MLS All Star roster is completed

posted by kidpurple July 15, 2008

Coach Steve Nicol added 5 players to the MLS All Star roster and commissioner Don Garber added his 2 commissioner picks to the squad that will face West Ham.

Nicol added Pablo Mastroeni, Juan Pable Angel, Jim Brennan, Christian Gomez and Pat Onstad. Garber choose Edson Buddle and Dwayne De Rosario.

So this is what the full squad looks like:

Goalkeeper: Pat Onstad (Houston Dynamo), Matt Reis (New England Revolution)

Defenders: Jim Brennan (Toronto FC), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Chicago Fire), Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo), Christian Gomez (Colorado Rapids), Shalrie Joseph (New England Revolution), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

Forwards: Juan Pablo Angel (forward, New York Red Bulls), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

The bold names could be on an Olympic roster – so alternates will be named by Nicol soon.

Who is most deserving that isn’t on that list? Emilio? Schelotto?

Who would likely replace those 3 if they are not able to compete?

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Christian Gomez moves west to join the Colorado Rapids

posted by kidpurple February 12, 2008

Well this is old news but I thought I’d still say a little something. 

Former MLS MVP, 3 time All-Star, and Best XI – Christian Gomez will start out the 2008 season with the Colorado Rapids.  Gomez has been in the league for 3 season and he is the leading point scorer for that span of 3 seasons.  In that time he has recorded the 2nd highest mark in both goals and assists, trailing Taylor Twellman and Landon Donovan respectively.

Gomez will join MLS All-Star and sometimes US National team member Pablo Mastroeni in the middle.  Mastroeni will do the defensive work in the middle, while Gomez will supply the attacking out of the middle.  The partnership between Mastroeni and Gomez could prove to be one of the best in all of Major League Soccer if they are able to work well together.

Rapids fans must be excited about the addition to Christian Gomez for this upcoming season.

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Cobi Jones And Eddie Pope Complete All Star Roster

posted by kidpurple July 10, 2007

The first XI was decided last week, and now the All Star roster is complete.

MLS All Star coach Steve Nicol added 5 players of his choosing, and then Don Garber added his two commissioner’s picks. Nicol choose Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Ronnie O’Brien, Kevin Hartman and Pable Mastroeni. Don Garber choose Jones and Pope, both long time MLS stars who are retiring after this season.

Maybe they aren’t quite all stars this season, but Cobi Jones and Eddie Pope have served Major League Soccer for a long time and deserve a spot on this team.

The MLS All Stars will be facing Celtic at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 19th.  The game will be televised on ESPN2 at 8:00 PM CST.

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Gold Cup Roster Announced

posted by kidpurple May 24, 2007

Eight Major League Soccer sides will have representatives on the team that will represent the US in this summer’s Gold Cup.  Bob Bradley announced the roster today featuring 12 MLS players and 11 from outside MLS.  The Gold Cup is the number one priority for Bob Bradley this summer, so this should be his top team.   The US won the Gold Cup in 2005.  All of the players listed as forwards come from Major League Soccer.

MLS Members:

  • Steve Ralston
  • Taylor Twellman
  • Michael Parkhurst
  • Brian Ching
  • Ricardo Clark
  • Brad Guzan
  • Jonathan Bornstein
  • Landon Donovan
  • Pablo Mastroeni
  • Frankie Hejduk
  • Justin Mapp
  • Eddie Johnson

Non-MLS Member:

  • Tim Howard
  • Kasey Keller
  • Carlos Bocanegra
  • Jay DeMerit
  • Oguchi Onyewu
  • Frank Simek
  • Jonathan Spector
  • DaMarcus Beasley
  • Michael Bradley
  • Clint Dempsey
  • Benny Feilhaber
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