Taylor Twellman an alternate? Is anyone as confused as I am about Bruce's decision to put Twellman on the alternate list. If anyone deserves a shot at a non-alternate position it's him.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? I'm surprised he even made alternate. The guy only scores when its doesn't count. In qualifiers, he was 1 in 13 games (?) but he likes to score in friendlies when it doesn't matter. Not WC material.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Ya, I was surprised by that and Chris Albright being an alternate. I thought Twellman deserved it much more than Wolff.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? As far as I am concerned both he and Ching are like the option of last resort, if either get into a WC game its a bad sign. I dont like either of them at the international level. I hope neither sees the light of day in a WC game. I would have rather seen Rolfe but that is my own opinion.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? arena has said all along that it matters how you play week in and week out in the mls. I'm a twellman fan but ching is very hot right now in the league.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Considering how a majority of the pundits picked Twellman and really condemned Ching, yeah, it is, but it is heart stopping news through. Size and goals and a terrific performance aganist the Colorado Rapids (or performances ), and a dramatic late goal aganist Jamaica weighted more than international perfromance of 4 goals and 3 assists, but a 5'10 frame and a slow start to the MLS season. Anyway, off to study and I still get to use Brian "MOONEY IN THE BANK" Ching now, hopefully.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? I think Twellman is a victim of his failure to find the back of the net. Without scoring, TT and Wolff become equal in Bruce's mind and Bruce is always going to take the more experienced player. Wolff played on WC 2002 team so he gets nod over TT for two forwards struggling to find net. Albright has pushed for inclusion over last couple weeks, but turns out it was too little too late. I think BA likes Conrad from camp in January and last 2 weeks Conrad has shown he has recovered from his injury. I think BA would rather slide Gibbs out wide as cover and utilize COnrad in center over using ALbright out wide.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? With equal service, Twellman wins. I like Ching's game but TT gets the edge. Houston is a hot team right now- but Bruce cant go just by that. I guess the realiyy is that neither will get to play. Maybe it is for a purely tactical decision; late in the game, need a last second header, I dont know.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Twellman is more victim of Nicol's stupid formation ideas that have resulted in zero service for Twellman so far this season.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? yes, january vs end of april/beginning of may. World cup is a month long and all about being hot.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Ouch, well, Twellman siad it would put him out of his misery, no matter which way the announcement goes. I think i don't believe that one.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Wonder how many times Twellman will replay that ball he headed off the crossbar against Chicago in the last minutes in his head? Not that he was only 1 goal away, but that was the last impression that he left with the coaching staff to evaluate him on. Thats 4 years of bad dreams right there....
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Nah, he just be saying.,, "What did I do to not make the team, ah, my friend Eric for saying I will be better than McBride in the World Cup."
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? What a joke. I don't care if they play different positions, Twellman can contribute much more to this team than Ben Olsen.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Posted this elsewhere but: TT's exclusion to the casual fan is really hurtful to MLS. If their MVP can't even make the roster, what good is the league.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Yaaay . . . BA realized that TT doens't cut it. Too bad he never gave serious looks to anyone beside Ching.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? The ultimate tWellman hater, celebration and partying, did you have to threadin Arena that mmuch to put Ching over him, just joking
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Nah, he is, he provided stats as to how MLS PLayoffs proves that players aren't international quality to discredit Twellman.
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? Twellman was robbed plain and simple.... Bruce sites Ching being selected on his scoring in MLS...that is a joke! There has not been a more consistant scorer in MLS than Taylor Twellman.. And as pointed out by ESPN Taylor is the USMNT leading scorer this year with 11 points.... I think this is first in several mistakes Bruce made in selecting this roster...Maybe some injuries to certain players in camp will remedy this....at least I hope!
Re: Taylor Twellman an alternate? He did so he can make Wynalda look like a fool, tisk tisk Eric, tisk tisk