1/18/03 USMNT vs. Denmark from Victoria Street

[nyrmetros]

According to ESPNs SportsWizard TV Listings:

ESPN: 01-18-2004 3:30 pm ET to 5:30 pm ET
USA Mens Soccer vrs Denmark. Home Depot Center, Carson, CA, USA.


Bring on the Danes!
Hope Sam's Army and the other USA supporters will make the HDC rock!

[Bruce S]

cool.Though I wish we were playing them in Europe.Our boys need more away games, but I guess Demark in January is unrealistic.Is Denmark in Euro 04?

[UxSxAxfooty]

Didn't Denmark recently beat England? What was the final of that match?

[lond2345]

Originally posted by UxSxAxfooty
Didn't Denmark recently beat England?

yes but I doubt they will bring their stars.

[Wolves_67]

Originally posted by lond2345
yes but I doubt they will bring their stars. Perhaps Uncle Phil and the contract will have something to say about that! :)

[MD_05]

who does Denmark have?

I can't wait to see the US play in the HDC. that will be a sight worth remembering.

[Wolves_67]

I'm worried they will make the tickets so pricey they will have a hard time selling it out.
They will actually have to promote this thing.

[appoo]

Originally posted by MD_05
who does Denmark have?

Thomas Helveg - D - AC Milan
Martin Laursen - D - AC Milan
Jon Dahl Tommasoon - Striker - AC Milan
Niklas Jensen - LB - Mancity
Peter Lovenkrands - F - Rangers
Thomas Sorenson - GK - ???
Thomas Graveson - MF - Schalke

coutesey of Championship Manager

Thats some good pedigree there. Also, the majority of their squad will be on Winter break

[Wolves_67]

Originally posted by appooOnU

Thomas Sorenson - GK - ???
He was with Sunderland.. I don't know now.

[Femfa]

Damn and double damn!

I'll be in Brazil - which would normally be a good thing, but I'm sorry to miss this. Wish the boys luck for me and cheer like crazy!

[GIO17]

What about the Quakes own Ronnie Ekelund? Isn't he gonna be on that Danish Nats side?

[juventino3]

Originally posted by Wolves_67
He was with Sunderland.. I don't know now.

Aston Villa now. He is a very good goalkeeper.

[juventino3]

Originally posted by GIO17
What about the Quakes own Ronnie Ekelund? Isn't he gonna be on that Danish Nats side?

8 years ago maybe :D

[juventino3]

This is a good test for our team. When both teams are at full strength they are very evenly matched. More good Danish players:

Gronkjaer (Chelsea) - Very strong left winger
Jorgensen (Lazio) - Two goals against England in recent friendly
Sand (Schalke) - Former Bundersliga top scorer and player of the year
Rommedahl (PSV) - Extremely gifted right winger. Very fast.
Claus Jensen (Charlton) - Strong central midfielder

If all these players show up for the friendly, it will be an interesting contest.

[sch2383]

This is the level our friendlies should be at. You figure both teams will bring in their B/B+ teams so the teams should be evenly matched.

[mosler]

A little info on past results

They won Group 2 of Euro qualifying vs. Norway, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Luxembourg.

For WC2002 qualifying they won their group again vs. Czech Rep., Bulgaria, Iceland, N. Ireland and Malta.

In World Cup 2002 - Group Play
Beat Uruguay 2-1
Tied Senegal 1-1
Beat France 2-0
Won the group

Round of 16
Lost to England 0-3

[juventino3]

Originally posted by mosler
A little info on past results

They won Group 2 of Euro qualifying vs. Norway, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Luxembourg.

For WC2002 qualifying they won their group again vs. Czech Rep., Bulgaria, Iceland, N. Ireland and Malta.

In World Cup 2002 - Group Play
Beat Uruguay 2-1
Tied Senegal 1-1
Beat France 2-0
Won the group

Round of 16
Lost to England 0-3

Lets not forget that Denmark won Euro '92. This is a great footballing nation with a population of around 6 million. They are perhaps one of the most underrated teams.

[mosler]

Originally posted by juventino3
Lets not forget that Denmark won Euro '92. This is a great footballing nation with a population of around 6 million. They are perhaps one of the most underrated teams.

Absolutely agree. It should be a great test for our boys.

I can't wait to see the Nats play again!

[um_chili]

This is unbelievably good news. I had been planning a trip to LA that weekend. It just got a whole lot better.

[dcc134]

Nice match up, but I doubt the big EPL players will be coming. With no winter break few managers are going to be enthusiastic about their players flying all the way to LA for a friendly.

My guess is we'll see players who are on winter break, or are on the margins of the national team, but have an opportunity to make the roster for Euro 04.

Still will be a good matchup, as I doubt well have many of our Euro boys over for the match.