Official nicknames of US players

[EastBayGrease]

I've been picking up on some of the nicknames of US MNT players from watching the training videos on ussoccer.com. Can someone please lay out a list of each player and his nickname:

Adu, Freddy: ?
Beasley, DaMarcus: Run DMB, DFB
Berhalter, Gregg: ?
Bocanegra, Carlos: ?
Carroll, Brian: ?
Casey, Conor: ?
Cherundolo, Steve: ?
Ching, Brian: Chingy
Conrad, Jim: ?
Convey, Bobby: ?
Dempsey, Clint: ? but he REALLY needs one...or is he now officially "deuce"
Donovan, Landon: LD, Landycakes :(
Gibbs, Cory:?
Hahnemann, Marcus:?
Hartman, Kevin: El gato
Hejduk, Frankie: Dukes
Howard, Tim: Timmy Howard
Johnson, Eddie: EJ
Keller, Kasey: ?
Klein, Chris: ?
Lewis, Eddie: ?
Mapp, Justin: ?
Martino, Kyle: ?
Mastroeni, Pablo: ?
Mathis, Clint: Cleatus
McBride, Brian: McHead
Noonan, Pat: ?
O'Brien, John: ?
Olsen, Ben: ?
Onyewu, Oguchi: Gooch
Pearce, Heath: ?
Pope, Eddie: ?
Quaranta, Santino: ?
Ralston, Steve: ?
Reis, Matt: ?
Reyna, Claudio: ?
Rolfe, Chris: ?
Wolff, Josh: ?
Zavagnin, Kerry: ?

I'm not suggesting every player should have a nickname. I'm just curious if anyone knows any names that the players go by. I think being able to call out a players nickname at a US Nats match, such as Gooch or Dukes, is more encouraging and supportive for the player.

[UDPride]

Rolfense.

[EastBayGrease]

Rolfense.
That's awesome.

For Dempsey, I'm thinking "Let Loose the Deuce"...I guess that only works if he's on the bench though.

[Toejam Football]

I've been picking up on some of the nicknames of US MNT players from watching the training videos on ussoccer.com. Can someone please lay out a list of each player and his nickname:

Adu, Freddy: ?
Beasley, DaMarcus: Run DMB, DFB
Berhalter, Gregg: ?
Bocanegra, Carlos: ?
Carroll, Brian: ?
Casey, Conor: ?
Cherundolo, Steve: ?
Ching, Brian: Chingy
Conrad, Jim: ?
Convey, Bobby: ?
Dempsey, Clint: ? but he REALLY needs one...or is he now officially "deuce"
Donovan, Landon: LD, Landycakes :(
Gibbs, Cory:?
Hahnemann, Marcus:?
Hartman, Kevin: El gato
Hejduk, Frankie: Dukes
Howard, Tim: Timmy Howard
Johnson, Eddie: EJ
Keller, Kasey: ?
Klein, Chris: ?
Lewis, Eddie: ?
Mapp, Justin: ?
Martino, Kyle: ?
Mastroeni, Pablo: ?
Mathis, Clint: Cleatus
McBride, Brian: McHead
Noonan, Pat: ?
O'Brien, John: ?
Olsen, Ben: ?
Onyewu, Oguchi: Gooch
Pearce, Heath: ?
Pope, Eddie: ?
Quaranta, Santino: ?
Ralston, Steve: ?
Reis, Matt: ?
Reyna, Claudio: ?
Rolfe, Chris: ?
Wolff, Josh: ?
Zavagnin, Kerry: ?

I'm not suggesting every player should have a nickname. I'm just curious if anyone knows any names that the players go by. I think being able to call out a players nickname at a US Nats match, such as Gooch or Dukes, is more encouraging and supportive for the player.



Some others that have been given to them by other players and/or fans:

Hejduk: Heydude
McBride: Bake
Eddie Johnson: GAM
Kyle Martino: KMart
Beasley: Jitterbug - but I myself like RunDMB better.
O' Brien: JOB, Red
Cherundolo: 'Dolo

[URwormfood]

Convey, Bobby: ?


I call him "Slick-Rick!"


Or "Beat-Down"-BOBBY!!!!!!!!

;)


~worm~

[doogiemo]

Quaranta, Santino = Tino :D

where did "Landycakes" came from? :confused:

[blue32828]

bocanegra = charlie blackmouth

[TomEaton]

Hejduk used to be called "Bro," apparently from his penchant for calling everyone in the world by that name. I guess he can't ever remember anybody's name.

[dale_wilster]

"official"?

[justscore]

Heard Eddie Pope referred to "Steady Eddie" in last night's broadcast.

[TxFan]

Heard Eddie Pope referred to "Steady Eddie" in last night's broadcast.

Steady Eddie has actually been used quite often for Eddie Pope.

I've seen McBride referred to as "McHead" on occasion...

[Shaydee]

Carlos Bocanegra-Boca, Los, Charlie Blackmouth
I think his friends call him Los, the other two are BS nicknames

Ralston-Rolly
That's what the other players call him. It's not pronounced like roll but like RALston

Cherundolo-Dolo
that might just be a BS nickname

I always hear players call Wolff, Wolffy

Mastroeni-Mastro
That might also be just a BS nickname

[soccerelvis]

I have heard Donovan called Larry

[MikeLastort2]

How can a nickname be official?

:confused:

[EastBayGrease]

How can a nickname be official?

:confused:

By "official", I meant firmly established such as "the mail man" for Carl Malone or "the babe" for Babe Ruth....as opposed to, "my friend and I call Landon Donovan 'Super Donovan'.

[NBlue]

Here are the ones I'm aware of:


Beasley, DaMarcus: Run DMB, DFB, Jitterbug
Bocanegra, Carlos: Boca
Cherundolo, Steve: Dolo
Convey, Bobby: Bobbinho
Donovan, Landon: LD, Landycakes, cakes.
Hahnemann, Marcus: Big Marcus
Hartman, Kevin: El gato
Hejduk, Frankie: Heydude, Surferdude
Howard, Tim: Timmehhh
Johnson, Eddie: EJ, GAM
Keller, Kasey: KK
Mastroeni, Pablo: Mastro
Mathis, Clint: Cleatus, Jethro
McBride, Brian: McHead, BMB, Bake
O'Brien, John: JOB
Onyewu, Oguchi: Gooch
Pope, Eddie: The Pope
Quaranta, Santino: Tino, Q1
Wolff, Josh: Wolfie