Around the time it was announced that the United States would be participating in the Copa America in Venezuela, I thought Brian McBride would be the perfect player to come back to the national team to provide leadership to a young team on one of soccer’s greatest stages.
But that didn’t happen.
McBride coming back for the […]

Hi, Daryl here. Since Carter’s on vacation, I’m going to step in and post Bob Bradley’s slimline 18-man roster for the game against Poland. It’s Euro-heavy, with only Landon Donovan, Ricardo Clark* and Brian Ching representing MLS, but good to see Corey Gibbs back after a long long absence through injury. Also good to see […]

Here is your starting XI for tonight’s rendition of the biggest rivalry in CONCACAF:
GK - Howard
RB - Moor
CB - Onyewu
CB - Bocanegra
LB - Corrales
RW - Donovan
CM - Clark
CM - Bradley
LW - Convey
FW - Dempsey
FW - Altidore
The unexperienced Drew Moor gets the start at RB, being the only natural on the team. Corrales fills in […]

Courtesy of Steven Goff
*The four U.S. scratches from the game-day roster: defender Eddie Robinson, midfielder Brad Davis, midfielder Stuart Holden and defender Heath Pearce.
That changes my predicted lineup a bit with Heathe out. This is something to keep an eye on as now Bob Bradley is even more stretched at the back than […]

A few days ago in the midst of my winter slumber, US Soccer released the roster for their first friendly of the New Year against Sweden at the Home Depot Center on Jan. 19.
Landon Donovan finds himself one of the headliners of a mostly domestic based roster that will take on the Swedes after missing […]

US U-23 head coach Peter Nowak has called in 22 players for a training camp at the Home Depot Center prior to the U-23’s two match tour of China.
Here is the roster Nowak picked out of a baseball cap:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Zac MacMath (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (7): Hunter Freeman (New York […]