With the World Cup only a few months away, there will be limited time to introduce any new players into the pool. Yet, there have already been some: Forwards: Julian Green* (18-22)-"needs to choose US", Mike Magee (29-33) Midfielders: Eric Alexander (26-30), Dax McCarty (27-31), Luis Gil* (20-24) Fullbacks: Chris Klute (24-28), DeAndre Yedlin* (20-24), Seth Sinovic (27-31), Chance Myers (26-30), Michael Harrington (28-32) Center Backs: Shane O' Neill* (20-24), Will Packwood* (21-25), Reintroduced: Alfredo Morales (24-28), Tim Ream (26-30), Jonathan Spector (28-32), Danny Williams (25-29), Benny Feilhaber (29-33) That said, here's a look of my potential breakout candidates to emerge, perhaps after the World Cup, in 2014. And also who my bets are on to receive a call-up before the end of the year. FULLBACKS: Amobi Okugo, 23-27, Philadelphia Union Chris Schuler, 26-30, Real Salt Lake Matt Hedges, 24-28, FC Dallas Ike Opara, 24-28, Sporting Kansas City Austin Berry, 25-29, Philadelphia Union George John, 27-31, FC Dallas Walker Zimmermann*, 21-25, FC Dallas AJ Soares, 25-29, New England Revolution Bets on: Okugo, Hedges FULLBACKS: Greg Garza, 22-26, Club Tijuana Andrew Farrell, 23-27, New England Revolution Kofi Sarkodie, 23-27, Houston Dynamo Sheannon Williams, 24-28, Philadelphia Union Josh Williams, 26-30, Columbus Crew Kellyn Acosta*, 18-22, FC Dallas Justin Morrow, 26-30, Toronto FC Eric Lichaj, 25-29, Nottingham Forest Tony Beltran, 26-30, Real Salt Lake (reintroduced) AJ De la Garza, 26-30, LA Galaxy (reintroduced) Bets on: Garza, Lichaj MIDFIELDERS: Dillon Powers, 23-27, Colorado Rapids Kelyn Rowe, 22-26, New England Revolution Perry Kitchen, 22-26, DC United Sam Cronin, 26-30, San Jose Earthquakes Conor O' Brien, 25-29, Odense Wil Trapp*, 21-25, Columbus Crew Warren Creavalle, 23-27, Houston Dynamo Nate Sturgis, 26-30, Colorado Rapids Caleb Stanko*, 21-25, SC Freiburg Sebastian Lletget, 21-25, West Ham United Bets on: Powers, Rowe, Kitchen WINGERS: Paul Arriola*, 19-23, Club Tijuana Gboly Ariyibi*, 18-22, Leeds United Duane Holmes*, 20-24, Huddersfield Town > Yeovil Town Josh Gatt, 22-26, Molde FK (reintroduced) Andrew Wooten, 25-29, FSV Frankfurt Shawn Parker*, 21-25, Mainz (needs to switch) Jose Villarreal*, 21-25, LA Galaxy Dilly Duka, 24-28, Chicago Fire Nick DeLeon, 23-27, DC United Luis Silva, 25-29, DC United Benji Joya*, 20-24, Chicago Fire Marc Pelosi*, 20-24, Liverpool FC Daniel Cuevas*, 20-24, Santos Laguna Erik Hurtado, 23-27, Vancouver Whitecaps Sebastian Velasquez, 23-27, Real Salt Lake Michael Farfan, 25-29, Cruz Azul Joe Gyau, 21-25, TSG Hoffenheim Bets on: Parker, Arriola, Holmes, Gatt, Wooten, Villarreal FORWARDS Jack McInerney, 21-25, Philadelphia Union Will Bruin, 24-28, Houston Dynamo Gyasi Zardes, 22-26, LA Galaxy Andrew Wenger, 23-27, Montreal Impact CJ Sapong, 25-29, Sporting Kansas City Teal Bunbury, 24-28, New England Revolution Mario Rodriguez*, 20-24, Kaiserslautern Bobby Wood, 21-25, 1860 Munich Jack McBean*, 19-23, LA Galaxy Jerome Kieswetter*, 21-25, Hertha Berlin Jann George*, 21-25, Grunter Firth Omar Salgado*, 20-24, LA Galaxy Bets on: McInerney, Bruin **** And for reference, the over 30 in 2018 club: CB: Onyewu (36), Goodson (36), Besler (31), Orozco Fiscal (31) FB: Parkhurst (34), Evans (33), Castillo (31), Beasley (36) DM: Cameron (32), Jones (36), Edu (32), Beckerman (36), Kljestan (32), Holden (32) AM: Dempsey (35), Zusi (31), Bedoya (31), Donovan (36), Davis (36) FW: Gomez (36), E. Johnson (34), Wondolowski (35) ***Additionally, the 30 and under in 2018 club: CB: Gonzalez (29), Brooks* (25) FB: Chandler (28), F. Johnson (30) DM: Diskerud (27), Williams (29), Bradley (30) AM: Corona (27), Torres (30), Shea (28), FW: Altidore (28), Agudelo (25), Boyd (27), Johannsson (27)
