USMNT Player Pool for the 2018 Cycle

*****Similar to the threads that I started for the 2010 and 2014 cycle, this is the thread for the 2018 cycle where we can follow the player pool for the next four years. I am going to ask for one of the mods @Friedel'sAccent or @bungadiri to possibly sticky this thread as I hope to keep it an active thread for four years and we can see the evolution of the team over the next four years.****

***Note: I have all ages as the player's age on June 1, 2018.***

***Note: the asterisk by a player's age means that they are Olympic eligible.

GOALKEEPERS
PRIMARY:
#1 Brad Guzan (33)-[Aston Villa]
#2 Tim Howard (39)-[Everton]

CONTENDERS:
Sean Johnson (29)-[Chicago Fire]
Tally Hall (33)-[Houston Dynamo]
Bill Hamid (27)-[DC United]

FRINGE
Steve Clark (32)-[Columbus Crew]
Clinton Irwin (29)-[Colorado Rapids]
Luis Robles (33)-[New York Red Bulls]
Zac MacMath (26)-[Philadelphia Union]

OLYMPIC FRONTRUNNERS:
Cody Cropper (25*)-[Southampton]
Jon Kempin (25*)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Santiago Castano (23*)-[New York Red Bulls]
Ethan Horvath (22*)-[Molde]
Zack Steffen (23*)-unattached

WILDCARD:
William Yarbrough (29)-[Leon]

CENTER BACKS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Matt Besler (31)-[Sporting Kansas City]
#2 John Anthony Brooks (25*)-[Hertha Berlin]
#3 Omar Gonzalez (29)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]

CONTENDERS:
Tim Ream (30)-[Bolton Wanderers]
Will Packwood (25*)-[Birmingham City]
Shane O’ Neill (24*)-[Colorado Rapids]
Matt Hedges (28)-[FC Dallas]
Amobi Okugo (27)-[Philadelphia Union]
Chris Schuler (30)-[Real Salt Lake]
Michael Orozco Fiscal (31)-[Puebla FC]

FRINGE:
George John (31)-[FC Dallas]
Ike Opara (29)-[Sporting Kansas City]
AJ Soares (29)-[New England Revolution]
Jalil Anibaba (29)-[Seattle Sounders]
Gale Agbossoumonde (26)-[Toronto FC]
Austin Berry (29)-[Philadelphia Union]
AJ De la Garza (30)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Kofi Opare (27)-[LA Galaxy]
Tommy Meyer (28)-[LA Galaxy]
Nick Hagglund (25)-[Toronto FC]

OLYMPIC FRONTRUNNERS:
Walker Zimmermann (25*)-[FC Dallas]
AJ Cochran (25*)-[Houston Dynamo]
Matt Miazga (22*)-[New York Red Bulls]
Eric Palmer-Brown (21*)-[Sporting Kansas City]

WILDCARD:
Seb Hines (30)-[Middlesbrough FC]

FULLBACKS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Fabian Johnson (30)-[Borussia Monchengladbach]
#2 DeAndre Yedlin (24*)-[Seattle Sounders]
#3 Timothy Chandler (28)-[Eintracht Frankfurt]

CONTENDERS:
Eric Lichaj (29)-[Nottingham Forest]
Chris Klute (28)-[Colorado Rapids]
Andrew Farrell (26)-[New England Revolution]
Greg Garza (26)-[Club Tijuana]
Edgar Castillo (31)-[Club Tijuana]
Tony Beltran (30)-[Real Salt Lake]

FRINGE:
Dylan Remick (27)-[Seattle Sounders]
Josh Williams (30)-[Columbus Crew]
Jeb Brovsky (29)-[Montreal Impact]
Seth Sinovic (31)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Chance Myers (30)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Kofi Sarkodie (27)-[Houston Dynamo]
Sheannon Williams (28)-[Philadelphia Union]
Jonathan Spector (32)-[Birmingham City]

