10 June 2008
Bradley Names WC Qualifier Roster
Posted by Drew Epperley under: FIFA; MLS; US National Team; World Cup .
U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley has named the 21 players in camp for the 2010 World Cup Qualifying match against Barbados on this Sunday at Home Depot Center (1 CT).
Just as expected this roster is largely that of what we saw this past Sunday against Argentina in the 0-0 draw.
Some may surprise you and others may not. I was a bit surprised by the call up of Brian Ching. I suppose his recent form with Houston is largely the reason for the call up. Not a bad thing but I’m sure many people would rather see a Kenny Cooper called up instead of Ching. I really have no problems with Ching at the moment. I’d like of like to see him with the national team more to be honest.
Love the additions of Maurice Edu and Sasha Kljestan in the midfield. Both were called up in previous matches but I would really love to see more playing time out of those two in these qualifiers.
More information on playing Barbados from the press release:
The U.S. and Barbados have only met twice before in their history, the matches taking place in the Semifinal Round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying in a group that also included Guatemala and Costa Rica. The U.S. dominated both matches, winning, 7-0, on Aug. 16, 2000, in Foxborough, Mass., before cruising to a 4-0 victory in the final group match on Nov. 15, a win that booked the USA’s passage to the final stage.
With that, here’s the roster:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Dominic Cervi (out of contract), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC)
DEFENDERS (7): Carlos Bocanegra (out of contract), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Eddie Lewis (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
FORWARDS (4): Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Eddie Johnson (Fulham FC)
So, what do ya think?
2 Comments so far...
Angel Says:
10 June 2008 at 6:46 pm.
Ok Moment of truth, we are ready for the qualification, BRADLEY why, why you have to play Brian Ching again please look for other player that can be more gol hunger, have more control of the ball, someone that can be sneaky and has speed. I seem a couple of players that play in the sub21 and sub17 that are very good foward better than Dempsey, Ching or EJ. We need someone that can score, we starting to look like MEXICO we keep depending of the same players like for example Borgetti, Cuathemo. Come on BRADLEY look for more player or you need to have better Scouts.
Sean Says:
11 June 2008 at 2:48 pm.
Ooooooohhh…. he ALMOST got it right!! First off, drop Mastroeni. Then, ditch Ching. like, is that a joke? Then, bring in Cooper and Robbie Rogers. Theerreee we go. That’s your CORRECT WCQ roster, folks. Fire bradley. Hire…. someone else. I don’t know, whoever’s out there.
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