Bet may be on Caleb Stanko too..there's been some light rumors that SC Freiburg are going to offer him a first team contract and he captained our U-20 team. I know he travelled with the first team to some of their Europa matches where I think he made the bench. I would also include Nagbe as well for wingers.
After the World Cup, I could see this as the projected player pool from August to December to help us prepare for the Gold Cup. GOALKEEPERS: Timmy Howard, Brad Guzan, Sean Johnson, Bill Hamid, Cody Cropper, Tally Hall FULLBACKS: Timmy Chandler, DeAndre Yedlin, Chance Myers, Jonathan Spector, Fabian Johnson, Edgar Castillo, Seth Sinovic, Chris Klute, Eric Lichaj* (injury) CENTER BACKS: Matt Belser, Omar Gonzalez, John Anthony Brooks* (olympics?), Michael Orozco Fiscal, Amobi Okugo, Matt Hedges, Tim Ream, Chris Schuler, Will Packwood* (olympics?), Shane O' Neill* (olympics?) MIDFIELDERS: Geoff Cameron, Alfredo Morales, Michael Bradley, Danny Williams, Jose Francisco Torres, Mikkel Diskerud, Maurice Edu, Perry Kitchen, Kelyn Rowe, Dillon Powers, Dax McCarty ATTACKING MIDS: Graham Zusi, Alejandro Bedoya, Brek Shea, Joshua Gatt, Eric Alexander, Joe Corona, Andrew Wooten, Duane Holmes* (olympics?), Jose Villarreal* (olympics?), Paul Arriola* (olympics?), Luis Gil* (olympics?), Julian Green* (nationality?, olympics?), Shawn Parker* (nationality?, olympics?) FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore, Aron Johannsson, Juan Agudelo, Terrence Boyd, Jack McInerney, Will Bruin ------------------ And a 23 + alternates man player pool from this pool, a projected line-up for the August games: GK: Guzan, S. Johnson, Hamid FB: Castillo, Yedlin, Myers, Klute CB: Besler, Gonzalez, Okugo, Hedges MF: Bradley, Diskerud, Cameron, Edu AM: Zusi, Bedoya, Torres, Corona, Gil FW: Johannsson, Bruin, McInerney Alternates: Hall, Sinovic, Schuler, O' Neill, McCarty, Powers, Rowe, Gatt, Alexander *Not picked for club reasons: Jozy, Agudelo, Boyd, Arriola, Shea, Morales, Williams, Brooks, Ream, Orozco, Packwood, Holmes, Wooten, Villarreal, F. Johnson, Chandler, Spector, Lichaj, Howard, Cropper, Parker*, Green* Starting XI: ------------------Johannsson------------------ Bedoya------------Diskerud---------------Zusi ----------(Cpt) Bradley-----Cameron--------- Castillo------------------------------------Yedlin ----------------Besler------Gonzalez----------- -----------------------Guzan------------------- Bench: S. Johnson, Hedges (Gonzalez) 80, Myers (Yedlin) 70, Edu (Cameron) 70, Torres (Bedoya) 60, Gil (Diskerud) 60, Bruin (Johannsson) 80
I love the enthusiasm about bleeding new players but I will bet money, which I never do, he doesn't call in that young of a team
I know. I created it. This isn't a 2018 player pool thread. This is a 2014 player pool thread, and who will be the new faces introduced. In other words, I want to know who is going to be part of the immediate rebuilding process.