OLYMPIC FRONTRUNNERS:
Jordan Allen (23*)-[Real Salt Lake]
Eric Miller (25*)-[Montreal Impact]
Kellyn Acosta (22*)-[FC Dallas]
Marco Delgado (23*)-[CD Chivas]
Jalen Robinson (24*)-[DC United]
Juan Pablo Ocegueda (24*)-[Tigres]

WILDCARD:
Adam Henley (24*)-[Blackburn Rovers]
Jeremy Toljan (23*)-[TSG Hoffenheim]

MIDFIELDERS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Michael Bradley (30)-[Toronto FC]
#2 Geoff Cameron (32)-[Stoke City]
#3 Mikkel Diskerud (27)-[Rosenborg BK]
#4 Maurice Edu (32)-[Philadelphia Union]

CONTENDERS:
Dillon Powers (27)-[Colorado Rapids]
Daniel Williams (29)-[Reading FC]
Alfredo Morales (28)-[FC Ingolstadt]
Perry Kitchen (26)-[DC United]

FRINGE:
Dax McCarty (31)-[New York Red Bulls]
Sebastian Lletget (25)-[West Ham United]

OLYMPIC FRONTRUNNERS:
Marlon Hairston (24*)-[Colorado Rapids]
Wil Trapp (25*)-[Columbus Crew]
Caleb Stanko (25*)-[SC Freiburg]
Benji Joya (24*)-[Chicago Fire]
Victor Pineda (25*)-[Chicago Fire]
Lynden Gooch (21*)-[Sunderland]
Russell Canouse (22*)-[Hoffenheim]
Alejandro Guido (24*)-[Club Tijuana]

WILDCARD:
Osvaldo Alonso (32)-[Seattle Sounders]
Gedion Zelalem (21*)-[Arsenal]

ATTACKERS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Julian Green (22*)-[Bayern Munich]
#2 Clint Dempsey (35)-[Seattle Sounders]
#3 Alejandro Bedoya (31)-[Nantes]
#4 Graham Zusi (31)-[Sporting Kansas City]
#5 Joe Corona (27)-[Club Tijuana]

CONTENDERS:
Kelyn Rowe (26)-[New England Revolution]
Jose Francisco Torres (30)-[Tigres UANL]
Brek Shea (28)-[Stoke City]
Luis Gil (24*)-[Real Salt Lake]
Harrison Shipp (26)-[Chicago Fire]
Joe Gyau (25)-[Borussia Dortmund II]

FRINGE:
Eric Alexander (30)-[New York Red Bulls]
Josh Gatt (26)-[Molde FK]
Duane Holmes (24*)-[Huddersfield Town]
Paul Arriola (23*)-[Club Tijuana]
Nick DeLeon (27)-[DC United]
Luis Silva (29)-[DC United]
Andrew Wooten (29)-[FSV Frankfurt]
Lee Nguyen (31)-[New England Revolution]
Erik Hurtado (27)-[Vancouver Whitecaps]

OLYMPIC FRONTRUNNERS:
Gboly Ariyibi (22*)-[Leeds United]
Dillon Serna (24*)-[Colorado Rapids]
Junior Flores (23*)-[Borussia Dortmund]
Marc Pelosi (24*)-[Liverpool FC]
Daniel Cuevas (24*)-[Lobos BUAP]
Jose Villarreal (24*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy > Club America]
Emerson Hyndman (22*)-[Fulham]

WILDCARD:
Shawn Parker (25*)-[FC Augsburg]
Devante Parker (22*)-[Mainz]
Darlington Nagbe (27)-[Portland Timbers]
Diego Fagundez (23*)-[New England Revolution]
Kekuta Manneh (23*)-[Vancouver Whitecaps]

FORWARDS
PRIMARY:
#1 Jozy Altidore (28)-[Sunderland FC]
#2 Aron Johannsson (27)-[AZ Alkmaar]
#3 Terrence Boyd (27)-[Red Bull Leipzig]

