usmnt

he's been involved w/ the US U-18 setup, called into some camps. i'd imagine if he keeps progressing and keeps getting called in (u-20s next) he'd stick with us.

according to avi creditor on sports illustrated, fabian johnson is "capable" of playing left back, but is ineligible for costa rica and belgium as they switch his registration.

is there any reason both howard and friedel wear number 24 for their clubs?

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/klinsmanns-confidence-game/

I like this.

loving the "afro-germerican" series on the offisde rules

http://theoffsiderules.blogspot.com/2011/09/afro-germerican-of-moment-andrew-wooten.html

really bummed for pontius, who broke his leg saturday - he's been dcu's best player for the past 2-3 months, got called up for the last couple friendlies, and seemed to have all the momentum toward breaking into the rotation

bradley in at egypt

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/egypt-names-bradley-as-new-coach/

Ecuador GK is wearing a backwards baseball cap w/ 'DirecTV HD' on it, bizarre.

I miss Bradley tbh

someone better fuckin do something worthwhile today

Any idea who's starting?

I saw a few predictions but nothing official.

Howard, Cherundolo, Goodson, Bocanegra, Chandler, Williams, Beckerman, Edu, Shea, Dempsey, Altidore

Ribery has looked like a World XI player this season, Cherundolo had better step up.

think cherundolo has been dropped for his last 2 or 3 club games, so either rusty or has a point to prove, or both i guess.

Some good defending happening.

Timmy!

no chance on that one

just a hoof up the middle really

so like under bradley we used to score goals once in a while, what happened?

wynalda is pissed

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/put-eric-wynalda-in-the-win-now-category/?ref=soccer

“It is always important to win. I don’t understand people who say it doesn’t matter. It always matters. And what are we developing? Are we developing into losers who can juggle the ball?”

USA lineup vs. Slovenia: Howard, Cherundolo, Goodson, Bocangra, Chandler, Beckerman, Bradley, Johnson, Dempsey, Buddle, Altidore

This is entertaining.

Awesome goal from Buddle!

I like this Fabian Johnson.

This had better be a better side than the one against France; both teams looked liked warmed-over baby-shit on Friday.

They look pretty attacking and dangerous but both teams have had a bunch of great chances, the pitch is so densely covered in fog it could get farcical.

Gooch still out on a groin strain, right?

Could be, he's not on the bench.

1-1 now.

woke up to see i'd missed us putting 3 past slovenia!?!

ooh just saw a replay of buddle's. lovely.
who drew the penalty that jozy put in?

I thought he won & scored it, could be wrong though.

I didn't see, but my friend who is paying attention said Johnson drew the PK.

anyone else going to the game saturday? i'm taking my sister to her 2nd ever soccer game.

i saw a gold cup b-team once (holden! adu! guzan!) but this is my first US friendly.

i'm more excited than i should be probably. haven't seen a game in person since november.

this'll be a bit of a B/C team as well tbh, but I'm sure it'll be fun. venezuela is bringing their domestic players mainly afaik. be nice to see a win.

Zusi! Sapong! Shea!

and brad freakin evans, jesus christ

shea should be a first teamer someday if he keeps it up

p. crazy read about usmnt players down mexico way (violence, carjacking, bribery, the whole 9 yards)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20120119/usplayers-mexico/?sct=sc_t11_a2

explain wearing a horse head to a
game

well, it was a p awful game, anything to liven it up

watched zak whitbred defend pretty well against chelsea yesterday. will he get a call up in the future?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-18oQU73iCoU/T01Wf-ERNUI/AAAAAAAADDk/TqSjFXzgA0M/s1600/USAInItaly.bmp

good luck to the guys. pretty impressive record italy has against us. we are 0-7-3 with an aggregate score of 32-4.
think we'll see terrence boyd make his debut?

I would guess so, given that they yanked him out of u23 camp for this. He's already getting massively hyped a la Altidore and Agudelo.

1-Howard

2-Cherundolo 4-Goodson 5-Bocanegra (capt.) 3-Johnson

6-Bradley 8-Edu

7-Williams 10-Dempsey 11-Shea

9-Altidore

a half-empty stadium, the endearing italian whistles, ian darke's bloviations and dumb-as-shit sounding taylor twellman make this match a can't-miss!

surprisingly (occasionally) incisive at the front, shaky in the extreme at the back

pirlo is "not on facebook" thanks for that insight darke!

shea-johnson working the LH side have had their moments

Back at work - so I can't watch teh second half but flipping back and forth between Italy - USA and Eng - Ned, I thought at least the US game looked more entertaining.

DEUCE