Baltimore is where certain Washingtonians used to go for fun. It never worked the other way around. Washington is quite possibly the world's most boring city.
It's more of a federal district than a city. (Not that that distinction makes it less boring, to some/many.)
When the coolest social thing to do in DC is to go to a bunch of food trucks parked on the street... ...I can see why you said what you said.
A lot is getting shaken up for the Gold Cup Roster... Right now, I would say the player to OMIT are: OMIT: Tim Howard Steve Cherundolo Fabian Johnson Carlos Bocanegra Clarence Goodson Oguchi Onyewu Omar Gonzalez Geoff Cameron Jeff Parke Kyle Beckerman Jermaine Jones Graham Zusi Michael Bradley Brad Davis Herculez Gomez Clint Dempsey Eddie Johnson Chris Wondolowski Alan Gordon Edson Buddle That leaves this group of players as available or potentially available: GOALKEEPERS: 1. Brad Guzan (needs more practice as the #1 keeper) 2. Sean Johnson 3. Bill Hamid 4. Nick Rimando 5. Tally Hall RIGHT BACKS: 1. Timmy Chandler (he's missed so much time with the team, it would be nice to have him commit to the tournament) 2. Jonathan Spector 3. Michael Parkhurst 4. Tony Beltran 5. Brad Evans 6. Steve Beitashour 7. Chance Myers 8. Sheannon Williams 9. Kofi Sarkodie 10. Kevin Alston 11. DeAndre Yedlin LEFT BACKS: 1. Edgar Castillo 2. DaMarcus Beasley 3. Justin Morrow 4. Eric Lichaj (I would rate higher, but Klinsmann does not like) 5. Heath Pearce 6. Greg Garza 7. Seth Sinovic 8. Connor Lade 9. Michael Farfan 10. Gabriel Farfan 11. Zach Loyd DEFENDERS: 1. Matt Besler 2. John Anthony Brooks (needs to commit... I'd say 50/50) 3. Michael Orozco 4. George John 5. Tim Ream 6. Chris Schuler 7. Amobi Okugo 8. Austin Berry 9. Seb Hines (needs to make the switch) 10. Matt Hedges 11. Chad Marshall 12. Zak Whitbread 13. AJ De la Garza 14. AJ Soares 15. Andrew Jean-Baptiste 16. Andrew Farrell HOLDING MIDFIELDERS: 1. Osvaldo Alonso (needs to get citizenship first which is very unlikely) 2. Danny Williams 3. Alfredo Morales 4. Perry Kitchen 5. Dax McCarty 6. Ricardo Clark 7. Sam Cronin 8. Jeff Larentowicz MIDFIELDERS: 1. Sacha Kljestan 2. Jose Francisco Torres 3. Joe Corona 4. Stuart Holden (needs to regular minutes or he could easily fall off the list) 5. Alejandro Bedoya 6. Mikkel Diskerud 7. Luis Silva 8. Conor O' Brien 9. Benny Feilhaber 10. Luis Gil 11. Kelyn Rowe 12. Benji Joya 13. Lee Nguyen (injury) 14. Sebastin Lletget WINGERS: 1. Landon Donovan (needs to be reintegrated into the team after his hiatus) 2. Shawn Parker* (unlikely to commit) 3. Brek Shea 4. Josh Gatt 5. Chris Pontius 6. Nick DeLeon 7. Andrew Wooten 8. Joe Gyau 9. Freddy Adu (could jump if he does well with Bahia) 10. Mike Magee (probably higher on the list) 11. Daniel Cuevas 12. Dilly Duka 13. Eddie Gaven FORWARDS: 1. Jozy Altidore (he need to score sometime under Klinsmann) 2. Terrence Boyd 3. Aron Johannsson (injured + unlikely to commit) 4. Juan Agudelo 5. Will Bruin 6. Kenny Cooper 7. Jack McInerney 8. CJ Sapong 9. Bobby Wood 10. Jose Villarreal 11. Teal Bunbury (injured) 12. Steve Lenhart MY 23 right now: GK: Guzan, Johnson, Hamid (Rimando) FB: Castillo, Parkhurst, Chandler, Beasley (Spector) CB: Besler, Brooks, Orozco, John (Ream) MF: Williams, Morales, Kljestan, Torres, Corona, Holden (Bedoya, Kitchen) FW: Donovan, Gatt, Shea, Altidore, Boyd, Agudelo (Pontius, Bruin) ----------Shea-----Altidore-----Donovan------------ ----------------Torres-----Kljestan------------------ Castillo-------------Williams----------------Chandler --------------Besler---------Brooks----------------- ----------------------Guzan------------------------- Bench: Johnson, Orozco, Parkhurst, Morales, Corona, Gatt, Boyd
My 23: GK (3) - Guzan, Hamid, Johnson, FB (4) - DeAndre Yeldin, Eric Lichaj, Andrew Farrell, Justin Morrow CB (4) - Gale Agbossomounde, Ike Opara, Amobi Okugu, Matt Besler CM (4) - Perry Kitchen, Joe Corona, Mix Diskeruud, Alfredo Moralas WING (4) - Josh Gatt, Joseph Gyau, Chris Pontius, Michael Stephens FW (4) - Juan Agudelo, Terrance Boyd, Jack Mac, CJ Sapong
