USA vs Antigua & Barbuda; June 8th (Antigua Roster)

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by AutoPenalti, May 25, 2012.

  1. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Antigua & Barbuda Roster by Position

    GOALKEEPERS (3):
    Molvin James, Kieta de Castro, Alston Ford
    DEFENDERS (8):
    George Dublin, Luke Blakely, Troy Dublin, Ranja Christian, Justine Cochrane, Marvin McCoy, Marc Joseph, Joshua Parker
    MIDFIELDERS (9):
    Kim Alexander, Quinton Griffith, Kajana Mack, Randolph Burton, Lawson Robinson, Kerry Skepple, Akeem Thomas, Kieran Murtagh, Mikele Leigterwood
    FORWARDS (5):
    Peter Byers, Lloyd Jeremey, Stefan Smith, Tomarley Thomas, Dexter Blackstock
     
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  2. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    World beaters there.
     
  3. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I seriously expect no less than a 10-0 win.
     
  4. RidiculousLichaj

    May 18, 2012
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Leigterwood would be a decent MLS player, but the rest are chumps.
     
  5. voros

    voros Member

    Jun 7, 2002
    Parts Unknown
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cochrane and Murtagh I know from Champman and Footballman, both are English with (apparently) Barbudan ancestry and knock around the low professional and semi-pro levels in England. Cochrane's played on several full professional clubs before and way back in the CM 01/02 days was a good guy to get if you were starting out at the lowest levels.

    Joseph was once halfway decent but he has to be ancient by now.
     
  6. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Many of them are pros, and some not to be taken lightly.

    The recognizeable name there for me is Dexter Blackstock, who's now at Nottingham Forest. People may remember him for his time at QPR. A striker in his prime that can cause problems.

    Some of the other guys play in England.

    Josh Parker-Oldham
    Mikele Leigterwood-Reading
    Marvin McCoy-Wycombe

    .............and a couple more like that.

    A team that the US should beat, but also not one we're going to crush 10-0.
     
  7. voros

    voros Member

    Jun 7, 2002
    Parts Unknown
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Murtagh is. Or at least his contract is held by a professional club and he's played for professional clubs before. Joseph and Cochrane have also played for professional clubs in the past.
     
  8. voros

    voros Member

    Jun 7, 2002
    Parts Unknown
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    While true, it's also not likely to be a very cohesive unit at this point. The general rule of thumb for teams like this is find out who are best players are first, and then figure out how to fit them all on the field next. I remember that Grenada was essentially a goalkeeper, Shalrie Joseph and 9 forwards.
     
  9. Bluecat82

    Bluecat82 Member+

    Feb 24, 1999
    Minneapolis, MN
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I was under the impression that most of these guys played for Antigua Barracuda FC, which completes in the USL Pro division...

    ...which would make them a pretty darn cohesive unit, at least...
     
  10. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    All of them are.

    Two (Leigterwood and Blackstock) play first XI roles with Reading and Nottingham Forest. Blackstock has scored 10 goals this season at Forest in all competitions. A few more bounce around League One and Two. The rest play in USL Pro for the same club team, Antigua Barracuda FC.

    It's a better team than that Barbados team we thrashed last cycle, which IIRC was Paul Ifill and a bunch of semi-pros. Further, the bulk of the Antiguan domestics all play and train together against our USL guys full-time, which means they have the cohesion going. Minnows for sure, but really good for minnows. They're the smallest nation left in the World Cup at this point, and it seems there's a reason for that. I assume they'll come in last in the group, but I think they'll be stiffer competition than most tiny Caribbean statelets would've been, which is why they're the only ones left.
     
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  11. AutoPenalti

    AutoPenalti Am I famous yet?

    Sep 26, 2011
    Coconut Creek
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Then
    Then I'd lower my expectations.
     
  12. JG

    JG Member+

    Jun 27, 1999
    They had a few other guys that were pros at the time...Mark McCammon (Doncaster), Jon Nurse (Dagenham & Redbridge, scored the winner for them in a promotion playoff a couple years later), Jonathan Forte (Scunthorpe), and Alvin Rouse (the goalie, played for various Irish clubs). Daryl Ferguson played in USL-2 at the time, I guess that would count as pro too.

    The Barracuda only have 6 points from 8 USL matches, played mostly at home. They give up 2 goals a game to USL teams. Other than Leigertwood and Blackstock their overseas-based players are nobodies. We should expect to hammer them. Probably not 8-0 because a lot of things have to go right to score that many, but at least 5.
     
