Late roster switches

June 2nd, 2009 | By: Brooks Peck | 3 Comments »

A few roster notes for tomorrow’s match:

-Super Frankie Hejduk will be unavailable with a groin strain.

Thoughts: This is an interesting development for the team. Frankie has obviously been playing out of his head over the last few internationals, so not having him will be a negative in that respect, but come on, is he really going to be starting in the World Cup next year? This should give a more realistic look at the future.

-Maurice Edu did not make the trip to Costa Rica, instead staying in Glasgow after he suffered a knee injury in Rangers’ final league match of their season.

Thoughts: Sucks.

-Ricardo Clark was a late addition to the roster.

Thoughts: Meh.

Alright, that should be it for the roster shenanigans before the match. Be sure to join us tomorrow night for the live blog.

Tags: Frankie Hejduk, Maurice Edu, Ricardo Clark, Roster News

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Comments

By Kevin | June 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 pm

I’m hoping we play Bornstein and Wynne at the fullback spots. We don’t need to out-smart Costa Rica, we need to run them into the ground. Also, I’m really hoping that we see Charlie Davies out there, and I’d rather not see Sacha, even though I love him, since his form for Chivas has been crap.

By SP | June 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 pm

i think we are going to see the reemergence of freddy adu in these next few days. he’s got a lot to prove right now regarding where he is going to be playing come august.

By Nicholas | June 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 am

What we’ll see….

—Ching–Altidore—
Donovan–Mastro–Bradley–Dempsey
Beasley–Boca–Gooch–Spector

What I’d do…
Actually, I’d do about the same, with the exception of Bornstein in for Beasley (not a big fan of Mastro, but I think this is the right call for this particular game). Torres and Beas would be my first/second off the bench (though I’m very intrigued about Feilhaber’s form….maybe next week).

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