Official Team USA Soccer Thread

[jerrod]

i'm pretty annoyed with the chandler stuff too.

you have to think that despite the german national team saying they have no interest, they must have told him something privately.

[PANDEMONEUM]

still
y battle for a spot on the German team
(top 5 team in the world)
where u can have a guaranteed spot and minutes
and probably move to any position u want in 3 years
with the USA team
(id put them in the top 20, with little future improvement)

[jerrod]

you ain't gonna win no world cup playing for us

[PANDEMONEUM]

he can win the World Cup NOT playing for Germany, sitting on their bench

[Foye]

I don't think Chandler will ever have a shot to be named for the german national team.

[fatlever]

JK left lichaj off the roster today. i think everyone is waiting to hear an explanation for this.

[PANDEMONEUM]

NO BREK SHEA

WHAT IS GOING ON ?

[PANDEMONEUM]

Forwards:
Clint Dempsey (Fulham),
Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy),
Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA),
Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar),
Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund),
Herculez Gomez (Santos),
Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

Midfielders:
Jose Torres (Pachuca),
Maurice Edu (Rangers),
Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona),
Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake),
Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim),
Danny Williams (Hoffenheim),
Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City);
Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04),
Joe Corona (Club Tijuana),

Defenders:
Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers),
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96),
Clarence Goodson (Brondby),
Alfredo Morales (Hertha Berlin),
Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon),
Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo),
Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana),
Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland);

Goalkeepers:
Tim Howard (Everton),
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa),
Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

[PANDEMONEUM]

Forwards:
Clint Dempsey (Fulham),
Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy),
Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA),
Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar),
Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund), = WHY?
Herculez Gomez (Santos),
Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes) = WHY?

Midfielders:
Jose Torres (Pachuca),
Maurice Edu (Rangers),
Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona),
Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake),
Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim),
Danny Williams (Hoffenheim),
Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City);
Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), = WHY?
Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), = WHY?

Defenders:
Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers),
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96),
Clarence Goodson (Brondby),
Alfredo Morales (Hertha Berlin),
Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon),
Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo),
Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), = WHY? HE BETTER NOT MAKE THE TEAM
Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland);

Goalkeepers:
Tim Howard (Everton),
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa),
Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

i guess we need to get down to 23
1 of those 5 will make it
the others better NOT

[PANDEMONEUM]

4-2-3-1

cherundolo - morales/onyewu - bocanegra - goodson
edu - bradley
dempsey - torres - donovan
altidore

D
morales/onyewu provide completely different skills
can morales play on the outside ?

M
no room for Beckerman cause of Edu/Bradley/Torres provide the same skills and are better
Fabian/Williams/Zusi get no pt, at least they are young and can use this as a learning experience
add Brek to those 3, and that look promising for our future midfield

F
im interested and excited to see Gomez
and id prefer to see Agudelo over Boyd/Wondo.

[HasheemThabeet]

Joe Corona is the future dude

[PANDEMONEUM]

OUT: Agudelo, Zusi, Williams and Morales.

[fatlever]

who would be dolo's back up at right back for this run of games? parkhurst?

[PANDEMONEUM]

i have no idea
things r really messed up
started with Chanlder, declining invitation
so now we need a Left FB
then Brek Shea was left off
so now we put Dempsey there, or need a Left Mid

then, we Didnt add Lichaj or Kljestan to fill those needs

DEFENDERS (7):
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96),
Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon),
Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers),
Clarence Goodson (Brondby),

i think those are our main 4, with these guys seeing some time

Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo),
Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana),
Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)

[HasheemThabeet]

should just bring in Bornstein

[fatlever]

from what i am reading fabian johson is the 1st string left back with castillo as his backup. dolo is of course the 1st string right back with parkhurst as his backup.

[fatlever]

next question... guess the formation? i still dont have a good guess as to what formation JK wants to run and how he views the midfield depth chart. maybe a 442 with a diamond midfield?

-------------------------------------howard/guzan----------------------------
dolo/parhurst-- gooch/goodson--boca/cameron-- johnson/castillo
-------------------------------------jones/beckerman---------------------------
-----------------bradley/edu----------------------------donovan/??-----------
---------------------------------------torres/corona------------------------------
-----------------------------dempsey/gomez/wondo-----------------------------
-----------------------------------------------jozy/boyd----------------------------

who knows

[fatlever]

or a 433 (1st choice team)

---------howard---------
dolo gooch boca johnson
-----bradley jones-----------
---------torres----------------
donovan-----------dempsey
------------jozy---------------

only think i dont like about the 433 is it takes dempsey away from the middle where he is at his best.

[HasheemThabeet]

Whatever stops Jozy from being the lone striker. Without a partner the US never has a decent attack since his holding play has been awful. Too bad nobody's stepped up since Charlie Davies' accident

[J-Mezzy]

Nice showing by the U. S. A