Gold Cup

[El Kabong]

Well the US is coming off a huge series of matches vs some of the top clubs in the world in the Confederations Cup and now comes the Gold Cup vs our close rivals Mexico, Costa Rica, etc. We're in Group B with Grenada (who might be looking for revenge ), Haiti, and Honduras (whom we owe a beat down).

Apparently US Coach Bob Bradley is going to rest some of our key players and give our young guys a go at a high level of competition to get them experience. He's also giving a shot to some guys who didn't make the Confederations Cup squad.

The noteable players left off this squad are: Landon Donovan, Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Bradly, Demarcus Beasley, Jay DeMerit, John Spector, Clint Dempsey, Carlos Bocanegra, and Tim Howard.


The revised roster (x-will not be at all matches):
Goalkeepers: Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), x-Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Troy Perkins (IK Start, Norway), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Defenders: x-Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City), Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Norway), Jay Heaps (New England), x-Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Chad Marshall (Columbus), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaellands, Denmark), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock, Germany)
Midfielders: Davy Arnaud (Kansas City), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Colin Clark (Colorado), x-Ricardo Clark (Houston), Sam Cronin (Toronto), Brad Evans (Seattle), x-Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Houston), Logan Pause (Chicago), Robbie Rogers (Columbus) Forwards: Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), x-Jozy Altidore (Villarreal, Spain), x-Conor Casey (Colorado), Brian Ching (Houston), Kenny Cooper (Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF, Sweden), Santino Quaranta (D.C.)

Now of course I haven't heard of half of these guys but if Bob Bradley wants to field a competitive team it's going to be a bit more difficult with thise group of guys, but hopefully the move pays off and gives our younger guys some solid experience at a top level. I would love to see Kenny Cooper, Freddy Adu, and Heath Pearce get some run, it'll also be nice to see how Ching and Cherundolo come back from injury