Bob Bradley Tells Kids Santa Doesn’t Exist Also
There was a feel good story to be had here. Charlie Davis who by all accounts is a well liked memember of the National team has had his World Cup hopes dashed by Bob Bradley. What a lift it would of been to the rest of these American players to see all of Davis hard work pay off. Let’s also be honest here, the only time a team will feature all 23 players is if they win the first two games and have nothing to play for in the 3rd group stage match. I’d love to see the U.S beat England but something tells me the U.S will not be in this position. With that the case you can carry an extra body on the team, at least Charlie Davis should of been given a run out with the National team before the decision to drop him was made. Below are the 30 players who will fight for the chance to make the World Cup team.
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England).
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Norway), Chad Marshall (Columbus), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Heath Pearce (Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England).
Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton, England), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Jose Torres (Pachuca, Mexico).
Now for my picks as for the final 23.
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England).
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), , Chad Marshall (Columbus), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Heath Pearce (Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England).
Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton, England).
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Hull, England), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles), Brian Ching (Houston), Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico).
So long too : Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Norway) Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden) Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA) flip between Kljestan and Holden, Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Jose Torres (Pachuca, Mexico) Robbie Findley (Salt Lake), Eddie Johnson (Aris, Greece)