[Georgia Empire]

Some guys a lot of players suggest to be a part of the 2010 World Cup look to be on the outside looking in and also, although it's nearly impossible to predict our player pool for 2014...it's not so hard for 2010-2011.

So what players are candidates for earning call-ups in the early friendlies and camp cupcake after the world cup?

GOALKEEPERS
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins, Luis Robles, Will Hesmer, Matt Pickens
outlook-Chris Seitz, Dominic Cervi, Brian Perk, Josh Lambo, Ian Joyce, Earl Edwards, Bill Hamid

FULLBACKS
Jonathan Spector, Marvell Wynne, Frankie Simek, Michael Harrington, Edgar Castillo, Heath Pearce, Jonathan Bornstein, Erich Lichaj, Anthony Wallace, Brek Shea, Brad Evans, Rodney Wallace (citizenship?), Tim Ward, Michael Orozco, Geoff Cameron, Dax McCarty, Kevin Alston, Nathan Sturgis, Jeremy Hall
outlook-Sheannon Williams, Jorge Flores

CENTERBACKS
Maurice Edu, Jonathan Spector, Omar Gonzalez, Oguchi Onyewu, Zak Whitbread, Michael Orozco, Michael Parkhurst, Sean Franklin, Chad Marshall, Bobby Boswell, Clarence Goodson, Geoff Cameron
outlook-Ofori Sarkodie, Ike Opara, Darrius Barnes, Mykell Bates, Gale Agbossoumande

MIDFIELDERS
Jermaine Jones, Michael Bradley, Sacha Kljestan, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Danny Szetela, Dax McCarty, Jose Torres, Sam Cronin, Ricardo Clark, Kyle Beckerman, Brian Carroll, Anton Peterlin, Stuart Holden
outlook-Jared Jeffrey, Bryan Arguez, Alejandro Bedoya, Sam Garza, Cesar Zamora, Michael Stephens, Danny Cruz, Carlos Martinez, Sebastian Lletget, Luis Gil

ATTACKERS
Brad Evans, Robbie Rogers, Jose Torres, Justin Mapp, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Mikkel Diskerud, Sal Zizzo, Jemal Johnson, Eddie Gaven, Freddy Adu, Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Benny Feilhaber, Santino Quaranta, DaMarcus Beasley, Mike Magee, Chris Pontius
outlook-Felix Garcia, Gerson Mayen, Jorge Flores, Vincenzo Bernardo, Dilly Duka, Jonathan Villanueva, Alex Nimo, Charles Renken

FORWARDS
Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Marcus Tracy, Eddie Johnson, Kenny Cooper, Charlie Davies, Robbie Findley, Conor Casey, Chad Barrett
outlook-Peri Marosevic, Mike Grella, Ellis McLoughlin, Steffen Jerome, Cody Arnoux, Fuad Ibrahim, Johann Smith, Joseph-Claude Gyau, Chris Agorsor, Jack McInerney, Tony Taylor, Tristan Bowen, Preston Zimmermann, Andre Akpan, Gabe Ferrari


my [current] group for selection for the hopeful upcoming fall/winter friendlies 2010
(3) GK
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins
Alternate-Dominc Cervi, Luis Robles

(11) DEF
Jonathan Spector, Frankie Simek, Eric Lichaj, Edgar Castillo, Jonathan Bornstein, Heath Pearce, Chad Marshall, Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Orozco, Zak Whitbread, Michael Parkhurst
Alternate-Clarence Goodson, Sean Franklin, Geoff Cameron, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin

(13) MID
Maurice Edu, Jermaine Jones, Michael Bradley, Benny Feilhaber, Jose Torres, Ricardo Clark, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Freddy Adu, Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Robbie Rogers, Mikkel Diskerud
Alternate-Anton Peterlin, Jemal Johnson, Sal Zizzo, Chris Pontius, Eddie Gaven, Santino Quaranta, Danny Szetela

(5) FWD
Jozy Altidore, Kenny Cooper, Charlie Davies, Marcus Tracy, Eddie Johnson, Alternate-Cody Arnoux, Mike Grella


my current group for selection for camp cupcake (considering all stay in Scan. or MLS)
(4)GK
Troy Perkins, Matt Pickens, Will Hesmer, Chris Seitz
Alternate-Brian Perk, Josh Lambo

