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Retired US Soccer / World Cup Thread (RIP)

BTB said:
Why anyone is surprised by Bornstein's selection is beyond me. Bradley has made it clear time and time again that he values Bornstein's left foot and his speed and athleticism ahead of every other option at that spot other than Boca. And while we all know that Bornstein can be terrible at times, Bradley was vindicated in his faith in Bornstein by how well Bornstein played in the world cup. Given our awful lack of options at left back, if we can get those same types of performances from Bornstein this summer, where he makes no glaring errors and provides some attacking support on the left side, I'd be more than happy with that.
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There is no one else other than Boca
 
HuskyDeac said:
GOALKEEPERS-Tim Howard, Nick Rimando, Marcus Hahnemann

DEFENDERS- Jonathan Spector, Carlos Bocanegra, Steve Cherundolo, Oguchi Onyewu, Eric Lichaj, Tim Ream, Jonathan Bornstein, Clarence Goodson,

MIDFIELDERS- Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Sacha Kljestan, Robbie Rogers, Freddy Adu, Benny Feilhaber, Jermaine Jones

FORWARDS- Juan Agudelo, Chris Wondolowski, Jozy Altidore
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Confused. Spector oughta be listed at CM.
 
is everyone still firmly in the Bradley should start no matter what camp after getting axed from his parent club and getting no pt at Villa?


Edit: I think I'm right that he still hasn't cracked the lineup. Don't know for sure though
 
tintinisahottie said:
is everyone still firmly in the Bradley should start no matter what camp after getting axed from his parent club and getting no pt at Villa?
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Not necessarily. I'm hoping we play the 4-2-3-1. Two of Edu/Bradley/Jones. (Feilhaber/Adu/) between Dempsey and Donovan.

Bradley had 2 or 3 sub appearances, but for limited minutes. I think his only start was with a "B" squad in the FA Cup or something. But I want whoever is playing best in practice/friendlies.

Don't know where Spector fits in. He could play as one of the DM which would allow Bradley to move into a more CAM role. Haven't seen him play that in a long time though.
 
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I never knew people hated Kid Bradley so much until i glanced at the BigSoccer forums.

personally i'm still in the Bradley + Jones/Edu camp for now at least.
 
I don't hate him but I think he's overrated by some and I have a disposition towards creative mids. So I'm not anti-Bradley but in an ideal world we'd have at least one creative center mid playing
 
TuffaloDeac10 said:
People hate Michael Bradley?????? WTF???
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First people claimed he was too hot headed and liable to pick up a red card at any time. Now he's not good enough since he wasn't playing at Aston Villa. Of course he never even had a chance to prove himself there...but I guess that doesn't matter to them. No clue why he is disliked as much as he is. He's been solid for our national team.
 
HuskyDeac said:
First people claimed he was too hot headed and liable to pick up a red card at any time. Now he's not good enough since he wasn't playing at Aston Villa. Of course he never even had a chance to prove himself there...but I guess that doesn't matter to them. No clue why he is disliked as much as he is. He's been solid for our national team.
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It wasnt exactly smart of him to essentially say fuck you to the fans for being passionate after the Confed Cup
 
tintinisahottie said:
I don't hate him but I think he's overrated by some and I have a disposition towards creative mids. So I'm not anti-Bradley but in an ideal world we'd have at least one creative center mid playing
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I like creative mids, but as a total package we dont really have a CM better than Bradley.

my 0.02.
 
tintinisahottie said:
is everyone still firmly in the Bradley should start no matter what camp after getting axed from his parent club and getting no pt at Villa?


Edit: I think I'm right that he still hasn't cracked the lineup. Don't know for sure though
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Yes 100%. My biggest USMNT peeve is Michael Bradley haters.
 
Baby Bradley is our best all around CM. Jones and Edu are both better as holding mids.

None of our more "creative" CMs have enough tactical nous to be relied upon in a 4-4-2.
 
Adu getting called up over Mix or Bedoya. WTF?????????????

That being said its a pretty predictable lineup outside of Chandler not getting called up. He better still be playing for the good guys, not the Nazis.

So our Starting XI would be?????????

I guess it will be pretty similar to:

Howard, Dolo, Gooch, Boca, Bornstein, Jones, Bradley, Dempsey, Donovan, Altidore, Agudelo/Wondo

Something tells me that without Holden, Bob doesn't trust us playing the 4-2-3-1 and we revert back to the 4-4-2
 
Also I really wish we could find a way to have Edu be a full time CB. He always seems to be the odd man out at CM and he just seems like he would be a stud CB if he ever got the proper match/training prep.
 
BillBrasky said:
Adu getting called up over Mix or Bedoya. WTF?????????????

That being said its a pretty predictable lineup outside of Chandler not getting called up. He better still be playing for the good guys, not the Nazis.

So our Starting XI would be?????????

I guess it will be pretty similar to:

Howard, Dolo, Gooch, Boca, Bornstein, Jones, Bradley, Dempsey, Donovan, Altidore, Agudelo/Wondo

Something tells me that without Holden, Bob doesn't trust us playing the 4-2-3-1 and we revert back to the 4-4-2
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What has Mixx done that Adu hasn't? Bedoya is a different story however
 
Screamindemon3 said:
What has Mixx done that Adu hasn't? Bedoya is a different story however
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He starts for a team in a European first division and has impressed in a US friendly in the last 3 years.

However now that I think about it both Mix (One X Bro) and Bedoya both play in Scandinavian leagues that play through the summer, so that could have something to do with it. However since a couple MLSers are on the team that don't make no sense.
 
BillBrasky said:
He starts for a team in a European first division and has impressed in a US friendly in the last 3 years.

However now that I think about it both Mix (One X Bro) and Bedoya both play in Scandinavian leagues that play through the summer, so that could have something to do with it. However since a couple MLSers are on the team that don't make no sense.
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Meh if by impressed you mean against South Africas A/B squad then yeah I guess so. Adu has been scoring goals and has a few assists (yes I know its a crappier league). And yeah the Scandinavian leagues probably don't care anything about the gold cup like the MLS does.
 
BillBrasky said:
Also I really wish we could find a way to have Edu be a full time CB. He always seems to be the odd man out at CM and he just seems like he would be a stud CB if he ever got the proper match/training prep.
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I rate Edu higher as a holding mid than J Jones. :couch:
 
Screamindemon3 said:
Meh if by impressed you mean against South Africas A/B squad then yeah I guess so. Adu has been scoring goals and has a few assists (yes I know its a crappier league). And yeah the Scandinavian leagues probably don't care anything about the gold cup like the MLS does.
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I guess there's an argument to me made there but I have to retort that Adu is worthless unless the team is built around him. He can only play one position effectively, the CAM role, because he doesn't have the pace for the wings and the bite to play in the middle. And with him being the 20-23rd best player on that roster, and us lacking a forward who can play up top by himself effectively, that's not gonna happen.

In theory the front four of Donovan (RM), Dempsey (LM), Adu (CAM) and Jozy (ST) would be amazing but neither Jozy or Adu is ready to play alone up top at this level.
 
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