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Who can we expect to see on the field, well with the absence of Ricardo Clark, here is my starting 11 for the U S of A:
--------------------Howard
Spector-----Onyewu-----Bocanegra-----Bornstein
-------------Bradley-----Feilhaber
Dempsey--------------------------------Donovan
------------Altidore------Davies
Bocanegra went the full hour of training today and will be a game time decision, but id imagine that he'll be ready to go so he'll take over for DeMerit. Feilhaber steps into his more natural CM spot after starting on the flank against Italy, and Donovan slide to right midfield, with Davies taking his place up top. Overall, this could be the best team the US could field right now (depending on who your favorites are for the RB and LB spots). Until Jermaine Jones gets here (more on that later), Feilhaber and Clark are the 2 CM's we have that I would play, Kljestan is more of a CAM/wing who needs space to dribble into and attack. Also with Maurice Edu out 3 months after knee surgury, Clark and Feilhaber are the ones to go with alongside Bradley.
Who starts for Brazil? Heres a good rendering of how they'll go:
------------Robinho---------Fabiano-------------------
------Kaka-----------------------------Elano-----------
---------Gilberto Silva-------Felipe Melo-------------
Kleber------Lucio-------------Juan--------Dani Alves
---------------------Julio Cesar---------------------------
Yea...international superstars all over the place. Interesting not to see Maicon or Ronaldinho included with this group, but still, thats an extremely intimidating line-up. Keep in mind though, one of Michael Bradley's coming out games was vs Kaka and Brazil in 2007. Brazil's attacking style should leave plenty of room for guys like Donovan, Davies, Dempsey, and Altidore to run into and score, but for the US to have any chance they'll have to finish the chances that they squandered in the Italy game.
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