US Soccer Spot

Bradley names U.S. roster to face Mexico – U.S. Soccer – ESPN Soccernet.

Please, for the love of god, do not play Ching.  As a matter of fact, Bob, don’t change a damn thing from the Confederations Cup, cool?  There is no need to tinker.  That lineup played Spain and Brazil extremely well – duh.  Demerit needs to stay as does Davies.  Onyewu and Altidore are the anchors and the other are free to move around a bit more – that’s what will work best.  Yes, Altidore needs to work on his touch and playing with his back to goal, but he is still our best forward.  Let him learn under pressure.  As for Onyewu, yes, that mofo is huge and muscular, but he isn’t the quickiest guy.  He has long limbs and isn’t going to win a quickness contest.  Keep Boca on the left, where he plays for his club team, and let Spector rain in crosses from the right.  No Ching.  No Bornstein.  No Casey.  Maybe Torres midway through the second half if someone is conspicuously tired.

And for the record, I’m predicting a 2-1 USA win – first ever.  That team at the Gold Cup was straight dookie, C-team status.  I’m a massive US soccer fanboy, but they played horrible competition while having people sing their praises (Beckerman, Marshal, even Holden, I’m not yet willing to give him anything since he disappeared in the Mexico game after they lost their minds).