Final US roster for the Gold Cup:
GOALKEEPERS- Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (IK Start), Luis Robles (FC Kaiserslautern)
DEFENDERS- Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Jay Heaps (New England Revolution), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaellands), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)
MIDFIELDERS- Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Colin Clark (Colorado Rapids), Sam Cronin (Toronto FC), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Logan Pause (Chicago Fire), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
FORWARDS- Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Santino Quaranta (D.C. United)
...the f**k?
Heaps? Cronin? Evans? Pause? Pause???
What happened to Torres and Orozco?
Torres is better than Cronin, Evans and Pause COMBINED. I really hope this was a case of Pachuca refusing to let him go, rather than a coach's decision. You can say the same about Orozco, who makes Jay Heaps look like... well, Jay Heaps. Did we cap the two Mexicans just so Mexico couldn't use them in the future?
This isn't a B team, it's a C+ team at best. Only our center backs and forwards inspire confidence in me. I guess the starting line-up will look something like this:
--------------Perkins-------------
-------Parkhurst---Conrad--------
--'Dolo-------------------Pearce--
------------Beckerman------------
----Holden-------------Rogers----
---------------Adu---------------
-------Davies--------Ching--------
It's not that bad I guess, but we're going to have a hell of a time beating a full-strength Honduras or Costa Rica team with this bunch.