Gold Cup roster/ Grenada match

US Gold Cup roster announced


USA


First Name Last Name Pos DOB CLub
Freddy Adu AT 6/2/1989 AC Monaco (FRA)
Jozy Altidore AT 11/6/1989 Xerez (ESP)
Davy Arnaud MD 6/22/1980 Kansas City Wizards
Jonathan Bornstein DF 11/7/1984 Chivas USA
Danny Califf DF 3/17/1980 FC Midtjylland (DEN)
Conor Casey AT 7/25/1981 Colorado Rapids
Steve Cherundolo DF 2/19/1979 Hannover (GER)
Ricardo Clark MD 2/10/1983 Houston Dynamo
Kenny Cooper AT 10/21/1984 FC Dallas
Charlie Davies AT 6/25/1986 Hammarby (SWE)
Jay Demerit DF 12/4/1979 Watford FC (ENG)
Benny Feilhaber MD 1/19/1985 AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Eddie Gaven MD 10/25/1986 Columbus Crew
Clarence Goodson DF 5/17/1982 IK Start (NOR)
Brad Guzan GK 9/9/1984 Aston Villa (ENG)
Marcus Hahnemann GK 6/15/1972 Wolverhampton (ENG)
Stuart Holden MD 8/1/1985 Houston Dynamo
Eric Lichaj MD 11/17/1988 Aston Villa (ENG)
Chad Marshall DF 8/22/1984 Columbus Crew
Pablo Mastroeni MD 8/29/1976 Colorado Rapids
Michael Orozco DF 2/7/1986 San Luis (MEX)
Michael Parkhurst DF 1/24/1984 FC Nordsjaellands (NOR)
Heath Pearce DF 8/13/1984 Hansa Rostock (GER)
Troy Perkins GK 7/29/1981 Valerenga IF (NOR)
Luis Robles GK 11/5/1984 FC Kaiserslautern (GER)
Robbie Rogers MD 5/12/1987 Columbus Crew
John Thorrington MD 10/17/1979 Chicago Fire
Jose Torres MD 10/29/1987 Pachuca (MEX)
Jeremiah White AT 4/3/1982 AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Marvell Wynne DF 5/8/1986 Totonto FC (CAN)
Bob Bradley COACH

Who do you hope to see and who do you hope not to see wearing the shirt in the Gold Cup?

 

Re: Gold Cup roster

Brian McBride, for an influx of heart.

Nemanja Vidic, ditto.

Jennifer Love Hewitt, as long as I'm compiling a fantasy list why not put her on it too.


Seriously, I don't know. The horse ran out of the barn in S Africa last week and for a competition that is the redheaded stepchild to almost every other int'l tournament I don't know what to say.

 

I agree with Don, I would like to see more of what Cooper can do.

But please, no more PABLO!!! Please stick a fork in him.
The only thing he is good for is a yellow.

 

WOULD LIKE TO SEE:
Stuart Holden. He's quality a step above.

Also, where is that Jack McInerney kid?? I don't care if he is 14 years old (which he isn't), put his scoring ass in there now!

WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE:
Bob

 

Re: Gold Cup roster

No offense to Wynne and Spector and Hejdude, but I hope to see 'Dolo healthy and playing for the US.

 

Re: Gold Cup roster

Me too! 'cause we dont need no freakin field leadership or nothin'!!! Everyone can see we got plenty of that!

{/sarc} But I dont wanna see Frankie out there either. He's played THREE freakin games for the Crew this season.
OTOH, it might do Robbie good to get some minutes... he's off his timing this year and maybe needs a little change of scenery and playmates.

But not both him and Gaven.. Crew got extra games, too... wear us out, whydoncha!
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Chill... it's only till the end of MLS season.

Seattle is not a certain coach's final destination.

 

I watched the match last night and wondered why Dax never pops up on Bobs radar either. Then I remembered that he is a central midfielder who is composed on the ball, makes the right pass and despite his size seems to win every loose ball cleanly. Bob seems to have no use for midfielders like that. :tongue:

 

Has Dax done anything in MLS?

I would think this Gold Cup should appease all those who would want to see Adu get minutes.

 

From a curiosity perspective, I'd like to see Arnaud, Cooper, Marshall, Parkhurst, Rogers and White get some minutes to see what they can do.

For experience sake, I'd like to see as much of Adu, Altidore, Bornstein, Dolo, Demerit, Benny, Torres and Guzan as possible.

I don't want to see Clark, Casey, Pablo or Hahnemann. If you're going to play another keeper, I'd rather see if Perkins or Robles can push Guzan for the 2nd GK slot.

 

Oh, and one more thing I'd like to see: BEAT MEXICO. Sure, the Gold Cup isn't as "big" as the Euro or the Copa America, but barring severe seismic shifts, it's OUR continental championship, and as such it's the second most important tournament our national team plays in. The odd trip to the Copa and Confed Cup are nice for getting experience against tough opponents but this is one we should be trying our hardest to win.

 

The only problem with this Gold Cup is that it is completely meaningless, pride and money aside.

The 2013 Confed Cup concacaf AQ goes to the 2011 gold cup winners.

I'll still be watching nonetheless, as there's no way I'll splash out $30+ to see the USA's JV team when I can watch an equally as talented team in the Baltimore Orioles for only $8!

 

Uh oh, no Torres...

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3): Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (IK Start), Luis Robles (FC Kaiserslautern)

DEFENDERS (7): Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Jay Heaps (New England Revolution), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaellands), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)

MIDFIELDERS (8): Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Colin Clark (Colorado Rapids), Sam Cronin (Toronto FC), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Logan Pause (Chicago Fire), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS (5): Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Santino Quaranta (D.C. United)

 

Davies, Robles and Adu are the only carryovers from the Confederations Cup. I am at least a little surprised that Torres wasn't named after he did not play at all.

I hope that Dolo being named to the roster means that he is well on the road to recovery.

 

I wish Altidore were playing. In my opinion, Bradley should play him as much as possible in the hopes that with some good performances, he will catch on somewhere where he'll actually get playing time. I don't see that happening at Villareal unless they lose Rossi.

 

Glass half full kind of guy, at least publicly. If he means it, like the cut of his jib.