Fire Jürgen

Jürgen announced the roster for the USA-Mexico friendly on the 10th

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION - Detailed Roster
GOALKEEPERS (2): Bill Hamid (D.C.United), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS (: Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne), Edgar Castillo (Club America), Timmy Chandler (FC Nürnberg), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Michael Orozco Fiscal (San Luis), Heath Pearce (Chivas USA), Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), José Torres (Pachuca)
FORWARDS (5): Freddy Adu (Benfica), Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Edson Buddle (FC Ingolstadt), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

I like the inclusion of guys like Hamid, Chandler, Ream, Shea, and Torres. Might as well start getting the younger guys ready for World Cup qualifying now.

Yeah the inclusion of impressive youth stood out right away, Hamid and Shea have been having break out seasons in MLS, they deserve a look. I mean there are a few stalwarts like Dolo, Landy Cakes, Howard and Bocanegra, but a TON of youth. Really exciting to see him get a jump on getting them some looks before the games start to count.

my second impression: Wow that is a ton of holding midfielders!!

Don't get too excited. I get the idea a few of those youngsters are being treated to the best seats in the house.

Tonight is our first peek at the ÜSMNT

6:00 Pacific. ESPN2. (same as the Pilot women v Santa Clara)

Starting lineup:

Howard
Stevie, Orozco,Bocanegra,Castillo
Jones, Beckerman
Donovan,Bradley, Torres
Buddle

Glitch.

ESPN2 is entrapped with kids baseball in the 5th inning

Soccer is on Univision. ( 402 on DTV)

Practice your Spanish

Klinsi kissed his sister.

Interesting commentary by the Mexicans. when people suck, they just say it...both sides.

don't sky a ball when they are in the booth. they crucify you.

This is a nice group of players. It will be interesting to see if Jurgen can bring them together. He´s talked about trying to put out a product which reflects the personality or ideals of the USA. I´m not sure if he means physical and high-scoring or what he´s getting at. Buddle and Agudelo have a lot of potential. I also like the inclusion of Beckerman. I´m getting kind of tired of Adu, but, I can get behind him if he refocusses a bit.

I´d rather see a more technical style of play...regardless of whether that is considered "American" or not.

onetouchfutbol wrote:This is a nice group of players. It will be interesting to see if Jurgen can bring them together. He´s talked about trying to put out a product which reflects the personality or ideals of the USA. I´m not sure if he means physical and high-scoring or what he´s getting at. Buddle and Agudelo have a lot of potential. I also like the inclusion of Beckerman. I´m getting kind of tired of Adu, but, I can get behind him if he refocusses a bit.

I´d rather see a more technical style of play...regardless of whether that is considered "American" or not.

I think what Jürgen is talking about is building a team that dictates the pace of play. That's often easier said than done, but if there is anything about the American Psyche it's that we don't like to react, we like to make the other guy react.

If you listen carefully to the body of his interviews, he concedes we aren't going to dictate play to the Spain's or Brasils of the world any time soon, but we can do that with teams like Mexico if we put our minds to it.

Purplegeezer wrote:

onetouchfutbol wrote:This is a nice group of players. It will be interesting to see if Jurgen can bring them together. He´s talked about trying to put out a product which reflects the personality or ideals of the USA. I´m not sure if he means physical and high-scoring or what he´s getting at. Buddle and Agudelo have a lot of potential. I also like the inclusion of Beckerman. I´m getting kind of tired of Adu, but, I can get behind him if he refocusses a bit.

I´d rather see a more technical style of play...regardless of whether that is considered "American" or not.

I think what Jürgen is talking about is building a team that dictates the pace of play. That's often easier said than done, but if there is anything about the American Psyche it's that we don't like to react, we like to make the other guy react.

If you listen carefully to the body of his interviews, he concedes we aren't going to dictate play to the Spain's or Brasils of the world any time soon, but we can do that with teams like Mexico if we put our minds to it.

Yes, that´s true. Although, it could easily be argued that Mexico´s team has more talent than we do right now with "El Chicharito" and Giovani dos Santos on the same squad. They could easily aspire to dictate the style of play as well. I think that Jurgen´s comments could be interpretted in a lot of different ways. He may be seeking playing physical at the defensive end...a team that does not shy away from slide tackles. He could be referring to playing a more wide open style that leads to more scoring...or he could be referring to playing more technical and dominating possession...or ideally all of the above. In any case, I look forward to seeing what he does with the team. If we imitate the German teams in any way, we´re on the right track.