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Soccerprep
02 May 2006, 11:29 PM
I did not see it here, so here it is:
Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), Tim Howard (Manchester United), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Cory Gibbs (ADO Den Haag), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Eddie Lewis (Leeds United), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)
Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Bobby Convey (Reading), Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), John O'Brien (Chivas USA), Ben Olsen (D.C. United), Claudio Reyna (Manchester City)
Forwards: Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Brian McBride (Fulham), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards).
rizzuto123
03 May 2006, 12:46 AM
I noticed most of the defenders are from europen leagues, does arena want more experienced defenders from europe to handle the europen attackers of czechs and italy?
also it will be interesting to see what eddie johnson can do, doesn he have 7 goals in 8 caps?
bdot
03 May 2006, 04:02 AM
Crap. Wolff and Pope on the team. That hurts.
Pope is always getting beat on defense.
Wolff has no ability to cross the ball... but then 99% of US players can't cross the ball. I don't think they practice crosses. They practice getting to the corner with the ball and then passing it to the defensive guy 10 ft away.
fatius
03 May 2006, 11:09 AM
They practice getting to the corner with the ball and then passing it to the defensive guy 10 ft away.
hahah. Sadly, it seems to be true.
MikeLastort2
03 May 2006, 01:11 PM
Wow, this thread makes some of the dumbest stuff in the USMNT forum looks brilliant by comparison.
:D
EddieFan
03 May 2006, 02:30 PM
Brian Ching?!? The cherry picker?!?
BED-STYPUNDIT
03 May 2006, 02:31 PM
Much more calm and sane here, Johnson now has 9 goals in 17 caps, i think, just so you could know.
BED-STYPUNDIT
03 May 2006, 02:32 PM
Brian Ching?!? The cherry picker?!?
Yup, over Twelly Tell
grandinquisitor28
03 May 2006, 02:44 PM
The only justification for Ching is height (he's taller than Twellman, and Rolfe, the only other apparent contenders) and his hot streak in the MLS in April (4 goals in one game, and 1 apiece in two others). Twellman strikes me as far more likely to snatch a lucky goal in the box than Ching having any impact of any sort. Kinda bizarre decision to me.
Conrad over some of the other guys was a bit weird, but I imagine because Conrad's younger, a great lockeroom presence and could handle being benched better than Berhalter could. Olsen's a bit strange, but like Conrad, he's a great presence in the lockeroom, a leader and fighter who isn't intimidated by anyone and was a terrific player who appeared on the way to the EPL with Nottingham or via Transfer several years ago before the devastating leg/ankle injury happened.
Overall, pretty conservative roster, and yes I'm sick of Wolff too, 1 goal in the run of play in his last 22 matches for the US National team, and most of those games were against horrible to mediocre concacaf sides. I think he's just a comfort thing, with his knowledge of how to apply Arena's preferences and strategies and while no skill at finishing it seems, he still is very good finding openings in defenses and making runs that free up other players.
Still, we all knew we'd advance, or not based on our top 15 or so players, we don't have a deep bench because the youths who played in '01 and '03 WYC's have almost uniformally not made strong enough inroads since fast starts. Guys like Buddle, Mapp, Gaven, Johnson and Twellman simply have not left their imprint on anything in terms of the international level as they were hoped to do. This will change in the next cycle because a ton of these guys will be gone.
EntityPacket
03 May 2006, 03:15 PM
I was hoping for Twellman over Ching, but at least Ching is on fire ATM. Hopefully that will continue into the WC. I'm also very glad to see Dempsy got picked. I think he brings a unique element to the table. He is a trouble maker and every team needs someone like him.
Crafty Bernardo
03 May 2006, 03:38 PM
Brian Ching?!? The cherry picker?!?
:confused: :eek: :confused:
I don't get it... Arena must be seeing something that a simpleton like me just doesn't get. If I was an opposing player, Twellman would be infinately more scary to play against than Ching, the way they've both been playing the last year.
Ching plays like his feet grow roots. Twellman's a cocroach on meth (he reminds me of Schillaci from WC '90).
Crafty Bernardo
03 May 2006, 03:44 PM
I was hoping for Twellman over Ching, but at least Ching is on fire ATM. Hopefully that will continue into the WC. I'm also very glad to see Dempsy got picked. I think he brings a unique element to the table. He is a trouble maker and every team needs someone like him.
He is on fire.. in the MLS. They guys a great MLS player, no doubt, but every time he's stepped on the field in a National Team game to this point he's been totally outclassed.
Just my opinion... hope I'm wrong.
ebbro
03 May 2006, 03:57 PM
He is on fire.. in the MLS. They guys a great MLS player, no doubt, but every time he's stepped on the field in a National Team game to this point he's been totally outclassed.
Save the Norway and Japan games, you could say the same about Twellman.
Crafty Bernardo
03 May 2006, 04:51 PM
Save the Norway and Japan games, you could say the same about Twellman.
I disagree.. he missed some gimme's in the other games, but he was still non-stop motion and a ball-magnet in the Penalty area.
BED-STYPUNDIT
03 May 2006, 11:19 PM
Save the Norway and Japan games, you could say the same about Twellman.
Not really, Trindad and Tobago and one Mexico game, plus he helped in the Poland game with little to no service for him in Johnson.
BED-STYPUNDIT
03 May 2006, 11:19 PM
I disagree.. he missed some gimme's in the other games, but he was still non-stop motion and a ball-magnet in the Penalty area.
Yup, and the only beef miss he had on the Nats team I remember was first game aganist Canada this year.
Caesar
03 May 2006, 11:35 PM
Ching plays like his feet grow roots. Twellman's a cocroach on meth (he reminds me of Schillaci from WC '90).
Wow. The guy can't even make the roster for the US, and you're comparing him to the guy at Italia '90 who's only the second player in history to win both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball at the same tournament?
I can't imagine how good the actual squad is.
stephenvd
04 May 2006, 05:46 AM
Why is Freddy Adu not in the squad?
to young?
Caesar
04 May 2006, 06:04 AM
Why is Freddy Adu not in the squad?
to young?
Too crap.
juanse_moncayo
04 May 2006, 07:40 AM
Wow. The guy can't even make the roster for the US, and you're comparing him to the guy at Italia '90 who's only the second player in history to win both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball at the same tournament?
I can't imagine how good the actual squad is.
HAHAHA..Thanks for the comment! It made my day..:D