News: Bruce Arena Calls 26 Players for October Qualifiers Against Panama and T&T

Orozco returns, Feilhaber returns, Agudelo gets called in and classified as a midfielder.

I wonder if Zardes is ready to go after his groin injury last night.

What's interesting about Feilhaber is that he's actually come off the bench in their last two matches since winning the US Open Cup final. I wonder if he's been carrying an injury or whether Vermes is trying some squad rotation with a playoff spot assured.

I think this demonstrates that Arena has not been thrilled with the effectiveness of Fabian Johnson in midfield.

Miazga missing out is the biggest disappointment for me.

 

This is absolutely atrocious.

 

Did anyone expect different?

 

Beasley and Zusi yet again.

 

Once again, Bruce goes for the boring option. It just doesn't make sense? What about Miazga who's consistently starting for an Eredivisie team. I just have to assume Chandler doesn't want to play for the USMNT again because he surely deserves another shot. This is before even getting started with Zardes/Agudelo over Johnson. At this point I'd rather see Justen Glad than Zusi or Orozco.. once again so disappointed with this roster.

 

I didn't expect fxcking Wondo.

 

The worst thing is, if these guys don't get the job done you just know it's gonna be the same group more or less to face Australia.

 

I am taking a knee in protest of this roster.

 

im glad to see some of the new faces...sad to see some of the old faces.

......and wish bruce didnt weigh experience so heavily in his selections.

 

Some frightening names on that roster. Still light to be more than enough talent to get the job done. Just need to do it.

 

There are at least 50 guys more deserving of a US national team call up than Gyasi Zardes... thank you to Gyasi for doing the patriotic thing and getting injured.

Half of this roster is a bad joke, no Horvath, Miazga, McKennie, Glad, Roldan, Morrow, etc. while we get declining geriatrics like Rimando, Beasley, Wondo, and mediocre roster filler like Zusi, Bedoya, Orozco...

Even among the relatively-younger guys there are puzzling inclusions... Is Arena actually watching any games?? Agudelo has one goal in the Revs' last 17 games. Acosta's team is in a death spiral and he's played only 29 minutes since returning from injury.

 

Yea, obviously I'm excited about the Feilhaber inclusion. But there's just too many subpar roster filler types to give Bruce any credit.

Zusi, Bedoya, Beasley, Zardes, Dax, Acosta, Wondo, Rimando, Orozco and, imo, Nagbe. None are good enough to make an impact in Russia.

 

Why not? He’s essentially been called up every time

 

Are you? You claim Agudelo has one goal in 17 games, yet he's played as a striker twice since early July, so that sounds like the comment of someone who doesn't know what they are saying. If you actually look at the roster, you'll see he's classified as a midfielder (so goals would not be an important measure), given he's not playing in an area of the field where he'll score many goals. Whether any of us agree with the classification of him as a midfielder (much better striker), thats where he's been put at the club level, and Arena must recognize that, and will maybe give him a runout in midfield.

And even with Acosta, whether his team is in a death spiral or not, he deserves to be on the roster. I'm not sure thats really a big complaint. He's a big part of the NT's future, so whether his team is struggling or not and whether he's struggling or not, when you got guys like Beasley, Zusi, Orozco, Ream, Wondolowski on the roster, I'm not sure Acosta's a fair complaint, unless we are just going to complain about every player on the roster.

 

He has underperformed at left midfield and it would not surprise me that playing left back at this point might not be in the discussion.

 

Have we had an older roster?

 

If he doesn't want to play LB, he might as well just retire before the World Cup.

Why should we have a guy on the NT who refuses to play certain positions? He only cares about himself not the team?

As far as I'm concerned, I'd much rather Chandler get called up than Johnson. Chandler performs much better than Johnson at the club level. If you actually think about it, Chandler's probably been our best player at the club level this season. He's one of the Bundesliga's best right-backs.

 

Why are we not moving FJ back to LB? That's been his best position for us, and a position we are VERY thin at.

Oh well, at least we know what to expect from this group of players. I believe it was posted in one of the other threads a week or so ago.

 

EPB > Omar
Fab > Villafana
Lichaj >> Zusi
Horvath > Rimando, Howard, Guzan

I could go on, but getting to the midfield and forwards makes me want to punch things.

 

Graham Zusi does not belong on this roster, and Tim Howard is not even 'MLS Good' at this point. That is just two points I wanted to make. If both of those players start, it's over.

 

Agudelo, Fielhaber in, Johnson out. Makes sense. Agoos and Burns as alternates?

 

Didn't Zardes leave yesterday's game with a hamstring injury? Is he completely fine? Going to come to camp injured? Anyone know?

 

#Uninspiring

 

Even despite this uninspiring selection, there should still be enough there to get the points we need. Key word is "should".

Regardless, they've got no excuses for not getting the results