The U.S. national team has called in a 19-player roster for a four-day camp in Colorado. The short came comes a week ahead the team’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Guatemala on Nov. 19 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The roster for the mini-camp is NOT the World Cup qualifying roster, or even the final qualifying camp roster. Veteran midfielder Pablo Mastroeni and MLS star striker Kenny Cooper are among the selections for the short camp.
Here is the rest of the group:
GOALKEEPERS: Brian Edwards (Toronto FC), Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF), Matt Pickens (out of contract)
DEFENDERS: Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy), Cory Gibbs (Colorado Rapids), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Drew Moor (FC Dallas), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution)
MIDFIELDERS: Colin Clark (Colorado Rapids), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Nick LaBrocca (Colorado Rapids), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
FORWARDS: Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Chad Barrett (Toronto FC), Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas)
Again, this is not the entire group that U.S. coach Bob Bradley will select his final roster from, with players whose teams lose in the MLS conference finals as well as some other European-based players being possibilities to be called in. in fact, a good number of the players on this initial roster won’t be on the roster vs. Guatemala.
What do you think of this group? What name surprises you the most? What player are you happiest to see get a call (besides Kenny Cooper)?
Share your thoughts below.
The picture is incredible. Had me laughing for a few minutes straight.
Yikes! This is like a C- team. It’s like we’re playing Sweden in January….
Glad to see Casey in there.
What, no EJ?!
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I had a moment where I said, ‘Hey Rico Clark can play Center back cant he?’ but then i thought of the RB game and when he kicked Carlos Ruiz in the face and said…..na…
This list does not include any ‘real’ player playing internationally or any player still in MLS playoffs. Calm down until the final roster is released this weekend.
Wow, is this our D team?
Here is the problem guys…
He has called in Cooper and with this squad it will not give Kenny a chance to shine… sorry to be brutal but this group basically sucks save a few (internationally speaking). We all saw what happened to Drew Moor etc… I know there is no reason to call back players that are important to their clubs but Convey is in the Reading reserves, Freddy can’t get on the pitch for more than 10 mins. Why they heck no Edson Buddle…what does a guy have to do besides have tan Hawaiin Tropic skin….
Bob really is a dick sometimes…
I think Cooper and Ching could do really well together. Not World Cup 2010 good, but Guatemala qualifier good at least.
Matt Pickens is still unemployed. That is funny.
As a Galaxy fan and fellow Californian I’m super STOKED to see Sean get a call up! He was solid this year for the galaxy and deserves a chance.
Where’s Brad Guzan? C’mon, he’s riding the pine at Aston Villa! Send him a ticket for god’s sake. He’s way better than anybody listed and he needs game time too!
Brain fart – Rogers and Marshall have better things to do this week than attend this camp.
I’d say the same thing about Guzan, although I’d be happy to see him get the start in the game.
The Coopster lives!
Oh, right. My oversight. Marshall’s still in it. Along with Rogers, et al. So those non-calls make sense.
I’m a bit confused about the absence of Wynne, as well. Perhaps he didn’t impress in the last camp? Perhaps he picked up a knock somewhere? Perhaps he’s training with a top Bundesliga side and we don’t know about it yet.
I do my best to avoid reacting to national team call-ups outside of major tournaments because I realize there’s so much going on behind the scenes that nobody except those people making the choices have any idea why some people are or are not getting chances.
But as face value, this is what it is — an experimental roster for a low-priority match. With that in mind, I look forward to seeing Cooper make the most of his chance and it’ll be nice to see Cory Gibbs back in a U.S. shirt.
I am happy to see some names: Cooper, Kljestan, even Casey. But I don’t get it. All of the other qualifiers were too important for Altidore and Adu, but this one is not important enough? I hope he adds some of the young European prospects or I will be disappointed.
I haven’t seen enough of his games, but Colin Clarke is a player I wanted to see get a runout with the nats for a while. He seems to be a pretty smooth dribbler with good size and nice shot, I haven’t seen enough to comment on his defense, passing or crossing though.
Now that I think about it he seems like Chris Klein(the younger years) with better touch and 1v1 skills, which I think is a complement.
Again, this ain’t the roster for the game. This is a training camp. “Following the completion of the camp, Bradley will announce the roster that will train in advance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Guatemala scheduled for Nov. 19”
Still, my snub list goes:
1) Wynne
2) Rogers
3) Holden
4) Marshall
5) Conrad
Wynne is the biggest, since I think he should seriously get a shot to pass Heydude on the depth chart as our 2nd RB.
We really need to get Holden and Rogers in their, I’m increasingly distressed that we haven’t had a wing player really break out since Beasley.
Marshall and Conrad are good in MLS, but are jockeying for 4th – 7th or so on our CB depth chart, I can’t seeing either being 1st choice ever. Still, it’s important to sort out.
