The Soccer Thread

[brinoch]

Just in time, too.

[shnsajax]

Robben is out for a month. Whoever had less than 2 months healthy in the Robben injury pool wins.

[wolf stansson]

Roster for the game you won't see:

G: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 5/3 SO), Tim Howard (Everton: 14/8 SO)

 

D: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 24/3), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, 4/0), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96: 19/0), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards: 1/0), Clarence Goodson (IK Start: 1/0), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan: 18/1), Jonathan Spector (West Ham: 3/0)

 

M: Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach: 13/4), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo: 7/1), Clint Dempsey (Fulham: 20/5), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy: 33/11), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus GF: 4/0), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo: 3/0), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew: 0/0), José Francisco Torres (Pachuca: 6/0)

 

F: Jozy Altidore (Hull City: 11/6), Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids: 5/0), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo: 16/6), Kenny Cooper (1860 Munich: 1/1), Charlie Davies (FC Sochaux: 5/2)

 

 

 

Holden, Rogers, Torres, Cooper, Goodson, Conrad are surprises.

 

I like the possibility of Torres or Holden playing big minutes.

[bukie]

Any chance Jermaine Jones gets a call for the last qualifier, or some kind of action for the USMNT prior to the World Cup?

[wolf stansson]

Any chance Jermaine Jones gets a call for the last qualifier, or some kind of action for the USMNT prior to the World Cup?

My bet is on the rumored pre-World Cup friendly in Holland. January camp too. I'd be surprised if we see him before them which is obviously not ideal.

[shnsajax]

The US is down 2-0 at half time. They need a draw and they are probably going through, but that is going to be difficult.

[CubInOK]

Someone on the US team just picked up a red. It's gonna be tough now.

[CubInOK]

Another red for the US, this time in the penalty box.

[USSoccer]

Our U-20's just aren't that good. Our U-17s are much better.

[shnsajax]

Portsmouth finally get on the board with a 1-0 win. Nice win for Hull City too though Jozy say on the bench the entire game.

 

Looking forward to Liverpool/Chelsea tomorrow.

[wolf stansson]

Never great when a relegation battling team gets a result with the player you want playing, on the bench. Tends to become a trend.

[wvcbxl]

Not that anyone here cares, but Club Brugge just beat their arch-rivals Anderlecht 4-2 to go top of the league. :D

 

Can't wait to see the highlights of that one

[USSoccer]

Deuce was subbed out with a shoulder injury yesterday.

 

Adu got some more PT though.

[wolf stansson]

Deuce was subbed out with a shoulder injury yesterday.

It didn't look bad. Kind of rolled/fell onto his shoulder. Didn't look like he's going to miss time.

[wvcbxl]

Looks like Gooch wasn't even on the bench this weekend.

[wolf stansson]

Looks like Gooch wasn't even on the bench this weekend.

He's only played once. Came in the 52nd last week in the Champions League. Looked rusty. I'm not psyched about how this will affect him in the World Cup.

[shnsajax]

Deuce was subbed out with a shoulder injury yesterday.

It didn't look bad. Kind of rolled/fell onto his shoulder. Didn't look like he's going to miss time.

 

Dempsey is out of the Honduras match on Saturday.

[wolf stansson]

D Rose at the Bridge.

 

 

http://theoriginalwinger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/nba-stamford-bridge.jpg

[shnsajax]

Celso Borges is out for Costa Rica for the rest of qualifing. This could be huge as a tie with T&T this weekend almost puts us in based on goal differential.

[wolf stansson]

http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2009/10/jones-injuries-woe-worsen-out-at-least-six-more-weeks-after-latest-surgery.html

It's time to treat Jermaine Jones like a pitcher with recurring arm problems. I'm not expecting we'll ever get anything out of him.

[shnsajax]

http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2009/10/jones-injuries-woe-worsen-out-at-least-six-more-weeks-after-latest-surgery.html

It's time to treat Jermaine Jones like a pitcher with recurring arm problems. I'm not expecting we'll ever get anything out of him.

 

Awesome, the Mark Prior of the National Team.

[shnsajax]

On Beckham and Donovan. Guess its just a matter of where Donovan is going.

 

''We want to get it done, for him and for us, because we have work to do over the next few weeks and I don't want any confusion,'' Leiwiceke added. ''It's the same with Landon Donovan, there are a lot of rumours of whether he is staying or going. We're going to clear that up in the next two weeks because we want the team to be focused.''

[wvcbxl]

Germany book their ticket to South-Africa by winning 0-1 in Russia.

 

I watched the last half hour of that game live on ZDF (that's a German TV channel) and their commentator was being very honest about how lucky they were (including calling a 85th minute penalty that the ref denied to the Russians).

[wolf stansson]

Let's hope this works: http://atdhe.net/9796/watch-honduras-vs-usa

[wolf stansson]

This actually works, Honduras feed.

 

http://www.telecatracha.com/

Edited October 11, 2009 by wolf stansson