Quick thought on the MLS All-American XI at this point in the season? GK: Tally Hall (Honorable Mention: Rimando, Keller) DEF: Chad Marshall George John Danny Califf (Honorary Mention: Boswell, Pearce, Moor, Schuler) MID: Brad Davis Eddie Gaven Kyle Beckerman Jack Jewsbury Geoff Cameron (Honorable Mention: Okugo, Larentowicz, Daniel Hernandez) FWD: Chris Wondolowski Will Bruin (Honorable Mention: Charlie Davies, Teal Bunbury ) I think the midfield and defense pick themselves. Up front there's not to much to differentiate a fairly weak crop. Bruin gets a nod due to Houston's surprising success. Wondo is arguably a midfielder too.
well done, but you forgot a big one: Landon Donovan My MLS American Starting XI: GK Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo) DF Danny Califf (Philadelphia Union) DF George John (FC Dallas) DF Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) DF Heath Pearce (CD Chivas) MF Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) MF Jack Jewsbury (Portland Timbers) MF Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) MF Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew) FW Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy) FW Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo) Subs: GK Kasey Keller (Seattle Sounders) DF Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls) DF Nat Borchers (Real Salt Lake) MF Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders) MF Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids) FW Kenny Cooper (Portland Timbers) FW Charlie Davies (DC United) Honorable Mention: GK Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) GK Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew) GK Matt Pickens (Colorado Rapids) GK Dan Kennedy (CD Chivas) DF Bobby Boswell (Houston Dynamo) DF Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles Galaxy) DF Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake) DF Ethan White (DC United) DF Jeff Parke (Seattle Sounders) DF Zach Loyd (FC Dallas) DF Anthony Wallace (Colorado Rapids) DF Rodney Wallace* (Portland Timbers) DF Rich Balchan (Columbus Crew) DF AJ Soares (New England Revolution) DF Eric Brunner (Portland Timbers) DF Sheannon Williams (Philadelphia Union) DF Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo) DF Brandon McDonald (San Jose Earthquakes) DF Drew Moor (Colorado Rapids) DF Ugo Ihemelu (FC Dallas) DF Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy) DF Marvell Wynne (Colorado Rapids) DF Chris Schuler (Real Salt Lake) MF Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew) MF Daniel Hernandez (FC Dallas) MF Dilly Duka (Columbus Crew) MF Chris Pontius (DC United) MF Eric Avila (FC Dallas) MF Bobby Convey (San Jose Earthquakes) MF Kyle Nakazawa (Philadelphia Union) MF Benny Feilhaber (New England Revolution) MF Colleen Warner (Real Salt Lake) MF Stephen McCarthy (New England Revolution) MF Logan Pause (Chicago Fire) MF Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo) MF Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union) MF Dax McCarty (DC United) FW Josh Wolff (DC United) FW Zack Schilawski (New England Revolution) FW Teal Bunbury (Sporting Kansas City) FW Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls) FW Cam Weaver (Houston Dynamo) FW CJ Sapong (Sporting KC) FW Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps) FW Chad Barrett (LA Galaxy) FW Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) Biggest Disappointments: -Sean Johnson -Brek Shea at CB -Perry Kitchen -Eric Alexander -Ike Opara -Chris Wondolowski (although he may be able to turn things around still...he still hasn't reproduced his form from last season) -Teal Bunbury to put his stamp on this league yet.
I really hope Bruin keeps his current form and develop even further. And yeah, this list will evolve over time as some players emerge and others disappoint, but I don't see any big changes nonetheless.
SBI team of the month: American Players Heath Pearce, Bobby Boswell, Chad Marshall, Brad Davis, Jack Jewsbury, Charlie Davies HM: Nat Borchers, Tim Ream, Tally Hall, Omar Gonzalez, and Will Bruin ----------------------- MLS soccer team of the week players: full list is included here: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/mlssoccercom-team-week-week-7 this week: Sheannon Williams, Brad Davis, Corey Ashe, Brad Evans, and Will Bruin. ------------------------- As of right now, the American player of the season so far has to go to Brad Davis. he has been playing out of his skull lately. Honestly, i wouldn't be shocked to see him take Holden's spot on the 23 Gold Cup line-up.
No matter what the list says......you should always start the conversation about MLS/USMNT players with Donovan, Ream, and Agudelo.
Vid1- FFWD to 5:40 mark What other CB(s) in our pool have you seen make a play like that? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ywCuYSQrA&feature=related"]YouTube - George John Highlights[/ame] Vid2- FFWD to 11:11 mark 1v1 VS Kandji (This is the only time ive seen John get turned....look at what happens next)....Kandji was to later get his revenge! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVCSb12d6r4&feature=related"]YouTube - George John[/ame]
I think Chad Marshall used to make plays like that, but then he found out we were talking about him like he was worth something and got spooked.
