And if not enough players get called up, then presumably a L1 or L2 game isn't postponed? Crocombe is the only curent international I can see on the books at Albion for example. It's irrelevant with Waine as he's in The Championship which pauses for FIFA windows.
Alot can happen between now and the Oct window (Oct 14th), but can see Smith and current club bench keepers Searle & Tzanev all being available for the AWs regardless of whether their L2 clubs play through the window or not.
The L1 guys of Mata, Crocombe & Bindon would all be a bit more uncertain for various different reasons. Well Mata & Crocombe actually a bit similar, big moments in their club careers at new clubs. Just like Waine bypassed the China friendlies in March, having not long been at Plymouth.
Bindon who has the whole NZ v USA issue to consider, could also just put that aside for now and focus on Reading.
I see that the USA U23 team have already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. CONCACAF did a bit of a weird thing at their mens U-20 Championship last year (2022). The 4 semi finalists - USA, Dominican Republic, Guatemala & Honduras - qualified for this year's U20 WC. Then the 2 finalists (USA and the Dominican Republic) qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, 2 years in advance.
So Bindon could have 2 Olympics carrots dangled in front of him. Though whether at 18 he is good enough for an USA U23 team I have no idea. But you wouldn't rule it out at all, the way he is going at Reading. His only involvement with USA setup to date was 2 games in Argentina in March this year, for their national U19 team.
https://olympics.com/en/news/concacaf-under-20-semi-final-football-results-paris-2024-olympics-qualify
Alot can happen between now and the Oct window (Oct 14th), but can see Smith and current club bench keepers Searle & Tzanev all being available for the AWs regardless of whether their L2 clubs play through the window or not.
The L1 guys of Mata, Crocombe & Bindon would all be a bit more uncertain for various different reasons. Well Mata & Crocombe actually a bit similar, big moments in their club careers at new clubs. Just like Waine bypassed the China friendlies in March, having not long been at Plymouth.
Bindon who has the whole NZ v USA issue to consider, could also just put that aside for now and focus on Reading.
I see that the USA U23 team have already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. CONCACAF did a bit of a weird thing at their mens U-20 Championship last year (2022). The 4 semi finalists - USA, Dominican Republic, Guatemala & Honduras - qualified for this year's U20 WC. Then the 2 finalists (USA and the Dominican Republic) qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics, 2 years in advance.
So Bindon could have 2 Olympics carrots dangled in front of him. Though whether at 18 he is good enough for an USA U23 team I have no idea. But you wouldn't rule it out at all, the way he is going at Reading. His only involvement with USA setup to date was 2 games in Argentina in March this year, for their national U19 team.
https://olympics.com/en/news/concacaf-under-20-semi-final-football-results-paris-2024-olympics-qualify