US Squad Numbers (and Kit question)

Getting either one would be accurate. Squad numbers go by seniority, so if Gooch is named to a team that also features Boca, Gooch gets 22 and Boca gets 4. If, as in the Gold Cup, Boca's sitting out, Gooch wears 4. Get whichever number you like better.

A similar example from my own closet: I've got a Dempsey jersey with 2 on it, because that's the number he wears for his club and what he was wearing when he scored in the England friendly, but 8 would've been equally valid; he'll wear either one depending on where Bruce has him in the lineup. My husband's Ralston jersey reads 14, again because that's also his club number, but 19 would've worked just as well.

 

I've also seen him wearing 2, but if Dempsey makes the squad he'll want the 2 jersey. I'd say Gooch will use 22 at the WC.

 

Same thing happens with Beasley and Lewis. DMB changes between 7 and 17 for the Nats depending on the status of Lewis. He wears 11 for PSV.

I'd go with 22 as that's what he wore when he dominated Mexico. Good karma with that number.

 

While we're on the subject: so is it just out of superstition/tradition/preference that Keller wears 18 rather than 1?

 

Onyewu if you want to look formal, Gooch if you want to be cool..I mean cooler

 

Get both--just wait until the current kit template is replaced and therefore discounted at various retailers, and get Gooch on that one and Onyewu on the current one.

Come to think of it, I think I'll do just that and get a sale jersey reading TEABAG.

 

I'd go with Gooch on the back........... What happen's if Mastro make the team ??? In 02 he too wore four........

 

In 2002 Mastroeni was at the bottom of the seniority list, and he wore whatever left over from 1-23.