CONTENDERS:
Juan Agudelo (25)-[Stoke City]
Will Bruin (28)-[Houston Dynamo]
Gyasi Zardes (26)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Jack McInerney (25)-[Montreal Impact]

FRINGE:
Bobby Wood (25)-[1860 Munich]
Lamar Neagle (31)-[Seattle Sounders]
Patrick Mullins (26)-[New England Revolution]
Teal Bunbury (28)-[New England Revolution]

OLYMPIC:
Jordan Morris (23*)-[Seattle Sounders]
Jack McBean (23*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Jerome Kiesewetter (25*)-[VfB Stuttgart > Hertha Berlin]
Mario Rodriguez (24*)-[Kaiserslautern]
Ben Spencer (22*)-[Molde FK > Indy Eleven]
Romain Gall (23*)-[Lorient]
Andrija Novakovich (21*)-[Reading FC]
Bradford Jamieson (21*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Rubio Rubin (22*)-[FC Utrecht]
Zach Pfeffer (23*)-[Philadelphia Union]

WILDCARD:
Danijal Brkovic (26)-[Zeljeznicar]
Villyan Bijev (25*)-[Slavin Sofia]
Kenedy (22*)-[Fluminese]

RESERVES:​

GOALKEEPERS:
OLD GUARD:
Nick Rimando (38)-[Real Salt Lake]

LONGSHOTS:
Troy Perkins (36)-[Montreal Impact]
Chris Seitz (31)-[FC Dallas]
Eric Kronberg (34)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Bobby Shuttleworth (31)-[New England Revolution]
Brian Rowe (29)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Ryan Meara (27)-[New York Red Bulls]
Andy Gruenebaum (35)-[Columbus Crew]
Joseph Bendik (29)-[Toronto FC]
Dan Kennedy (35)-[CD Chivas]
David Bingham (28)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Brian Perk (28)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Joe Willis (29)-[DC United]
Eduardo Fernandez (25)-[FC Dallas]

OLYMPIC OUTLOOK:
Kendall McIntosh (24*)-unattached
Tomas Gomez (25*)-unattached
Jacole Turner (24*)-unattached

CENTER BACKS:
OLD GUARD:
Clarence Goodson (36)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Oguchi Onyewu (36)-unattached

LONGSHOTS:
Stephen McCarthy (29)-[New England Revolution]
Marvell Wynne (31)-[Colorado Rapids]
Chad Marshall (33)-[Seattle Sounders]
Aaron Maund (27)-[Real Salt Lake]
Zarek Valentin (26)-[Montreal Impact > Bodo/Glimt]
London Woodberry (27)-[FC Dallas]
Ventura Alvarado (25)-[Necaxa]
Babajide Ogunbiyi (31)-[Viborg]
Eriq Zavaleta (25)-[CD Chivas]
David Horst (32)-[Houston Dynamo]
Darrius Barnes (31)-[New England Revolution]
Eric Brunner (32)-[Houston Dynamo]
Andrew Jean-Baptiste (25)-[CD Chivas]
Austin Wheeler (30)-[Philadelphia Union]

OLYMPIC OUTLOOK:
Boyd Okwuonu (25*)-unattached
Christian Dean (25*)-[Vancouver Whitecaps]
Danny Barbir (20*)-[West Bromwich Albion]
Jesus Vazquez (23*)-[UANL Tigres]
Tommy Redding (21*)-[Orlando City SC]
Chris Odoi-Atsem (23*)-unattached
Michael Amick (23*)-unattached

FULLBACKS:
OLD GUARD:
DaMarcus Beasley (36)-[Puebla FC]
Brad Evans (33)-[Seattle Sounders]
Michael Parkhurst (34)-[Columbus Crew]

