Friday is the first match, vs St Vincent & the Grenadines in St. Louis. Then a trip to Trinidad & Tobago (the only other "good" team in the 4-team group USA is a part of) on Tuesday, Nov 17th. I was hoping Jurgen would go very young, as there's no reason why we shouldn't move on from this group no matter who is senior-team eligible. But here's the callups:
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton)
Defenders: Ventura Alvarado (Club America), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls), Michael Orozco (Tijuana), Tim Ream (Fulham), Brek Shea (Orlando City)
Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland), Miguel Ibarra (Leon)
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Alan Gordon (LA Galaxy), Jordan Morris (Stanford), Bobby Wood (Union Berlin), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)
Maybe Miazga will get a shot on the backline? Can't be any worse.
Why exactly is Beckerman being called up at all? His time should be done as he's too old and won't be playing in Russia. And hopefully Jones doesn't get much playing time either.
At least the young guys will get their chances up top.
Seems there's others we could've called up for this trip, as the March games (2 versus Guatamala) are the most important of this group stage, so this was the time to experiment. Play the youngsters and figure out who's international-worthy.
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton)
Defenders: Ventura Alvarado (Club America), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls), Michael Orozco (Tijuana), Tim Ream (Fulham), Brek Shea (Orlando City)
Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland), Miguel Ibarra (Leon)
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Alan Gordon (LA Galaxy), Jordan Morris (Stanford), Bobby Wood (Union Berlin), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)
Maybe Miazga will get a shot on the backline? Can't be any worse.
Why exactly is Beckerman being called up at all? His time should be done as he's too old and won't be playing in Russia. And hopefully Jones doesn't get much playing time either.
At least the young guys will get their chances up top.
Seems there's others we could've called up for this trip, as the March games (2 versus Guatamala) are the most important of this group stage, so this was the time to experiment. Play the youngsters and figure out who's international-worthy.