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USA National Team Thread

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$teauA

Superstar



History:

Matches played: 467
Matches won: 174
Matches drawn: 106
Matches lost: 187

World Cup Appearances ( 8 ): 1930 (3rd place), 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 (quarter-finals), 2006

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Confederations Cup ( 3 ): 1992 (3rd place), 1999 (3rd place), 2003

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3 - Marcelo Balboa (128)
4 - Paul Caligiuri (110)
5 - Claudio Reyna (107)
6 - Eric Wynalda (106)
7 - Earnie Stewart (101)
8 - Joe-Max Moore (100)
9 - Tony Meola (99)
10 - Alexi Lalas (96)

All-time Goal Scorers:
1 - Erik Wynalda (34)
2 - Brian McBride (29)
3 - Landon Donovan (25)
4 - Joe-Max Moore (24)
5 - Bruce Murray (21)
6 - Earnie Stewart (17)
7 - Cobi Jones (15)
8 - Marcelo Balboa (13)
8 - Hugo Perez (13)
10 - Frank Klopas (12)


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Goalkeepers:
18 - Kasey Keller (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1 - Tim Howard (Manchester United)
19 - Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC)

Defenders:
2 - Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy)
3 - Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC)
4 - Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
6 - Steve Cherundolo (Hanover 96)
7 - Eddie Lewis (Leeds United)
12 - Cory Gibbs (ADO Den Haag)
13 - Jimmy Conrad (Kansa City Wizards)
21 - Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege)
23 - Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)

Midfielders:
5 - John O'Brien (Chivas USA)
8 - Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution)
10 - Claudio Reyna (Manchester City)
14 - Ben Olsen (DC United)
15 - Bobby Convey (Reading FC)
17 - DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven)
21 - Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Forwards:
9 - Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards)
11 - Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
16 - Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)
20 - Brian McBride (Fulham FC)
 
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$teauA

Superstar
shinji comes through once again :jap:

PS: nice sig

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Does anybody know how the Bruce is gonna go about these three friendlys coming up? By that I mean, will he play three different line-ups or mostly the same line-up with 1 or 2 changes?

I would play the strongest team possible against Morroco since I consider them the toughest out of the three teams we will play.
 
ShiftyPowers

ShiftyPowers

Make America Great Again
I love Alex's promotion of this thread. I haven't heard anything about what he'll do in the friendlies. Personally, I would just experiment with a few tweaks in each game, since a large portion of the roster is already set. There's no point to give Brian Ching a game in my opinion, instead we should give PT to guys who actually might play, so they get used to working with the starters.
 
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$teauA

Superstar
I had to get some attention to this thread somehow hehe...

That kit is stunning but it's a one game thing unfortunately.
 
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$teauA

Superstar
I wanna see this tomorrow:

------------------------Keller---------------------------

Cherundolo-------Gibbs------Gooch---------------Convey

-----------------------Reyna---------------------------

Dempsey----------------------------------------Beasley

----------------------Donovan-------------------------

----------------McBride------Johnson------------------


The reason why I don't have Lewis at LB is because he needs rest. The only changes I would make for the game against the Czechs would be Beasley at RM, Convey at LM and Lewis at LB.
 
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Run DMB

MVP
I like your line-up. I would do it a little bit differently though.

--------------------Keller--------------------


------------Gooch---------Pope--------------
--Cherundolo------------------------Gibbs----


--------------------Reyna--------------------
----Beasley-----------------------Convey-----
-------------------Donovan-------------------


------------Johnson--------McBride------------


Gibbs appears to be our first-choice back-up at left back, so let him see some more time there. Give Johnson a chance to show why he should start. If he doesn't play well, then Arena can try his rumored 4-5-1 in the next two games.

Of course I'm operating under the notion that Pope will be our starting CB alongside Gooch in the World Cup, as Arena has stated. It appears the job is his to lose - and he could lose it. I personally think we're better off with Gibbs there, as do most fans.

If you think about it, we have seven very good midfielders: Reyna, O'Brien, Mastroeni, Beasley, Convey, Dempsey and Donovan. (Not to mention that Lewis is also a midfielder.) The challenge will be finding the best formation and the best combination of the aforementioned players. Whatever choices Bruce makes, one thing is for certain: we'll have some very good options coming off the bench.
 
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SlayerDeuS

Starting XI
^ I donno about that one. Beasley is definitely the starting left midfielder. I would change two things from $teauA's line-up. Put in Pope and Gibbs as the central defenders and Lewis seems to have solidified his spot as left-back.

------------------------Keller---------------------------

Cherundolo-------Gibbs---------Pope---------------Lewis

-----------------------Reyna---------------------------

Dempsey----------------------------------------Beasley

----------------------Donovan-------------------------

----------------McBride------Johnson------------------
 
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MVP
My God what a dreadful first half. Reyna injured, what a surprise. At least O'Brien is playing well.

Bruce needs to get Wolff off the field. Bring in Convey and Dempsey to liven things up a little.
 
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$teauA

Superstar
Worst finishing I've ever seen.

BTW did anybody else notice how much our defense sucked once Gooch went off? I hope Bruce won't pull that one off at the WC :ewan:

wow what s*itty finishing...
 
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