Just to add some depth to the LB chart, I thought Dylan Remick did alright for Seattle vs Toronto. He's a 22 year old with a lot of speed that can send in accurate service instead of just booting it in there. He seems defensively pretty weak and relies on his speed a bit too much but maybe he grows out of that as that's more of a mental thing to grasp.
Possible contenders for January Camp 2015 (June 1st, 2018 age): GOALKEEPERS Frontrunners: Sean Johnson (29)-[Chicago Fire] Tally Hall (33)-[Houston Dynamo] Bill Hamid (27)-[DC United] Contenders: Nick Rimando (38)-[Real Salt Lake] Steve Clark (32)-[Columbus Crew] Clinton Irwin (29)-[Colorado Rapids] Luis Robles (33)-[New York Red Bulls] Zac MacMath (26)-[Philadelphia Union] Longshots: Troy Perkins (36)-[Montreal Impact] Eric Kronberg (34)-[Sporting Kansas City] Bobby Shuttleworth (31)-[New England Revolution] Joseph Bendik (29)-[Toronto FC] Dan Kennedy (35)-[CD Chivas] CENTER BACKS: Frontrunners: Matt Besler (31)-[Sporting Kansas City] Omar Gonzalez (29)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Shane O’ Neill (24*)-[Colorado Rapids] Matt Hedges (28)-[FC Dallas] Amobi Okugo (27)-[Philadelphia Union] Chris Schuler (30)-[Real Salt Lake] Contenders: George John (31)-[FC Dallas] Babajide Ogunbiyi (31)-[Viborg] Eriq Zavaleta (25)-[CD Chivas] Ike Opara (29)-[Sporting Kansas City] AJ Soares (29)-[New England Revolution] Aaron Wheeler (30)-[Philadelphia Union] Aaron Maund (27)-[Real Salt Lake] Austin Berry (29)-[Philadelphia Union] AJ De la Garza (30)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Jalil Anibaba (29)-[Seattle Sounders] Longshots: Gale Agbossoumonde (26)-[Toronto FC] Andrew Jean-Baptiste (25)-[CD Chivas] Walker Zimmermann (25*)-[FC Dallas] Matt Miazga (22*)-[New York Red Bulls] Christian Dean (25*)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] Eric Palmer-Brown (20*)-[Sporting Kansas City] Stephen McCarthy (29)-[New England Revolution] Marvell Wynne (31)-[Colorado Rapids] Chad Marshall (33)-[Seattle Sounders] Kofi Opare (27)-[LA Galaxy] Tommy Meyer (28)-[LA Galaxy] Zarek Valentin (26)-[Montreal Impact > Bodo/Glimt] London Woodberry (27)-[FC Dallas] David Horst (32)-[Houston Dynamo] Darrius Barnes (31)-[New England Revolution] Eric Brunner (32)-[Houston Dynamo] FULLBACKS: Frontrunners: DeAndre Yedlin (24*)-[Seattle Sounders] Seth Sinovic (31)-[Sporting Kansas City] Chance Myers (30)-[Sporting Kansas City] Chris Klute (28)-[Colorado Rapids] Kofi Sarkodie (27)-[Houston Dynamo] Sheannon Williams (28)-[Philadelphia Union] Andrew Farrell (26)-[New England Revolution] Tony Beltran (30)-[Real Salt Lake] Kellyn Acosta (22*)-[FC Dallas] Dylan Remick (27)-[Seattle Sounders] Jeb Brovsky (29)-[Montreal Impact] Contenders: Kevin Ellis (26)-[Sporting Kansas City] Josh Williams (30)-[Columbus Crew] Mark Bloom (30)-[Toronto FC] Raymon Gaddis (28)-[Philadelphia Union] Justin Morrow (30)-[Toronto FC] Eric Miller (25*)-[Montreal Impact] Zach Loyd (30)-[FC Dallas] Michael Harrington (32)-[Portland Timbers] Corey Ashe (32)-[Houston Dynamo] Jorge Villafana (28)-[Portland Timbers] Greg Cochrane (29)-[Chicago Fire] Longshots: Jordan Allen (23*)-[Real Salt Lake] Marco