Official Team USA Soccer Thread

[and1GS]

Bedoya...so boring.

Is Holden back from injury any time soon? Can't wait to see Mix evolve over the next 4 years.

[PANDEMONEUM]

i like Bedoya

Holden is done
i wouldnt expect him to get back to usamnt level

i am intersted in seeing Agudelo
and seeing him combine with Johannsson
if those 2 could get time together, it will be very interesting to watch
i believe Johannsson will be out vs the Chec, with an injury
so i guess we get Altidore + Agudelo

-the U23 camp, and match vs the mens Bahamas, has lots of interesting names
alot of long shots invited to camp
we'll see if any of them show well

[GS Warriors 1]

The end of an era is official.

Landon Donovan is retiring after the 2014 season.

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http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/08/12/08/20/140812-u23-mntvsbahamas-highlights-and-reaction-aug-6-2014

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/08/07/08/10/140806-u23mnt-bahamas

U23, usa 5 - 1 Bahamas

Lineups:
USA:
1-Cody Cropper;

3-Juan Pablo Ocegueda, 5-AJ Cochran (Christian Dean, 63), 4-Will Packwood (Ramon Martin del Campo, 46), 2-Oscar Sorto;

19-Daniel Metzger (Bryan Gallego, 75), 8-Benji Joya, 10-Luis Gil (capt.) (Victor Pineda, 73), 17-Alfred Koroma Shams (7-Dennis Flores, 46);

18-Alonso Hernandez (15-Daniel Cuevas, 60), 11-Jordan Morris (9-Omar Salgado, 75)

Subs not used: 12-Santiago Castano

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September 3, 2014
1:15 PM CT
USA vs Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic

October 10, 2014
USA vs Ecuador
East Hartford, Connecticut

November 19, 2014
USA vs. Rep. of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland

we wont have that match vs Colombia in San Antonio
replaced it with Ecuador

i expect an all euro team vs Czech
an mls + liga mx team vs Ecuador
a mix vs Ireland, but i think the playoffs for the MLS will be happening
so a few options wont be available to us

[GS Warriors 1]

Donovan will be called-up for the Ecuador match on October 10th in Hartford.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/J_Klinsmann/status/504358838665883649[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/sunilgulati/status/504357818464346112[/tweet]

[Matty]

Green and Yedlin better be starting in all of these Friendlies. Develop your young players now and maybe, just maybe, you have a shot at winning Copa America in 2 years.

[Higga]

Good on Klinsmann. Donovan deserves a proper send off.

[GS Warriors 1]

Klinsmann has named the 22 going to the Czech Republic for next week's friendly:

GOALKEEPERS (3) : Cody Cropper (Southampton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (7) : John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Tim Ream (Bolton)

MIDFIELDERS (7) : Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Brek Shea (Stoke City)

FORWARDS (5) : Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Joe Gyau (Borussia Dortmund II), Jordan Morris (Stanford), Rubio Rubin (Utrecht), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich)

Jordan Morris (19 y.o.) is the first player to be called up while still playing in college since Ante Razov(UCLA) in 1995.

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DEFENDERS (7) :
Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), - dont know anything about him. a FB or CB ?
Michael Orozco (Puebla), - WHY ? FOR PHOOKS SAKE, BE DONE WITH HIM
Tim Ream (Bolton) - i cant see him as part of the future, but a vet, that knows how to play CB and FB

MIDFIELDERS (7) :
Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), - never impressed me. zusi and bedoya bumped him down the ladder
Emerson Hyndman (Fulham), - suppose to be our next bradley/kljestan, CM. but because of his youth, has a high ceiling and expectations of being better than bradley
Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), - DM. all the technical skills, said to be slow.

FORWARDS (5) :
Joe Gyau (Borussia Dortmund II), - only from what ive read, people are happy with his play and expect him to continue to improve and advance
Jordan Morris (Stanford), - only thing i read, is hes in the Sounders system
Rubio Rubin (Utrecht), - dont know anything about him
Bobby Wood (1860 Munich) - havent liked the little of seen

[GS Warriors 1]

Got the W @ Czech Republic 1-0.

I thought the U.S. were the better team in the first half but the 2nd was pretty much dominated by the Czechs. I think we'll be fine at GK, Rimando played outstanding and has solidly marked himself at #2 with Howard out of the picture for now. Out of the starting position players, felt Diskerud was the best of the bunch. It was probably circumstantial why he didn't get minutes at the Cup but he looked pretty good out there. Chandler and Johnson were good, Brooks was up and down for me...made a couple nice stops but also some sloppy clearances. Orozco was actually decent. Green started out well but faded out of the game rather quickly, same for Gyau. Corona didn't look sharp at all. Bedoya was ok. Hyndman and Garza were the most intriguing out of the subs.
Shea looked bad. Probably the worst player for us and someone who shouldn't get any callups unless he starts playing.