(12)DEF
Geoff Cameron, Marvell Wynne, Anthony Wallace, Brek Shea, Chad Marshall, Omar Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst, Jonathan Bornstein, Sean Franklin, Bobby Boswell, Tim Ward, Clarence Goodson
Alternate-Nathan Sturgis, Michaell Harrington, Kevin Alston, Jeremy Hall

(12) MID
Santino Quaranta, Eddie Gaven, Chris Pontius, Robbie Rogers, Mikkel Diskerud, Sacha Kljestan, Benny Feilhaber, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, Brad Evans, Danny Szetela, Sam Cronin
Alternate-Kyle Beckerman, Brian Carroll, Dax McCarty, Justin Mapp, Mike Magee

(4) FWD
Robbie Findley, Chad Barrett, Marcus Tracy, Conor Casey
Alternate-Peri Marosevic, Fuad Ibrahim

[Georgia Empire]

my [current] group for selection for the hopeful upcoming fall/winter friendlies 2010
(3) GK
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins
Alternate-Dominc Cervi, Luis Robles

(11) DEF
Jonathan Spector, Frankie Simek, Eric Lichaj, Edgar Castillo, Jonathan Bornstein, Heath Pearce, Chad Marshall, Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Orozco, Zak Whitbread, Michael Parkhurst
Alternate-Clarence Goodson, Sean Franklin, Geoff Cameron, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin

(13) MID
Maurice Edu, Jermaine Jones, Michael Bradley, Benny Feilhaber, Jose Torres, Ricardo Clark, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Freddy Adu, Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Robbie Rogers, Mikkel Diskerud
Alternate-Anton Peterlin, Jemal Johnson, Sal Zizzo, Chris Pontius, Eddie Gaven, Santino Quaranta, Danny Szetela, DaMarcus Beasley

(4) FWD
Jozy Altidore, Kenny Cooper, Charlie Davies, Marcus Tracy
Alternate-Eddie Johnson, Cody Arnoux, Mike Grella

considering we play 2 games:

Game 1:
--------------Altidore----Davies---------------
-------------------Feilhaber-------------------
(Cpt) Donovan-------------------------Dempsey
---------------------Jones---------------------
Castillo----------------------------------Spector
-------------Marshall-------Onyewu------------
---------------------Howard--------------------

Bench: Guzan, Orozco, Lichaj, R. Clark, Bradley, Rogers, Cooper

Game 2:
---------------Altidore---Donovan(Cpt)-------------
----------------------Adu--------------------------
--------Torres-----------------------Holden--------
---------------------Bradley------------------------
Castillo---------------------------------------Spector
---------------Marshall------Onyewu----------------
----------------------Guzan-------------------------

Bench: Perkins, Simek, Whitbread, Edu, Kljestan, Diskerud, Cooper

my current group for selection for camp cupcake (considering all stay in Scan. or MLS)
(4)GK
Troy Perkins, Matt Pickens, Will Hesmer, Chris Seitz
Alternate-Brian Perk, Josh Lambo

(12)DEF
Geoff Cameron, Marvell Wynne, Anthony Wallace, Brek Shea, Chad Marshall, Omar Gonzalez, Michael Parkhurst, Jonathan Bornstein, Sean Franklin, Bobby Boswell, Tim Ward, Clarence Goodson
Alternate-Nathan Sturgis, Michaell Harrington, Kevin Alston, Jeremy Hall

(12) MID
Santino Quaranta, Eddie Gaven, Chris Pontius, Robbie Rogers, Mikkel Diskerud, Sacha Kljestan, Benny Feilhaber, Ricardo Clark, Stuart Holden, Brad Evans, Danny Szetela, Sam Cronin
Alternate-Kyle Beckerman, Brian Carroll, Dax McCarty, Justin Mapp, Mike Magee

(4) FWD
Robbie Findley, Chad Barrett, Marcus Tracy, Conor Casey
Alternate-Peri Marosevic, Fuad Ibrahim

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considering again we play 2 games
Game 1
--------------Findley-----Tracy------------
Pontius-------------------------------Diskerud
---------R. Clark------------Feilhaber-------
Bornstein-----------------------------Cameron
---------Gonzalez----------Marshall----------
--------------------Perkins-------------------


Bench: Pickens, Franklin, Shea, Szetela, Cronin, Evans, Barrett

Game 2
--------------Findley------Tracy------------
Rogers----------------------------------Quaranta
---------Kljestan--------------Holden---------
Wallace---------------------------------Wynne
----------Parkhurst-----------Marshall--------
----------------------Perkins-----------------

Bench: Hesmer, Goodson, Shea, Gaven, Szetela, R. Clark, Casey

[HeMan]

Originally Posted by Georgia Empire

Some guys a lot of players suggest to be a part of the 2010 World Cup look to be on the outside looking in and also, although it's nearly impossible to predict our player pool for 2014...it's not so hard for 2010-2011.