Delgado (19*)-[CD Chivas] Oscar Sarto (23*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Chris Tierney (32)-[New England Revolution] Connor Lade (28)-[New York Red Bulls] Kevin Alston (30)-[New England Revolution] Brandon Barklage (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Chad Barson (27)-[Columbus Crew] Jeremy Hall (29)-[Toronto FC] MIDFIELDERS: Frontrunners: Michael Bradley (30)-[Toronto FC] Mikkel Diskerud (27)-[Rosenborg BK] Maurice Edu (32)-[Philadelphia Union] Dillon Powers (27)-[Colorado Rapids] Wil Trapp (25*)-[Columbus Crew] Dax McCarty (31)-[New York Red Bulls] Perry Kitchen (26)-[DC United] Sam Cronin (30)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Contenders: Conor O’ Brien (29)-[Odense] Nate Sturgis (30)-[Colorado Rapids] Scott Caldwell (27)-[New England Revolution] JJ Koval (26)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Ben Zemanski (30)-[Portland Timbers] Warren Creavalle (27)-[Houston Dynamo] Michael Stephens (29)-[Stabaek] Longshots: Mikey Lopez (25*)-[Sporting Kansas City] Conor Shanosky (26)-[DC United] Andrew Jacobson (32)-[FC Dallas] Jared Jeffrey (27)-[DC United] Servando Carrasco (29)-[Houston Dynamo] Brian Ownby (27)-[Houston Dynamo] Nick LaBrocca (33)-[Colorado Rapids] Blake Smith (27)-[Montreal Impact] Collen Warner (29)-[Montreal Impact] Cole Grossman (29)-[Real Salt Lake] ATTACKERS: Frontruners: Graham Zusi (31)-[Sporting Kansas City] Kelyn Rowe (26)-[New England Revolution] Luis Gil (24*)-[Real Salt Lake] Eric Alexander (30)-[New York Red Bulls] Harrison Shipp (26)-[Chicago Fire] Dilly Duka (28)-[Chicago Fire] Tommy McNamara (27)-[CD Chivas] Landon Donovan (36)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Benny Feilhaber (33)-[Sporting Kansas City] Clint Dempsey (35)-[Seattle Sounders] Justin Mapp (33)-[Montreal Impact] Lee Nguyen (31)-[New England Revolution] Sal Zizzo (31)-[Sporting Kansas City] Quincy Amarikwa (30)-[Chicago Fire] Jose Villarreal (24*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy > Club America] Benji Joya (24*)-[Chicago Fire] Contenders: Josh Gatt (26)-[Molde FK] Nick DeLeon (27)-[DC United] Luis Silva (29)-[DC United] Erik Hurtado (27)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] Sebastian Velasquez (27)-[Real Salt Lake] Kris Tyrpak (26)-[CD Chivas] Dillon Serna (24*)-[Colorado Rapids] Victor Pineda (25*)-[Chicago Fire] Chris Pontius (31)-[DC United] Danny Cruz (28)-[Philadelphia Union] Shea Salinas (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Contenders: Jimmy McLaughlin (25*)-[Philadelphia Union] Zach Pfeffer (23*)-[Philadelphia Union] Haji Wright (20*)-[LA Galaxy] Danny Garcia (24*)-[FC Dallas] Freddy Adu (29)-unattached Tristan Bowen (27)-[Seattle Sounders] Antoine Hoppenot (27)-[Philadelphia Union] Ethan Finlay (27)-[Columbus Crew] Tony Cascio (28)-[Colorado Rapids > Houston Dynamo] David Estrada (30)-[Seattle Sounders] Donnie Smith (27)-[New England Revolution] FORWARDS Frontrunners: Will Bruin (28)-[Houston Dynamo Gyasi Zardes (26)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Jack McInerney (25)-[Philadelphia Union] Lamar Neagle (31)-[Seattle Sounders] Contenders: CJ Sapong (29)-[Sporting