Joseph Gyau has been named in the 18 for Hoffenheim's game tomorrow. (along with Fabian Johnson and Danny Williams) I didn't see him on EB's list..............but I could be blind. He's one of our U23's that's gonna start pushing for a USMNT callup real soon.
I like EB's list but I think it would need to be reworked for the WCQ after the Olys. We may have U23 that may make the jump to the senior side right after.
i normally try to update it every few months. As far as Gyau, i have him on the Olympic Frontrunner's list. If he continues to impress, i'll bump him up to the shortlist section.
Updated after the embarrassing and disgusting elimination of the US U-23 at the Olympic qualifying group stage on our own home soil to Canada, Cuba, and El Salvador. Note that i removed the asterisks for olympic eligible players since it is no longer relevant. Again, all ages are June 1, 2014 ages. key: Primary=our first team selection. most importantly, players we know can count on and there won't be a dip in production. Secondary=our B team. they belong on the team but there is a notable dip between these players and the primary players. Doghouse=these players have received a call-up from Klinsmann. Yet they were found either not good enough or simply not ready for the prime time yet. Shortlist=these players have not received a call-up yet but are deserving of one. Reserve=these players have not received a call-up but do not at least yet deserve a call-up. Note that reserve is higher than outlook because it means player is currently more polished. Outlook=these are the raw and unfinished players that have potential to become contributing members later on in the cycle. simply, just keep an eye on these guys. Not Rated Reserve and Outlook Reserve= i have mostly forgotten these guys but you never know when one might break out. I am not closely following any of these players at the moment. Nationality Question Marks=player has not committed to the US but is either close or is eligible for service. player's allegiance and development should be monitored. GOALKEEPERS PRIMARY Tim Howard (35)-[Everton] SECONDARY: Nick Rimando (34)-[Real Salt Lake] Brad Guzan (29)-[Aston Villa] DOGHOUSE: Sean Johnson (25)-[Chicago Fire] Bill Hamid (23)-[DC United] SHORTLIST N/A RESERVE Quentin Westberg (28)-[Evian Thonon Gaillard] David Yelldell (32)-[Bayer Leverkusen] William Hesmer (32)-[Columbus Crew] Matt Pickens (32)-[Colorado Rapids] Tally Hall (29)-[Houston Dynamo] Zac MacMath (22)-[Philadelphia Union] OUTLOOK Brian Perk (24)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Joseph Bendik (25)-[Portland Timbers] David Bingham (24)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Cody Cropper (21)-[Ipswich Town] Jon Kempin (21)-[Sporting Kansas City] Ryan Meara (23)-[New York Red Bulls] NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS N/A CENTER BACKS: PRIMARY: Clarence Goodson (32)-[Brondby IF] Carlos Bocanegra (35)-[Rangers FC] (LB-alt) Oguchi Onyewu (32)-[Sporting Lisbon] SECONDARY: Tim Ream (26)-[Bolton Wanderers] Geoff Cameron (28)-[Houston Dynamo] (CDM, RB-alt) Omar Gonzalez (26)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] George John (27)-[FC Dallas] Michael Parkhurst (30)-[FC Nordjaelland] (RB-alt) DOGHOUSE: Michael Orozco Fiscal (27)-[San