I like Chris Pontius from DC United. He's been pretty great in his rookie season. Check out the rest of my Gold Cup additions below. http://www.bteambombers.com/2009-07-02/us-gold-cup-wish-list/
This is a good game to start the attacking youngsters like: -----------cooper--------------davies---------------- ----------------------adu------------------------------ --rogers-----------beckerman----------------holden-- pearse-----marshall-------conrand-------cherundolo -----------------------robles------------------------- marshall is a must because he is real good in the air. Ching should be used in the honduras game instead.
Don't mind that formation although I prefer Perkins as keeper. I do disagree with you wanting Ching to play in the Honduras game. Whoever starts in this game needs to start against Honduras. They're a tough squad with depth, the last thing we need to do is put in a guy who's coming off a minor injury, playing cold. We need consistency. Bradley while a frustrating coach, isn't a dumb person and knows without a final appearance his head can be on the chopping block. His tactics are already coming under fire and the fact he brings a B squad to play in a tournament that means a lot to us means he must go deep into it. No worries about getting out of the group although I think we'll struggle for first in it with Honduras fielding their A team. Costa Rica has proven to be a mettle and Mexico appears to be getting back on track and will be out for blood against us (literally). I don't think the fans will stand for us to drop out early or in a poor way and allow Bradley to say "well I thought it best to bring in the B squad." Mind you I'd be a happy fan to see Bradley go as a year is enough to get a new coach in and get the team playing his way. Last chance USSF....
I would hazard that the Bradley's general preference would be: ---------------Ching-----Davies --------- -----Clark--------Holden-------Adu ------------------Beckerman --------- ---Pearce-----------------------Cherundolo --------------Parkhurst--Conrad --------------------- with the only new addition being Clark. The full team needs to add another d-mid with Edu and Jones being out, so I'd expect Cronin to get a long look.
Honestly I have hardly seen Pause play, but in the Superliga he got schooled by an 18 year old from Tigres.