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USMNT - World Cup qualifying - The Hexagonal

shagcarpetjesus

shagcarpetjesus

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The US has their first match in the Hex next week, but there is also a friendly tonight against Canada on ESPN2. The squad tonight would probably be considered the B team (mostly MLS guys), but there will be some interesting things to watch. A good performance out of Omar Gonzalez would be huge. It would be nice to see him use January camp to vault himself into the senior squad like Cameron & Zusi did last year. Bocanegra isn't getting any younger & the US really needs Omar (or somebody else) to step up into that void.

The defense may be patchwork against Honduras regardless as Cherundolo and Fabian Johnson both missed matches recently due to injury. Maybe Klinsmann can use the injury situation to get Chandler into camp over the weekend and get him cap tied next week. And for those who are curious, here's the schedule for the US for all of their WC qualifiers.

Feb 6 @ Honduras
Mar 22 Costa Rica
Mar 26 @ Mexico
June 7 @ Jamaica
June 11 Panama
June 18 Honduras
Sept 6 @ Costa Rica
Sept 10 Mexico
Oct 11 Jamaica
Oct 15 @ Panama
 
It also sounds like the Brek Shea to Stoke transfer is back on. It will be interesting to see if this works out for Shea. I could see it going either way, but if Stoke is paying $4m you'd have to think this isn't just a wing-and-a-prayer move for them.

And I just saw this on another blog...

» The Hitman, Brian Sciaretta, took to Twitter this morning to annoucne that Nurnberg confirms that US RB Tim Chandler has accepted an invitation to play for the US next week in Honduras. Can you say “CAP-THAID!”
 
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shagcarpetjesus said:
The US has their first match in the Hex next week, but there is also a friendly tonight against Canada on ESPN2. The squad tonight would probably be considered the B team (mostly MLS guys), but there will be some interesting things to watch. A good performance out of Omar Gonzalez would be huge. It would be nice to see him use January camp to vault himself into the senior squad like Cameron & Zusi did last year. Bocanegra isn't getting any younger & the US really needs Omar (or somebody else) to step up into that void.

The defense may be patchwork against Honduras regardless as Cherundolo and Fabian Johnson both missed matches recently due to injury. Maybe Klinsmann can use the injury situation to get Chandler into camp over the weekend and get him cap tied next week. And for those who are curious, here's the schedule for the US for all of their WC qualifiers.

Feb 6 @ Honduras
Mar 22 Costa Rica
Mar 26 @ Mexico
June 7 @ Jamaica
June 11 Panama
June 18 Honduras
Sept 6 @ Costa Rica
Sept 10 Mexico
Oct 11 Jamaica
Oct 15 @ Panama
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Do we know in what cities they play the home games yet?
 
shagcarpetjesus said:
It also sounds like the Brek Shea to Stoke transfer is back on. It will be interesting to see if this works out for Shea. I could see it going either way, but if Stoke is paying $4m you'd have to think this isn't just a wing-and-a-prayer move for them.

And I just saw this on another blog...

» The Hitman, Brian Sciaretta, took to Twitter this morning to annoucne that Nurnberg confirms that US RB Tim Chandler has accepted an invitation to play for the US next week in Honduras. Can you say “CAP-THAID!”
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Glad I'm not the only one that frequents TSG... :smile:
For the uninitiated theshinguardian.com is an excellent blog for everything soccer
 
ianoconnor said:
Also must recommend http://www.socceroverthere.com.

They almost always have highlights/videos of goals that American players have scored overseas.
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I usually go with .:: Yanks Abroad ::. but 'over there' is awesome as well.

By the way, apparently the ref stopped the game for over 5 minutes and was going to call it off after the Den Bosch crowd made continual racist chants toward Jozy. According to some dutch newspaper I found they only finished the game because Jozy said he wanted to, then he scored not long after. Crazy that these kinds of things still happen...
 
Starting 11 for tonight's match is:

Wondolowski-E. Johnson
Davis-Evans-Zusi
Beckerman
Morrow-Besler-Gonzalez-Beltran
S. Johnson
 
shagcarpetjesus said:
Starting 11 for tonight's match is:

Wondolowski-E. Johnson
Davis-Evans-Zusi
Beckerman
Morrow-Besler-Gonzalez-Beltran
S. Johnson
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What was Jurgen thinking? Why in the world would you start Brad Evans and Kyle Beckerman in the Center of the Park? There is absolutely no reason Benny Feilhaber and Alejandro Bedoya shouldn't have been given a run out. They haven't played for the Sr team in awhile and this is the perfect opportunity for them.

Hopefully Feilhaber for Evans And Bedoya for Beckerman are 2nd half subs. Slide Bedoya out wide and move Davis centrally. Feilhaber plays at the top of diamond Davis more defensive and responsible. You don't need a trud Def Mid in a game like this and Davis is responsible enough to fill the role in a agame like this
 
The other option is to scrap the 4-4-2 diamond and move to 4-2-3-1.

Bring Benny on for Wondolowski, bring Bedoya on for Evans.

Leave EJ up top as the 1, Bedoya out left, Benny Central, Zusi right and Davis and Beckerman the other CM mids. Then you Beckerman defensively and Davis plays that Paul Scholes role coming in late using that lefg foot to strike from distance.

Either way Jurgen needs to change things this is terrible
 
Here are the guys that were called in for Wednesday's match...

Goalkeepers - Brad Guzan, Tim Howard, Sean Johnson

Defenders - Matt Besler, Carlos Bocanegra, Geoff Cameron, Edgar Castillo, Timothy Chandler, Omar Gonzalez, Fabian Johnson, Michael Parkhurst

Midfielders - Michael Bradley, Brad Davis, Clint Dempsey, Maurice Edu, Brad Evans, Jermaine Jones, Sacha Kljestan, Jose Torres, Danny Williams, Graham Zusi

Forwards - Jozy Altidore, Herculez Gomez, Eddie Johnson

The match will be televised on beIN Sports at 3 central.
 
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