So what players are candidates for earning call-ups in the early friendlies and camp cupcake after the world cup?

GOALKEEPERS
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins, Luis Robles, Will Hesmer, Matt Pickens
outlook-Chris Seitz, Dominic Cervi, Brian Perk, Josh Lambo, Ian Joyce, Earl Edwards, Bill Hamid

FULLBACKS
Jonathan Spector, Marvell Wynne, Frankie Simek, Michael Harrington, Edgar Castillo, Heath Pearce, Jonathan Bornstein, Erich Lichaj, Anthony Wallace, Brek Shea, Brad Evans, Rodney Wallace (citizenship?), Tim Ward, Michael Orozco, Geoff Cameron, Dax McCarty, Kevin Alston, Nathan Sturgis, Jeremy Hall
outlook-Sheannon Williams, Jorge Flores

CENTERBACKS
Maurice Edu, Jonathan Spector, Omar Gonzalez, Oguchi Onyewu, Zak Whitbread, Michael Orozco, Michael Parkhurst, Sean Franklin, Chad Marshall, Bobby Boswell, Clarence Goodson, Geoff Cameron
outlook-Ofori Sarkodie, Ike Opara, Darrius Barnes, Mykell Bates, Gale Agbossoumande

MIDFIELDERS
Jermaine Jones, Michael Bradley, Sacha Kljestan, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Danny Szetela, Dax McCarty, Jose Torres, Sam Cronin, Ricardo Clark, Kyle Beckerman, Brian Carroll, Anton Peterlin, Stuart Holden
outlook-Jared Jeffrey, Bryan Arguez, Alejandro Bedoya, Sam Garza, Cesar Zamora, Michael Stephens, Danny Cruz, Carlos Martinez, Sebastian Lletget, Luis Gil

ATTACKERS
Brad Evans, Robbie Rogers, Jose Torres, Justin Mapp, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Mikkel Diskerud, Sal Zizzo, Jemal Johnson, Eddie Gaven, Freddy Adu, Stuart Holden, Sacha Kljestan, Benny Feilhaber, Santino Quaranta, DaMarcus Beasley, Mike Magee, Chris Pontius
outlook-Felix Garcia, Gerson Mayen, Jorge Flores, Vincenzo Bernardo, Dilly Duka, Jonathan Villanueva, Alex Nimo, Charles Renken

FORWARDS
Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Marcus Tracy, Eddie Johnson, Kenny Cooper, Charlie Davies, Robbie Findley, Conor Casey, Chad Barrett
outlook-Peri Marosevic, Mike Grella, Ellis McLoughlin, Steffen Jerome, Cody Arnoux, Fuad Ibrahim, Johann Smith, Joseph-Claude Gyau, Chris Agorsor, Jack McInerney, Tony Taylor, Tristan Bowen, Preston Zimmermann, Andre Akpan, Gabe Ferrari

My depth chart right after the cup:

GK Howard, Guzan
------1-Howard, 2-Guzan, 3-Perkins, 4-Robles, 5-Pickens, 6-Hesmer

RB Spector, Cameron, Lichaj
------1-Spector, 2-Cameron, 3-Lichaj, 4-Wynne, 5-Simek, [6-Ward]

CB Onyewu, Spector, Marshall, Edu, Gonzalez
-------1-Onyewu, [2-Spector], 3-Marshall, [4-Edu], 5-Gonzalez, 6-Whitbread, [7-Cameron,] 8-Parkhurst

LB Bornstein, Castillo, Pearce
-------[1-Spector], 2-Bornstein, 3-Castillo, 4-Pearce, 5-Wallace, 6-Shea, [7-Orozco], 8-Ward, 9-Harrington

CM Bradley, Jones, Edu
--------1-Bradley, 2-Jones, 3-Edu, [4-Feilhaber,] 5-R. Clark, [6-Torres,] [7-Holden,] 8-Kljestan, 9-Szetela, 10-Cronin, 11-Peterlin

LM: Donovan, Torres
-------1-Donovan, [2-Dempsey,] 3-Torres, [4-Adu,] [5-Diskerud,] 6-Rogers, 7-Pontius, 8-Beasley, [9-Kljestan], [10-Castillo], [11-Bornstein]

