Charlie Deuce

 

Terrific news

 

lol @ "cd9" .... like he's somebody..

 

I just went through 6-pages of this thread and I'm wondering why no one has asked questions about Jozy's form?

I watched this guy play twice at the 2007 U20 WC and he was probably their best player. Then he tore it up in the MLS. However, the guy has pretty much done nothing so far in Europe.

He's gotten his chances for Hull this season and has not played well at all. Granted, Hull are an absolutely terrible team and would likely be the worst team in the Premiership if Portsmouth weren't broke.

I just dont see Altidore having a very good WC due to the poor season he's having with Hull.

I think that he may have moved to Europe too soon or perhaps he should've joined a club that would've been patient with him and had better supporting players. He's now stuck on a team that is about to get relegated and can not afford to be patient with him in the final 2-months leading up to the WC.

If I were US coach I'd use a 4-5-1 with Dempsey roaming in the middle and Donovan playing on either wing. Finding an in-form CF for the U.S. will be tough. Jozy fits the profile but I dont think he's at the level yet where he can cause damage internationally. Remember that he started in all 5 Confederations Cup matches (against 5 good teams) and only scored 1-goal vs. Spain.

 

I think he will be fine come summer for the US. He can take away a lot from playing against the best players in the world, in the best league.

 

he wasnt getting playing time for villareal or the 2nd division team, but he still lead the US in goals during qualifying

 

Sick goal by Demps.

 

73 more days

btw some guy i know who works for the galaxy said he saw onyewu last week at HDC and not looking good

 

he was there last week to get a check up.

 

Might as well try him, all the other guys are disappointing.

 

Yeah Hercules is a beast at Puebla right now. Bob Bring him in ASAP! He can be the third striker behind Dore and Charlie. Any news on Jermaine Jones?

 

J.Jones suffered another fracture.

he is out.

 

I guess its going to be maurice edu () and Ricardo Clark ()

Hercules Gomez and Edson Buddle>>>>>>> Connor Casey and Robbie Findley

I know its just the MLS

but dude is straight balling with the galaxy

Edson Buddle should at least be getting a shot in these next friendly's

 

^^^We need Goch back to for the backline. Buddle? wow he's always had the talent, finally got it together. Bob better bring him and Herculez in, and see what these guys can do in the games coming up. We need another forward in case Charlie is not able to play 100%. Disappointing to hear the news about J.J. but at least Midfield is where we are the deepest.

Cant wait!!! for England!

vamos USA!

 

Landon Donovan: Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez deserve a look for US World Cup training camp

RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer
April 14, 2010 | 5:31 p.m.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Landon Donovan thinks Edson Buddle deserves a look forthe U.S. training camp ahead of the World Cup, and Herculez Gomez, too.

Charlie Davies still is recovering from an October car crash and BrianChing is out until next month with an injured hamstring, so it'sunclear who will start at forward alongside Jozy Altidore when theUnited States plays England in its World Cup opener on June 12.

Buddle, a forward who turns 29 on May 21, has scored all five goals inhelping Donovan's Galaxy to a 3-0 start in Major League Soccer. Buddlehasn't played for the national team since his debut in an exhibitionagainst Venezuela in March 2003.

"I see it a little differentprobably than most people," Donovan said Wednesday. "Most people seethe goal-scoring, which obviously as a forward is important. But forme, equally if not more importantly are the little things he's doing tohelp our team win. And those types of things are important when you'renot scoring goals, especially. And a lot of players when they score alot of goals think they don't have to do those things, and he's doingall those little things that are helping a lot."

Gomez, another28-year-old, has eight goals in 13 games this season for Puebla inMexico, an unexpected turnaround for a former Galaxy, Colorado andKansas City player whose only two international appearances were in the2007 Copa America.

Donovan doesn't want to speak for U.S. coachBob Bradley but says those players should be given a chance to showwhether they ought to be on the 23-man roster.

"Taking a lookat, absolutely. Why wouldn't you? At this point, you would have tothink everything is an option," Donovan said. "Clearly I'm not thecoach and I don't make these decisions, but I always err on the side ofcaution. And what I mean by that is you take the players that are one,playing, and who are playing the best at the time. And I always thinkthat's the best formula. Now, not everyone sees it that way, but that'smy personal opinion."

Donovan came to New York to appear withDerek Jeter, Matt Ryan and Wayne Gretzky at the Gillette-EA SportsChampions of Gaming on Xbox 360. He was to return to the Galaxy forSaturday's game against Real Salt Lake and report to the U.S. team inmid-May ahead of exhibitions against the Czech Republic (May 25 at EastHartford, Conn.) and Turkey (May 29 at Philadelphia).

World Cupteams must submit 30-man preliminary rosters to FIFA by May 11 and23-man final rosters by June 1 — the day after the U.S. team arrives inSouth Africa.

In addition to Davies, who was hurt Oct. 13, andChing, injured on April 1, several other Americans have been sidelined.Defender Oguchi Onyewu hasn't played since tearing a knee tendon in thefinal World Cup qualifier on Oct. 14, and midfielder Stuart Holden hasbeen out since breaking a leg during a challenge from Nigel de Jongduring the Americans' exhibition game at the Netherlands on March 3.

All the injuries make it appear Bradley will call more than 23 playersinto training camp, then cut down after the Turkey match and ahead of aJune 5 exhibition against Australia at Roodepoort, South Africa.

"There's realities that you have to look at," Donovan said. "You can'tbring in 23 guys and have five or six of them that you're not sureabout, so you need to make sure that you're covering all your bases.Obviously, if anyone is covering all their bases it's Bob. He knowsexactly what's going on."

Donovan said the roster was lesscertain even before the injuries than at similar points ahead of the2002 and 2006 World Cups.

"You can pencil in 13, 14, 15 guys,"he said. "After that, there's quite a bit of competition, which is whatyou want."



i guess landon agrees with me

 

^^^Nice.

On another note, Buddle keeps scoring. ROBOBOB bring him in!!!!!!!