If you're a U.S. national team fan hoping to catch a glimpse of midfielder Jermaine Jones, you may soon get your chance.
Jones returned to practice for Schalke 04 on Tuesday, having finally recovered from a nagging shin injury that has sidelined him for most of 2009. Jones ran through training exercises in practice.
Currently in third place in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 has three games remaining before the start of its winter break on Dec. 19, giving Jones an opportunity to return to action before the end of the year.
The news of Jones' recovery comes just days after injured U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies said he would recover from multiple injuries in time for the World Cup.
What do you think of Jones returning to training? Think he will play for Schalke before the winter break? Think the soccer heavens are finally starting to smile down on the U.S. team?
Share your thoughts below.
Thank you. Seriously people, the guy would walk into our team right now and be in the starting 11. I know Bob seems to favor “his guys”, but even he can see what Jones’ inclusion into the team will do. Jones and Michael will be our midfield starting pair for all group stage games barring injury/suspension.
stared and flagged.. lol
My observation is a more athletic Gattuso. Better Shooter too! Faster. More range. He could be a real asset to any counter attacking team.
relax! he has a good point. and he doesn’t really hate you.
He waited longer then his son’s talent warranted to start him so I think he would have no problem benching him if that what was best for the team. That said, I think he starts. For USMNT he has played both the defensive midfielder (when paired with Feinhaber) as well as the attacking/holding midfielder when paired with Clark/Mastromi/Edu. But my understanding is that on his club teams he has played more the latter. He is sharp and makes good decisions. I think we play better with him on the field then without so he should start with Jones or whoever. And I say this as a fan of both Toress and Feinhaber.
Edu is back training as well.. A re-thinking of midfield may be only a month away.
This is great news. Having Jones healthy for the 2010 WC is an upgrade.
swap holden for tores and then I am interested.
I agree.
I think I saw what you were talking about. Did it lead to the first Honduras goal? It was crap.
Not just you Pete of LA, but I’m always curious as to how everyone is so sure you all know exactly what a player and a ref are talking about when they “discuss” things on the field. Some things are very obvious and sometimes you can read lips but there are a lot of times when it seems to me only a player and the ref can really know what was said.
Yeah I love Dempsey boy too.
Old enough to know that the primary definition of the term Junior is:
“A suffix (usually “jr”), given to a child with the same name as a parent (typically a son and father)”
It was our home match against them in qualifying. I think it was at Soldier Field in Chicago. John Harkes harped on it for much of the game, so it’s hard to overlook.
But I don’t want to make this seem like I’m anti-Dempsey. He’s one of my favorite players. I’m actually looking forward to seeing two great players of their caliber wearing the US jersey. Should be exciting.
The soccer heavens already shined down on us at the Confeds Cup. Injuries area a part of the game and will no doubt afflict the competition in our WC group as well as us. But fantastic news that both Jones and CD9 are progressing in their recoveries.
You may think so, but I’d much rather play France right now than the Netherlands. Under Domenech they have had real trouble getting anything done and barely scraped themselves into the Cup by Thievery’s hand.
Na, I’m just saying, I mean all athlete’s are like that. Look at baseball where arguing is allowed the most. But I know what you mean about confidence…sometimes that can be misconstrued as ego, but sometimes it is just plain ego (like LeBron James).
Explain what Honduras game because the most recent one, he didn’t even play in and what you mean by pirouette.
How old are you, son?
In Bradley’s case, I’d say he’s just hyper competitive.
Same could go for Dempsey.
Watch the Honduras game. It was pretty bad.
Keep in mind, I’m not saying Dempsey is a bad guy.
By all accounts (teammates, journalists) C. Ronaldo is a great guy, but on the pitch you can see an ego.
Like I said, I don’t think it’s a bad thing necessarily.
Forget I said it if it makes you feel better. Just my opinion.
I’d rather play an Asian team then an African team on their home continent. I don’t want to play Cote d’Ivoire or Ghana
I don’t know the Pirouette you’re referring to, but I will say that Michael Bradley argues with Refs all the time, does that mean he has a big head, or does that mean he’s just competitive?