I'd like to see some form of this starting in the Gold Cup, assuming no major transfers as of now. --------Agudelo/Boyd Deleon---Corona-----Pontius -------Kitchen---X Castillo--Besler-Okugo---Lichaj
Flavor of the week, rolling roster, -----------wenger(ej)---agudelo------ -----speas------corona--------zusi-(donovan) -----------------------edu-------------------- ---harrington--hedges---john----yedlin(farell) -------------------dunno-----------
Everyone I would WANT to bring: GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan, Sean Johnson, Bill Hamid, (...maybe: Rimando, Hall) FULLBACKS: Timmy Chandler, Michael Parkhurst, Edgar Castillo, Jonathan Spector, Eric Lichaj, DaMarcus Beasley, (...maybe: Beitashour, Morrow, Pearce, Beltran) CENTER BACKS: Geoff Cameron, John Anthony Brooks, Michael Orozco, George John, (...maybe: Ream, Hines, Goodson, Whitbread, Okugo, Berry, Marshall, Parke, Hedges) DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS: Danny Williams, Alfredo Morales, Stuart Holden (...maybe: Kitchen, McCarty) OFFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS: Joe Corona, Sacha Kljestan, Jose Francisco Torres, Landon Donovan, Mikkel Diskerud (...maybe: O' Brien, Feilhaber, Bedoya,) WINGERS: Freddy Adu, Josh Gatt, Brek Shea, Chris Pontius, Shawn Parker (...maybe: Gyau, Deleon, Wooten) FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore, Terrence Boyd, Juan Agudelo, Aron Johannsson (...maybe: Bruin, Wood, McInerney) Current 23: GK Johnson, Hamid, Guzan* DF Brooks, Orozco, Parkhurst, Spector, Castillo, Chandler*, Cameron* MF Williams, Morales, Holden, Corona, Kljestan, Torres, Diskerud FW Boyd, Agudelo, Adu, Gatt, Donovan*, Altidore* Asterisk* are players I would let join once we reach the knockout rounds. Group Stage XI vs Costa Rica --------------------Boyd-----Agudelo------------------------- ------------------------Corona---------------------------------- --------------Torres-------------(Cpt) Kljestan---------------- ------------------------Williams-------------------------------- Castillo-------------------------------------------------Spector -----------------Brooks---------Orozco------------------------ --------------------------Johnson------------------------------- Bench: Hamid, Parkhurst, Morales, Holden, Diskerud, Gatt, Adu Group Stage XI vs Belize & Cuba ---------------Agudelo-------Boyd---------Gatt--------------------- -------------------------------Adu------------------------------------ ------------------Holden---------Diskerud----------------------- -----------------------------Morales--------------------------------- -------------Spector--------Brooks-----(Cpt)Parkhurst----------- ------------------------------Johnson-------------------------------- Bench: Hamid, Orozco, Castillo, Williams, Torres, Kljestan, Corona Knock-Out XI: ----------------------Altidore------Boyd------------------------ ------------------------(Cpt)Donovan---------------------------- -------------------Torres------------------Kljestan--------------- -------------------------------Williams----------------------------- Castillo----------------------------------------------------Chandler -------------------------Brooks-------Cameron-------------------- ----------------------------------Guzan------------------------------ Bench: Johnson, Parkhurst, Spector/Orozco, Morales/Holden, Diskerud/Corona, Adu/Gatt, Agudelo
Folks need to realize that we will more than likely not have the same squads for the GC and WCQ's. We also won't have any U-20's who folks think we might cap in the GC. And another thing.....MLS will still be season, so any one who is pulled will more than likely be starters on the GC squad. My guess of who will be there. GK: Guzan, Johnson (if Guzan isn't there), Steve Clark, Yelldell DF: Morrow, Morales, Orozco, Spector, Bocanegra, Dolo MF: Bedoya, Mix, Conor O'Brien, Gatt, Gyau, Kljestan, Beckerman FW: Boyd, Agudelo, Wooten, Bruin We might have too many winger types but this is what I think will be going.
