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Guide To USA Player Nicknames
There was a bit of confusion on USA WCB this week.
We were debating DMB, and Euler from the excellent Brazil blog wanted to know exactly what the Dave Matthews Band had to do with the 2006 World Cup.
Brazilians know a thing or two about nicknames (Pele must be the most famous nickname of all time) so I figured if they could get confused, then anyone could.
Therefore, may I present the officially unofficial cut-out-and-keep (if you want to ruin your computer) guide to USA MNT nicknames.
1 Tim Howard “T-Ho” “Timmy Tourettes”
2 Chris Albright
3 Carlos Bocanegra “Los” “Boca”
4 Pablo Mastroeni “Mastro”
5 John O’Brien “JOB” “John O’Broken” “Johnny O”
6 Steve Cherundolo “Dolo”
7 Eddie Lewis “Lewbanger”(apparently)
8 Clint Dempsey “Deuce”
9 Eddie Johnson “EJ” “GAM”
10 Claudio Reyna “Captain America”
11 Brian Ching “Big Chingy” “Ka-Ching” “Cha-Ching” “Big Kahuna”
12 Gregg Berhalter “Beerholder”
13 Jimmy Conrad
14 Ben Olsen “Beninho” “Benny”
15 Bobby Convey “Backstreet”
16 Josh Wolff “Wolffey”
17 DaMarcus Beasley “DMB” “Run DMB” “Gumby” “Jitterbug” “DaMarcus Boozeley”
18 Kasey Keller “The Wall” “Special K”
19 Marcus Hahnemann “Boomer”
20 Brian McBride “McHead” “BMB” “Bake” “Yee-ha”
21 Landon Donovan “LD” “Lanny” “Landycakes” “Lando” “PrimaDonovan”
22 Oguchi Onyewu “Gooch”
23 Eddie Pope “His Holiness”
– Bruce Arena “BA” “The Bruce” “Il Bruce”
If anyone has anything to add, let me know and help make this a comprehensive list.
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By Evan | May 4th, 2006 at 10:35 am 
Donovan is LD or Lando.
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By Rick | May 4th, 2006 at 10:54 am I’ve wondered about GAM for EJ. Tried to look up the significance a few weeks ago but couldn’t find it. Anyone know?
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By daryl | May 4th, 2006 at 10:58 am By Matt | May 4th, 2006 at 12:03 pm “Lewbanger”???
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By daryl | May 4th, 2006 at 12:28 pm Yep, Lewbanger. I’d never heard it before either, but it’s on his profile at the pretty respectable ussoccerplayers.com.
Even better, it’s on some kid named Duke’s MySpace page. Eddie “Lewbanger” Lewis is apparently one of Duke’s heroes, along with a lot of other Leeds United players, so I’m guessing this is where the name comes from.
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By Evan | May 4th, 2006 at 12:30 pm Another one for Lewis–when he went to England, he was hyped as “the American David Beckham” by the media.
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By Juan | May 4th, 2006 at 12:59 pm Landon Donavan looks exactly like Dave Matthews, for the record.
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By Dave | May 4th, 2006 at 2:29 pm LD does look like Dave Matthews, or so my girlfriend has said for years.
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By james | May 4th, 2006 at 2:39 pm yeah the upstanding young folks at United actually have a ditty for Tim:
“Timmy Tourrettes…Fuck That, Timmy Tourrettes… Fuck That”
And when they sing it they kind of move their head to the side in a quasi uncontrolled motion.
Its the kind of thing i could see laughing myself stupid to, but when it comes from ManScum I find it offensive.
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By Bense | May 4th, 2006 at 5:42 pm And after The Bruce nomminating Ka-Ching, we know Ching has the pictures of Arena with the goat.
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By Trent | May 5th, 2006 at 4:47 pm Speaking of Lewbanger, sweet goal by him today for Leeds in the playoff against Preston North End.
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By Keoni | May 6th, 2006 at 9:50 pm I’m gonna nominate Flyin’ Hawaiian for Brian Ching.
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By NineGuysShort | May 10th, 2006 at 1:50 am I think Corey Gibbs’s nickname is spider. Not really sure where I’ve heard that, but I have heard it before.
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By plashch | May 10th, 2006 at 9:01 am Ching should be The Big Kahuna.
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By footyor | May 16th, 2006 at 1:22 am Charlie Blackmouth for Boca
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By footyor | May 16th, 2006 at 1:26 am Most of the guys don’t deserve nicknames. INHO is added to a player’s name who is extraordinary, and Olsen is not.
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By daryl | May 16th, 2006 at 9:51 am I think Beninho is semi-ironic, I wouldn’t take it too seriously.
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By Woolbanger | May 22nd, 2006 at 5:55 pm Lewbanger = Little legend!
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By Bumpy Road Ahead For Backstreet Bandwagon? - FIFA World Cup 2006 - USA World Cup Team Blog | May 28th, 2006 at 12:57 pm [...] There’s a definite groundswell of support for Bobby “Backstreet” Convey (that nickname’s been added to the list) to play in the first eleven come World Cup time. Whichever way you combine things, it looks like two out of three from Convey, Beasley and Dempsey. Despite Convey’s excellent form, I suspect he may find himself on the bench come June 12th. [...]
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