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US Gold Cup Roster: Yes that does say Freddy Adu
Looking forward to the tournament since the finals are at the Rose Bowl and I have tickets assuming the US doesn't lay an egg.
Adu and Rogers are the most surprising choices.
The roster:
Goalkeepers: Tim Howard (Everton, England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England), Nick Rimando (Salt Lake)
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Tigres, Mexico), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Clarence Goodson (Brondby, Denmark), Eric Lichaj (Leeds, England), Oguchi Onyewu (Twente, Netherlands), Tim Ream (New York), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United, England)
Midfielders: Freddy Adu (Rizespor, Turkey), Michael Bradley (Aston Villa, England), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (New England), Jermaine Jones (Blackburn, England), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht, Belgium), Robbie Rogers (Columbus)
Forwards: Juan Agudelo (New York), Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor, Turkey), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1NDeTaCIB
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Would have loved to see Chad Marshall on there over Bornstein. Bocanegra should be the starting LB in all honesty.
Rogers has been playing alright in Columbus, but his team is just not gelling right now.
Debating going up to Detroit for the game there
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Yeah Bornstein just seems to be a default at this point. Marshall is a bit of an unknown. It's too bad that Chandler isn't playing since that would free up somebody besides Bornstein to move out to LB. I guess his club didn't want him to play and basically blocked Bradley.
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I guess Bradley said Chandler is too fatigued
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For a non-soccer fan, what's the story on Adu. Last I heard he was the next big thing and drafted when he was like 14.
Sorry I'm ignorant on this one.
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kaldaniels
For a non-soccer fan, what's the story on Adu. Last I heard he was the next big thing and drafted when he was like 14.
Sorry I'm ignorant on this one.
He started in MLS and had some early success. He has had a lot of trouble catching on in Europe. He was initially brought over by a pretty big Spanish team but the coach was fired very soon after and he was out of favor with the new guy. He is currently on loan from his Greek team with a 2nd division team in Turkey and has played very well. I believe he has 4 goals and 5 assists this season albeit in a not very well thought of division. The hope is he has matured since the US doesn't have a great goal scorer on the roster and he is still only 21.
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Well...Saturday sucked....but Tuesday at 7:30 is the first gold cup match. Would have loved to make it up to Detroit if this were on a weekend but oh well
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Yeah that game was brutal. I'm not sure how much you can read into it though other than Spain is really good.
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They played their B-team, we played our B-team.
That game shouldn't have even been scheduled.
Abreyo replaces Feilhaber
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US up 1-0 at half against Canada in their Gold Cup opener. Altidore scored and Donovan assisted. Game is on Fox Soccer Channel for those interested.
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BuckeyeRed27
He started in MLS and had some early success. He has had a lot of trouble catching on in Europe. He was initially brought over by a pretty big Spanish team but the coach was fired very soon after and he was out of favor with the new guy. He is currently on loan from his Greek team with a 2nd division team in Turkey and has played very well. I believe he has 4 goals and 5 assists this season albeit in a not very well thought of division. The hope is he has matured since the US doesn't have a great goal scorer on the roster and he is still only 21.
Agreed, but most soccer prodigies seem to start showing that potential by now. I hope for the best for the kid, but I'm not counting on him. I just hope that he can be a lesson for US Soccer and their fans to not falsely raise the expectations on a kid who hasn't actually done anything yet.
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US wins 2-0. Dempsey scored a sweet goal on a Altidore cross and the US really dominated the second half.
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I would have really liked to see Teal Bunbury on the team. I think he is ready for the next step.
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The Voice of IH
I would have really liked to see Teal Bunbury on the team. I think he is ready for the next step.
I think he'll get there and would be surprised if he wasn't on the World Cup team, but he didn't look too hot last night against Chicago. Maybe he was trying to hard for the big home crowd or something.
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BuckeyeRed27
I think he'll get there and would be surprised if he wasn't on the World Cup team, but he didn't look too hot last night against Chicago. Maybe he was trying to hard for the big home crowd or something.
Either that or his mind is elsewhere. He's still young, has a hopefully prosperous career ahead of him.
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2-0 Panama at half. Embarrassing.
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2-1 Panama holds on. Just awful. Plenty of goats, but the defense and Altidore were abysmal today.
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Just an awful loss. No excuse.
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If we don't absolutely thrash Guadeloupe I'll be disappointed. The Panama result was just horrendous.
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I know there is plenty of time to right the ship, but I am terrified about even qualifying this cycle. There are no forwards worthy of starting on a good team, and the defense is either too old or too young, and probably not that great no matter what their age.
