i was impressed with goodson in the send off series if he progresses he has a say in all this..also i know he is a rookie but tim ream for red bulls is havina a great season and in 4 years could be a top player.
I really think people fail to realize how old Goodson is. He's already 28, and will be 32 by the next World Cup. He's just as old as Gooch is, and frankly I can't see him slotting in come 2014. I think guys like Chad Marshall and Geoff Cameron are far more likely to be included ahead of Goodson.
Starting lineup (age as of 2014 WC in parentheses): Forwards: Altidore (24), Adu (25) Mids: Edu (28), Lletget (21), Donovan (32), Dempsey (31) Defense: Wynne (24), Gooch (32), Opara (25), Convey (31) Goalie: Howard (35) Reserves: Buddle (33), Findley (28), Holden (28), Bradley (26), Torres (26), Feilhaber (29), Diskerud (23), Spector (28), Bornstein (29), Agbossoumonde (22), Guzan (29), Seitz (27)
West Ham reserve player Lletget, will supplant Bradley as starter in the midfield? Do you know something about him that I haven't heard?
Unless my sarcasm meter is brokt, why would you be taking any of these posts seriously? That said. Bobby Convey as a LB. Hmm. I'm slightly intrigued.
[LINEUP-4-4-2]Davies,Dempsey,Donovan,Jones,Bradley,Holden,Bornstein,Gonzalez,Onyewu,Lichaj,Guzan[/LINEUP-4-4-2] Kljestan comes off the bench for Jones Jozy comes off the bench for Dempsey Adu for Holden
Howard Spector --- Gooch --------- Opara--- Bornstein Donovan --- Jones -----------Bradley --- Dempsey ---Adu-------------- --------------Altidore-----------
What about this kid Charles Ranken, he plays on the U-20 team and is only 17. He plays in the mid-field and is currently with the Whitecaps but has been scouted by Arsenal.
he and his fellow wunderkid teammate joseph gyau were both already bought by hoffenheim. i think they are only temporarily back at VWFC youth academy until they are old enough/ready to go over to germany. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=670533&cc=5901
I had some errors in my post, I thought he was 17, but it looks from the article he is only 16. I played soccer with Renken's older brother in high school, never got to play with Charles Renken as he wisely choose to play with the national team. The future does look bright for these two players, especially Renken, hopefully we will see them soon in a cap for the US MNT.
Howard Bornstein---Onyewu----Wynne-----Spector Donovan----Bradley----Gaven------Dempsey Davies------Alitdore
How can you possibly think Wynne was off the radar? He had his chances, he just wasn't good enough. Of all the criticisms of Bradley, the idea that he didn't give enough guys chances is ludicrous. It is not backed up by the numbers. He played lots of guys.
___________________Davies___________Altidore_______________________ ____________________________Gyau_________________________________ _____Zahavi_________Feilhaber_______Bradley____________Donovan______ ____________Gooch___________Opara__________Agboss________________ ____________________________Guzan________________________________
23-Man Roster: G: Dominic Cervi, Brad Guzan, Tim Howard D: Jonathan Bornstein, Sean Franklin, Omar Gonzalez, Eric Lichaj, Oguchi Onyewu, Ike Opara, Brek Shea, Jonathan Spector M: Alejandro Bedoya, Michael Bradley, Mikkel Diskerud, Landon Donovan, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Stu Holden, Jose Torres F: Jozy Altidore, Charlie Davies, Clint Dempsey, Yura Movsisyan Alternates: G: Will Hesmer D: Kevin Alston, Clarence Goodson M: DaMarcus Beasley, Sasha Kljestan F: Kenny Cooper, Steven Lenhard On the Radar: G: Bill Hamid D: Chad Marshall, Heath Pearce, Frank Simek M: Geoff Cameron, Jared Jeffrey, Dax McCarty F: Tristan Bowen, Eddie Johnson, Tony Taylor