Predicted U.S.-Brazil starters; will Bradley lean on his main men?
by Steve Davis on Aug 10, 2010 10:13 AM EDT
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Which players should Bob Bradley start in tonight’s Big Apple test against the big banana of world soccer?
It’s not exactly as cut and dried as it may seem. Yes, it would be great to see how some of the young bucks and tier-two U.S. men – Brad Guzan, Omar Gonzales, Sacha Kljestan, Alejandro Bedoya, Edson Buddle in particular from tonight’s roster – tested against Brazil’s future stars. (
But like so many mid-life Alpha males on the prowl have discovered, going too young can be dangerous.
As one member of the U.S. Soccer support staff told me, “What good does it do anybody if we put a young team out there and get clobbered?”
And make no mistake, even a young team of Brazilians is capable of popping the top on a big can of “clobber.”
So, I’d expect to see a balanced lineup with 7 or 8 starters tonight coming from the list of Bradley’s top men in
I’d expect to see Bradley take advantage of tonight’s liberalized allotment of subs (six per side) to get the younger guys on the field at some point after halftime.
So, we won’t get a full book of knowledge of what Bedoya or Gonzalez can do against good competition, or a full reading on whether Klejstan is returning to 2008 form thanks to his recent move to
Oh, one more thing: I’d really love to see Buddle start. I think he deserves it. Poor guy has been dragged all over the globe with little playing time to show for it. He was on the roster for
Now he’s flown all the way across the country to take part in this match. If this night comes and goes without a significant amount of minutes for Buddle (who is, by the way, still leading MLS in scoring), I’m just gonna declare some seriously bad spirits swirling around the man, and then point him to the nearest witch doctor for a good karma cleansing.
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I want to see Bedoya
and bornstein and feilhaber… rangers are scouting this game and those guys could use a move up.
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by johnjahafanclub on Aug 10, 2010 1:10 PM EDT reply actions
Roster I'd love to see
Howard
Spector Bocanegra Gonzalez Cherundelo
Edu Bradley
Feilhaber
Donovan
Altidore Buddle
My only real question here is Feilhaber but I didn’t know who else to put out wide. Don’t know much about Bedoya as I haven’t seen him play.
Liked what Edu and Bradley did together in the midfield and thought that they didn’t get enough chance, possible 2014 pairing as well, let’s see what else they can do.
Would like to see Gonzalez mixed in with some young guys, Spector is by no means someone I have to see out here either so a younger replacement would be ok, I’ve seen all I need to see from Bornstein, though.
All in all, I hope everyone gets a chance to play.
Who is missing that I would love to see?
Stuart Holden
Jose Torres
Should be a fun watch, I’ll have a six pack and my World Cup jersey on, go Yanks!
by I need more Esteban on Aug 10, 2010 2:19 PM EDT reply actions
I really don't care as long as
He doesn’t start Findley. Listen I love that we get to face Brazil but the timing is awful with the big leagues getting ready to start their seasons, there was no real time for a camp so this is a curtain call for the World Cup team.
I know many expect Bob to leave his post with the USMNT, but whoever is in charge needs to start putting the list together of who they think might be ready to go in 4 years. I get that nobody wants to make those picks yet but it has to happen sooner rather than later. So give the guys who paid their dues at the World Cup their shot at a farewell (for many) on a big stage with a big match, then let’s move on to the business of 2014.
Finally got to where I can watch the game
Turned it on a couple minutes before Neymar’s goal…been quite the interesting first half, eh?
We need upgrade our defenders
They make me wanna puke. Omar is okay, but all the others….
" Only build on positives , don't stack the negatives...Instead of criticizing , what was a positive?" - Donavin Darius
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Thoughts up to the 67th minute
- Buddle looked solid, nothing special but solid. It’s great to see him playing over Findley.
- Edu and Bradley look okay, there very similar players so I question if they can play next to each other for a full game
- I hope our defenders get better in 4 years. None of them look very good, Omar G looks the best out of them but it’s not saying much. Gooch better get healthy
- That frohawk guy for Brazil is a beast
- I wasn’t impressed by Benny so far at all
- Jozy looks meh, but he hasn’t been put in good situations yet though. He’s making good runs but like Buddle hasn’t been given the ball enough to draw a definitive conclusion on there performance
- Our biggest issues are sustaining possession and defense. If we played Jozy and Buddle together with LD and Clint it’d help a lot but as for defense. Ugh.
" Only build on positives , don't stack the negatives...Instead of criticizing , what was a positive?" - Donavin Darius
"There is nothing like a wise phrase or quote to help convince others that your decision makes sense." - Anon