Luis Potosi] Jeff Parke (32)-[Seattle Sounders] SHORTLIST Zak Whitbread (30)-[Norwich City] Seb Hines (26)-[Middlesborough FC] (CDM-alt) RESERVES: Chad Marshall (29)-[Columbus Crew] AJ Soares (25)-[New England Revolution] Eric Brunner (28)-[Portland Timbers] Brad Rusin (27)-[HB Koge] Matt Besler (27)-[Sporting Kansas City] Marvell Wynne (27)-[Colorado Rapids] (RB-alt) OUTLOOK Ike Opara (25)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Gale Agbossoumonde (22)-[Carolina Railhawks] John Anthony Brooks (21)-[Hertha Berlin] (LB-alt) Ethan White (23)-[DC United] Will Packwood (21)-[Birmingham City] (CDM-alt) Andrew Wenger (23)-[Montreal Impact] (CDM, FW-alt) Tommy Meyer (24)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Andrew Jean-Baptiste (21)-[Portland Timbers] NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS N/A RIGHT WING BACKS PRIMARY: Steve Cherundolo (35)-[Hannover 96] Timothy Chandler (24)-[FC Nurnberg] (RM, RB-alt) SECONDARY: Jonathan Spector (28)-[Birmingham City] (LB, CB, RM, CDM-Alt) Zach Loyd (26)-[FC Dallas] (LB, CB, MF-alt) Alfredo Morales (24)-[Hertha Berlin] (CDM, CB, LB-alt) DOGHOUSE N/A SHORTLIST N/A RESERVES: Sean Franklin (29)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] (CB, RM-Alt) Kevin Alston (26)-[New England Revolution] Jeremy Hall (25)-[Montreal Impact] (WG-alt) Chance Myers (26)-[Sporting Kansas City] Jalil Anibaba (25)-[Chicago Fire] (CB-alt) Tony Beltran (26)-[Real Salt Lake] OUTLOOK Sheannon Williams (24)-[Philadelphia Union] (CB-alt) Zarek Valentin (22)-[Montreal Impact] (CB, LB-alt) Kofi Sarkodie (23)-[Houston Dynamo] (LB-alt) NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS N/A LEFT WING BACKS: PRIMARY Fabian Johnson (26)-[TSG Hoffenheim] (RB, WG, FW,-alt) Eric Lichaj (25)-[Aston Villa] (RB-Alt) SECONDARY: Heath Pearce (29)-[CD Chivas] (RB, CB-alt) DOGHOUSE Edgar Castillo (27)-[CF Tijuana] (LM-alt) AJ De la Garza (26)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] (CB, RB-alt) SHORTLIST N/A RESERVES Corey Ashe (28)-[Houston Dynamo] Jonathan Bornstein (29)-[Tigres UANL] (LM, CB-alt) Todd Dunivant (34)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Jorge Villafana (24)-[CD Chivas] (RB, LM-alt) OUTLOOK Anthony Wallace (25)-[Colorado Rapids] (RB-alt) Sean Cunningham (21)-[Molde FK > Stabaek] (CB-alt) Greg Garza (22)-[CF Tijuana] (LM-alt) NATIONALIY QUESTION MARKS Derrick Williams (20)-[Aston Villa] (CB-alt) Adam Henley (20)-[Blackburn Rovers] (RB-alt) Danny Potts (20)-[West Ham United] Juan Pablo Ocegueda (20)-[Tigres] CENTRAL DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDERS: PRIMARY: Michael Bradley (26)-[Chievo Verona] Jermaine Jones (32)-[Schalke 04] Maurice Edu (28)-[Rangers FC] (CB-alt) Daniel Williams (25)-[TSG Hoffenheim] (LB, RM, CB, RB-alt) SECONDARY: Kyle Beckerman (32)-[Real Salt Lake] Ricardo Clark (31)-[Eintracht Frankfurt > Stabaek] (CB-alt) Jeff Larentowicz (30)-[Colorado Rapids] (CB-alt) DOGHOUSE N/A SHORTLIST N/A RESERVES Dax McCarty (27)-[New York Red Bulls] Jack Jewsbury (33)-[Portland Timbers] Sam Cronin (26)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Nathan Sturgis (26)-[Houston Dynamo] (CB, LB-alt) Amobi Okugo (23)-[Philadelphia Union] (CB-alt) Perry Kitchen (22)-[DC United] (CB, RB-alt) OUTLOOK Rich Balchan (25)-[Columbus