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Bob Names 20 for Mexico

February 8th, 2009 | By: Brooks Peck | 9 Comments »

Bob Bradley finally named his 20 man roster for the match against Mexico on Wednesday. Here it is:

GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 4/3 SO), Tim Howard (Everton FC: 7/5 SO)

DEFENDERS (7): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 16/2), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, 1/0), Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland: 3/0), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew: 14/1), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege: 12/1), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock: 7/0), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC: 0/0)

MIDFIELDERS (6): DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers: 21/6), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach: 6/2), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo: 3/0), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA: 6/0), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew: 0/0), José Francisco Torres (Pachuca: 1/0)

FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (Xerez C.D.: 3/1), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo: 12/6), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF: 1/1) Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC: 12/4), Landon Donovan (Bayern Munich: 25/9)
*numbers indicate all-time World Cup Qualifying caps/goals

Noticeably absent: Freddy Adu and Kenny Cooper. But, given that Adu has been molded into the Monaco bench and Cooper didn’t show much against Sweden (or in last month’s camp, apparently), neither of those should be huge surprises.

Noticeably included: Jose Francisco Torres. Plays club ball for Pachuca in the Mexican first division. More on this later…

Tags: 2010 World Cup Qualifying, Mexico, Roster

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Comments

By Marlon | February 8th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

Monaco bench or not Robbie Rogers over Adu? No way.

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By Pseudinho | February 8th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

My Starters v. Bob’s Starters

GK Howard – GK Howard
RB Wynne – RB Hejduk
CB Onyewu – CB Onyewu
CB Bocanegra – CB Bocanegra
LB Bornstein – LB Pearce
RM Dempsey – RM Dempsey
CM Bradley – CM Bradley
CM Kljestain – CM Kljestan
LM Beasley – LM Beasley
CF Donovan – CF Donovan
ST Altidore – ST Ching

I’m a little nervous that my starters and Bob’s projected starters only differ by 3 players.

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By elle | February 8th, 2009 at 8:39 pm

hasn’t Hejduk turned 50 and retired yet?

i’m glad torres got included and will hopefully see some minutes..same with jozy

too bad about adu. poor kid.

match prediction:
usa 2
mexico 0
brian ching’s nose bleeds 1

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By bfos7215 | February 9th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Yet another example of our team being hurt, not helped, by Americans playing abroad.

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By Agent | February 9th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

“Yet another example of our team being hurt, not helped, by Americans playing abroad.”

Are you saying that we’d be that much better if everyone of these guys played in MLS? There’s no reason to think that our guys shouldn’t try and play abroad to get better, that would be just plain ignorant. Sure it makes logistics complicated for international dates, but I believe the reward is worth the inconvenience.

By bfos7215 | February 9th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

The players would be better off playing in the MLS rather than being a part of a practice squad in Europe. Of course, it all comes down to what the player wants to do. It’s just disappointing that so many young, promising players have their growth stunted by not getting to play.

The notion that just going to Europe, regardless of playing time, makes these guys better is silly. This is just another example.

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By GS | February 9th, 2009 at 7:25 pm

bfos7215: i’m sorry my friend but playing against your own team in practice every day and sitting on the bench during matches in europe probably develops players better than setting the MLS world on fire. MLS is a great place for young players to start out and make a name for themselves but once they’re ready for Europe there is almost no benefit to staying in MLS. Just look at Landon Donovan the only way he could have gotten better is by going to Europe…even if it doesn’t pan out it’s the only way he’s going to get better. The key to development is challenging the player and if a player can get a contract in europe he probably isn’t being challenged much in the MLS… That’s just the truth…sorry.

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By JustJack | February 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

When do we get to NOT have Brian Ching in the lineup?

I hope it snows in Columbus…. we might need mother winter as the twelfth player.

By bfos7215 | February 10th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

GS: This isn’t the first time Landon has gone to Europe. His previous trips left him in worse shape. He came back to MLS and is now playing better than ever.

I’m not some nationalistic dweeb that is in denial believing that the MLS is close to competitive with the European leagues. I know it’s not. I have no doubt that if a player is PLAYING in Europe, that is better for him. But, when they aren’t even in shape for playing in an important game for the national team it’s pretty obvious that not only is it not helping, it is actually hurting.

When our guys find a team and get playing time, it’s great. But, it seems, most of the time, our guys can’t get off the bench and their development and game-fitness degrade.

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