RM: Dempsey, Holden
-------[1-Donovan,] 2-Dempsey, [3-Feilhaber,] 4-Holden, 5-Diskerud, [6-Adu,] 7-Quaranta, [8-Kljestan,] 9-Zizzo, 10-J. Johnson, 11-Gaven

AM: Feilhaber, Adu, Diskerud
-------[1-Donovan], [2-Dempsey], 3-Feilhaber, 4-Adu, [5-Holden], [6-Torres], [7-Diskerud], [8-Kljestan]

FW: Altidore, Davies, Cooper
----[1-Donovan], 2-Altidore, [3-Dempsey], 4-Davies, 5-Cooper, 6-Findley, 7-Tracy, 8-E. Johnson, 9-Casey, 10-Arnoux

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[silverlion]

Can someone that follows FC Dallas confirm Brek Shea's position? I know that he started out as a wing-back but that was at the u17 level, possibly before he grew up to be 6'3" and showing he's attacking abilities. When I saw him at the toulon tournament and the few times I've seen him play this season he played as a forward.



Also, I think Kamani Hill, Jared Jeffrey, and some of the u20 central defenders should be given a shot once they find a club. I'd also like to see Rogers with the full team, now that Beasley and Adu are out of the picture for the time being he should be given some time to absorb the pressure.

[Clint Eastwood]

Originally Posted by silverlion

Can someone that follows FC Dallas confirm Brek Shea's position? I know that he started out as a wing-back but that was at the u17 level, possibly before he grew up to be 6'3" and showing he's attacking abilities. When I saw him at the toulon tournament and the few times I've seen him play this season he played as a forward.

Hyndman and FCD have been trying to figure that one out. He's been at left mid the last coupling of games, but has been inconsistent (as you might expect from a young player). They've made room for him, though, by moving van Den Bergh into the middle.

It's still a work in progress.

I'd love to see him at left back, personally. However, FCD just went out and got a left back from Colombia (Benitez) who's played really well in his first couple of games. At forward I guess he could fill the "Kenny Cooper role," but FCD has looked so freakin' dangerous with Cunningham and Ferreira up there recently.

Just another problem young players in MLS face.

[ugaaccountant]

I would first prefer to hire an experienced good coach. Then that coach can work with our core players and slowly integrate any kids. We are not an old team at all right now. The only logical retirement would be Frankie Hejduk. Everyone else deserves a shot to continue towards 2014.

[silverlion]

Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood

Hyndman and FCD have been trying to figure that one out. He's been at left mid the last coupling of games, but has been inconsistent (as you might expect from a young player). They've made room for him, though, by moving van Den Bergh into the middle.

It's still a work in progress.

I'd love to see him at left back, personally. However, FCD just went out and got a left back from Colombia (Benitez) who's played really well in his first couple of games. At forward I guess he could fill the "Kenny Cooper role," but FCD has looked so freakin' dangerous with Cunningham and Ferreira up there recently.

Just another problem young players in MLS face.

If they give him a chance I think he can do well in the middle. Thanx.

[Clint Eastwood]

Originally Posted by ugaaccountant

I would first prefer to hire an experienced good coach. Then that coach can work with our core players and slowly integrate any kids. We are not an old team at all right now. The only logical retirement would be Frankie Hejduk. Everyone else deserves a shot to continue towards 2014.

Mastroeni, too. Great servant to the USMNT, but his time may even be done already.

Keller hasn't "officially" retired, but he'll do that after WC10. No point in hanging on. And Hahnemann will surely retire too.

I'd also imagine Brian Ching will retire from the USMNT, as he'll be 32 by WC10.

Other than them, our roster is pretty darn young..........and set up to make a good challenge during the 2014 cycle.

[ugaaccountant]

Originally Posted by Clint Eastwood

Mastroeni, too. Great servant to the USMNT, but his time may even be done already.

Keller hasn't "officially" retired, but he'll do that after WC10. No point in hanging on. And Hahnemann will surely retire too.

I'd also imagine Brian Ching will retire from the USMNT, as he'll be 32 by WC10.

Other than them, our roster is pretty darn young..........and set up to make a good challenge during the 2014 cycle.

A good experienced coach wouldn't need Ching to retire to quit calling him up. Nor would he look at 40+ goalies and call them in.

Mastro is another that would be a logical retirement though if he makes our WC team somehow.