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Roster For Poland Game

February 22nd, 2006 | By: Daryl | 7 Comments »

Bruce Arena has named a 20 man roster for the game against Poland on March 1st. It’s 11 European based players and 9 from MLS. Taylor Twellman and Clint Dempsey’s impressive performances have kept them in the squad, while Todd Dunivant, Pat Noonan and Kerry Zavagnin must be doing something right.

One notable absentee is Eddie Pope. Don’t know if we should read too much into that, as the veteran looked good in all the recent friendlies. Bruce might feel like getting a good look at the European based central defenders.

Marcus Hanhemann wil be disappointed to miss out. The Reading keeper has been unbeatable for Reading, while Tim Howard has been getting splinters at Manchester United.

Goalkeepers (2):

Tim Howard (Manchester United)
Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Defenders (7):

Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus)
Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC)
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96)
Todd Dunivant (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Eddie Lewis (Leeds United)
Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege)
Jonathan Spector (Charlton Athletic)

Midfielders (6):

DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven)
Bobby Convey (Reading FC)
Clint Dempsey (New England Revolution)
Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)
Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
Pat Noonan (New England Revolution)
Kerry Zavagnin (Kansas City Wizards)

Forwards (4):

Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards)
Brian McBride (Fulham FC)
Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards)

Tags: Bruce Arena, Clint Dempsey, Taylor Twellman, USA

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Comments

By Mick | February 22nd, 2006 at 2:16 pm

Wow, that is definitely our “A” team. I don’t see anyone on there I don’t think deserves a shot at Germany. Nice selection by The Bruce.

By Eric | February 23rd, 2006 at 11:56 am

Like the team but is Howard really going to go to Germany after having not played most of the year?
It appears we could still have a pretty good team even with a couple of injuries.

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By Chuck | February 23rd, 2006 at 12:42 pm

Gotta (hopefully) make room for Claudio and Johnny O’B, tho, on future rosters.

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By Rick | February 23rd, 2006 at 2:41 pm

Bruce really seems intent on giving Wolff every possible chance to make it into the Cup squad. I don’t think he’s looked terrible, but he hasn’t looked his sharpest in the games he’s played in.

The comment, “…while Todd Dunivant, Pat Noonan and Kerry Zavagnin must be doing something right” makes it sound like you don’t think they deserve inclusion. If that is the case, then I respectfully disagree. Dunivant has looked strong in defense. I also love his ability and willingness to contribute on the offensive end.

Despite the tough group, I’m cautiously optimistic. The talent pool just looks better and better, and Arena seems to have a great feel for putting together a roster with good chemistry.

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By daryl | February 23rd, 2006 at 3:32 pm

Dunivant, Noonan and Zavagnin absolutely deserve inclusion, I like all three players. I just meant to imply that they’re further behind than Twellman and Dempsey in terms of making the final 23.

With Wolff, I feel like Arena’s faith in him is indicative that forward is the only area where we haven’t got massive depth.

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