2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Gunnerman · May 24th, 2007, 12:03 PM

Here is the team that Bob Bradley has selected to head to the Gold Cup. It is a pretty decent looking squad, a few more MLSers than I was expecting though.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Caps/G Hometown Club

1 Howard, Tim GK 6'3" 210 03/06/79 18 North Brunswick, N.J. Everton FC (England)

2 Hejduk, Frankie D 5'8" 155 08/05/74 72/5 Cardiff, Calif. Columbus Crew (MLS)

3 Bocanegra, Carlos D 6'0'' 170 05/25/79 44/6 Alto Loma, Calif. Fulham FC (England)

4 Mastroeni, Pablo M 5'10" 170 08/26/76 52/0 Phoenix, Ariz. Colorado Rapids (MLS)

5 Feilhaber, Benny M 5'9" 150 01/19/85 2/0 Irving, Calif. Hamburger SV (Germany)

6 Bradley, Michael M 6'2" 175 07/31/87 4/0 Cedar Grove, N.J. SC Heerenveen (Holland)

7 Beasley, DaMarcus M 5'8" 145 05/24/82 62/12 Ft. Wayne, Ind. PSV Eindhoven (Holland)

8 Dempsey, Clint M 6'1" 170 03/09/83 26/6 Nacogdoches, Texas Fulham FC (England)

9 Johnson, Eddie F 6'0" 180 03/31/84 24/9 Palm Coast, Fla. Kansas City Wizards (MLS)

10 Donovan, Landon F 5'8" 148 03/04/82 88/30 Redlands, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)

11 Ching, Brian F 6'1" 195 05/04/78 21/4 Haleiwa, Hawaii Houston Dynamo (MLS)

12 DeMerit, Jay D 6'0" 185 12/09/79 1/0 Green Bay, Wisc. Watford FC (England)

13 Bornstein, Jonathan D 5'9" 145 11/07/84 2/1 Los Alamitos, Calif. Chivas USA (MLS)

14 Ralston, Steve M 5'9" 160 06/14/74 32/4 St. Louis, Mo. New England Revolution (MLS)

15 Simek, Frank D 5'11" 163 10/13/84 1/0 St. Louis, Mo. Sheffield Wednesday (England)

16 Parkhurst, Michael D 5'11" 155 01/24/84 0/0 Providence, R.I. New England Revolution (MLS)

17 Spector, Jonathan D 6'0" 180 03/01/86 5/0 Arlington Heights, Ill. West Ham United (England)

18 Keller, Kasey GK 6'2" 190 11/29/69 97/0 Lacey, Wash. Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany)

19 Clark, Ricardo M 5'10" 150 05/10/83 3/0 Jonesboro, Ga. Houston Dynamo (MLS)

20 Twellman, Taylor F 5'11" 170 02/29/80 20/5 St. Louis, Mo. New England Revolution (MLS)

21 Mapp, Justin M 5'10" 140 10/18/84 2/0 Brandon, Miss. Chicago Fire (MLS)

22 Onyewu, Oguchi D 6'4" 210 05/13/82 18/1 Olney, Md. Standard de Liege (Belgium)

23 Guzan, Brad GK 6'4" 210 09/09/84 1/0 Home Glen, Ill. Chivas USA (MLS)

The USA kicks off action on June 7 vs. Guatemala at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, and will also play their second group match there on Saturday, June 9, vs. Trinidad & Tobago at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. The group stage will end for the U.S. on June 12 vs. El Salvador at 7 p.m. ET after a cross country trip to Foxborough, Mass. All three U.S. group matches will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutura.

ssigman · May 24th, 2007, 12:57 PM

some choices i like..some i don't.....
i don't like these:

beasley - he's been given ample opportunity and he does nothing
ching - but i understand why they took him

i like the rest as they are all deserving in some way

Gunnerman · May 24th, 2007, 01:43 PM

3 players from the Revolution, I wonder how many games those guys will miss when the Gold Cup starts?

ssigman · May 24th, 2007, 02:17 PM

hopefully all of them....cunts

BtownJay · May 24th, 2007, 07:31 PM

LOVE the fact that there are 3 Revs players, but hate it at the same time. But they have players to fill in for them all except for Twellman. And Dempsey is still a Rev to me, so i'm excited he made it as well.

Gunnerman · May 25th, 2007, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BtownJay

LOVE the fact that there are 3 Revs players, but hate it at the same time.

Welcome to the Club vs Country debate that rages for every soccer fan.

BtownJay · May 25th, 2007, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunnerman

Welcome to the Club vs Country debate that rages for every soccer fan.

yeah its a bit much to wrap my head around... no other sport that I watch is like this. AKA, the world championships for hockey that just finished. The USA was hurt (and other teams as well) because alot of their best players were still playing in the playoffs. Seems like soccer is the only sport where the country cups override the season.