Kansas City] Mike Magee (33)-[Chicago Fire] Sean Okoli (25*)-[Seattle Sounders] Andrew Wenger (27)-[Montreal Impact] Kenny Cooper (33)-[Seattle Sounders] Steve Lenhart (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Teal Bunbury (28)-[New England Revolution] Patrick Mullins (26)-[New England Revolution] Longshots: Bryan Salazar (23*)-[Houston Dynamo] Jordan Morris (23*)-[Seattle Sounders] Jonathan Top (25*)-[FC Dallas] Kellen Gulley (24*)-[Chicago Fire] Benji Lopez (23*)-[Real Salt Lake] Jack McBean (23*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Ben Spencer (22*)-[Molde FK > Indy Eleven] Omar Salgado (24*)-[Vancouver Whitecaps > Charleston Battery] Adam Jahn (27)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Conor Doyle (26)-[DC United] Charlie Davies (31)-[New England Revolution] Brian Span (26)-[Djurgardens IF] Ryan Finley (27)-[Columbus Crew] Ben Speas (27)-[Columbus Crew] Billy Schuler (28)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Danny Mwanga (26)-[Colorado Rapids] Charlie Rugg (27)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] ------------------------------ Early Prediction: GK: Hall, Hamid, S. Johnson, (MacMath) FB: Yedlin, Sarkodie, Klute, Sinovic, (Remick, Beltran, Acosta) CB: Besler, Gonzalez, Okugo, Hedges, (O' Neill, Farrell, Schuler) MF: Bradley, Diskerud, Powers, Kitchen, Edu, (Trapp) AM: Rowe, Zusi, Gil, Donovan, (Alexander, Shipp, Neagle, McNamara) FW: Dempsey, Bruin, McInerney, (Zardes) -------------------Dempsey-------------------- Donovan-------------Gil-------------------Zusi ----------(Cpt) Bradley------Diskerud----------- Klute---------------------------------------Yedlin --------------Besler----------Gonzalez----------- --------------------S. Johnson-------------------- Bench: Hamid, Okugo, Sarkodie, Edu, Powers, Rowe, Bruin Reserves: Hall, Sinovic, Hedges, Kitchen, McInerney
Honestly, it since it will be a rebuilding year, I hope to see more than just 23 faces. Also, I hope we can schedule some more MLS season games that don't fall on FIFA dates... More games, the better... And that said, i want to see the introduction of a U23 Camp Cupcake for those guys who are on the cusp but not just there yet.... Ramos would lead this camp. Senior Team: GK: S. Johnson, Hall, Hamid RB: Yedlin, Beltran, Sarkodie LB: Klute, Remick, Sinovic CB: Besler, Hedges, Okugo, Gonzalez, Schuler MF: Bradley, Diskerud, Powers, Edu, McCarty AT: Gil, Zusi, Feilhaber, McNamara, Alexander FW: Neagle, Bruin, Wenger, Sapong, Bunbury --------------Bruin----------- ----Neagle---Gil----Zusi---- --------Bradley----Mix------ Klute---------------------Yedlin --------Besler----Hedges------ --------------S. Johnson------- U-23's GK: MacMath, Kempin, Cropper FB: Acosta, Delgado, Miller, Dean CB: Zimmerman, Farrell, O' Neill, Palmer-Brown, Zavaleta MF: Trapp, Kitchen, Koval, Lopez AT: Shipp, Rowe, Joya, Serna, Pineda FW: Okoli, Zardes, McInerney, Salgado ----------Zardes----mcinerney------ -------Shipp----Rowe-----Joya------ ------------------Trapp----------------- Delgado--------------------------Acosta ----------O' Neill------Farrell--------- -----------------MacMath-------------