For Belize, Cuba - --------------------rimando--------------- ---farrell----john-----hedges-----harrington ---------------X1----------edu------------ ------x2------------Dono----------x3---------- -----------------------x4-------------------- X1- not sure who the best mls dmid is in a formation like this. Anybody know? X2- Corona. Gatt plays summer league in Norway, he wont be available, not Mix either X3- Shea, if he needs the work. Speas if he comes on. Wenger maybe? X4- Agudelo, McBean. Boyd could be available early July and might want a game. I figure we use Rimando, John, Harrington (he plays for Portland), Edu and Donovan as vet leaders and put young guys around them.
I'd imagine some would argue for Perry Kitchen or Dax McCarty in that X1 spot, but there may be other/better options for the US and/or this Gold Cup. These are Fifa dates for the Gold Cup, so someone like Gatt is just as available as the MLS guys are.
Will Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama likely be sending B teams as well? I was looking at the 2009 squad lists and it seems there players with lots of caps, but I have no idea if those were B teams (or mixed A/B?). I assume the teams not in the Hex (e.g., Canada) will send full strength teams. But maybe I shouldn't assume that.
Eh, not really sold on the 23 looking like that. Think this will be more like it: GK: Johnson, Hamid, Yelldell D: Morales, Spector, John, Orozco, Ream, Okugo, Castillo, Morrow M: Bedoya, Diskerud, Gatt, Torres, Beckerman, Corona, Davis, Gyau F: Boyd, Agudelo, Davies, Bruin
In regards to Gatt, Molde has Champions League qualifiers during the Gold Cup. They could however be playing some team from Malta, Moldova, Ireland, Macedonia, etc.
If we're talking about fringe goalkeepers, I think you gotta go with Steve Clark. Or even Dan Kennedy. Yelldell is not even the backup on his team. I'd also like to see Stuart Holden and Conor O'Brien on this team.
Agreed but one of the reason I included Yelldell in my roster was because I don't see an MLS keeper being called in to ride the bench.
Will be really interesting to see which way JK goes. Does he go with fringe players, both young and old? Or more young players who are a bit further out on the fringe? For me, in a WCQ year, I'd go with the fringe guys (young or old) and let them battle to see who stands out the most and can be a part of the WCQ squad going forward. OMIT: GK: Howard, Guzan D: Cherundolo, Gonzalez, Cameron, F. Johnson; Chandler, Besler, Goodson M: Donovan, Jones, Bradley, Edu, Zusi, Wiliams, Beasley F: Altidore, Dempsey, Gomez, EJ Bring: GK: Rimando, Johnson, Hamid D: Parkhurst, Orozco, Boca, Castillo; Spector, John, Marshall, Lichaj (if Boca doesn't want it, Whitbread). M: Gatt, Kljestan, Beckerman, Shea; Bedoya, Diskerud, Kitchen, Corona F: Boyd, Wondolowski, Pontius, Davies Possibles: GK: Kennedy, Hall D: Onyewu, Ream, Brooks M: Clark, Feilhaber, Adu, DeLeon, Speas F: Bruin, Agudelo, Sapong, Cooper
Is it wrong to say that I don't give a hoot? In all honesty, there shouldn't be one single regular starter on the roster except Zusi (he's been regular lately).
Flavor of the week, rolling roster --------------ej--------wenger--------- ---donovan------------------------zusi---- ---------------edu----powers----------- --harrington--hedges---john---farrell-- --------------------rimando---------------
You may not give a hoot, but if you truly don't give a hoot why didn't you just ignore the thread? That would make more logical sense. I think people should care about the Gold Cup. Gold Cups have helped us integrate new talent and showcase their stuff prior to World Cup competition. Guys like Mastroeni and Beasley some to mind.