even get a start on sunday against Osasuna.

So now I at least know that I’m going to be here at least until January. Everyone knows I was supposed to go to another La Liga team on loan. But I think I’ve now done well enough and we have those injuries that the coach said I’m going to be staying around and if I do well the coach said he would keep me for the whole season. With Nihat and Rossi hurt, we just want to make sure we’ve got things covered.

We won’t know the lineup until the day before the game, so I’m not sure if I’ll be starting or coming off the bench. I just have to be ready to play. I have the feeling that I’ve been given a reward in a way because the coach has liked what he’s seen from me. Also, we have a couple of injuries to our forwards, [Giuseppe] Rossi and Nihat.

Wouldn’t a surprise start be amazing for Jozy.  He’s got so much promise, and I’d love to see him get playing time immediately on a Champions League team.

What do you guys think of Jozy’s revealing comments.  Will he get the start on sunday?  Do you like him staying at Villareal?  Can you believe he actually wasn’t injured at the olympics?  Your thoughts below.