usmnt

symmetry required stuart holden to get killed when charlie davies scored two goals in his first game in 2 years

new shirt for the friendlies this week

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p4zGH5wbuKI/TYtDUsGvpgI/AAAAAAAAB2s/iSw93Nx6jXE/s1600/NewRedShirt.jpg

us needs a new badge

be kinda cool if they just used this, fuck the tea party trying to take it

http://store.objectivo.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_25_11.jpg

fuck the tea party for everything they stand for imo but yeah

didn't nike incorporate the snake somehow before? like wrapped around a ball?

it's on the inside of the current jerseys, i guess
http://www.designlessbetter.com/blogless/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/yhst-96316601417599_2105_1874656.jpg

not sure if this is from nike or not
http://www.designlessbetter.com/blogless/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/51877829_d1662f9c67.jpg

i watched the game against argentina! what fun!

it really was!

missed this 'cause of MLS but saw some highlights, this agudelo kid better not be another freddie/jozy who takes off for yurp at the first opportunity and then stagnates on benches or in turkey

the paraguay game should be a good one for a nice quiet night in, hope to see some new blood out there

jozy looked OK, i thought

agudelo was like a fuckin ball magnet, though, and to my eyes looked like a player not-yet-seen in america. dunno if it was youth or what, but the dude seemed to ~want~ it more than a lot of the rest of the team, imo. way more aggressive.

kinda got the impression that the midfield and the D (esp) were pretty reluctant to really press the argies because they were afraid they would get juked one-on-one and that lil man would skip up to the goal and score. which seems...rational.

really like that nike US soccer logo, btw---would kinda like that style of ammurican sass to be reclaimed from the tea party

watching a watery stream in arabic--did two US defenders fall down on that paraguay goal?

yes, ream and demerit

I thought ream was good otherwise, as was bradley. unfortunately the game as a whole was boring as shit.

yeah, crappy game. sometimes ream with those pinpoint passes upfield...just wow, we don't have another defender like him. i was filling a friend in on the game, trying to find a positive, and that's what i ended up with.

jozy...

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/americans-abroad-report-card-part-1-the-top-of-the-class/

I think rating Dempsey at the top of the list is otm, not sure about the Spector pick. Bummer for Holden, I bet he would have been higher if not for getting hurt. It'll be interesting to see the bottom half of the list.

D for Bradley ... fair enough I guess, he hasn't played. Should be eager to take on Xavi & co. next month.

ladies and gentlemen, freddy adu

huh?

GOALKEEPERS: Tim Howard (Everton, England), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves, England).

DEFENDERS: Oguchi Onyewu (Twente, Netherlands), Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne, France), Steve Cherundolo (Hanover, Germany), Eric Lichaj (Leeds, England), Clarence Goodson (Brondby, Denmark), Jonathan Bornstein (Tigres, Mexico), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England), Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls).

MIDFIELDERS: Michael Bradley (Aston Villa, England), Maurice Edu (Rangers, Scotland), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Freddy Adu (Rizespor, Turkey), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew), Benny Feilhaber (New England Revolution), Jermaine Jones (Blackburn, England), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht, Belgium).

FORWARDS: Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor, Turkey), Chris Woldolowski (San Jose Earthquakes).

really don't understand wtf the dread pirate rodgers is doing on this list esp since ale bedoya has been knocking in goals in sweden

i'm guessing he won't get a lot of playing time, but i like freddy.
would like to see jones and bradley sitting in front of the back four and then donovan adu and dempsey behind the striker

I like Freddy too and I want to see him succeed. He has done some good things since landing in Turkey. That formation could be awes if we had a real target forward, dunno if Jozy is that guy.

Bradley's bizarre dedication to Kljestan and Bornstein is weird, too. Wasn't Timmy Chandler supposed to be the new fullback hotness?

btw gonna be really interesting to see what the Gold Cup does to NYRB's season, they'll be losing a lot of players

lack of timmy chandler is alarming

SoccerInsider Steven Goff
Chandler? Bradley: "First real season playing at this level, it didn't make sense for him at this time, few minor injuries of late"

travismclark Travis Clark
by SoccerInsider
“@dan_bu: Nürnberg want Chandler to take a break, because he wouldn´t have any vacation, if he plays the Gold Cup.”

hm

fair enough, last run out for bocanegra and dolo as fullbacks then?

That's encouraging that Chandler is so central to the plans of a club that just finished 6th in the Bundesliga.

Diskerud is missing just 'cause the Norwegian season goes all summer, right? I hope he's still in Bradley's plans.

enh if summer seasons were a worry they wouldn't have all those non-Lando MLS guys, Diskerud is a good prospect but not exactly proven.

then again, lol Adu. and I'm still smh at Rogers being included at all.

and Wondo too -- one good MLS season yeah, but idk if he's an international quality forward, would have rather seen Bunbury and/or Herc Gomez

Speaking of Herc, what about JF Torres? He appears to be getting games at Pachuca, is he out of favor with the NT?

Aren't all of Pachuca's players for sale right now? They didn't have a very good tournament.

Well this is pathetic.

yuuup

admit howard's been entertaining at least xp

howard yelling 'where the fuck were you, man?' on the 3rd goal... I think at onyewu?

xp lol

i believe our very own call all destroyer is witnessing this bloodbath first hand. hope he remembered beer money.

Devoting the halftime show to a defense of Sepp Blatter is a nice touch as well.

damn that sucked.

jozy out

do we need a gold cup thread or can we keep it here/the concacaf thread?

I would say use CONCACAF thread. Where are these games going to be televised?

i awlays watch on telefutura/ telemundo

The CR/Cuba and Mexico/El Salvador games last night were on Univision. I think they might be streamed on concacaf.com too? Fox Soccer has some games too iirc but the Spanish-language channels will likely show every game.

i feel like tonight "matters"

hell yes it matters, no quotes needed

gotta be 3-0 or better

dont think this is showing anywhere in town :(