Gunnerman · May 25th, 2007, 08:21 AM

Excellent observation Jay, that is true. It is that way in soccer because the World Governing body FIFA is stronger than any other world governing body in sport. I don't think the NHL would send their players to the world championships every if the IIHF mandated it, the NHL would more than likely give them the finger, same with basketball, FIBA would never be able to tell the NBA what to do.

ssigman · May 25th, 2007, 10:02 AM

plus i don't think and this could be my prejudice speaking....that any other athlete from other sports take playing for there country as serious as they do in soccer..to play for your country is the ultimate goal while in basketball, baseball its not that big of a thing

BtownJay · May 25th, 2007, 10:07 AM

I think you are definitly right about athletes as a whole Sig. I mean sure there are probably some players that love it as much as soccer guys, but certainly not as a group.

ssigman · May 25th, 2007, 10:15 AM

i can't wait to see who bradley chooses for the copa america...if he sticks to his word only a few of these guys will play...which leaves a bunch of guys to be picked...like the ones i said that didn't make it

BtownJay · May 25th, 2007, 10:28 AM

Damn, games on the 7th and 9th? Puerto Rico filled with soccer fans by any chance?

ssigman · May 25th, 2007, 10:55 AM

good question....

Gunnerman · May 30th, 2007, 06:46 AM

Just found this so though I would post it. Here is Team Canada for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Goalkeepers:
Greg Sutton (Toronto FC, MLS)
Joshua Wagenaar (ADO Den Haag, Eredivisie)

Defenders:
Adam Braz (Toronto FC, MLS)
Marco Reda (Toronto FC, MLS)
Andrew Hainault (FK Siad Most, Czech 1st League)
Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact, USL 1st Division)
Paul Stalteri (sp*rs, EPL)

Midfielders:
Ante Jazic (Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS)
Richard Hastings (Inverness CT, SPL)
Atiba Hutchinson (FC Kobenhavn, Danish Superliga)
Patrice Bernier (Tromso I.L., Tippeligaen)
Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps, USL 1st Division)
Julian de Guzman (Deportivo La Coruna, La Liga)
Kevin Harmse (Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS)
Issey Nakajima-Farran (FC Vejle Boldklub, Danish 1st Division)
Antonio Ribeiro (Montreal Impact, USL 1st Division)

Forwards:
Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo, MLS)
Rob Friend (SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie)
Ali Gerba (FC Goteborg, Allsvenskan)
Iain Hume (Leicester City, Coca-Cola Championship)

BtownJay · May 30th, 2007, 08:04 AM

De Rosario is Canadian, aye?

You could have given me ten guesses of countries, and i never would have guessed that one.

May 24th, 2007, 12:03 PM	#1
Gunnerman Join Date: 04-01-2004 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,519	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Here is the team that Bob Bradley has selected to head to the Gold Cup. It is a pretty decent looking squad, a few more MLSers than I was expecting though. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Caps/G Hometown Club 1 Howard, Tim GK 6'3" 210 03/06/79 18 North Brunswick, N.J. Everton FC (England) 2 Hejduk, Frankie D 5'8" 155 08/05/74 72/5 Cardiff, Calif. Columbus Crew (MLS) 3 Bocanegra, Carlos D 6'0'' 170 05/25/79 44/6 Alto Loma, Calif. Fulham FC (England) 4 Mastroeni, Pablo M 5'10" 170 08/26/76 52/0 Phoenix, Ariz. Colorado Rapids (MLS) 5 Feilhaber, Benny M 5'9" 150 01/19/85 2/0 Irving, Calif. Hamburger SV (Germany) 6 Bradley, Michael M 6'2" 175 07/31/87 4/0 Cedar Grove, N.J. SC Heerenveen (Holland) 7 Beasley, DaMarcus M 5'8" 145 05/24/82 62/12 Ft. Wayne, Ind. PSV Eindhoven (Holland) 8 Dempsey, Clint M 6'1" 170 03/09/83 26/6 Nacogdoches, Texas Fulham FC (England) 9 Johnson, Eddie F 6'0" 180 03/31/84 24/9 Palm Coast, Fla. Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 10 Donovan, Landon F 5'8" 148 03/04/82 88/30 Redlands, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 11 Ching, Brian F 6'1" 195 05/04/78 21/4 Haleiwa, Hawaii Houston Dynamo (MLS) 12 DeMerit, Jay D 6'0" 185 12/09/79 1/0 Green Bay, Wisc. Watford FC (England) 13 Bornstein, Jonathan D 5'9" 145 11/07/84 2/1 Los Alamitos, Calif. Chivas USA (MLS) 14 Ralston, Steve M 5'9" 160 06/14/74 32/4 St. Louis, Mo. New England Revolution (MLS) 15 Simek, Frank D 5'11" 163 10/13/84 1/0 St. Louis, Mo. Sheffield Wednesday (England) 16 Parkhurst, Michael D 5'11" 155 01/24/84 0/0 Providence, R.I. New England Revolution (MLS) 17 Spector, Jonathan D 6'0" 180 03/01/86 5/0 Arlington Heights, Ill. West Ham United (England) 18 Keller, Kasey GK 6'2" 190 11/29/69 97/0 Lacey, Wash. Borussia Moenchengladbach (Germany) 19 Clark, Ricardo M 5'10" 150 05/10/83 3/0 Jonesboro, Ga. Houston Dynamo (MLS) 20 Twellman, Taylor F 5'11" 170 02/29/80 20/5 St. Louis, Mo. New England Revolution (MLS) 21 Mapp, Justin M 5'10" 140 10/18/84 2/0 Brandon, Miss. Chicago Fire (MLS) 22 Onyewu, Oguchi D 6'4" 210 05/13/82 18/1 Olney, Md. Standard de Liege (Belgium) 23 Guzan, Brad GK 6'4" 210 09/09/84 1/0 Home Glen, Ill. Chivas USA (MLS) The USA kicks off action on June 7 vs. Guatemala at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT, and will also play their second group match there on Saturday, June 9, vs. Trinidad & Tobago at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. The group stage will end for the U.S. on June 12 vs. El Salvador at 7 p.m. ET after a cross country trip to Foxborough, Mass. All three U.S. group matches will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel and Telefutura.

