U.S. could play World Cup qualifier with 'replacement players'

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/soccer/20041214-9999-1s14soccer.html

The U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association – which theoretically includes any male player who has ever donned a U.S. jersey – recently refused to attend a two-week December training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson.

Great.

The federation responded by scrapping plans for a pair of qualifying tuneups in January against South Korea and Sweden just days before the games were to be formally announced.

Fantastic.

"If no collective bargaining is reached by Feb. 1, 2005, the USSF will pursue other options for the Feb. 9 World Cup qualifier. The USSF is entitled to use replacement players or other teams as it may elect. Such action is not unlawful and is precisely the kind of action that Congress has reserved to employers to allow them to press their position in the collective bargaining process, just as the Players Association has the right to strike (a right which the USSF believes they have already exercised)."

Introducing:

The Replacements

Goalkeeper

Central Defenders

Left Back

Right Back

Defensive Mid

Left Mid

Right mid

 

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Attacking Mid

Strikers

 

[ManU2000]

haha

Man, how f*cked up would it be if we still couldn't beat you guys with those players.

 

[bjmenge]

Oh, shit.

[size=0.5]I'll try and make a more insightful post regarding this issue later.[/size]

 

[Blanco150]

So why is Freddy Adu over here we just had dinner last night and I had to take him to the mall yesterday cuz he was afraid that people would recognize him and bugg him. A US Soccer team is at training camp right now at the HDC but it is not the old farts, they are some youngsters like Adu's age.

 

[Run DMB]

Originally posted by Blanco150
A US Soccer team is at training camp right now at the HDC but it is not the old farts, they are some youngsters like Adu's age.

You're talking abouth the U-20's. You know, the same guys that whooped Mexico a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Run DMB]

Originally posted by bjmenge
Oh, shit.

[size=0.5]I'll try and make a more insightful post regarding this issue later.[/size]

Actually I think "Oh, shit" pretty much sums it up.

 

[#1 Stunna]

great... a new set of players we wont be able to beat.

 

[Blanco150]

These are the U-20's Im babysitting
ADU/FREDDY
SZETELA/DANNY ALLEN/ELY
MCCLUNG/KIEL
ALVAREZ/ARTURO
CAPANO/CRAIG
BARRETT/CHAD
KLEJSTAN/SACHA
CRISTMAN/ADAM
FIELHABER/BENNY
COLALUCA/NICO
IANNI/PATRICK
BALBOA/MARCELO
VERMES/PETER
CARLSON/ERIK
BARRIEU/PIERRE
FIELHABER/BENNY
SCHILLING/KARL
DAVIES/CHARLIE
PETERSON/JACOB
DENNY/JAY
STURGIS/NATHAN
FREEMAN/HUNTER
JOHN/WILL
DIR/DAVE
HUGHES/JUSTIN
WARD/TIM
KARTUNEN/ANDREW
PHELAN/PATRICK
ORDONEZ/MIKE
WYNNE/MARVELL
MANNING/MIKE
MATTHEWS/JASON
PURDY/STEVE
VIDEIRA/MIKE
SCHMID/SIGI
WESTBERG/QUENTIN
PATTERSON/RANDY
BUETHE/NEIL
SCHMID/SIGI
KAMMARNAN/DAVID
JOHNSTON/MO

 

[bjmenge]

Originally posted by Blanco150
BALBOA/MARCELO
VERMES/PETER
DIR/DAVE
SCHMID/SIGI
JOHNSTON/MO

Those sure are some young'ns.

 

[xxxFLYERxxx]

First this collective bargaining **** took away my Flyers, and now this.

******* bull****.

 

[Shiryu]

Booo....



Wait, no it's no even funny....I had hopes for some great games...

 

[$teauA]

F*ck it

 

[Bobby]

I'm open on that date

 

[Dante_1901]

what team wouldnt put "replacement players" in the qualifiers ... if u have weak teams like CONCACAF teams ... for USA and Mexico is very easy going to a World Cup ... playing with teams like trinidad and tobago, and another islands i dont remember ... why dont u guys come to play with SA teams ... nice challenge

 

[RonaldinhoBR10]

usa wouldnt have a chance in south america

 

[Bobby]

You know, playing in T&T, Panama, Jamaica ect. is harder than people relize, alot harder.

Sure they're easy when they come to play you, but you never see "big national teams" scheduling matches at their place. There's a reason for that.

 

[Run DMB]

Originally posted by Dante_1901
why dont u guys come to play with SA teams

Eh... different continents, different confederations...

And I don't know about Mexico but the US has a pretty good recent record vs. South American opposition.

 

[RonaldinhoBR10]

Originally posted by Run DMB
Eh... different continents, different confederations...

And I don't know about Mexico but the US has a pretty good recent record vs. South American opposition.

 

[Dante_1901]

yeah Bobby .. i know that ...

but i agree with RonaldinhoBR10 ... if USA would play in SA, sure will have many, many problems ... SA qualifiers have become more hard this days ... Brazil and Argentina are BIG teams ... and the other 8 teams are strong, some harder than anothers ... but in the end there are no easy teams to beat ...