After the World Cup I'd phase out Jones, Beckerman, Goodson, Beasley, Parkhurst, Wondo, EJ, Davis and Rimando. I wonder if Donovan and Deuce will retire 23 I'd call in after the world cup GK-Howard, Guzan, Johnson (Irwin) RB-Yedlin, Chandler, (Farrell, Sarkodie, Acosta, Josh Williams, Sheanon, Beltran, Myers, Spector) CB-Besler, Gonzalez, Brooks, Packwood (O'Neil, Okugo, Schuler, Ogunbuyi, John, Hedges, Orozco) LB-Lichaj, Klute (Ream, Garza) CM-Bradley, Cameron, Mix, Williams, Gil (Powers, Rowe, Trapp, Edu, Kitchen, Morales, Stanko, Pelosi, Kljestan, Corona, Torres) RW-Zusi, Bedoya (DeLeon, Arriola) F-Jozy, Johannsonn, Agudelo (Boyd, Mcinerney, Bruin, Neagle, Zardes) LW-Fabian, Green (Shea, Castillo, Duka, Shipp) and Nagbe should be able to join the team later I think *Parker, Zelalem, and Toljan if they make the switch may be in there -------------Jozy--------AJ---------------- Fabian----------Bradley---------------Zusi -----------------Cameron------------------ Lichaj-----Brooks-----Besler---------Chandler -------------------Guzan--------------------
I suspect Howard retires from the US team after the World Cup. He was seriously considering it after the last World Cup.
been watching FC Dallas all season and think Acosta has really been playing well, hes really stepped up his game on the attack this year and i though was one of the better players on the field against the Timbers
Berti Vogts anyone? Haven't seen/heard much from him in a while. Klinsi's got his back covered. Can't see how this is anything but a plus.
I think the new guys called in after the World Cup will be: CB: Amobi Okugo, Chris Schuler, George John, Matt Hedges RB: Kofi Sarkodie, Andrew Farrell, Kellyn Acosta LB: Tim Ream, Chris Klute, Greg Garza CM: Dillon Powers, Wil Trapp, Kelyn Rowe, Perry Kitchen, Caleb Stanko guys like Yedlin, Lichaj, Gil, Green, Packwood should get more run too
Really excited about Stanko. I think he can possibly be the next Geoff Cameron. Except Stanko looks like he could be coming into the fray in a big league at a much younger age.
I agree with many names here, but I think this is too many guys to expect to get a run. I mean, there's only 2 CB spots. I can see Goodson maybe dropping out of consideration, but Besler and Omar aren't going anywhere (they'll still be in prime age for CB). And there's Brooks. Orozco is also still around and not too old, and JK just called him for the last camp. Packwood has gotten some calls, so no doubt he'll be in the picture So with at least 5 CBs already in the fray, I don't see 4 new guys getting capped. The other positions are a little more open, especially FBs. Yedlin and Chandler would likely be frontrunners to get calls at RB early on, but since Yedlin is in MLS and Chandler is in Europe, there may be chances for other names to jump in during split-camps. However, no one knows how long JK will hang on to guys like Evans, Parkhurst, or even Tony Beltran (I'm hoping not long). So basically, yes, looking forward to seeing new guys, but I don't think that we'll see a lot of these guys soon. We also should keep in mind that Olympic prep will start, and JK may leave a lot of these guys to go to U23 camps.