Final World Cup Squad Prediction

posted by kidpurple May 26, 2010

The final roster for the World Cup is scheduled to be announced today. After a friendly loss to the Czech Republic last night Bob Bradley should have his mind made up on everyone. The current list of 30 needs to be trimmed down by 7 to 23.  See my choices below.

Keepers
Tim Howard (Everton, England)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England)
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England)

All the keepers get to go.

Defense
Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France)
Jay DeMerit (Watford, England)
Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England)
Steve Cherundolo (Hanover, Germany)
Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, MLS)
Clarence Goodson (Start, Norway)
Chad Marshall (Columbus, MLS)

Onyewu and Pearce don’t make the cut.  They both were poor last night.  I imagine Chad Marshall might be more likely to get cut if he didn’t impress during the camp, but I’m only going off the game from last night.  I think Goodson got a spot with a good performance.

Midfield
Michael Bradley (Moenchengladbach, Germany)
Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
Stuart Holden (Bolton, England)
Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca, Mexico)
Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus, Denmark)
Robbie Rogers (Columbus, MLS)
Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England)
Landon Donovan (Los Angeles, MLS)

Bedoya, Beasley and Kljestan get the cut from the midfielders.  Here I assume Beasley will be where I’m wrong but he just hasn’t impressed me over the past couple of years.

Strikers
Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England)
Brian Ching (Houston, MLS)
Edson Buddle (Los Angeles, MLS)
Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico)

Findley and Johnson get the cut.  Seems like everyone else thing Gomez was the one guy that definitely earned his spot last night that might not have otherwise been there.  Ching was on the bubble for me.

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30 man World Cup training camp roster announced

posted by kidpurple May 11, 2010

The 30 man roster for the World Cup training camp was announced just a little bit ago on ESPN News. The biggest news of this roster was the absence of striker Charlie Davies who was seriously injured in a car accident last year.

Here is the full list:

Keepers
Tim Howard (Everton, England)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England)
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England)

Defense
Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy)
Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France)
Jay DeMerit (Watford, England)
Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England)
Steve Cherundolo (Hanover, Germany)
Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, MLS)
Clarence Goodson (Start, Norway)
Chad Marshall (Columbus, MLS)
Heath Pearce (FC Dallas, MLS)

Midfield
Michael Bradley (Moenchengladbach, Germany)
Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
Stuart Holden (Bolton, England)
Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca, Mexico)
Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus, Denmark)
Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden)
Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA, MLS)
Robbie Rogers (Columbus, MLS)
DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England)
Landon Donovan (Los Angeles, MLS)

Strikers
Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England)
Brian Ching (Houston, MLS)
Edson Buddle (Los Angeles, MLS)
Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico)
Eddie Johnson (Aris, Greece)
Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake, MLS)

So who else is missing from this list that you might have expected to see here?

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MLS Players dominate US MNT January Camp

posted by kidpurple January 6, 2009

Why wouldn’t MLS players dominate the January MLS Camp though?  MLS season is long over and doesn’t start up anytime real soon.  On Wednesday, February 11th the US MNT plays in Columbus against rivals Mexico in the first game of the last round of World Cup qualifying.  The US has had good success against Mexico in Columbus and should continue that success in next month.

Here is the lineup of players in the camp:

Goalkeepers

  • Jon Busch (Chicago Fire)
  • Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew)
  • Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF)
  • Matt Pickens (out of contract)

Defenders

  • Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA)
  • Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland)
  • Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy)
  • Cory Gibbs (Colorado Rapids)
  • Clarence Goodson (IK Start)
  • Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
  • Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake)
  • Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)

Midfielders

  • Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo)
  • Brian Carroll (Columbus Crew)
  • Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo)
  • Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew)
  • Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo)
  • Jack Jewsbury (Kansas City Wizards)
  • Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA)
  • Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
  • John Thorrington (Chicago Fire)

Forwards

  • Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
  • Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas)
  • Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF)
  • Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire)
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MLS Cup finally arrives in LA

posted by kidpurple December 1, 2008

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MLS players going to Olympics

posted by kidpurple July 22, 2008

Peter Nowak named his sqaud for the Beijing Olympics. The team includes several current and former MLS players. Real Salt Lake, Toronto FC and Houston Dynamo are all losing 2 players to Nowak’s Olympic roster while the Columbus Crew, Chivas USA and the New England Revolution will be missing a single player to Nowak during the Olympics.

The Olympic competition is largely a U23 game – with the addition of 3 overage players. A surprise (to me at least) was the addition of Brian McBride rather than Landon Donovan. LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit warned that taking Donovan to the Olympics would be a bad idea due to the World Cup Qualifiers that will be going on in the upcoming months.

Here is the full squad:

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders: Patrick Ianni (Houston Dynamo), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Michael Parkurst (New England Revolution), Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake), Marvel Wynne (Toronto FC)

Midfielders: Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Danny Szetela (Brescia Calcio)

Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Villareal), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Brian McBride (None), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

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All Star first XI lineup

posted by kidpurple July 10, 2008

The first XI for the 2008 MLS All Star game was announced. This isn’t necessairly the starting lineup – coach Nicol will decide who starts. These are just the first 11 guys named to the team. If it were the starting lineup it would look something like this:

Donovan – Cooper

Rogers

Kljestan – Blanco – Joseph – Beckham

Parkhurst – Conrad – Hejduk

Reis

What other players do you think will be added to the team?  What will the starting lineup really look like?

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Goal of the Week: Sacha Kljestan – Chivas USA

posted by kidpurple April 12, 2007

I finally got around to voting for the Sierra Mist Goal of the Week tonight. There wasn’t anything spectacular to vote for, but it seemed clear to me that Sacha Kljestan deserves the goal of the week, and aparently most of you agree, he had 49% of the votes. That brings me to my next thought: Chivas USA. I know they at home and up against an expansion team, but they were still the most impressive team in my opinion.

Maykel Galindo looked like he’s going to cause a lot of problems for defenses this year. With him and Ante Razov they could be a deadly strike force. I hate to admit it cause I don’t like the guy, but toss Guevara in there with those two and it gets even more dangerous. On top of that Brad Guzan looked like you’d have to be crazy to not keep him in the net. I’ve got a feeling about that team this year, I wish I was a Chivas fan, cuase I think things could be really good for you if you are a Chivas fan this year.

Of course we haven’t seen the Wizards play yet. Maybe they’ll be more impressive. Or maybe not.

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