LONGSHOTS:
Chris Tierney (32)-[New England Revolution]
Chris Korb (30)-[DC United]
Donny Toia (26)-[CD Chivas]
Moises Hernandez (26)-[FC Dallas]
Michael Harrington (32)-[Portland Timbers]
Corey Ashe (32)-[Houston Dynamo]
Jorge Villafana (28)-[Portland Timbers]
Greg Cochrane (29)-[Chicago Fire]
Gabriel Farfan (29)-[Chiapas]
Steve Birnbaum (27)-[DC United]
Mark Bloom (30)-[Toronto FC]
Kevin Ellis (26)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Chris Duvall (26)-[New York Red Bulls]
Raymon Gaddis (28)-[Philadelphia Union]
Justin Morrow (30)-[Toronto FC]
Zach Loyd (30)-[FC Dallas]
Connor Lade (28)-[New York Red Bulls]
Kevin Alston (30)-[New England Revolution]
Brandon Barklage (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Chad Barson (27)-[Columbus Crew]
Jeremy Hall (29)-[Toronto FC]

OLYMPIC OUTLOOK:
Shaquell Moore (21*)-[FC Dallas]
Oscar Sorto (23*)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
John Requejo, Jr. (22*)-[Club Tijuana]
Miguel Palafox (23*)-[Club Leon]
Mikey Ambrose (24*)-unattached
Javan Torre (24*)-unattached

MIDFIELDERS:
OLD GUARD:
Kyle Beckerman (36)-[Real Salt Lake]
Jermaine Jones (36)-[Besiktas]
Sacha Kljestan (32)-[RSC Anderlecht]

LONGSHOTS:
Stuart Holden (32)-[Bolton Wanderers]
Nate Sturgis (30)-[Colorado Rapids]
Scott Caldwell (27)-[New England Revolution]
Sam Cronin (30)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Conor O’ Brien (29)-[Odense]
Warren Creavalle (27)-[Houston Dynamo]
Conor Shanosky (26)-[DC United]
Andrew Jacobson (32)-[FC Dallas]
Jared Jeffrey (27)-[DC United]
Servando Carrasco (29)-[Houston Dynamo]
Brian Ownby (27)-[Houston Dynamo]
Nick LaBrocca (33)-[Colorado Rapids]
Blake Smith (27)-[Montreal Impact]
JJ Koval (26)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Jared Watts (25)-[Colorado Rapids]
Ben Zemanski (30)-[Portland Timbers]
Michael Stephens (29)-[Stabaek]
Collen Warner (29)-[Montreal Impact]
Cole Grossman (29)-[Real Salt Lake]

OLYMPIC OUTLOOK:
Aaron Kovar (24*)-[Seattle Sounders]
Eric Likert (22*)-[SC Freiburg]
Mikey Lopez (25*)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Sergio Duarte (25*)-[CD Nacional]
Collin Martin (23*)-[DC United]
Luis Felipe (22*)-[Cruzeiro]
Dennis Flores (24*)-[Club Leon]
Fernando Arce, Jr (21*)-[Club Tijuana]
Esteban Rodriguez (24*)-[Club Tijuana]
Matt Lecisnki – Kaiserslautern II

ATTACKERS:
OLD GUARD:
Benny Feilhaber (33)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Landon Donovan (36)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Brad Davis (36)-[Houston Dynamo]

LONGSHOTS:
Justin Mapp (33)-[Montreal Impact]
Danny Cruz (28)-[Philadelphia Union]
Shea Salinas (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Freddy Adu (29)-unattached
Sebastian Velasquez (27)-[Real Salt Lake]
Michael Farfan (29)-[Cruz Azul]
Kris Tyrpak (26)-[CD Chivas]
Sal Zizzo (31)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Chris Pontius (31)-[DC United]
Tristan Bowen (27)-[Seattle Sounders]
Antoine Hoppenot (27)-[Philadelphia Union]
Tony Cascio (28)-[Colorado Rapids]
David Estrada (30)-[Seattle Sounders]
Donnie Smith (27)-[New England Revolution]
Ethan Finlay (27)-[Columbus Crew]
Dilly Duka (28)-[Chicago Fire]
Tommy McNamara (27)-[CD Chivas]

