Hottest USMNT Players Dirrty Dozen: We Swear We're Not Stalkers

Welcome to the 12th installment of the Hottest USMNT discussion! As the title says, we swear we are not stalkers. We simply enjoy looking at the players who represent the red, white and blue because, well, they're pretty easy on the eyes. We love when training camps roll around because that means new pictures, but if its a slow period where there isn't anything going on (see July-December 2006), we'll just post those same three photos of Boca, Demps and Gooch that everyone seems to enjoy.

We welcome everyone! If you've lurked around for a while and don't see your player represented, post his name and we'll do what we can to find pics for you as well.

Even though this is all in fun, there are several rules that must be adhered to:

1. Trolling anywhere on BS is frowned upon, but especially on this thread. It will not be tolerated (The mods have our back). Posting pics from the infamous NYT photo spread has been done in the previous threads and laughed at, so get over it and move on.

2. A picture MUST be posted on every page. While talking about how hot our boys are is great, it's more stimulating to see how hot they are.

3. Give credit to the folks taking the pictures. This is a BIG one. Don't "fix" the pics! If they're watermarked, it's for a reason! They are COPYRIGHTED IMAGES! It's only acceptable when you've found them without. Without the photographers, we would not have 5500+ posts over the course of these threads, so give them their due.

4. If he's been called into camp, he counts. One cap wonder, he counts. Always a benchwarmer and never a sub, he counts. If he's crossed the player pool listing at any point in anyone's memory, he counts. I bring this up because a) at least one of us is awfully fond of GKs, a position for which we have depth wildly outpacing available caps and b) photos of players from years past are always welcome.

5. If it's the player's birthday, try to post a photo.

6. On a matchday when the USMNT has a game, there is a concern about results and spoilers. Please avoid giving out scores of games until after 72 hours from the end of a given match (per the new policies of this forum). If in doubt, then use the "result" tags -- for those that don't know, it's done accordingly: [ result] yadda yadda yadda [ /result] (minus the spaces inside the opening bracket). Please note that this request applies to photo captions as well as to open discussions.

All previous threads:
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I'll do another Best 11 (or maybe it'll be the Dirrty Dozen). For now, my favorite three guys:







Also, a special shout-out to Cyn who started this phenomenon! Way to take the initiative!

 

Yes, actually:

Hottest USWNT

 

The Hottest USMNT Player Thread proudly presents:

The Dirrty Dozen
Name - # of pics (rank last thread/# of pics in last thread)
1. Carlos Bocanegra - 56 pics (2/57)
2. Benny Feilhaber - 42 pics (28/1)
3. Clint Dempsey - 33 pics (1/60)
4. Oguchi Onyweu - 23 pics (4/25)
5. Taylor Twellman - 21 pics (16/3)
6. Michael Bradley - 14 pics (NR/0)
7. Jonathan Bornstein - 9 (16/3)
7. Landon Donovan - 9 (6/12)
7. Pat Noonan - 9 (5/21)
7. Heath Pearce - 9 (28/1)
7. Jonathan Spector - 9 (NR/0)
12. Pablo Mastroeni - 7 (10/5)

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--A full list to follow--

 

Oooooh man.... Thank you for this:

 

The full results:

Rank - Name - # of pics (rank last thread/# of pics in last thread)
1. Carlos Bocanegra - 56 pics (2/57)
2. Benny Feilhaber - 42 pics (28/1)
3. Clint Dempsey - 33 pics (1/60)
4. Oguchi Onyweu - 23 pics (4/25)
5. Taylor Twellman - 21 pics (16/3)
6. Michael Bradley - 14 pics (NR/0)
7. Jonathan Bornstein - 9 (16/3)
7. Landon Donovan - 9 (6/12)
7. Pat Noonan - 9 (5/21)
7. Heath Pearce - 9 (28/1)
7. Jonathan Spector - 9 (NR/0)
12. Pablo Mastroeni - 7 (10/5)
13. Jimmy Conrad - 6 (8/10)
13. Frankie Hejduk - 6* (24/2)
15. Brian McBride - 5 (3/29)
16. DaMarcus Beasley - 4 (NR/0)
16. Brian Ching - 4 (NR/0)
16. Bobby Convey - 4 (7/11)
16. Brad Guzan - 4 (16/3)
16. Tim Howard - 4 (16/3)
16. Michael Parkhurst - 4 (16/3)
22. Kyle Beckerman - 3 (10/5)
22. Marcus Hahnemann - 3 (14/4)
22. Kasey Keller - 3 (14/4)
22. Sacha Kljestan - 3 (28/1)
22. John O'Brien - 3 (9/8)
27. Steve Cherundolo - 2 (16/3)
27. Chris Rolfe - 2 (10/5)
29. Bobby Boswell - 1 (24/2)
29. Ricardo Clark - 1 (28/1)
29. Jay DeMerit - 1 (24/2)
29. Herculez Gomez - 1 (NR/0)
29. Justin Mapp - 1 (NR/0)
29. Clint Mathis - 1 (NR/0)
29. Eddie Pope - 1 (NR/0)
29. Steve Ralston - 1 (NR/0)


*All pictures from Post-GC Final Celebration

Analysis
36 Different players posted, showing that we appreciate variety.

Biggest Gainer: Benny Feilhaber, jumped 27 spots from #28 to #2

Biggest Loser: Chris Rolfe, dropped 17 spots from #10 to #27 (think Heath jinxed him?)

And I haven't gone through the other threads (there is a plan to), so I'm sure a lot of these guys have been posted but they weren't in Thread #10. Here are the "newbies:"
DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Bradley, Brian Ching, Herculez Gomez, Justin Mapp, Clint Mathis, Eddie Pope, Steve Ralston