Aug 28
USA VS Cuba: USA Roster
Sorry for this post coming a few hours after the official announcement. I had some things to take care of, but now, here is the roster for the USA’s upcoming match vs. Cuba. The roster is after the jump.
Here is the roster Bob Bradley has chosen:
U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 2/2 SO), Tim Howard (Everton FC: 4/3 SO)
DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 14/2), Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland: 2/0), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96: 16/0), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew: 12/1), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege: 9/0), Michael Orozco (San Luis: 0/0), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock: 3/0), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC: 0/0)
MIDFIELDERS (6): DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers: 17/4), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen: 3/1), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo: 1/0), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers: 2/0), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA: 1/0), Eddie Lewis (Los Angeles Galaxy: 20/3)
FORWARDS (4): Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo: 8/4), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy: 22/8), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC: 9/2), Eddie Johnson (Cardiff City: 8/8)
*numbers indicate all-time World Cup Qualifying caps/goals
What do you guys think of the roster? Who should be on it and who shouldn’t? Who’s unhappy there’s no Kenny Cooper? Happy to see Wynne? Your thoughts and potential lineups below.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
well at least he brought in Wynne and Orozco, and califf. Still no cooper, or holden, or adu, or altidore. i don’t know why cooper and holden were kept off the team. we know what lewis can do, and we know what ching can do. give the other guys a chance to prove themselves. I don’t think Bradley is the man that will take us farther than we have gone before. barely any imagination. he wont kill us, but he certainly wont bring us higher.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
yeah. I understand the excuse for Guatemala, we don’t want to send our young guys for their first games in that environment, but against Cuba, we should be able to. They don’t play in a big stadium, and it won’t be like Guatemala. Not to mention they’re a much easier opponent.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Ives is reporting that there may be more to the reason why Jozy was left off the roster AND that we may not be seeing him in a US kit for a while. Anyone have any info on this?
August 29th, 2008 at 12:42 am
So here’s my theory of what may have happened between Jozy and the USSF. Prior to they Olympics Jozy and his new coach Pellegrini had an agreement that he would guarantee him first team football if Jozy would falsely claim an injury to reduce his chances of getting hurt or worn down at the tournament. Upon Jozy’s return to Villarreal there has been no other speak of an apparent injury and he has featured more minutes in all their preseason games then he did in the entire Olympics. Also, with all the injuries to the club’s other forwards I haven’t seen anyone express any concerns about his supposed ankle injury. He seems to have been the recent poster boy of American soccer and I can see this as one of the only reasons he could find himself ,for the time being, shunned by the federation. If my theory is correct though I’m sure we’ll never really have anyway of knowing it’s validity because it will surely be denied. Thoughts?
August 29th, 2008 at 12:59 am
i like it. very conspiratorial. it makes sense though. Pellegrini didn’t want him going anyways, but what about the rumor that Jozy could be loaned to another team…i forgot which team, but if that happens, then that would blow your theory out of the water. if it doesn’t, then i totally could see this happening.
August 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Apparently Marca ran a story 2 days ago about him being loaned but the next day they back tracked from that story. He will not be loaned
August 29th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
USSF needs to get over themselves. If he did fake an injury, shame on him. With that said, we need him playing.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
yeah, i don’t care what he did. He’s the best option we have at forward and there is no excuse for not playing him at all. I understand the issue with his club just starting their season, but he won’t miss a game at all. This is getting ridiculous. He needs to play now!