Klinsmann to announce roster for game vs Mexico at 1pm ET
Jurgen Klinsmann is announcing the roster to day for the Aug. 10th game against Mexico. Any predictions?
Here's mine:
------------ altidore
- dempsey -- adu -- donovan -
-------bradley -- edu
lichaj -- boca -- ream -- cherundolo
EDIT: Goalie is a no brainer, didnt put him on there
August 4th, 2011 at 12:49 PM ^
Why would he make Altidore his goalie?? This guy must really be a moran.
...why is the US handicapping itself by only playing 10 players? Either Klinsmann is attempting to sabotage the team or he is applying "This is America!" to soccer like Michigan applies "This is Michigan!" to football.
of Players, i think the Goalie is already a forgone conclucsion Tim Howard.
heard of it?
GK: Howard
D: Ream, Goodson, Cherundolo, Bocanegra
M: Jones, Edu, Clark, Bradley
F: Agudelo, Adu
August 4th, 2011 at 12:51 PM ^
He's been paying close attention to the USMNT, he's not just starting from scratch. This deal has been in the works for some time.
No Altidore?
No Dempsey?
EDIT: apparently he's preparing for the upcoming season with Fulham. Bad timing I guess. Altidore also appears to be working with a club team right now as well.
Is he/did he announce the roster or the starting lineup. The OP suggests the later, though the title suggests the former.
Thanks for posting this. To go off of what you said previously, since Dempsey and Altidore are pre-occupied with their respective club teams, does that mean they won't be eligible to play against Mexico?
Also, for those of us who don't follow the rosters super closely (and don't know much more than the popular names), can you comment on any of the differences between this roster and previous rosters Bradley put together?
Thanks!
There's more of a "Latin" influence on this team. 4 players called up from the Mexican league I think.
Those players have always been in contention. It is finally good to see Castillo getting called up.
I'm really happy to see Gringo Torres on this rosters. I have no idea why he disappeared off the rosters after the WC.
I'm surprised by the inclusion of Beasley, dude hasn't been anywher near the National Team in a few years. Most excited for Timmy Chandler, I'm hoping he can prove to be the right back of the future, and Lichaj can take over the left back spot. That leaves the problem of the middle of the defense for 2014. Tim Ream has a bright future, but that's what it is at this point, the future. Hopefully we can find someone in the next 3 years, and we won't have to rely on Boca in Brazil. Love the guy, but mid-30s is too old to be a key component of a World Cup team.
Above all else, beat Mexico!
I would rather have have seen Alejandro Bedoya over Beaseley. We all saw how much pace and energy Bedoya provides off the bench getting out wide.
I'm still waiting for the day that Mix finally gets his shot at playing.
My bad, first double post ever though!
I'm a big Beckerman fan. Nice to see him get the call.
Really? Other then that I like the midfield selection, is it telling that Donovan is listed with the forwards? Or is that just because Jozy isn't available? I have heard a lot about a potential 4-3-3 but I don't really know what the plan is, thoughts?
Has there ben any thoughts from Brian on Bradley / Klinsmann? I attempted to look, but found nothing. Hoping for a good read to fill up one of the last days before practice starts.
As for the roster, there have been comments that Altidore and Dempsey are with their clubs, is that where Lichaj is also?
Other than Clark, I am good with this. Kind of hard to judge until We see what the plan of attack is. Should be a very interesting game.
Lichaj got a small injury so that is why he is not on the roster. He might have been able to play, but he wanted to rest so that he can concentrate on the premier league season coming up. It wouldn't be worth it to further injure himself in a friendly against the sometimes dirty tackles of the Mexican national team.
Since Klinsmann's coaching mentality is very attacking based, I thought he might go w/ 4-3-3.
GK: Howard
D: Bocanegra, Cherundolo, Goodson, Pearce
M: Bradley, Clark, Edu
F: Adu, Beasley, Donovan
Of which I have many to be summarized in bullet form...
- Nice to see Bil Hamid get a call, even though he won't play. Dude is the Keeper of the future.
- Timm-ay Chandler needs to play every single freakin' match for the U-S from now until 2020. I'm not saying he's Philip Lahm or anything, but he's by far the best option at RB.
- Good to see Castillo and Ream get a call-up, but where's Omar Gonzalez? Young, prototypical size for a CB, and yet he's not on the roster.
- I thought Ricardo Clark was out of my life forever, and then BAM! Hasn't he proven at this point, he's not an international level player? I feel like Walter in The Big Lebowski. Doesn't anyone around here give a shit about the rules [the rules being Ricardo Clark's ineptitude).
- Donovan and Beasley listed as Forwards is interesting. Donovan because Bradley always played him out wide and as mentioned above this could be the signal that Jurgen is going to try out a 4-3-3. Beasley because he's old and he hasn't come close to the USMNT in a while.
Regardless, pretty good selections (minus Clark and the lack of Omar Gonzalez), and it'll be interesting to see how they play under Jurgen.
I'm excited to see Hamid on the roster as well. We always produce great GK, hopefully that starts happening all over the field.
I wanted to see Omar Gonzalez as well since he plays for the Galaxy, but Michael Orozco getting called up is just as good.
Nice to see Adu get some play time.
I have liked the way Benny Feilhaber has played over the opast few years, surprised I did not see him on the roster.