usmnt

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION (World Cup qualifying Caps/Goals) – Detailed Roster
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa - 5/3 SO), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire – 0/0), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake – 0/0)
DEFENDERS (6): Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake – 0/0), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City – 0/0), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City – 6/0), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy – 1/0), Clarence Goodson (Brondby – 5/0), Justin Morrow (San Jose Earthquakes – 0/0)
MIDFIELDERS (9): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla – 26/6), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake – 2/0), Michael Bradley (Roma – 20/5), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana – 1/0), Maurice Edu (Bursaspor – 10/0), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04 – 6/0), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht – 13/0), Brek Shea (Stoke City – 2/0), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City – 4/0)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar – 18/6), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna – 2/0), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur – 27/11), Herculez Gomez (Santos – 6/2), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC – 12/10)

on one hand omgwtflol we r fucked, but on the other, a roster worse than this one got the first win at azteca

That's the spirit Dan!

ha not even going to bother trying that tack with my more usmnt-crazy friends, who will discount it w/o any consideration what so ever

Kaiser von Amerika ‏@FakeKlinsmann

Excited to trot out in this lineup in the stadium named after U.S. Soccer legend Dick Sporting-Goode (I assume).

More Klinsmann criticism, spot on imho: http://aol.sportingnews.com/soccer/story/2013-03-19/jurgen-klinsmann-us-mens-soccer-coach-national-team-usa-american-world-cup-2013

damning imo. a great read.
certainly not any less concerned about qualifying!

The more I think about it, the more I think there is a certain amount of clickbait/confirmation bias to that article. Which is not to say there isn't important info there for US fans, just that a whole lot of people are finding exactly what they want to hear (and exactly what they have been posting on BigSoccer for years, regardless of coach) in it.

yeah i kind of agree, even though the artivle does an alright job pointing out that disharmony is found in every team.
but i feel like the bocanegra example could be seen the other way. so he was dropped, that sucks, but asking him to be involved in the team talk somehow makes it worse? shouldn't he want to contribute any way he can?

Seeing analysis calling for a back 4 of Beasley, Edu, Gonzalez, Cameron. It's kind of sad that that's about the best lineup to be had there.

baby bradley's response to the article/rumors:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BF1_fF9CAAAfVze.jpg

baby otm

conspiracy theories now swirling that this was all a stunt to whip up interest and motivate the team

http://images.scribblelive.com/2013/3/23/4c2b740b-e61a-4b27-92be-a5db5210937e.jpg

We the people demand an orange ball.

Holy shit this snow!

Are they fucking calling this??? No.

Incredible.

Photo a friend took at the game

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/562151_10152805727650727_61932924_n.jpg

There was a former Costa Rican international in the bar tonight for the first half, he was shaking his head at the whole crazy situation when he left.

first thought: field hockey?
didn't see this, wish i would've
loved this picture
http://i48.tinypic.com/25unp1k.jpg

Jones out for the Mexico game tomorrow, hearing Edu or Sascha in his place.

Looks like Costa Rica muffed their appeal so no replay.

Snowsta Rica

USA: Howard; Cameron, Gonzalez, Goodson, Beasley; Zusi, Jones, Kljestan, Davis; Dempsey, Altidore. Subs: Guzan, Besler, Evans, Parkhurst, Holden, E Johnson, Boyd, Gomez.

Belgium: Mignolet; Alderweirend, Vermaelen, Kompany, Vertonghen; Defour, Fellaini, Dembele; Mirallas, Lukaku, De Bruyne. Subs: JF Gillet, Kaminski, Ciman, Pocognoli, G Gillet, Simons, T Hazard, Lestienne, Vossen, Benteke.

Belgium is slightly good huh

nice to see holden back. don't see how this team is going to do much of anything next year in brazil.

Benteke on the bench ffs. If England had Jelle Vossen he'd be starting every game atm.

I didn't get to watch more than 5mins of this as I was busy losing my mind over the Stanley Cup playoffs but I agree there doesn't seem to be much of a plan and 2014 is looking like a wash, if they even get there.

Beautiful cross and finish.

That own goal... howler doesn't cover it.

https://i.minus.com/i5S3jtXA5Cgu0.gif

lolz pure enckelman

an instant classic.

That outEnckelmans Enckelman tbh

That second goal from Clint was pretty.

Germany is so last week

i am still recovering. that was amazing.
five +/- thoughts from century link field (like the journalists do)
1. top of the hex baby
2. michael bradley is such a stud
3. really impressive tifo. kinda funny they adapted ECS & TA chants, but better than U-S-A over and over.
4. seeing jozy and dempsey move off the ball was so impressive.
5. a journalist i follow who has been to 35+ games in the c-link press box said that after jozy's goal was the first time the press box shook. i lost my voice screaming after it. that stadium holds in the sound like no place else.
6. WOOOOOOOOOOO
7. do i go to c-bus for dos a cero? i'm seriously considering it. i wanna go to kc too. thought i had the bug before but man do i have it now. brazil? maybe. time to start planning?

looked awesome last night. way to do it seattle!

7. do i go to c-bus for dos a cero? i'm seriously considering it.

I went in 2009, it was pretty awes. I actually think Cbus would be a better trip than KC.

Jozy's goal was so fuckin great. I found myself wondering what Charlie Davies would be doing under Klinsy's reign. :/

http://i.imgur.com/JVkxSAr.gif

U20s go up against Spain in their world cup opener today

http://www.flashyourweb.com/jQchat/emoticons/42.gif

gold cup roster

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3): Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (8): Corey Ashe (Houston Dynamo), DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Tony Beltran (Real Salt Lake), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Oguchi Onyewu (Malaga), Michael Orozco Fiscal (Puebla), Michael Parkhurst (FC Augsburg)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Helsinborg), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Joshua Gatt (Molde FK), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jose Torres (Tigres)

FORWARDS (5): Will Bruin (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Herculez Gomez (Club Tijuana), Jack McInerney (Philadelphia Union), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

ok, i am getting in: gold cup portland ticket purchased, flight to cbus booked

booked my place near the stadium, getting hotel carter vibes from the reviews:

Rooms ok. Stained linen. Tiny pillows.. broken floor tiles in bathroom. Only one ice machine for entire hotel.. and it caught on fire. So no ice.

I knew there was not too much to expect for this price. However, besides stained sheets and moldy smells, bad cable and poor wifi, I did not expect bloodstains on the floor in front of the night reception

This is a very shity place u have to walk to the office to get your towels they brought us pilows n told us to bring them back when we check out beds where too small toliets broken tub dirty

The next morning I was very itchy and had little bumps on me.

Hahaha know exactly what place this is.

seis a uno ok?

habe not ever been at a game sodrunk

belize peacecorps to the left of me/ aussies to the right(" which color is usa? what # is donovan?") stuck in the middle w/ mix

JWFis a wonderful stadium btw. also funto root for donovan & wondo, basically only chance for years

cascadia uncle sam was so wonderful. tear------>eye

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/photo-44.jpg

stuck in the middle with STU duh only took me an hour

lol