Crew] (CB, CDM, LB, RB-alt) Jared Jeffrey (23)-[Mainz] Bryan Arguez (25)-[Montreal Impact] Conor Shanosky (22)-[DC United] Victor Garza (22)-[Tigres] Nick DeLeon (23)-[DC United] NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS Tony Tchani (25)-[Columbus Crew] CREATIVE CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS/WINGERS: PRIMARY: Stuart Holden (28)-[Bolton Wanderers] Sacha Kljestan (28)-[RSC Anderlecht] Jose Francisco Torres (26)-[Pachuca CF] SECONDARY Benny Feilhaber (29)-[New England Revolution] Graham Zusi (27)-[Sporting Kansas City] DOGHOUSE Brad Evans (29)-[Seattle Sounders] (CM, WG-alt) Alejandro Bedoya (29)-[Rangers FC] SHORTLIST N/A RESERVES Brad Davis (32)-[Houston Dynamo] Nick LaBrocca (29)-[Chivas USA] Eric Alexander (26)-[Portland Timbers] Collen Warner (25)-[Montreal Impact] Conor O’ Brien (25)-[Sonderjyske] Michael Stephens (25)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] OUTLOOK Danny Cruz (24)-[DC United] Blair Gavin (25)-[CD Chivas] Sebastian Lletget (21)-[West Ham United] Kelyn Rowe (22)-[New England Revolution] NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS Fabian Hurzeler (21)-[Bayern Munich] (LM, FW-alt) WINGERS/SECOND STRIKERS: PRIMARY: Landon Donovan (32)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Clint Dempsey (31)-[Fulham FC] SECONDARY: Brek Shea (24)-[FC Dallas] (LB, CB, FW-alt) Freddy Adu (25)-[Philadelphia Union] DOGHOUSE: Chris Pontius (27)-[DC United] (FW-alt) Robbie Rogers (27)-[Leeds United] DaMarcus Beasley (32)-[Puebla FC] SHORTLIST: Mikkel Diskerud (23)-[Stabaek > Gent] Josh Gatt (22)-[Molde FK] (RB-alt) Joe Corona (23)-[CF Tijuana] RESERVE Dilly Duka (24)-[Columbus Crew] Joe Gyau (21)-[TSG 1899 Hoffenheim] Luis Gil (20)-[Real Salt Lake] Eddie Gaven (27)-[Columbus Crew] Sal Zizzo (27)-[Portland Timbers] Bobby Convey (31)-[Sporting Kansas City] (LB-alt) Justin Mapp (29)-[Montreal Impact] OUTLOOK Isaac Acuna (24)-[Merida] Charles Renken (20)-[Portland Timbers] Moises Orozco (22)-[Tigres] Alex Dixon (24)-[Houston Dynamo] Tyrone McCargo (20)-[FC Nurnberg] Marc Pelosi (20)-[Liverpool FC] NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS Diego Chavarri (25)-[Sporting Cristal] Darlington Nagbe (23)-[Portland Timbers] CENTER FORWARDS PRIMARY: Jozy Altidore (24)-[AZ Alkmaar] Edson Buddle (33)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] SECONDARY: Juan Agudelo (21)-[New York Red Bulls] CJ Sapong (25)-[Sporting Kansas City] Chris Wondolowski (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Terrence Boyd (23)-[Borussia Dortmund] DOGHOUSE Teal Bunbury (24)-[Sporting Kansas City] SHORTLIST Hercules Gomez (32)-[Santos Laguna] Andrew Wooten (25)-[Kaiserslautern] David Estrada (26)-[Seattle Sounders] RESERVES Charlie Davies (27)-[Sochaux] Robbie Findley (27)-[Nottingham Forest] Justin Braun (27)-[Montreal Impact] Eugene Starikov (25)-[FC Tom Tomsk] Kenny Cooper (29)-[New York Red Bulls] Conor Casey (32)-[Colorado Rapids] Steve Lenhart (27)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Chris Rolfe (31)-[Aalborg] OUTLOOK Will Bruin (24)-[Houston Dynamo] Blake Brettschneider (25)-[New England Revolution] Omar Salgado (20)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] Jack McInerney (21)-[Philadelphia Union] Tony Taylor (24)-[Atletico CP] Samuel