OLYMPIC OUTLOOK:
Kristian Scott (23*)-[Stoke City]
Kyle Scott (21*)-[Chelsea]
Tyrone McCargo (24*)-[FC Nurnberg]
Joel Sonora (23*)-[Boca Juniors]
Christian Pulisic (19*)-unattached
Haji Wright (20*)-[LA Galaxy]
Nicholas Gaitan (23*)-[Argentinos Juniors]
Danny Garcia (24*)-[FC Dallas]
Jimmy McLaughlin (25*)-[Philadelphia Union]
Irvin Raul Parra (24*)-[Kaiserslautern II]

FORWARDS:
OLD GUARD:
Mike Magee (33)-[Chicago Fire]
Herculez Gomez (36)-[Club Tijuana]
Eddie Johnson (34)-[DC United]
Chris Wondolowski (35)-[San Jose Earthquakes]

LONGSHOTS:
Adam Jahn (27)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Andrew Wenger (27)-[Philadelphia Union]
Kenny Cooper (33)-[Seattle Sounders]
Steve Lenhart (31)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Conor Doyle (26)-[DC United]
Quincy Amarikwa (30)-[Chicago Fire]
Jann George (25)-[Grunter Firth]
CJ Sapong (29)-[Sporting Kansas City]
Charlie Davies (31)-[New England Revolution]
Brian Span (26)-[Djurgardens IF]
Ryan Finley (27)-[Columbus Crew]
Ben Speas (27)-[Columbus Crew]
Billy Schuler (28)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Danny Mwanga (26)-[Colorado Rapids]
Tony Taylor (28)-[Atletico CP]
Charlie Rugg (27)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]

OLYMPIC ELIGIBLE:
Kainoa Bailey (22*)-[Bayer Leverkusen]
Omar Salgado (24*)-[Vancouver Whitecaps]
Sean Okoli (25*)-[Seattle Sounders]
Alonso Hernandez (24*)-[C.F. Monterrey]
Alfred Koroma (24*)-[Fluminese]
Boxi Yomba (21*)-[Atletico Madrid]
Tommy Thompson (22*)-[San Jose Earthquakes]
Jonathan Top (25*)-[FC Dallas]
Armando Moreno (22*)-[Club Tijuana]
Kellen Gulley (24*)-[Chicago Fire]
Bryan Salazar (23*)-[Houston Dynamo]
Benji Lopez (23*)-[Real Salt Lake]
Caleb Calvert (21*)-[CD Chivas]

 

Thanks. That's why he has an asterisk by his age. Some Olympic players may be included into the national team sooner than the Olympics. Some may have to focus on making the Olympics first.

 

That's the whole point of the thread. If you notice, players are in categories based on the likelihood that they will feature for the USMNT and become part of the team towards Russia. Guys who are distant longshots now, will move up to become frontrunners. Some players will go from being a frontrunner to a longshot back to a frontrunner. I never claimed to have every single player that will feature in the next four years. I am saying, this is what we have RIGHT NOW, to start building our team over the next four years.

The benefit is so that we can analyze the evolution of the team over the next four years.

 

This is a shorthand version of what the immediate player pool looks like for the rest of 2014.

