I'm all for bringing him just for the gestures if necessary. I mean you never know if Larionda's gonna officiate another game of ours.
Lawls. I just wanted to list to span from "100% Not a chance in hell he doesn't play in the World Cup" to "Our country needs to be decimated by a supervirus like The Stand before you get called in."
I think this is unfair to Beasley. He's been stinking it up lately, sure, and if he doesn't get better he might well not deserve a roster spot in 2010 (knock on wood). But if he can get some regular club time, he may well regain his form, or at least much of it. And (as Rogers' mediocre performance against Panama indicated) we're not very deep at LM.
Agreed. As much as I think Rogers has a more complete game compared to Beasley, and thus a slightly higher ceiling, I'm still penciling Beasley into my 23 for next summer. Beasley must get his club game straightened out, but if he does, then the backup LM spot is his to lose. If Beasley = Rogers based on form in 10 months, then Beasley wins. Rogers must exceed Beasley's form in 10 months (not now) to win the spot.
Beasley has definitely earned a temporary moratorium on call-ups, but a lot of people seem quick to forget that he was scoring goals in qualifiers only a few months ago and could be scoring them again within the same time frame. He's still a fast little dude who can cause matchup problems, track back, and has top-level European and international experience. Certainly if he has another year like the last he won't be on the team, but I think that's something he's entirely capable of avoiding.
1. Landon Donovan 2. Tim Howard 3. Michael Bradley 4. Jozy Altidore 5. Clint Dempsey 6. Carlos Bocanegra 7. Oguchi Onyewu 8. Charlie Davies 9. Jermaine Jones 10. Steve Cherundolo 11. Jonathan Spector 12. Jay Demerit 13. Brian Ching 14. Brad Guzan 15. Stuart Holden 16. DaMarcus Beasley 17. Maurice Edu 18. Chad Marshall 19. Davy Arnaud 20. Jonathan Bornstein 21. Freddy Adu 22. Heath Pearce 23. Troy Perkins
It has to be this for me:1. Landon Donovan2. Tim Howard3. Clint Dempsey4. Oguchi Onyewu5. Michael Bradley6. Jermaine Jones(IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN)7. Carlos Bocanegra8. Jozy Altidore9. Jonathan Spector10. Charle Davies11. Benny Feilhaber12. Steve Cherundolo13. Maurice Edu14. Jay DeMerit15. Brad Guzan16. Ricardo Clark17. Jose Franciso Torres18. Brian Ching19. Stuart Holden20. Jonathan Bornstein21. Troy Perkins22. DaMarcus Beasley23. Frankie Hejduk23. Edgar Castillo(If he apologizes and decides to cross over)
1) Timmy! 2) Dolo 3) Gooch 4) Spector 5) Boca 6) Bradley 7) Clark 8) Dempsey 9) Donovan 10) Ching 11) Jozy ----Starting XI---- 12) Guzan 13) Demerit 14) Pearce 15) Marshall 16) Edu 17) Benny 18) Holden 19) Davies 20) Adu 21) Rogers 22) Bornstein 23) Perkins/Hahnemman ----The Subs---- 24) Torres 25) Bornstein 26) Jones 27) Perkins/Hahnemman 28) Heydude 29) Castillo 30) Klejstan ----The Cusp----
And you can be sure that BB has not written him out of his plans, and will give him ample opportunity to demonstrate his capabilities.. But the key is getting regular club minutes. Without them Bradley will look elsewhere.
I'm thinking that until Beasley finds a club, Bob won't be calling him in. If he does find a club though, he moves to the top of the list as far as subs go.
1. Landon Donovan 2. Tim Howard 3. Oguchi Onyewu 4. Carlos Bocanegra 5. Clint Dempsey 6. Micheal Bradley 7. Brad Guzan 8. Jozy Altidore 9. Steve Cherundolo 10. Jonathan Spector 11. Jay Demerit 12. Brian Ching 13. Charlie Davies 14. Benny Feilhaber 15. Jermaine Jones 16. Maurice Edu 17. Stuart Holden 18. Jonathan Bornstein 19. DaMarcus Beasley 20. Troy Perkins 21. Heath Pearce 22. Jose Fransico Torres 23. Freddy Adu ------------------------ Alternates: 24. Chad Marshall 25. Robbie Rogers 26. Ricardo Clark 27. Marcus Hahnemann 28. Sacha Kljestan 29. Kenny Cooper 30. Kyle Beckerman
Oops I was thinking to put John as a sub, initially and I guess I changed my mind. Keep him there and swap 25 with Cooper, I guess, though I don't think he is anywhere close to being that high on the list.
