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MNT 2009 Schedule, Other Stuff

January 19th, 2009 | By: Brooks Peck | 6 Comments »

-It seems Landycakes is already building a fanbase in Germany. A quick scan of YouTube turns up a number of videos welcoming him to Bayern and showing off his talents (set to techno music, of course)…

UPDATE: Oh, and he scored in another friendly today. Luca Toni scored the other goal. No word on whether that was the only time Luca scored after Landon today.

-I know a few of you have been asking about it, so here’s the full schedule via USsoccer.com:

U.S. Men’s National Team 2009 Schedule
Date Opponent Venue Time
Jan. 24 Sweden The Home Depot Center; Carson, Calif. 5:30 p.m. PT
Feb. 11 Mexico* Columbus Crew Stadium; Columbus, Ohio 7 p.m. ET
March 28 El Salvador* Away (Venue TBD) TBD
April 1 Trinidad & Tobago* Home (Venue TBD) TBD
June 3 Costa Rica* Away (Venue TBD) TBD
June 6 Honduras* Home (Venue TBD) TBD
June 15 Italy # Loftus Versfeld; Tshwane/Pretoria 8:30 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. ET
June 18 Brazil # Loftus Versfeld; Tshwane/Pretoria 4 p.m. / 10 a.m. ET
June 21 Egypt # Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace; Rustenburg 8:30 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. ET
July 3-26 CONCACAF Gold Cup TBD TBD
Aug. 12 Mexico* Away (Venue TBD) TBD
Sept. 5 El Salvador* Home (Venue TBD) TBD
Sept. 9 Trinidad & Tobago* Away (Venue TBD) TBD
Oct. 10 Honduras* Away (Venue TBD) TBD
Oct. 14 Costa Rica* Home (Venue TBD) TBD
* FIFA World Cup Qualifier
# FIFA Confederations Cup

(For a properly formatted version of the schedule that doesn’t have everything smooshed together, just click the link above.)

-From The Daily Mail: “Celtic have already worked out a framework transfer agreement for Sacha Kljestan should the American midfielder impress Gordon Strachan during his six-day trial. [...] A price tag of up to £2million has been suggested for any permanent deal, with the selling rights to the player held centrally by the Major League Soccer organisation.”

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By Nick | January 20th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Out of boredom, I wanted to see if US top players are making more progress on moves into Europe’s top leagues. I examined the 2002, 2004 World Cup roster, and what I think will be a likely 2006 WC roster. The answer is “yes.”

For the purposes of this deal, I didn’t include players who were on top teams who weren’t in a top 5 leagues.

2002 (8 Players)
Friedel, Brad Blackburn Rovers (England)
Hejduk, Frankie Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Keller, Kasey Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Lewis, Eddie Fulham (England)
Moore, Joe-Max Everton (England)
Regis, David FC Metz (France)
Reyna, Claudio Sunderland (England)
Sanneh, Tony FC Nuremberg (Germany)

2006 (6 Players)
Player Club
Bocanegra, Carlos Fulham FC (England)
Cherundolo, Steve Hannover 96 (Germany)
Howard, Tim Everton FC (England)
Keller, Kasey Bor. M’gladbach (Germany)
McBride, Brian Fulham FC (England)
Reyna, Claudio Manchester City (England)

2010 (10 Players?)
Player
Carlos Bocanegra – D, Rennes (France)
Landon Donovan – M/F, Bayern Munich (Germany)
Tim Howard – GK, Everton (England)
Michael Bradley – M, Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany)
Clint Dempsey – M/F, Fulham (England)
Steve Cherundolo – D, Hannover 96 (Germany)
Freddy Adu – M/F, Monaco (France)
Josmer Altidore – F, Villareal (Spain)
Brad Guzan – GK, Aston Villa (England)
Jonathan Spector – D, West Ham United (England)

* – For 2002, John O’Brien and Brian McBride were not included though the argument could be made they were at that level.
* – 2006 Eddie Lewis and Landon Donovan.
* – 2010 Hopefully, we can say similar things about Kenny Cooper, Sacha Kljestan, etc…

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By Brooks | January 20th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Good work, Nick.

Have to think we can add to that number before the world cup rolls around. Sacha’s current position alone should do the trick.

By elle | January 20th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

now if only Borussia Mönchengladbach could stop sucking so Baby Bradley stays in Bundesliga 1.

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By Nick | January 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am

Agree on Borussia, but unlike last year, Yanks seem to be on the better end of the promotion/relegation battles. ‘Gladbach is the only team in the relegation zone (among teams who feature a Yank).

One situation to keep an eye on…Heath Pierce at Hansa Rostock. He isn’t playing on a team that could very well get relegated out of the 2. That does not bode well for us at left back. This is where not getting Subotic hurts. Boca could have slid over to LB.

We need to get Spector healthy and playing…quickly.

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By Nick | January 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm

Just one more thing, I couldn’t find World Cup rosters with teams, but 1998 and 1994 had to be pretty small in numbers. Going by memory.

in 98, I’m thinking Reyna, David Regis (who was naturalized weeks before the Cup), Friedel and Keller.

in 94….Reyna, Harkes, Keller, Bueller?????

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By Marlon | January 23rd, 2009 at 8:19 am

Landy just had a brace. He seems pretty on form right now.

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