Petrone (24)-[Mjallby] Ellis McLoughlin (23)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Soony Saad (21)-[Sporting Kansas City] Peri Marosevic (25)-[Toronto FC] Adrian Ruelas (23)-[Jaguares] Jerome Kiesewetter (21)-[Hertha Berlin] Jann George (21)-[FC Nurnberg] Bobby Wood (21)-[1860 Munich] Conor Doyle (22)-[Derby County] Villyan Bijev (21)-[Fortuna Dusseldorf] NATIONALITY QUESTION MARKS Danny Mwanga (22)-[Philadelphia Union] ***RATED OUTSIDERS*** GOALKEEPERS Dan Kennedy (31)-[CD Chivas] Luis Robles (30)-[Karlsruher SC] Dominic Cervi (27)-[Greenock Morton] Troy Perkins (32)-[Portland Timbers] Marcus Hahnemann (42)-[Everton FC] Jon Busch (37)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Kevin Hartman (40)-[FC Dallas] CENTER BACKS Nat Borchers (33)-[Real Salt Lake] Ugo Ihemelu (31)-[FC Dallas] Drew Moor (30)-[Colorado Rapids] (RB, LB-alt) Ryan Miller (29)-[Halmstads BK] Brandon McDonald (28)-[DC United] (CDM-alt) RIGHT BACKS Frank Simek (29)-[Carlisle United] LEFT BACKS Seth Sinovic (27)-[Sporting Kansas City] Marco Vidal (28)-[Club Leon] Chris Wingert (32)-[Real Salt Lake] (RB-alt) Michael Harrington (28)-[Sporting Kansas City] (RB-alt) Jordan Harvey (30)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] MIDFIELDERS Eric Gehrig (26)-[Columbus Crew] Brad Ring (27)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Stephen McCarthy (25)-[New England Revolution] Gabriel Farfan (25)-[Philadelphia Union] (RB, LB-alt) Michael Farfan (25)-[Philadelphia Union] (RB, LB-alt) Ben Zemanski (26)-[CD Chivas] (CM, CB-alt) ATTACKERS/WINGERS Lamar Neagle (27)-[Seattle Sounders] Kyle Nakazawa (26)-[Philadelphia Union] Quincy Amarikwa (26)-[Colorado Rapids] Austin Da Luz (26)-[DC United] Shea Salinas (27)-[San Jose Earthquakes] FORWARDS Mike Grella (27)-[Carlisle United] Tommy Heinemann (27)-[Columbus Crew] Mike Magee (29)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Chad Barrett (28)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] ***OUTLOOK RESERVES **** GOALKEEPERS Josh Lambo (23)-[Tampa Bay Rowdies] Brian Sylvestre (21)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] Samir Badr (22) Earl Edwards (22) Kendall McIntosh (20) CENTER BACKS Kyle Davies (25)-[Toronto FC] Royal-Dominique Fennell (25)-[Stuttgarter Kickers] Chris Taylor (25)-[Portland Timbers] Moises Hernandez (22)-[FC Dallas] (LB-alt) Shane Moroney (25)-[Atlanta Silverbacks] Josh Casaroney (22)-[Atlanta Silverbacks] Ryan Thomas (25)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Greg Eckhardt (25)-[VPS Vaasa] Mobi Fehir (19)-[Tokyo Verdy 1969] Zach Carroll (20) Walker Zimmerman (21) Sacir Hot (23) Sebastian Ibeagha (23) RIGHT BACKS Nathan Smith (19) Matt Kassel (24) Korey Veeder (22)-[Columbus Crew] Bilal Duckett (25)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] (LB, CB-alt) LEFT BACKS Tyler Lassiter (25)-[New York Red Bulls] Kellyn Acosta (19) Bryan de la Fuente (21)-[Chivas USA] Bryan Gallego (21)-[New York Red Bulls] Andrew Duran (24)-[Seattle Sounders] (CB-alt) Tyler Polak (22)-[New England Revolution] MIDFIELDERS Dillon Powers (23) Andrew Sousa (24)-[New England Revolution] Cole Grossman (25)-[Columbus Crew] Ryan Richter (25)-[Philadelphia Union] Patrick Otte (22)-[Fort Lauderdale Strikers] Andrew Welker (24)-[Philadelphia Union] Cesar Zamora (23)-[CD Chivas] Shawn Chin (25)-[FC Edmonton] Davy Armstrong (22)-[Colorado Rapids] Steven Emory (25)-[Colorado Rapids] Zach Pfeffer (19)-[Philadelphia Union] Matt Dunn (20)-[FC Koln] Victor Pineda (21) Lester Dewee (21)-[Angelholm FF] ATTACKERS/WINGERS Fuad Ibrahim (22) Ryan Kinne (24)-[New England Revolution] Michael Nanchoff (24)-[Vancouver Whitecaps] Danny Toia (22)-[Real Salt Lake] Victor Ulloa (22)-[FC Dallas] Alejandro Guido (20) Francisco Navas (22) Caleb Stanko (21)-[SC Freiburg] Jose Villarreal (21)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Alex Molano (22)-[Dinamo Zagreb] FORWARDS Chris Agorsor (23)-[Real Salt Lake] Aaron Horton (22)-[Columbus Crew] Matt Horth (25)-[Atlanta Silverbacks] Andrew Wiedeman (24)-[FC Dallas] Matt Luzunaris (25)-[San Jose Earthquakes] Stefan Jerome (21)-[Sigma Olomouc] David Santamaria (23)-[Fort Lauderdale Strikers] Kellen Gulley (20)-[Chicago Fire] Amani Walker (24)-[Minnesota Stars] Andrew Oliver (21) Alfred Koroma (20) Jonathan Top (21) Luis Rendon (20) Corey Hertzog (23)-[New York Red Bulls] Jack McBean (19)-[Los Angeles Galaxy] Tristan Bowen (24)-[KSV Roeselare]
Just to fill in one of your blanks, Guido is now with Club Tijuana. Just signed his pro deal last week.
There shouldn't be any nationality issues with Juan Pablo Ocegueda since he has been playing with the youth teams for years now and recently turned down a Mexico call-up, committing his self to the USA.
Whitbread could be higher on the list, but he's always good for breaking something whenever a call up might come...
a different way of looking at the player pool...post Olympic qualifying...here's our current top 40 with reserves & outlook that will take us into qualifying. Current Top-40 (in order) (4) GOALKEEPERS Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Nick Rimando...Bill Hamid (out +Johnson) (8 -1) CENTER BACKS Carlos Bocanegra, Clarence Goodson, Tim Ream, Zak Whitbread, Geoff Cameron, Seb Hines,...Oguchi Onyewu (out +Parkhurst), Omar Gonzalez (out +Beckerman), (6) FULLBACKS Fabian Johnson, Tim Chandler, Steve Cherundolo, Eric Lichaj, Edgar Castillo...Jonathan Spector (out +Morales), (7 +1) MIDFIELDERS Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Daniel Williams, Jose Torres, Maurice Edu, Mikkel Diskerud, ...Stuart Holden (out + Clark) (8) ATTACKERS Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Sacha Kljestan, Freddy Adu, Brek Shea, Josh Gatt, Joe Corona, DaMarcus Beasley (7) FORWARDS Jozy Altidore, Herculez Gomez, Edson Buddle, CJ Sapong, Terrence Boyd, Chris Wondolowski...Juan Agudelo (out +Cooper) Reserves (in order) GOALKEEPERS +Sean Johnson, Tally Hall, Matt Pickens, David Yelldell, Will Hesmer, Quentin Westberg CENTER BACKS +Michael Parkhurst, George John, Michael Orozco, Jeff Parke, Chad Marshall, Matt Besler, Jalil Anibaba, Eric Brunner, Marvell Wynne FULLBACKS +Alfredo Morales, Zach Loyd, Heath Pearce, Sean Franklin, Sheannon Williams, AJ De la Garza, Corey Ashe, Todd Dunivant MIDFIELDERS +Ricardo Clark, +Kyle Beckerman, Jeff Larentowicz, Brad Evans, Jack Jewsbury ATTACKERS Joe Gyau, Robbie Rogers, Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi, Luis Gil, Chris Pontius, Alejandro Bedoya, Eddie Gaven, Sal Zizzo, Bobby Convey FORWARDS +Kenny Cooper, David Estrada, Andrew Wooten, Teal