Considering everybody is healthy 1. Tim Howard: 2. Landon Donovan 3. Clint Dempsey 4. Oguichi Onyewu 5. Michael Bradley 6. Jozy Altidore 7. Charlie Davies 8. Carlos Bocanegra 9. Jonathan Spector 10. Ricardo Clark 11. Jay DeMerit 12. Benny Feilhaber 13. Brian Ching 14. Steve Cherundolo 15. Jermaine Jones 16. Brad Guzan 17. Jonathan Bornstein 18. Maurice Edu 19. Stuart Holden 20.Jose Francisco Torres 21. Kenny Cooper 22. Troy Perkins 23. Frankie Hejduk This is my 23, in order, let's see yours
Locks unless injury Donovan, Howard, Dempsey, Guzan Highly likely to make the trip Gooch, Boca, Bradley, Feilhaber, Altidore, Dolo, Spector Likely to make the trip Demerit, Bornstein, Davies, Clark, Ching, Edu Seem to have an edge at the moment Marshall, Holden, Torres, Perkins These 2 seem like 50/50 propositions at the moment Hejduk, Jones, Some potential to displace someone in above 23 Adu, Califf, Pearce, Castillio, Beazley, Hahnemann, Kljestan 1
Update Time: 1. Landon Donovan 2. Tim Howard 3. Clint Dempsey 4. Oguchi Onyewu 5. Brad Guzan 6. Micheal Bradley 7. Charlie Davies 8. Carlos Bocanegra 9. Jozy Altidore 10. Jonathan Spector 11. Jay DeMerit 12. Benny Feilhaber 13. Stuart Holden 14. Steve Cherundolo 15. Jonathan Bornstein 16. Brian Ching 17. Ricardo Clark 18. Jose Franciso Torres 19. Chad Marshall 20. Troy Perkins 21. Maurice Edu 22. Robbie Rogers 23. Conor Casey ------------------- 24. Freddie Adu 25. Kenny Cooper 26. Kyle Beckerman 27. Heath Pearce 28. Sacha Kljestan 29. Marcus Hahnemann 30. Damarcus Beasley 31. Robbie Findley 32. Eddie Johnson
1. Tim Howard 2. Landon Donovan 3. Oguchi Onyewu 4. Michael Bradley 5. Carlos Bocanegra 6. Clint Dempsey 7. Jozy Altidore 8. Charlie Davies 9. Jermaine Jones 10. Benny Feilhaber 11. Jonathan Spector 12. Jay DeMerit 13. Brad Guzan 14. Steve Cherundolo 15. Jose Torres 16. Brian Ching 17. Maurice Edu 18. Stuart Holden 19. Ricardo Clark 20. Frankie Hejduk 21. Troy Perkins 22. Edgar Castillo 23. Freddy Adu ---------------------------------- 24. Kenny Cooper 25. Jonathan Bornstein 26. Chad Marshall 27. Heath Pearce 28. Robbie Rogers 29. Mikkel Diskerud 30. DaMarcus Beasley
1. Landon Donovan 2. Tim Howard 3. Carlos Bocanegra 4. Oguchi Onyewu 5. Clint Dempsey 6. Michael Bradley 7. Jozy Altidore 8. Charlie Davies 9. Brad Guzan 10. Benny Feilhaber 11. Jermaine Jones (higher if healthy) 12. Jay DeMerit 13. Jonathan Spector 14. Steve Cherundolo 15. Brian Ching 16. Stuart Holden 17. Jose Francisco Torres 18. Maurice Edu (higher if healthy) 19. Rico Clark 20. Chad Marshall 21. Troy Perkins 22. Frankie Hejduk 23. Edgar Castillo ---------------------------- 24. Jonathan Bornstein 25. Marcus Hahnemann 26. Freddy Adu 27. Robbie Rogers 28. Heath Pearce 29. Jimmy Conrad 30. Kenny Cooper 31. Danny Califf 32. DeMarcus Beasley 33. Pablo Mastroeni 34. Eddie Jonhson 35. Clarence Goodson -----------------------------------------
Nitpicking, but how are our best CB, team captain, 100% starter coach's son, and best striker not considered locks; unless you're predicting some change in form or health for them? Honestly, there are almost 10 guys i'd say are a shoe-ins for SA. Deuteronomy's list is dead on.
Locks: Donovan Howard Dempsey Gooch Boca Bradley Jozy Davies Holden Cherundolo Riding high right now Benny Spector DeMerit Guzan Mysterioso (for various reasons): Edu (will he get his form back?) Ching (he's hanging on by his reputation/rapport w/ Bob) Jones (So many questions, so few answers at this point) Their presence wouldn't shock anyone: Hejduk Bornstein Pearce Califf Marshall Torres Rico The problem: too many central mids - Bradley, Benny, Edu, Jones, Torres, Rico. Not enouh outside mids: Donovan, Demps, Holden.
------------Howard 100%/Guzan 100%/Perkins 70%--------------- -----Gooch 100%/Marshall 60%------Boca 100%/DeMerit 90%----- Spector 90%/Dolo 90%-----------------Bornstein 80%/Castillo 50% --------Jones 50%/Clark 90%----Bradley 100%/Benny 100%------- Dempsey 100%/Holden 80%-------------Donovan 100%/Torres 60% -------Altidore 100%/Cooper 50%---Davies 90%/Ching 90%-------- 1. Donovan 2. Howard 3. Gooch 4. Bradley 5. Guzan 6. Boca 7. Altidore 8. Dempsey 9. Benny 10. Spector 11. DeMerit 12. Davies 13. Dolo 14. Ching 15. Clark 16. Holden 17. Bornstein 18. Perkins 19. Marshall 20. Torres 21. Castillo 22. Cooper 23. Jones Jones low due to injuries. Edu may go instead. Instead of Cooper, another midfielder may be taken (Rogers, Adu, Klejstan, Beasley). Probabilities given as per current form, barring injuries.
Howard, Guzan, Hahnemann Spector, Bocanegra, Onyewu, DeMerit, Castillo, Marshall, Cherundolo Edu, Clark, Bradley, Torres, Jones, Holden, Dempsey, Feilhaber, Bedoya Davies, Altidore, Donovan, Ching (ugh) we'll probably see Ching in there but i'd much rather see an Eddie Johnson with PT or Cooper if he keeps his hot streak up in Germany.