The USA roster for next week's friendly has been released and it features some new faces as well as some familar ones, with 14 of the 18 players called in coming from the 2010 USA World Cup team.
Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Carlos Bocanegra are among the veterans, while Jermaine Jones and Alejandro Bedoya are two non-World Cup players on the squad that will face Brazil on Tuesday in New Jersey.
Here is the squad:
GOALKEEPERS- Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS– Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Étienne), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS– Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)
FORWARDS– Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Pachuca)
Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore are among the players missing from the squad, as are Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit and Ricardo Clark.
So what starting lineup could we see against Brazil? Here's a possibility:
PROJECTED USA LINEUP vs. BRAZIL
—————–Buddle———–Gomez——————–
Bedoya——–Bradley————Edu————Donovan
Bornstein——-Bocanegra—Spector——–Cherundolo
—————————-Howard——————————-
What do you think of the roster? Who are you glad to see on the list? Which player is missing that you were hoping to see?
Share your thoughts below.
All those guys are crap. Grella couldnt even get on the pitch for a third division English side.
Why isn’t Jozy playing for the Under 20 team?
Because he’s a lot better than them.
And most of you think Jozy sucks.
And you want our Under 20 team to face Brazil?
How does Brazil 5- US 0 sound to you?
How much do you learn when you are being humiliated?
If this this really “soccer with an American voice,” why is “USA” treated as a plural noun? I hate that Euro-weenie affectation.
(SBI-relax, I forgot the S on announces, jeez.)
Bradley knows 2,703 things you don’t.
I think this might be interesting to see:
———–Bedoya———Buddle———Findley———-
————————-Donovan————————–
——————-Edu———Bradley——————-
Bornstein——-Bocanegra——-Onyewu———-Cherundolo
————————–Howard————————–
We need to look to stretch the defense in order to make space for Donovan to work his magic in the attacking third. Bedoya and Findley do an excellent job of that. We always do better against stretched defenses, so we’ve got to find a way of stretching the opposition.
wow, look at all those “B”s on the left side… amusing
Im going to have to go with a line up like this:
————–Howard—————
Cherundolo–Marshall–Bocenagra–Bornstein
———-Jones—Bradley———–
Kljestan——————–Donovan
———–Buddle–Gomez————
I deffently think that Bradley will give Jones a shot to prove himself, and we can finally find out if he is worth all the hype.
You’re the guy who said Bradley blundered for leaving Davies off the World Cup team and here we are 2 months after it’s over and Davies can barely get off the bench of a team that needs strikers so bad it’s bought one. Clearly they don’t think Davies can help them in the near term.
Still I’m surprised you’re not calling for his inclusion against Brazil.
What does this have to do with your post? Well I saw Davies first couple of appearances for the USMNT and thought he looked a lot like Findley does now, all speed, not much else.
Any word on who Jay Demerit is gonna sign with?
Seriously… He played a 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 at times in South Africa. I know…. I know…. He had to. Whatever.
if your front office makes demerit a DP, you have problems.
Guzan (lets get him some quality intl experience before he rides the pine again this year)
Dolo (Spector sub) – Marshall – Boca – Bornstein
Bradley -Edu (Jones sub and I can’t wait to finally get to see him)
Donovan – Feilhaber – Bedoya
Buddle
I’d KILL to see him in Philly Blue and Gold…. can he be a DP?
wait, can someone clarify–is DeMerit out of a contract? Meaning he’s not at Watford this season?
Bahaha…ok…can I have some of what you are smoking.
But if the USA wins it would mean Bradley is a good coach, which he is. The past year has done the best of showing that.
Coach Potatoes Unite! Form of…a giant snarky chorus on Broadway!
Ive been jones’n for jones for some time. Hope he’s in rough and tumble!
America…F*** Y***!
Um Bradley and Jones/Edu. Are we really going to leave out Bradley after such a good World Cup and all he’s done for this team?
Welcome Home Jermaine Jones…….This squad needs a little nastiness,hopefully we get to see JJ log at least 30 minutes.
Maybe you’ve stopped paying attention. He took Findley off at half time. Clear sign that Bradley realizes he’s not quite there yet, but has shown glimpses.
So this is about reputation?
Forget that. We have 4 years to build that and we’ve already shown that we are capable against the best teams in the world. Sometimes even on a consistent basis, as we showed in back-to-back games against Brazil and Spain. If we can give someone like Clint, who could possibly not even be at the next World Cup, a chance to secure his spot on a team for a while, then we’re going to take it.
This is a pretty awesome lineup! Apart from missing Dempsey, this should have been the South Africa line up.
damn, I was hoping to see Marrrrvell sprint down the sideline, beat his man, and then cross the ball into the third row in person…
I demand a refund!
