Kolek planning to go pro
How many top spanish players will be playing though? They are still doing some euro qualifying this summer right?
I'll be watching at The Highbury. Looking forward to it.The only thing I want out of this game is a devastating injury to Torres.
One more thing. How much time off do top players get? A month? A guy like david villa has basically been playing for almost two years it seems.
Unfortunately, Bob made some very questionable decisions on who to bring in to the US camp for the warm-ups and Gold Cup qualifying.
Care to elaborate further on this?
Freddy Adu.
Not sure it matters all that much since it's unlikely he sees the field ... err, pitch ... during any closely contested games ... err, matches.
Because the Gold Cup begins on Tuesday, there are hints out of the USA camp that Bradley may not be using his top lineup in the Spain game, putting more priority on the Gold Cup opener. That would be very disappointing. Why schedule Spain at all then? You could have brought Switzerland or Norway or some no-name team if you are going to blow off the game. Sometimes the thinking of US Soccer is baffling.
I'd venture to guess Norway or Switzerland wouldn't sell out a 68,000-seat stadium. US Soccer is a business, after all.
Teal Bunbury should definitely have been given a roster spot over Wondolowski.I can't believe they only brought Bedoya in once Feilhaber got injured. Bedoya is playing much better than Rogers currently.I think we need to move on from Onyewu. He hasn't shown much of anything as of late. I would have preferred getting someone like Omar Gonzalez some experience.I could also make a case for Brad Davis or Mixx Diskerud over Kljestan in the midfield. I don't think Sacha has ever produced much for the national team.Edit: Basically, I think the US has to start getting younger sooner rather than later. The same core of players that carried us in the last two World Cups are going to be nearly useless come 2014
That was the only glaring issue I saw, but I didn't know if I was missing something in my uninformed evaluation of the roster.