Late roster switches

June 2nd, 2009 | by: Brooks Peck |

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.

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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.
SP

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.
Nicholas

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).