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Lost in the LD stuff, is that there's also no actual backup for Jozy on the 23. If he gets hurt, and we have to trot Wondo out in a game we need to win, I'm going to drink myself to death before kickoff of whatever game it ends up being.

 

Johannsson? He's not the hold up guy that Jozy is, but compared to Wondo..

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Lost in the LD stuff, is that there's also no actual backup for Jozy on the 23. If he gets hurt, and we have to trot Wondo out in a game we need to win, I'm going to drink myself to death before kickoff of whatever game it ends up being.

 

Johannsson? He's not the hold up guy that Jozy is, but compared to Wondo..

 

I see him more as Clint's backup, but he's coming off a knee injury and a season where he was overworked by AZ so he's not exactly in peak form either. I'd definitely have more faith in him than Wondo, but that isn't saying much. Our forward line looks really iffy outside Clint and Jozy. None of the rest of the attacking options sans Mix really inspire confidence.

 

I suppose JK would probably have the option to move Clint up front and drop AJ or Mix in that spot as well.

 

ETA: JK's job wasn't made easier by EJ acting like a jackass and then playing poorly to start the season. EJ and Boyd were the most like-for-like options to back Jozy up. Now he's cut one and didn't even call in the other.

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Not sure how to feel about this. Don't know enough about the last few of the 23 kept to know if this was a bad decision.

 

I doubt we'll ever know the real answer as to why Klinsmann made this decision.

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Lost in the LD stuff, is that there's also no actual backup for Jozy on the 23. If he gets hurt, and we have to trot Wondo out in a game we need to win, I'm going to drink myself to death before kickoff of whatever game it ends up being.

Jurgen must've really liked that first half v Mexico here in Phx. If Jozy can't go, it's gotta be a 4-4-2 with a diamond MF and Deuce linking with Wondo.

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The press conference scheduled for today is going be interesting. I hope our "media" find their collective balls and ask JK some tough questions.
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That kid is a [expletive], and ruined any chance JK has of plausibly denying that this wasn't personal.

As a former teenager who liked to troll people and talk [expletive], if someone did my dad dirty and carried himself with the overall aloof bitchness that Landon has seemed to project, I would have totally tweeted that.

 

I guess what I'm saying is that that tweet isn't Klinsmann's fault and if his reasons for leaving Landon off the team aren't entirely professional, that's fine with me. Landon probably deserves it.

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That kid is a [expletive], and ruined any chance JK has of plausibly denying that this wasn't personal.

As a former teenager who liked to troll people and talk [expletive], if someone did my dad dirty and carried himself with the overall aloof bitchness that Landon has seemed to project, I would have totally tweeted that.

 

I guess what I'm saying is that that tweet isn't Klinsmann's fault and if his reasons for leaving Landon off the team aren't entirely professional, that's fine with me. Landon probably deserves it.

 

I don't care how bitter JK is about the Bayern stint, or the sabbatical. You cannot convince me that LD isn't a better bench option than Brad Davis.

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I'm just bummed. I'm sure there's a combination of professional and personal reasons for Donovan getting left off the 23 man roster, but it still seems disappointing LD didn't go out on his own. (Though maybe he did with his sabbatical, etc.) He was probably going to retire after Brazil anyway. Much of my growth as a soccer fan and passion for the USMNT was through the career of Donovan. I just would've liked to see it all end on better terms.

 

Good read from Greg Howard:

 

http://deadspin.com/landon-donovan-was-our-savior-all-along-1580496270

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What in the world is Casillas thinking? He didn't have a prayer of getting his hands to that ball.

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