May 24th, 2007, 12:57 PM	#2
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,221	some choices i like..some i don't..... i don't like these: beasley - he's been given ample opportunity and he does nothing ching - but i understand why they took him i like the rest as they are all deserving in some way

May 24th, 2007, 01:43 PM	#3
Gunnerman Join Date: 04-01-2004 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,519	3 players from the Revolution, I wonder how many games those guys will miss when the Gold Cup starts?

May 24th, 2007, 02:17 PM	#4
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,221	hopefully all of them....cunts

May 24th, 2007, 07:31 PM	#5
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	LOVE the fact that there are 3 Revs players, but hate it at the same time. But they have players to fill in for them all except for Twellman. And Dempsey is still a Rev to me, so i'm excited he made it as well.

May 25th, 2007, 08:21 AM	#8
Gunnerman Join Date: 04-01-2004 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,519	Excellent observation Jay, that is true. It is that way in soccer because the World Governing body FIFA is stronger than any other world governing body in sport. I don't think the NHL would send their players to the world championships every if the IIHF mandated it, the NHL would more than likely give them the finger, same with basketball, FIBA would never be able to tell the NBA what to do.

May 25th, 2007, 10:02 AM	#9
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,221	plus i don't think and this could be my prejudice speaking....that any other athlete from other sports take playing for there country as serious as they do in soccer..to play for your country is the ultimate goal while in basketball, baseball its not that big of a thing

May 25th, 2007, 10:07 AM	#10
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	I think you are definitly right about athletes as a whole Sig. I mean sure there are probably some players that love it as much as soccer guys, but certainly not as a group.

May 25th, 2007, 10:15 AM	#11
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,221	i can't wait to see who bradley chooses for the copa america...if he sticks to his word only a few of these guys will play...which leaves a bunch of guys to be picked...like the ones i said that didn't make it

May 25th, 2007, 10:28 AM	#12
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	Damn, games on the 7th and 9th? Puerto Rico filled with soccer fans by any chance?

May 25th, 2007, 10:55 AM	#13
ssigman Join Date: 03-15-2004 Posts: 27,221	good question....

May 30th, 2007, 06:46 AM	#14
Gunnerman Join Date: 04-01-2004 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,519	Just found this so though I would post it. Here is Team Canada for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Goalkeepers: Greg Sutton (Toronto FC, MLS) Joshua Wagenaar (ADO Den Haag, Eredivisie) Defenders: Adam Braz (Toronto FC, MLS) Marco Reda (Toronto FC, MLS) Andrew Hainault (FK Siad Most, Czech 1st League) Gabriel Gervais (Montreal Impact, USL 1st Division) Paul Stalteri (sp*rs, EPL) Midfielders: Ante Jazic (Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS) Richard Hastings (Inverness CT, SPL) Atiba Hutchinson (FC Kobenhavn, Danish Superliga) Patrice Bernier (Tromso I.L., Tippeligaen) Martin Nash (Vancouver Whitecaps, USL 1st Division) Julian de Guzman (Deportivo La Coruna, La Liga) Kevin Harmse (Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS) Issey Nakajima-Farran (FC Vejle Boldklub, Danish 1st Division) Antonio Ribeiro (Montreal Impact, USL 1st Division) Forwards: Dwayne De Rosario (Houston Dynamo, MLS) Rob Friend (SC Heerenveen, Eredivisie) Ali Gerba (FC Goteborg, Allsvenskan) Iain Hume (Leicester City, Coca-Cola Championship)

May 30th, 2007, 08:04 AM	#15
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	De Rosario is Canadian, aye? You could have given me ten guesses of countries, and i never would have guessed that one.