Tuesday, December 21, 2010

January Camp Roster Released...Finally (UPDATED)

The 2014 World Cup cycle is (un)officially underway.  Bob Bradley named a 24 man roster for the annual Camp Cupcake in Carson, California, which will culminate in the January 22 match against Chile at the Home Depot Center.  Here is the roster:

GOALKEEPERS (4): Dominic Cervi (Celtic), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Matt Pickens (Colorado Rapids), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (9): A.J. DeLaGarza (Los Angeles Galaxy), Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy), Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles Galaxy), Ugo Ihemelu (FC Dallas), Zach Loyd (FC Dallas), Ryan Miller (Halmstads BK), Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls), Anthony Wallace (Colorado Rapids), Marvell Wynne (Colorado Rapids)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Eric Alexander (FC Dallas), Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Sam Cronin (San Jose Earthquakes), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabaek), Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado Rapids), Dax McCarty (D.C. United), Brek Shea (FC Dallas)
FORWARDS (4): Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Justin Braun (Chivas USA), Teal Bunbury (Sporting Kansas City), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

Late night here, so here's some two cents from the mastermind(s) at Ninety Plus:

  • All kinds of youth here, but really only a few of the 24 players called in should be expecting much of a future in with the full team.  The rest are potential stop gaps should there be an injury crisis.
  • What a great collection of young forwards, something that we haven't seen at a Camp Cupcake in years.  Agudelo, Bunbery, and Braun are probably the three best American forwards in MLS under age 23.
  • Wait...(sniffle)...I'm having a moment, this is the first January roster that does not feature any of the US' version of the three stooges (Robbie Findley, Ricardo Clark, Jonathan Bornstein).
  • I'm really looking forward to this leftback battle; Anthony Wallace, Ryan Miller, and AJ DeLaGarza.  I see it coming down to Wallace and Miller, and the slight edge to Miller in this one.  Does Tim Ream maybe even get a trot out on the left?? Doubtful, but it is the season for experimentation
  • To counter a Chile team which is sure to bring some young attacking flash to the table, will Bob Bradley counter with a strong defense, or will he counter speed with speed?  Considering his recent experimentation's, I would say that we see a bit of an energetic, attacking side.  But we'll need to see Chile's line-up to better guess this one.
  • Here is my favored line-up:
------------------------Cervi

Franklin-----Gonzalez-----Ream-----Miller

--------Lawrentowicz------Cronin

Diskerud------------McCarty---------Bedoya

-----------------------Bunbery

I need some Yanks in my life. 

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