That has got to be the weakest set of keepers I’ve ever seen for the US Nats. Matt Pickens doesn’t even have a club team: Why does he deserve a call-up? Hell, even Zach Wells would be a better choice.
how about this for a line up?:
————Cooper——-Ching————-
—Clark—————————-Araud–
———–Mastroeni—–Kljestan———-
–Bornstein–Goodson—Parkhurst—–Moor–
—————-Perkins——————–
Bench:Clark,LaBrocca,Casey,Barret,Edwards,
Gibbs,Pickens,
I havent payed close attention to Gibbs or Franklin so they might get the start, but I like this lineup alot.
What a great group of keepers. Yikes!
Yay for Sean Franklin!
Holden and Wynne need to be on this team!
Assuming the rules were basically MLS only (plus a couple Norway players) and n one from Crew, NYRB, Fire, and RSL, then it’s not that crazy a list of names, outside of Brian Edwards. Players that could have been called given these criteria:
GK: Reis, Cannon
D: Wynne, Boswell, Conrad, Harrington, E. Robinson
MF: Holden, Quaranta, Simms, Larentowicz, Alvarez, Jewsbury
F: Buddle, Eskandarian
Which euro players do you see getting a call? Ones that are getting playing time or those who need it?
Freddy might be a nice creative adition to the midfield for this group. Convey? If Chi gets knocked out I can see Rolfe getting a shot on the wing, if it is Columbus Rodgers, Marshall, HeyDude (yuck)
Unexciting.
Nice to give Franklin a nod, considering that he did well in difficult circumstances.
Guys, did you read the whole article? It said this isnt the WHOLE group he’ll pick from, he has a week and I think he left out some obvious call ups just to save time ,and hey who knows, one of these guys could end up being perty good.
John…..you do know Dane Richards is Jamaican right?
As the roster goes I’m surprised to see Matt Pickens on there, do you think if Cepero wasn’t playing this Saturday that he may have gotten a call? Better question is: do you think , based on how he played since being named number 1 keeper for RB,Cepero will get the call anytime soon?
Where’s Brad Guzan? C’mon, he’s riding the pine at Aston Villa! Send him a ticket for god’s sake. He’s way better than anybody listed and he needs game time too!
Sticking w/ teams that are not playing right now here is the list of snubs:
-Bobby Boswell (one of the best defenders in MLS this year)
-Stuart Holden
-Jon Leathers (rookie right back on one of the best defensive teams in MLS this year)
-Michael Harrington (a left back that actually played most of the season unlike Bornstein and was called up to the Olympic team)
-Jimmy Conard (veteran leadership and still playing very well)
-Edson Buddle (scored more than all forwards on the list besides Cooper and can play as target or second striker)
-Matt Reis
-Joe Cannon
-Arturo Alvarez (played very well as a second striker in San Jose)
-Ray Burse (GK for the future)
-Marvell Wynne
This game isn’t entirely meaningless, we need to knock out the Guats.
This roster will get crushed here in Denver.
How about Holden, Davis? In fact, how about we just let the Houston Dynamo play against what is essentially Municipal and Carlos Ruiz.
wow, now this is a B roster. Guatemala is salivating.
My geuss for the other call ups would be: Rogers, Adu, Altidore, and Torres. If BB is gonna include players whose teams didnt make the playoffs he should also call up Stuart Holden, the kid may have a problem with consistency but we should still give the little Scott-Yank a chance.
John,
Dane Richards is Jamaican, and already has a few caps for them.
I think Colin Clark deserves the callup.
Who’s Brian Edwards? Did he see any games for TFC this year?
Where’s Kenny Cooper?
We want Cooper!
We want Cooper!
We want Cooper!
We want Cooper!
We want Cooper!
Reason #1 not to throw Dane Richards in there: He plays for Jamaica.
Eh… It’s sort of a weak group. I understand it’s meaningless from our point of view, but this lineup is kind of… thin.
Atleast call Adu in.
LaBrocca? Sources inside USSF mentioned that BB was strongly considering calling in Paul Bravo and Mark Chung for this camp.
I’m waiting for people to start freaking out about the absence of Chad Marshall.
@John
Dane Richards is Jamaican
A very average roster.
Brian Edwards
Matt Pickens
Sean Franklin
Clarence Goodson
Nick LaBrocca
Davy Arnaud
Conor Casey
Brian Ching
Those guys are nowhere near the calibur of player we need on this national team. Keep calling up guys like that and we’ll always be an also-ran – average team never winning anything but the Gold Cup.
I’d like to see how Colin Clark carries himself.
Sean Franklin most surprising by far; well not really. I can’t believe he didn’t win Rookie of the Year.
Man alive is that an ugly group to choose from…. I sure hope we get some decent reinforcements….
Oh he just called in Cooper to get everyone’s hopes up so he can crush them by not naming him in the final roster.
Heavy on the Colorado Rapids players. I know it’s in Colorado but….why not throw Dane Richards in there. The kid is like Beasley.
Where’s Tonny Sanneh?
damn you, arena futbol
oh yeeeeeah, first comment. Happiest to see Conor Casey get back in the fold. Gibbs only has 19 caps? Wow, I thought he would’ve had way more than that. I don’t think Kenny Cooper deserves the hype, here’s hoping he makes the roster for the game, so we can see what he can do against a hungry opponent (granted, he won’t have much service from the D team midfield.)
Brian who?