  13. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    And in the 2006 qualifying campaign how much did we beat Grenada by?

    I think the aggregate was 6-2.....................and the return leg in Grenada was a tough match. We weren't using scrubs either.

    Don't get me wrong, we should beat Grenada by multiple goals. We ain't winning 8 or 10-0, though. They have enough recruits from England, like Blackstock, to make things semi-interesting.
     
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  14. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dexter Blackstock is better than Robbie Findley, who started for us at a WC.
     
  15. Skevin

    Skevin Member+

    Aug 9, 2009
    Colorado
    Club:
    Aston Villa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Czechia
    That's a very good point and sad:eek:
     
  16. JG

    JG Member+

    Jun 27, 1999
    We dominated the home leg just like we dominated Barbados, the difference was our finishing and their goalie.

    Return leg was strange because of the soaked pitch, but IIRC the score was flattering to them. Looking at the recap on the USSF site we outshot them 22-6.
     
  17. Marko72

    Marko72 Member+

    Aug 30, 2005
    New York
    Antigua's other English pros are roughly on a par with those guys. (A little League One, a lot of League Two, and some Conference...) And then there's the Barracuda guys, who of course are USL Pro, and like you said, not particularly good USL Pro. But they play together a lot, and cohesion, generally a problem with these sides, is probably not a particular issue.

    I'm not trying to build these guys up as world beaters or even an average CONCACAF side. But this time around they're better than most of the island minnows I remember us facing in the past. Which is why they're the only island minnow left alive at this stage when all the rest are eliminated.

    At home, playing reasonably well, we should expect a smooth win. I have a feeling our team is still not "there" yet, but I mean we beat Cuba 6-1 at home in the same round. I can't see this team as being better than last cycle's Cuban side.
     
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  18. JG

    JG Member+

    Jun 27, 1999
    Not really IMO...McCoy is the only other one currently at a league club. Parker was just released by Oldham. Joseph, Murtagh, and Cochrane all played nonleague this year, and only Murtagh even played in the Conference, where he failed to crack the lineup at Cambridge before being loaned to Woking.

    I'd be more worried if their top reinforcements were defenders. Blackstock is a decent forward but how much attacking will they do?

    True, but if they use a lot of the English-based players it eliminates that advantage.
     
  19. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We should beat them but never go into a game too cocky or you might just get slapped in the face
     
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  20. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yea their gonna bunker down and counter but all the more reason to be concerned with a decent forward that knows how to find the net. If he finishes his one to three chances and we can't unlock them we could be screwed. But yes in all reality that shouldn't be an issue and we should win.
     
  21. schrutebuck

    schrutebuck Member+

    Jul 26, 2007
    I say go with this group against Antigua.

    ---------------------Altidore---------------------
    ------Donovan-----Dempsey-----Gomez------
    -------------Jones----------Bradley-------------
    Johnson--Bocanegra--Cameron--Cherundolo
    ---------------------Howard---------------------

    With the exception of the guys that do not have match fitness, hopefully we don't see these guys against Canada.
     
  22. EL YANQUI

    EL YANQUI Red Card

    Jun 3, 2011
    ACEVEDO DIAZ Y CHANA
    Club:
    Club Nacional de Football
    Nat'l Team:
    Uruguay
    ANY THING UNDER 12 GOALS BY THE US TEAM IS UNACCEPTABLE......

    This carribian trash semi amatures beach dwellers should be runned over...


    ITS LIKE AN UTTER INSULT TO EVEN HAVE TO PLAY THESE WORTHLESS ISLANDS!!!

    US players looking forward to a relaxing vacation and a nice sun tan and oh yeah a game they can show up to hung over and still beat the living crap out of their rivals.....
     
  23. drgonzo

    drgonzo Member+

    Jun 1, 2011
    Club:
    San Diego Flash
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who? Ah you mean the 11th guy on the field that did nothing. I thought he was the assistant ref.
     
  24. drgonzo

    drgonzo Member+

    Jun 1, 2011
    Club:
    San Diego Flash
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Moxie. I like that. I say if we don't beat them 12-0, you give up BS for a month.
     
  25. drgonzo

    drgonzo Member+

    Jun 1, 2011
    Club:
    San Diego Flash
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fixed it for you:
    ---------------Boyd-------------------------
    Donovan---Altidore----Dempsey----Gomez---Jones-----Bradley------Torres----Corona
    ------------NO MIDS NEEDED----------
    ----------------Johnson(don't need him here but had to have an 11th guy)------------------------
    -----------------Parkhurst(in goal)------------------

    The 1-8-1.
     

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