[Turk from Pigs Eye]

Let's see your All-Concacaf team. Could they give Brazil a struggle or All-Conmebol? I bet they could.

[DoyleG]

Central American attackers with an American midfield and a Canadian defensive line.

Just the keeper might be a toss up.

[Treetaliano]

Originally posted by DoyleG
Central American attackers with an American midfield and a Canadian defensive line.

Just the keeper might be a toss up.

Between Friedel on Keller you must mean? Canadian defense? come on...

[Elninho]

My (somewhat biased) selection:

GK Brad Friedel
SW Rafael Marquez
LCB Gilberto Martinez
RCB Eddie Pope
DM Gerardo Torrado
LM Ramón Morales
RM Claudio Reyna
AM Rolando Fonseca
AM Landon Donovan
FW Carlos Ruiz
FW Clint Mathis

Reserves:
GK Kasey Keller
GK Oscar Perez
DF Manuel Vidrio
DF Jason de Vos
DF Mauricio Wright
DF Melvin Brown
MF Francisco Palencia
MF DaMarcus Beasley
MF John O'Brien
FW Brian McBride
FW Jared Borgetti
FW Carlos Pavón

[Treetaliano]

I like that for the most part Elninho..the changes I'd make are:

Switch Perez with Hirschfield
Palencia with Staltieri

Morales is nice, but I'd rather have Arellano..although I realize they play on opposite sides, so I dont know how that would work...

Mauricio Wright is garbage...I'd take McKenna, Sanneh or Carmona over him

Stern John over Pavon

[Sean Donahue]

Originally posted by Elninho
My (somewhat biased) selection:

GK Brad Friedel
SW Rafael Marquez
LCB Gilberto Martinez
RCB Eddie Pope
DM Gerardo Torrado
LM Ramón Morales
RM Claudio Reyna
AM Rolando Fonseca
AM Landon Donovan
FW Carlos Ruiz
FW Clint Mathis

Reserves:
GK Kasey Keller
GK Oscar Perez
DF Manuel Vidrio
DF Jason de Vos
DF Mauricio Wright
DF Melvin Brown
MF Francisco Palencia
MF DaMarcus Beasley
MF John O'Brien
FW Brian McBride
FW Jared Borgetti
FW Carlos Pavón

I would switch Mathis and McBride and add Ralston as a sub. (I know he didn't play in the World Cup, but I think he would have helped the U.S. if he had.)

[Turk from Pigs Eye]

See this thread for some suggestions:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showt...489#post608489

How about Cuoutemoc Blanco, Dwight Yorke, Stern John, Tony Sannah, DaMarcus Beasley, and Paulo Wanchope- don't they have a place on the team?

[TopDogg]

If this team is based on current form, I'd say Radzinski should be one of the two starting strikers.

Switch him with Ruiz.

[Elninho]

CONCACAF's deep in strikers. I was considering putting in Radzinski or Wanchope and dropping Pavón.

[Martin Fischer]

Originally posted by DoyleG
Central American attackers with an American midfield and a Canadian defensive line.

Just the keeper might be a toss up.

Canadian defensive line???? We certainly would not use any entire line from CONCACAF's 7th best team.

Based on performance in the World Cup and club play since the World Cup:

First Team: 4 Mexicans, 3 - USA, 2 - Costa Rica, 1 - Guatemala, 1- Canada.
All: Mexico - 10, USA - 9, Costa Rica - 5, Canada - 5, Guatemala - 1, Jamaica - 1, Panama -1.

First Team
Goalie - Brad Friedel
Defender - Rafael Marquez
Defender - Eddie Pope
Defender - Gilberto Martinez
Right Mid - Jesus Arrellano
Left Mid - Ramon Morales
DMid - G. Torrado
Central mid - Claudio Reyna
Attacking Mid - Rolando Fonseca
Forward - Carlos Ruiz
Forward - Radzinski

COMMENTS:
1. The back line picks itself. I did consider the Canadian DeVos as he is a good player. But playing at the 3rd level in England and lack of a World Cup indicates to me that he didn't accomplish as much as Pope this year.
2. Reyna played mostly in the center for club and country and he is the best in CONCACAF at this type of role.
3. Fonseca versus Donovan is close, but Donovan was kind of mediocre in MLS this year.
4. Mathis is one of the best players in CONCACAF, but he just didn't actually perform well enough in MLS or the world Cup to make the cut. Radzinski's club play deserves recognition.

Honorable Mention
Goalies: Keller, Perez
Defenders: DeVos, Kevin McKenna, Jim Brennan, Tony Sanneh, Mauricio Wright, Manuel Vidrio
Midfielders: John O'Brien, Pablo Mastroeni, Walter Centeno, Palencia, Staliteri, Donovan, Johan Rodriguez, Ricardo Gardner, Mauricio Solis
Forwards: Mathis, Blanco, dely Valdes, Borghetti, McBride