[edfmx86]

Brek needs to come back to MLS, just admit Europe wasn't for him.

Check it out, the USMNT has never lost when Rimando plays.

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Gyan and Mix, were great
Bedoya always puts in the work, so its hard to ever hate on him

Green had so many turnovers. he is far from being ready
Corona was invisible

Altidore is back on my poop list. if you have a F with a low work rate, he has to score goals.

Chandler did ok. but wasnt asked to push up the field. and he still got winded.

i was worried about no DM, but those 3 worked really hard.
still prefer
CM....CM/AM
....DM

[GS Warriors 1]

USA has added another game, October 14 against Honduras in Boca Raton, FL (FAU Stadium).

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U.S.A vs Ecuador
Friday October 10, 2014 -- 6 PM CT

U.S.A vs Honduras
Tuesday October 14, 2014 -- 7 PM CT

i hope that we see an all MLS/MX team
i really enjoyed seeing all the youth in the game vs Cezch Rep.
if we can see a 50/50 roster with youngs and regulars, that would be great

my really early guess of the callups
(excluding all the Euros)

GK: (3)
Nick Rimando, Bill Hamid, Clint Irwin

RB: (2)
DeAndre Yedlin, Andrew Farrell

CB: (4)
Matt Besler, Omar Gonzalez, Amobi Okugo, Matt Hedges
Michael Parkhurst, Maurice Edu, Shane O'Neill, Nick Hagglund, Chris Schuler, Chad Marshall

LB: (2)
Greg Garza, Robbie Rogers

CM: (3)
Michael Bradley, Wil Trapp, Dillon Powers
Jermaine Jones, Kyle Beckerman, Joe Corona, Perry Kitchen,

AM/Wing: (5)
Landon Donovan, Graham Zusi, Benny Feilhaber, Lee Nguyen, Paul Arriola
Luis Gil, Dax McCarty, Luis Silva, Harry Shipp, Dillon Serna, Tommy Thompson

CF: (4)
Clint Dempsey, Gyasi Zardes, Jack McInerney, Will Bruin
Andrew Wenger, Justin Meram, Patrick Mullins

..........ZARDES - DEMPSEY
DONOVAN --- NGUYEN --- ZUSI
................BRADLEY
GARZA - BESLER - OMAR - YEDLIN
................RIMANDO

3 noobs in the starting lineup

[GS Warriors 1]

Those are FIFA dates, so it will be a mix of MLS and guys abroad.

[PANDEMONEUM]

yea, but i dont want to bring the Euro guys
this is early in the new cycle
i want to see all the youngs

not too many from Europe anyways, that would bump those guys out

i guess if JK wants to leave the MLS guys who have games and playoffs to worry about, off the team
then id b fine with that

[LittleOzzy]

Should be a good match. Midfield will look very different without Bradley.

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http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/10/05/17/36/141005-mnt-v-ecu-roster-rel

GOALKEEPERS (3):
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (7):
John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)

MIDFIELDERS (6):
Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Joe Corona (Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Julian Green (Hamburg), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt)

FORWARDS (5):
Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Joe Gyau (Borussia Dortmund), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich)

way more Euros than i expected
i guess JK did take into account, the MLS teams that need their guys for playoffs

give me

DONOVAN ------- ALTIDORE -------- GYAU

.........DISKERUD ------ BEDOYA

..................MORALES

TIMMY.C - BROOKS - OMAR - YEDLIN

...................GUZAN

i never want Chandler, but, if hes brought in, i see him as the #1 backup at both FB spots, and as a starter when Fabian is not on the team

[Bernman]

Oooh, that's pretty close to mine. I'd go with....

-----------------------------Altidore-------------------------------
-----------Gyau---------------------------------Donovan---------

--------------------Bedoya----------Mixx---------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------Ream-----------------------------------
--Chandler-----------------------------------------------Yedlin----
--------------------Brooks---------Gonzo---------------------------
------------------------------Guzan------------------------------------

But I'd be really disappointed if any of these guys get injured, because I don't think it should really be any other way. Jurgen didn't exactly pack this team fat. Green has done nothing outside his wc goal, Corona peaked, and MOF is still around!?!?