GOALKEEPERS
PRIMARY:
#1 Brad Guzan (33)-[Aston Villa]
#2 Tim Howard (39)-[Everton]

CONTENDERS:
Sean Johnson (29)-[Chicago Fire]
Tally Hall (33)-[Houston Dynamo]
Bill Hamid (27)-[DC United]

WILDCARD:
William Yarbrough (29)-[Leon]

CENTER BACKS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Matt Besler (31)-[Sporting Kansas City]
#2 John Anthony Brooks (25*)-[Hertha Berlin]
#3 Omar Gonzalez (29)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]

CONTENDERS:
Tim Ream (30)-[Bolton Wanderers]
Will Packwood (25*)-[Birmingham City]
Shane O’ Neill (24*)-[Colorado Rapids]
Matt Hedges (28)-[FC Dallas]
Amobi Okugo (27)-[Philadelphia Union]
Chris Schuler (30)-[Real Salt Lake]
Michael Orozco Fiscal (31)-[Puebla FC]

FULLBACKS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Fabian Johnson (30)-[Borussia Monchengladbach]
#2 DeAndre Yedlin (24*)-[Seattle Sounders]
#3 Timothy Chandler (28)-[Eintracht Frankfurt]

CONTENDERS:
Eric Lichaj (29)-[Nottingham Forest]
Chris Klute (28)-[Colorado Rapids]
Andrew Farrell (26)-[New England Revolution]
Greg Garza (26)-[Club Tijuana]
Edgar Castillo (31)-[Club Tijuana]
Tony Beltran (30)-[Real Salt Lake]

WILDCARD:
Adam Henley (24*)-[Blackburn Rovers]
Jeremy Toljan (23*)-[TSG Hoffenheim]

MIDFIELDERS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Michael Bradley (30)-[Toronto FC]
#2 Geoff Cameron (32)-[Stoke City]
#3 Mikkel Diskerud (27)-[Rosenborg BK]
#4 Maurice Edu (32)-[Philadelphia Union]

CONTENDERS:
Dillon Powers (27)-[Colorado Rapids]
Daniel Williams (29)-[Reading FC]
Alfredo Morales (28)-[FC Ingolstadt]
Perry Kitchen (26)-[DC United]

WILDCARD:
Gedion Zelalem (21*)-[Arsenal]

ATTACKERS:
PRIMARY:
#1 Julian Green (22*)-[Bayern Munich]
#2 Clint Dempsey (35)-[Seattle Sounders]
#3 Alejandro Bedoya (31)-[Nantes]
#4 Graham Zusi (31)-[Sporting Kansas City]
#5 Joe Corona (27)-[Club Tijuana]

CONTENDERS:
Kelyn Rowe (26)-[New England Revolution]
Jose Francisco Torres (30)-[Tigres UANL]
Brek Shea (28)-[Stoke City]
Luis Gil (24*)-[Real Salt Lake]
Harrison Shipp (26)-[Chicago Fire]
Joe Gyau (25)-[Borussia Dortmund II]

WILDCARD:
Shawn Parker (25*)-[FC Augsburg]
Devante Parker (22*)-[Mainz]

FORWARDS
PRIMARY:
#1 Jozy Altidore (28)-[Sunderland FC]
#2 Aron Johannsson (27)-[AZ Alkmaar]
#3 Terrence Boyd (27)-[Red Bull Leipzig]

CONTENDERS:
Juan Agudelo (25)-[Stoke City]
Will Bruin (28)-[Houston Dynamo]
Gyasi Zardes (26)-[Los Angeles Galaxy]
Jack McInerney (25)-[Montreal Impact]

 

I'm possibly salivating about the idea of these dual-nationals choosing the US at winger:

Darlington Nagbe (very likely)
Kekutha Manneh (very likely)
Shawn Parker (i'd bet on it)
Devante Parker (i'd bet on it)
Diego Fagundez (least likely to be eligible in time)

Combine that with Arriola, Shipp, Flores, and Gyau... I don't know about Pelosi yet. And already having Green, Bedoya, Zusi, and Corona... and we are going to have a lot of competition finally at winger. And there still is Shea who has potential but I'm not counting on him making it, and Torres, Gil, Rowe, and Diskerud who may play deeper.

I'd be really scared if Bedoya and Zusi were leading the charge in 2018. But all these youngsters give hope.

 

So, is Dempsey going to fill the Klose role for us?

 

I believe that Cameron is going to be moved to CDM to fill the Beckerman role.