Even in CONCACAF this isn't going to be the shoe in everyone thinks it's going to be this qualifying cycle.
Oh, and coach Bradley, don't even get me started. Maybe when the team starts EVERY SINGLE GAME flat, it isn't the player's fault?
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Awesome move extending Bradley another WC cycle. History has shown that works marvelously. :rolleyes:
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Will be interested if he sticks with Ream and Goodsen in the middle.
I think he's going to go with Gooch and slide over Bocenegra and start Bornstein on the outside.
We better win this game by about 5 goals.
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WMR
Awesome move extending Bradley another WC cycle. History has shown that works marvelously. :rolleyes:
I've been as big of a Bradley supporter as there is, but even I'm getting discouraged by all the flat starts.
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How in the hell did Wondolowski miss? It was harder to miss that shot then it was to put it in
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Wow. That Altidore goal was a rocket.
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1-0 US at the half. It really should be more like 3-0, but poor finishing from Wondo and Dempsey.
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1-0 USA wins and advances. They'll play Jamaica the 19th. The score looks ugly, but really this should have been a 4-0 blowout. Dempsey had a nightmarish game finishing, missing at least 5 really good chances on goal. Jones and Cherundolo were the men of the match for the US IMO.
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OUReds
1-0 USA wins and advances. They'll play Jamaica the 19th. The score looks ugly, but really this should have been a 4-0 blowout. Dempsey had a nightmarish game finishing, missing at least 5 really good chances on goal. Jones and Cherundolo were the men of the match for the US IMO.
I could not believe some of those misses. The Dempsey miss on that beautiful pass from Bedoya was inexcusable and the header he missed in the first half was basically just as bad.
Cherundolo was great as was Altidore and Bedoya off the bench.
The team looked really tired and that is to be expect I suppose, but hopefully they can find their legs again by Sunday.
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Bedoya is playing like he wants a starting chance. I wouldn't be shocked to see him out wide with Dempsey up top one of these games.
Speaking of Dempsey, I'm just gonna chalk yesterday up as one of those games. He doesn't usually have trouble finishing.
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Nice win today. That said, the team looks shaky and will need to crank it up to win this tournament.
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I thought they played really well. Aside from the "obligatory 10 minute mark leave a man wide open in the box" I though the defense was particularly excellent.
What I didn't realize was how much my disappointment going into a game translates into said player being the best player in the match.
Going into the tournament, I was really starting to talk myself into Jozy Altidore hitting the bench for a few games, boom 2 goals in the first round.
Going into today, I said to myself, "You know Jermaine Jones has had a lot of hype, but he really hasn't played particularly well." Boom, goal, and a huge performance all over the field. Plus he dove like a pro.
So I guess the question is who am I most disappointed now, Bradley? Landycakes? Bocanegra or Goodson?
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Hoosier Red
Going into today, I said to myself, "You know Jermaine Jones has had a lot of hype, but he really hasn't played particularly well." Boom, goal, and a huge performance all over the field. Plus he dove like a pro.
When I saw the replay of his Louganis, I said to myself "we will win the World Cup within my lifetime. Our guys finally get it." :lol:
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Starting lineup for tonight's Panama rematch. No Landon again.
GK - Tim Howard
DEF - Eric Lichaj, Carlos Bocanegra, Clarence Goodson, Steve Cherundolo
MID - Clint Dempsey, Sacha Kljestan, Alejandro Bedoya, Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones
FWD - Juan Agudelo
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Landon Donovan comes off the bench and threads a pass to Dempsey to rescue the US ... 1-0 and on to the final and most likely a matchup with Mexico.
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Freddy Adu deserves a ton of credit for his vision and execution on the pass to Donovan.
Not a great game overall but I'll take it. Bring on Mexico!
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BuckeyeRed27
Freddy Adu deserves a ton of credit for his vision and execution on the pass to Donovan.
Not a great game overall but I'll take it. Bring on Mexico!
Good to see Freddy have an impact on the game. Hopefully it's a sign of great things to come.
Also read that Altidore will not be able to play in the final.
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Yeah he's out 6 weeks.
Will be intereting to see if Bradley starts Adu and Agudelo up top against Mexico.
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Bradley w/a nice header off of Adu's cross. 1-0 US in the 9th minute.
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Cherundolo injured and out in the 12th minute ... Bornstein in for the US.
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Despite the score, Mexico controlling the pace early and it seems like it's only a matter of time before they score.