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Only difference between that and the picks I made is I had Michael Bradley instead of Ramos.

demarcus beasley? a brief but brilliant spell i s'pose. wynalda never really proved himself at club level tbh, jozy probably better or as good tbh. but then again its usmnt performances rather than club level we are talking about

dunno much about tab ramos, except reading issues of world soccer saying stuff like "tab ramos is US soccers only guiding light in a country where soccer is less popular than midget throwing!!!"

Ramos has stuck around to coach youth teams, I didn't see a lot of him while he was active but from all indications he was indeed the guiding light at that time.

I thought about Beasley, a lot of people suggested moving Donovan into Wynalda's place and slotting Beas in there.

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Bob Bradley will be unveiled as Stabæk manager at 10CET tomorrow. He will become the first American manager to manage in Europe. (Budstikka)

good luck to Bob, but that's kind of underwhelming considering their best known manager ended up at the new york red bulls.

I'm guessing it's due to the schedule of the Norwegian league, this must be their offseason. I can't imagine a club in a bigger league replacing a fired manager with Bradley at this point. Maybe this will just be a foot in the door for him, he has said for a while he wanted to coach in European top divisions.

In other news:

GOALKEEPERS (4): Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (10): Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Michael Harrington (Portland Timbers), Chris Klute (Colorado Rapids), Chance Myers (Sporting Kansas City), Shane O’Neill (Colorado Rapids), Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Eric Alexander (New York Red Bulls), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Dax McCarty (New York Red Bulls), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (4): Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (D.C. United), Mike Magee (Chicago Fire), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

The camp, which runs from Jan. 6-Feb. 1, will be conducted across two continents. After six days in California, a 23-player group will base in Sao Paulo from Jan. 13-25 to give the players and staff a dry run of this summer’s tournament in Brazil. The team will then return to the U.S. Soccer National Training Center.

Michael Bradley to TFC!?!?!?

what in the fucking hell?

http://www.thestar.com/sports/tfc/2014/01/08/tfc_signs_tottenham_striker_jermain_defoe.html xposted from the prem thread

If Bradley wants to be a star and have a team built around him then Toronto isn't a bad place to start. No one to fight with him for dominance or playing time.

if that's what he wanted he could have stayed at Chievo rather than move to Roma.

The second half of that is basically what I've heard, he's getting squeezed out at Roma and that's not a good thing leading into the summer in Brazil. Seems like there's a lot of interest from clubs in Germany and elsewhere in Europe but he needs guaranteed playing time more than anything. xpost

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much love for wondo!

Srsly bummed for Magee at the same time.

glad for gil

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deuce coppin a bit of a feel there on a.morg?

Bring back the hoops!

I hope the Davis Cup team wears the same uniforms.

ryder cup too prob

yeah what happened to the hoops

Thankfully, they decided looking like barber polls was a hideous mistake.

rong

Look - it's the US Men's National Team!

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feel so bad for this dude. i thought he was going to be a major player for the usmnt.

In his first game action since tearing his ACL in July’s Gold Cup final, Holden reinjured the knee 23 minutes into an appearance with the club’s under-21 squad.

Rushing back for the 2010 WC was a bad move. He wasn't fully healed and that has led to more injury. I always hated him for Houston but you're right, he would have been a contributor for the nats in a way that Jones/Klestjan/Edu/Williams haven't been.

Sounds like Cherundolo is hanging 'em up.

he's one of my favorites. amazing to have more than 400 appearances with Hannover, he's been there since 1999!

http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-national-team/2014/03/140318-julian-green-applies-for-association-switch.aspx

Bayern Munich forward Julian Green has chosen to represent the United States in international competition and has applied for a one-time change of association to FIFA. The process is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.

http://soccer.si.com/2014/03/19/julian-green-usa-usmnt-bayern-munich-schweinsteiger-robben/ -- kind words from some Bayern players about Green

Can't help but be cynical about this after all the young forwards we've seen that have been predicted to be the saviors of the nat'l team.

new starting cb?

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bugs me that the shades of red and blue don't match the flag

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g-d I knew that looked familiar

Bradley is playing like a madman

Impressive

First half, that is

hope that goal doesn't prevent us from seeing Green soon

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/09/usmnt-world-cup-hero-who-never-was-word

Fantastic article on forgotten US forward Steve Snow.

yedlin in the 30. I love the kid but he's not ready.

Yeah that's bizarre. Still, he probably won't make the cut. Chandler is also an interesting addition.

Brooks, Corona, Green also slightly o_O imo

otm. not like ream or agudelo are prime choices but at least they've been in the system and shown something at some point

Boyd's on 20 goals in Austria this year, tough to ignore that kind of Herc Gomez-esque form for a late shot at the team

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23 Man roster will be named tonight: Parkhurst, Evans, Goodson, Corona, Edu, Boyd and Donovan are not in. #USMNT

And USSoccer confirms.

Without Landon they're instantly more likable.