Obviously, US men's national team coach Bob Bradley is not a frequent reader of this publication. If said 'gaffer' was, what he would well know is that not calling in Kenny Cooper to his squad for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers was of paramount importance and that his persistent insistence on leaving the streaking striker out of the selection was tantamount to treason. Or something else that's sounds highfalutin'.
But he doesn't (and probably shouldn't) read TOR and Big Kenny's been left wanting while Eddie "I haven't scored in ages" Johnson and Brian Ching get the call once again. It's like he's spent the calendar year so far listening to the title track from Wilco's 2002 documentary "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" on blast and on repeat while thinking solely of my desire to see the Cooper's shirtless caveman goal celebration once more.
And I hate to say this after being (regrettably) less than nice about him in the past, but how does Edson Buddle not get a look either? Damn. I haven’t been this bummed since James went missing on What's Happening. Here's the complete list of who was called up for the August 20th match v. Guatemala in all it's FrankenCooper-less glory.
GOALKEEPERS:
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan
DEFENDERS:
Steve Cherundolo, Gooch, Carlos Bocanegra, Heath Pearce, Frankie Hejduk, Jay DeMerit
MIDFIELDERS:
Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Sacha Kljestan, Pablo Mastroeni, Eddie Lewis
FORWARDS: Landon Donovan, Eddie Johnson, Brian Ching, Clint Dempsey
11 comments:
ugh. what is Bradley doing?
Now I know why Big Soccer crashed.
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HAHAHAHA! Dude if you knew how hard I'm laughing. It either buckled under the weight or Sunil called in a favor to stem the tide of vitriol at the source. (Kidding of course)
It's really sad because we'll still win with this roster, but like most of WCQ, our performance will only have to be a little better than mediocre.
"did was would well know"???
Fucking awesome. No Kenny? Not so much.
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So bummed that I can't even type straight.
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I'm no stickler for grammar--that first paragraph is genius.
"paramount importance," "persistent insistence," "streaking striker," "tantamount to treason"...
It's a veritable Where the Wild Things Are for American footy freaks--some of your best work ever.
bradley must have some personal issues with cooper. im not a dallas fan by any means, but cooper is an extremely talented player- much more than eddie johnson
Kljestan sucks. Why does this doosh keep getting selected?
Let me list those who shouldn't be on the list:
Cherundolo
Bocanegra
Hedjuk
Kljestan
Mastroeni
Lewis
Johnson
Ching
Of those who played a World Cup match have shown a penchant for buckling under big stage pressure.
If this keeps up, then my support for Bradley will be questioned.
frankencooper should be there based on form (and buddle, if another forward is desired)
and i think we should start off with some of the older players & then transistion them out by the 3rd qualifying game. those being Hedjuk, Boca, Mastroeni, Lewis & possibly Cherundolo.
also Ralston's form deserves a call-up as a much needed right winger for the first game or two. After that he's replaced with youth.
someone's gotta be the central midfield distributor & i guess it's kljestan. let's hope he improves considerably.
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