Bunbury, Robbie Findley, Conor Casey, Justin Braun Outlook (no order) GOALKEEPERS Zac MacMath, Ryan Meara, Brian Perk, Jon Kempin, David Bingham, Cody Cropper FULLBACKS Jorge Villafana, Anthony Wallace, Zarek Valentin, Kofi Sarkodie, Greg Garza, Juan Pablo Ocegueda CENTERBACKS Ike Opara, Gale Agbossoumonde, Andrew Wenger, John Brooks, Will Packwood, Tommy Meyer, Andrew Jean-Baptiste MIDFIELDERS Perry Kitchen, Amobi Okugo, Jared Jeffrey, Michael Stephens ATTACKERS Dilly Duka (out), Nick DeLeon, Danny Cruz, Tony Taylor, Kelyn Rowe, Sebastian Lletget, Isaac Acuna, Charles Renken, Marc Pelosi FORWARDS Omar Salgado, Will Bruin, Blake Brettschneider, Jack McInerney, Jerome Kiesewetter, Jann George, Bobby Wood, Villyan Bijev, Conor Doyle Excluding Holden, Agudelo, Gonzalez, Onyewu, Spector, and Hamid who are out with injuries...our current A team and B team A TEAM -------------Altidore--------------- Johnson-----Dempsey-------Donovan ---------Bradley--Jones------------ Chandler--------------------Cherundolo ------Bocanegra--Goodson--------- --------------Howard-------------- B TEAM ---------------Gomez---------------- Shea----------Kljestan-----------Gatt -------Torres---------Williams-------- Castillo--------------------------Lichaj ---------Ream--------Whitbread------ ----------------Guzan---------------- Bench: Rimando, Hines, Cameron, Edu, Adu, Sapong, Buddle Honorable Mention: GK=Johnson, DF=Parkhurst, Morales, MF= Diskerud, Beckerman, Clark, Corona, Beasley, FW=Boyd, Wondolowski, Cooper
you guys rate Feilhaber way too low, unlike Kljestan hes actually been pretty good when called up, best playmaker we have imo
This is the Top 30 American soccer players rated by visitors to http://jerseyfillers.com/?page_id=58 The Full Database is here :http://jerseyfillers.com/?page_id=195 Take a look, it is a database of American soccer players, which you can sort by team, age, caps, etc. And then to add to it, I installed a rating system for user's personal use. Everyone's personal score gets averaged and that's what makes up the rating. Cannot say I agree with it all but its nice to finally have an online database, which was the primary objective. I could not find a similar site so I created it. Tell me when you find something that is incorrect etc. My apologies if I am not allowed to post links in this forum but I thought it was relevant.
Kljestan has been really good for Anderlecht this season. According to Greg........... http://www.noshortcorners.com/2012/04/since-im-such-swell-dude.html ..................Villarreal, Fulham, Twente, and "others" have been scouting him recently. Sacha perhaps hasn't been at his best for the USMNT, but his career is on the way up.
I would take a revolutionary turn and slowly erase the players that will give you nothing anymore in the upcoming years: (Cherundolo, Goodson, Bocanegra, Edu, Buddle, Rimando, Howard) and stick to what you know will work: DONOVAN, DEMPSEY, BRADLEY Then put some of the young people: Joe Corona, Gonzalez, Chandler, Altidore, Boyd, Shea, Hurzeler, Gatt, Doyle And the guys you have in europe: Guzan, Spector, Lichaj, F. Johnson, D. Williams
Is it weird that despite all the recent disappointments, I think the American player pool is actually in its best shape right now since October 10, 2009?