Friendlies do not cap-tie anyone, only official games. Jones played 3 friendlies for Germany and we’re going to see him in blue and white on Tuesday.
Bolton only starts nine players? No wonder it’s so tough to get a spot!
What’s up with Gooch? Davies? No new news on either of these guys…
Name another forward who is the kind of player Davies was that is playing well right now.
yea lets throw a 18 year old and a player who didnt even play for a cc league 1 team and see how that goes against brazil
“and the presence of Findley means time to fire BB.”
Name another pacy forward that we could call in. Findley has potential guys. He didn’t do well at the World Cup, but he could become a good forward for us in the future and building depth is important.
besides the fact his injured seriously people on this site who want torres dont even know hes injured. unblieveable
All the Torres fans need to shut the front door on this talk about, getting legitimate playing time or getting his shot. He got his shot against Slovenia, he didn’t take it. Move on. When he learns to deal with the speed of play at the international level, which HE said he has problems with, he can play.
You’re wrong. Get over it. Beasley is a player who still has a lot to offer. He’ll just need a club to help him shake off his rust and get match fit.
More or less. Bank on it, although more rumors are bound to sprout up. Big-time names like Guti and Quaresma and a spot in the Europa League should be good for Altidore. Not to mention he’ll be playing for a relatively superior side as opposed to playing for a dump of an EPL side like Hull. It’ll just be nice to see him get goals abroad. They’ve been hard to come by in club play for Jozy. Would have preferred Ajax, but both Ajax and Besiktas were good options for playing time, development, and success.
as someone else once posted here is the list of successful 2 term coaches:
By the way do you like apples?
Before you all think you are so smart about Findley, I remember watching Charlie Davies first couple of USMNT appearances and thinking ” real fast, terible first touch , not very football smart, all about speed and little else”.
He won’t get better unless he plays.
Okay, bring in your guys, allof whom are not playing well right now and have very limited time together.
The US gets maybe one practice.
Then they face a Brazilian team fullof guys just dying to impress the new guy and mad about the World Cup performance.
Brazil 4 US 0
Best of all what will you have learned from such a disaster; that the new guys don’t blend well with the old guys after one practice? That the new guys should not earn a cap when they aren’t playing well?
Way to build confidence. Imagine the Brazilians blowing by Gonzales for a couple. Bet that makes him feel good huh? About as good as the MLS all stars game made him feel.
Let’s see, Hughes is looking to bring in Craig Bellamy. And what role exactly does Bellamy play? Attacking midfielder? And what roles does Duece play? Attacking midifielder. The EPL is all about competiton. It’s great for you that you don’t think Clint is under threat. Whoop de doo. I’ll bet he feels different.
There is only one day of practice before this game. Its not a full camp. Its not a good opportunity to bring in new guys like Gonzalez, Ream who haven’t been with the team much before. The October games will have a lot of new players.
What was wrong with Clark?
” Bradley has pretty much proven that he’ll never deviate from a 4-4-2.”
You don’t watch the USMNT much do you?
Gomez went on a goal scoring tear that made it impossible to ignore him.
You can’t compare these guys to him they have done nothing even vaguely comparable.
When Grella actually EARNS a spot, then call him up.
Looks good. I wish Omar,Castillo,Adu, would have gotten some time with the NT. Especially Adu, since things are not going his way. It should be fun to watch Jones finally.
For those whining over players in Denmark,Sweden,England 2nd 3rd, on being a joke if they made the US squad for this friendly are just ignorant. Some of you guys act as if we have a pool of players like the ARGENTINIAN & BRAZILIAN TEAM. I think what fans are asking is to see players we have never seen in a U.S jersey and evaluate on how good they really are. This friendly would have been a good game for these players even if it’s 3 minutes of unity.
i’m excited to see jones
Gomez but no Torres? WTF BB needs to give this guy a legit shot at some quality PT
You mean like Germany playing Jermaine Jones in three friendlies?
True but then again they can afford to use their youth cuz it’s better then our A team.
Once again, great keepers and midfielders and sketchy defense and strikers. It’s really time to get new blood in those positions. I would have taken Gonzalez and Ream and Lichaj (Opara, too, if uninjured) along with Mcinerney, Najar, and other youngsters. Bornstein and Findley need to be dropped, and the other guys aren’t going to be around in 2014.
Compare our roster to Brazil’s. They’re doing the smart thing and working with the youth.
Is this confirmed? I’ll will be nice to see him teaming up with Guti.
I don’t get it… does Bob Bradley have a man-crush on Robbie Findley? At this point, I’d rather see John Wolyniec get the call.
Fail at strikers I mean really do yall think any of these guys will be there next cycle? Give a younger goalkeeper an opportunity howard’s prooven midfeild’s alright but no new guys for defence?