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I predict it right now...we're going to get slaughtered in this tournament. Completely. We showed some good play against China, but from all I've heard, we've sucked at the Gold Cup and only advanced because we're playing low-level teams. I'm scared of the final against Mexico, and they're even playing like crap. We're hearing about how Bradley must be playing favorites. Ugh. I'm just not horribly optimistic at the moment, you know?
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Veni, vidi, vici--this goes out to all our NFC West chums
Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
U.S. Men's National Team
2007 Copa America Roster By Position
Goalkeepers (2) – Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Defenders (8) – Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Bobby Boswell (D.C. United), Dan Califf (Aalborg BK), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Drew Moor (FC Dallas), Heath Pearce (FC Nordsjælland), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)
Midfielders (8) – Kyle Beckerman (Colorado Rapids), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburger SV), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire), Lee Nguyen (PSV Eindhoven), Ben Olsen (D.C.United)
Forwards (4) – Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Herculez Gomez (Colorado Rapids), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
So no Donovan, no Onyewu, no Bocanegra, no Beasley and no Dempsey. Then we take garbage like Olsen. WTF??? We are gonna get our butts handed to us.
Who the heck is Drew Moor?
I like bringing in young guys like Davies, Wynne, Nguyen, Pearce, Kljestan and Mapp but otherwise that roster makes me ill.
U.S. Men's National Team
2007 Copa America Roster By Position
Goalkeepers (2) – Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
Defenders (8) – Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Bobby Boswell (D.C. United), Dan Califf (Aalborg BK), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Drew Moor (FC Dallas), Heath Pearce (FC Nordsjælland), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)
Midfielders (8) – Kyle Beckerman (Colorado Rapids), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburger SV), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire), Lee Nguyen (PSV Eindhoven), Ben Olsen (D.C.United)
Forwards (4) – Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Herculez Gomez (Colorado Rapids), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
So no Donovan, no Onyewu, no Bocanegra, no Beasley and no Dempsey. Then we take garbage like Olsen. WTF??? We are gonna get our butts handed to us.
Who the heck is Drew Moor?
I like bringing in young guys like Davies, Wynne, Nguyen, Pearce, Kljestan and Mapp but otherwise that roster makes me ill.
And I still wonder WHY IN THE HELL BRADLEY IS OUR MANAGER!!! Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and he's doing such a bang-up job in the Gold Cup. We look sooo stellar beating the likes of Canada and Panama and such...not!
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Veni, vidi, vici--this goes out to all our NFC West chums
Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
We wont score one goal wiht our forwards. Mark it down. Johnson is the best on the roster nbut since he is so fast referees call him offsides even when 8 out of 10 times he wasnt he is just so darn fast he is so far down field by tjhe time the ball reaches him the ref assumes he must have been offsides.
Twellman is a joke. Has great skills to get shots but cant do a damn thing with them.
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Goal for 2008: Half as many penalties.
Well I do feel a little better about our Copa Roster now with what we saw of Clark and Feilhaber yesterday. I think our biggest question mark is at right back--we have Pearce and Bornstein at leftback, Demerit, Conrad, Califf and Boswell at Centerback but only Wynne and Moor at right back with 0 Int'l experience. Wynne looked good in the last U20 WC, I've never noticed how Moor plays in the few MLS games I've watched. I think Boswell and Califf can play right back too but they play more in the center with their clubs I think.
My guess for the line-up, a straight up 4-4-2
GK Keller and Guzan (they will split starts)
RB Wynne
CB Demerit
CB Conrad
LB Bornstein (I want to see Pearce here personally but Bradley won't)
LM Mapp
CM Feilhaber
CM Clark
RM Kljestan
F Johnson
F Twellman
I don't expect this to be the lineup in every game, Olsen will get at least one start and I'm hoping Nguyen and Davies get a start as well.
Borgetti is out of the Copa America, and Mexico is apparently going crazy after losing in the Gold Cup Final. I hope Borgetti is okay, but other than that, a big 'ole
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Veni, vidi, vici--this goes out to all our NFC West chums
Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
Borgetti is out of the Copa America, and Mexico is apparently going crazy after losing in the Gold Cup Final. I hope Borgetti is okay, but other than that, a big 'ole
Mexico plays Brazil tonight, probably the voices calling for Hugo Sanchez' head will be out in full force after the game...unless he by some miracle pulls an upset. Copa America will be the nail in his coffin.
Mexico plays Brazil tonight, probably the voices calling for Hugo Sanchez' head will be out in full force after the game...unless he by some miracle pulls an upset. Copa America will be the nail in his coffin.
Oh, there is NO WAY Mexico will beat Brazil. This one's going to be a massacre, at least 3-0. If Mexico could only put up one goal in the 1st half against us, the way we're playing, AND they're missing Borgetti, they're going to get creamed by Brazil.
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Veni, vidi, vici--this goes out to all our NFC West chums
Thank you for breaking the circle of suck, Bidwill--Stout, December 7 2008.
Oh, there is NO WAY Mexico will beat Brazil. This one's going to be a massacre, at least 3-0. If Mexico could only put up one goal in the 1st half against us, the way we're playing, AND they're missing Borgetti, they're going to get creamed by Brazil.
I agree with you but mircales do happen sometimes...I don't want this to be that time but you can never absolutely 100% count anyone out.
BTW The Univision web broadcast works really well, good clear picture although its rather small to fit the ads in. Mexico V Brazil is on after Chile and Ecuador.(currently Ecuador 2 Chile 1 at halftime) I'll be able to watch the US last 2 matches but will miss the Argentina match because of work.
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