LOL That must have been a LOONG time ago! No way Marshall presses a player that high up the field now. In the games Ive seen he sits WAY back looking to disrupt passing lane (presumably) recognizing he doesn’t have wheels. Not saying that his technique is less effect (as evidenced by his multiple starting11 awards; but he's a different beast altogether
a quick list of players that impressed me this week: Dan Kennedy (single handed kept Chivas in the game), Tim Ream (what a save! but still probably shouldn't have let Donovan get goal side of him in the first place), Landon Donovan (he's starting to shake the rust off but needs to bury the sitters), and Omar Gonzalez (thought he did well too)
Team of the Week: 7 Goal.com Kevin Hartman, Marvell Wynne, Tim Ream, Daniel Woolard Bench: Kasey Keller, Jonathan Leathers, Jeff Larentowicz, Landon Donovan, Charlie Davies SI Tim Ream, Jeff Larentowicz, Landon Donovan, Rich Balchan SBI Kevin Hartman, Scott Palguta, Tim Ream, Landon Donovan MLSsoccer Kevin Hartman, Heath Pearce, Drew Moor, Tim Ream, Ugo Ihemelu, Charlie Davies Honorable Mention: Colin Clark, Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez, Patrick Ianni, Kasey Keller, Perry Kitchen, Nick LaBrocca, Chad Marshall, Josh Wolff
team of the week 9 SI 5. Team of the Week: Goalkeeper: Matt Reis (New England) Defenders: Mamadou Danso (Portland), Andrew Hainault (Houston), Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake). Midfielders: Andrew Jacobson (Dallas), Juninho (Los Angeles), Benny Feilhaber (New England), Simon Elliott (Chivas USA) Ryan Johnson (San Jose). Forward: Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Justin Braun (Chivas USA). Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/steve_davis/05/16/mls.week9/index.html#ixzz1MZQX2Rnl Justin Braun player of week by soccerbyives, mlssoccer, and goal.com
SBI team of the week 8 Chris Wondolowski-F Justin Braun-F Landon Donovan-M George John-D Jason Hernandez-D Kevin Hartman-G HM: Marvell Wynne-D Benny Feilhaber-M Chris Pontius-M Corben Bone-M Chad Barrett-F Steve Lenhart-F
I think at CB you can count Ream, John At LB, Convey. (mainly because the US has no good LBs) At FW: Wondolowski, Davies, Agudelo, Bunbury. Among these, Agudelo and Wondo especially in the short term because the USMNT needs good finishers and goal poachers.
SI team of the week (10): American Players Nick Rimando, Omar Gonzalez, Jordan Harvey, Jack Jewsbury, Brek Shea SBI player of the week: Jeff Parke
SBI team of the week 9: American players Nick rimando, Jeff Parke, Eric Brunner, Michael Farfan, Bobby Convey, Brad Davis, Landon Donovan HM: Troy Perkins, Heath Pearce, Marvell Wynne, Chris Tierney, Brek Shea, Will Bruin, Chad Barrett goal.com Matt Pickens, Jeff Parke, George John, Tyson Wahl, Nathan Sturgis, Brad Davis, HM: Nick Rimando, Matt Besler, Bobby Convey
note: that unless i missed a week or something, Robbie Rogers has not been mentioned once to one of SI, SBI, or goal.com team of the week... yet he has been called into national team duty. has Rogers justified his position over candidates like Bedoya, Torres, and Diskerud? or even over Davis, Convey, and Shea?
welcome to how I feel... Davis & Bedoya SO deserved to be in the squad & definately deserved it over Rogers. Even Adu on his good form lately, they deserved it over him. They have been better on the stats sheet and better in arguably better leagues. Im not a turkish 2nd division expert but from what Ive seen its pretty dire. Unlucky for Davis... He is one of our best wide mids behind LD & Deuce.
American [potential] starter in MLS.......soon to become cap'd Greek? George John has been called up by the Greeks for a friendly. http://mlsinsiderblog.com/?p=4985
I think a reason Davis has been left off the roster has something to do with assistant coach mike sorber. They have a history together at St. Louis University, and I don't think they like each other too much. I am not saying this is a definite, but if you can't get along with the coach, it doesnt help your cause....just a possibility.
Honestly not sure if this is an exasperated "what?" or something else. I have read that this is less of a call up to be a part of the playing team and more of a "come practice with us while we're in town, see if you like it" kind of opportunity. IMHO, John has been a beast of a CB in MLS this season. No telling if he is ready for that level, but he's damn sure earned the look. IIRC he was called for this January's camp, but couldn't make it for some reason. I assume injury. Hopefully he impresses the Greeks and that accellerates his integration into the U.S. set up. I'd certainly like to see how he stacks up at that level and there's certainly opportunity with us.