Thank you!!! It is exceptionally deep when you compare prior years. Now we are past worrying about fielding 11 solid players, and now looking for exceptional talent. Perhaps we are becoming a more demanding soccer culture. Shoot, we are analyzing stats now too lol
there too old. if we show up to the world cup with a bunch of old dudes in there 30s, we well be destroyed
It doesn't seem useful to break the USMNT into A and B teams. Basically, it should be the "core" team, and the "bench." Core: Altidore Dempsey Donovan Bradley Jones Cherundolo Bocanegra Goodson or Onyewu F Johnson Chandler Howard Bench: Guzan Edu Williams Gomez, Wondo, or Cooper Torres Shea Adu Ream Lichaj Kljestan Parkhurst That's 22, including 2 GKs. A third GK would make it 23 players. Gooch's condition determines whether Goodson goes to the bench, and bumps Parkhurst.
You do know that Edu is only 25 years old? And keepers can play very well into their late 30's. Howard is only 33 now. I understand your concept, but you are taking it to the extreme. Yes, some of those older player will naturally phase-out during the next few years. That's also what happened with players like Lewis, Hejduk, Mastroeni, and Ching during the previous World Cup cycle. But you are dropping too many too soon.
Take a look at Brad Friedel as a good example, he's almost 41 and still one of the top keepers in the BPL.
Plus............we're not primarily worried right now about who the players will be at WC14. We're worried about fielding the best possible lineup for when qualifiers begin. Will players like Cherundolo make it all the way to WC14? Who knows............but right now he's a captain and starter on the team tied for 6th place in the Bundesliga. He's a lock for this team as WCQing begins.
The age issue hasn't really damaged the US yet. The big worry is that all the extremely important players for the US over the last couple of years, Bocanegra, Howard, Cherundolo, Jones, Donovan, Onyewu, Beasley and Dempsey are all 29 or older. Other less vital but still important players like Goodson, Beckerman, Clark, Gomez and Buddle belong in this group as well. There's only 1 obvious exception to the extremely important players being older than 29, and that is Michael Bradley. Besides Bradley there are players that have been useful but inconsistent like Edu and Altidore, players that have dealt with injuries like Holden, dual nationals like Fabian Johnson who will likely be vital, players Bob Bradley liked that Klinsmann doesn't such as Feilhaber and Kljestan, and brand new youngsters like Shea. That's why I feel better about the player pool now than any time since October 10, 2009. But if Klinsmann still has to lean on the guys listed in the 1st paragraph in 2014, then the US may be in trouble...
With all of the qualifiers coming up, it's going to be hard for some of the new faces to break into the line-up...with that in mind, here's my way too early projection for a camp cupcake roster (using a big roster due to the fact a lot of players will not be on the roster due to transfers, trainings, injuries, form, etc..): (4) GK Ryan Meara, Bill Hamid, Sean Johnson, Nick Rimando in consideration: Tally Hall, Matt Pickens (6) CB Geoff Cameron, Omar Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst, George John, Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Clarence Goodson in consideration: Chad Marshall, AJ Soares, Jeff Parke, Marvell Wynne, Matt Besler, Andrew Wenger (still counting him as a CB) (6) FB Zach Loyd, Heath Pearce, Jalil Anibaba, Sheannon Williams, Justin Morrow, Sean Cunningham in consideration: AJ De La Garza, Sean Franklin, Kevin Alston, Tony Beltran, Corey Ashe (5) MF Kyle Beckerman, Sam Cronin, Jeff Larentowicz, Perry Kitchen, Mikkel Diskerud in consideration: Kirk Urso, Amobi Okugo, Dax McCarty (4) WG: Nick DeLeon, Sebastian Velasquez, Josh Gatt, Brek Shea in consideration: Chris Pontius, Dilly Duka, Danny Cruz (3) AM Benny Feilhaber, Graham Zusi, Freddy Adu in consideration: Eddie Gaven, Brad Evans, Luis Gil, Tony Cascio, Luis Silva (6) FW Edson Buddle, CJ Sapong, David Estrada, Chris Wondolowski, Kenny Cooper, Juan Agudelo in consideration: Teal Bunbury, Conor Casey, Jack McInerney, Will Bruin, Blake Brettschneider, Justin Braun, Casey Towsned, Omar Salgado update on Nagbe's and Mwanga's citizenship? Also, i placed Velasquez on list but i would like confirmation of citizenship status.