Quote :

"I was just making a reference to some place in the Northwest."

Palo Alto isn't in the Northwest and is (literally) 900 miles from Seattle.

5/9/2009 1:01:27 AM

I just read on ESPN2 Bottom Line that Peter Nowak resigned as an assistant for the US men's team and a replacement will not be named at this time.

On a side note I was watching the MLS game of the week on ESPN2 and they said the US Confederations Cup games will be on ESPN2. Bash me all you want, but it's exciting to play Brazil and Italy no matter what the situation is, even if it is in a tournament that no one cares about. I doubt we'll take our best roster either.

[Edited on May 29, 2009 at 12:54 AM. Reason : .]

5/29/2009 12:54:09 AM

Quote :

"Peter Nowak resigned as an assistant for the US men's team and a replacement will not be named at this time."

He took the Philadelphia MLS head coaching job.

Quote :

"On a side note I was watching the MLS game of the week on ESPN2 and they said the US Confederations Cup games will be on ESPN2. Bash me all you want, but it's exciting to play Brazil and Italy no matter what the situation is, even if it is in a tournament that no one cares about. I doubt we'll take our best roster either."

I thought I read somewhere they were putting all the US games on ESPN HD. I know they're putting the Costa Rica game on Wednesday on ESPN proper. Also, I'm also pretty sure Gulati said we would be sending our A squad to this. But to Bradley, that might mean Ching so who knows what to expect?

5/29/2009 8:06:18 AM

^I hope we take the A squad to the CC because if we don't then I don't see us winning a single game. We are in the group of death. Either way, it's still exciting to play Brazil and Italy no matter what the situation is. It will be interesting to see who makes the Gold Cup roster too. I don't think they will be too worried about winning it this time since no CC spot is on the line. The bad news is that because of this we could end up losing a home game which would be sort of embarrasing.

5/29/2009 12:15:37 PM

There you go again, caring about the Confederations Cup.

Quote :

"I don't think they will be too worried about winning it this time since no CC spot is on the line."

I know it's meaningless in terms of qualifying because of the CC, but to me winning GC games over shitty CONCACAF clubs is more fun than getting waxed by Brazil's C squad in a tournament that counts for absolutely nothing.

[Edited on May 29, 2009 at 12:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/29/2009 12:24:02 PM

^I don't really care about it that much, it's just exciting to play Brazil and Italy no matter what the situation is. It's more exciting than playing crappy teams from CONCACAF.

5/29/2009 12:26:57 PM

Are Brazil and Italy going to send their WC rosters? Because that would be exciting.

Really though, it's probably just a bunch of U-20 guys I don't care about.

5/29/2009 12:29:11 PM

^I doubt they will do that since it is a tournament for the full teams.

btw, Convey didn't do anything for San Jose the other night vs Columbus. I always felt like he had a bright future with the national team, but I guess not.

5/29/2009 12:46:07 PM

^^ - nah, it's legit.. here's Brazil's roster for the CC.

Quote :

"Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur), Victor (Gremio) Defenders: Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Alex (Chelsea), Juan (AS Roma), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Kleber (Internacional), Andre Santos (Corinthians). Midfielders: Anderson (Manchester United), Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Josue (VfL Wolfsburg), Ramires (Cruzeiro), Elano (Manchester City), Felipe Melo (Fiorentina), Julio Baptista (AS Roma), Kaka (AC Milan) Forwards: Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Nilmar (Internacional), Robinho (Manchester City)."

[Edited on May 29, 2009 at 2:35 PM. Reason : .]

5/29/2009 2:34:27 PM

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4202899

saw this piece on tim howard this morning on sportscenter

pretty awesome

5/29/2009 2:47:52 PM

^^ Oh snap

It's gonna be lame if we don't send our A team now. Fuck a Gold Cup.

^ Tim Howard rules #1

5/29/2009 3:04:07 PM

^4 i never saw convey doing anything great in the future. that kid was quick but hes small. his problem was he messed up more than he ever did good. i always hated when he got picked for the national team cause he would never do anything, and frankly im not sure how he even made it that far up on the us roster.

[Edited on May 29, 2009 at 3:46 PM. Reason : j]

5/29/2009 3:45:35 PM

^^^great clip. thanks for posting

5/29/2009 4:14:03 PM

fuckin Nilmar baby

5/31/2009 7:50:52 PM

Costa Rica tomorrow night, here's the roster situation:

No Cherundolo or Hejduk so there's no guarantees as to who will play both outside fullback positions. Spector, Wynne, Pearce (fucking seriously hope it doesn't come to this), Bornstein (only want to see him if Pearce is the only other option), and Beasley are all possibilities. I'm guessing Spector/Beasley get the starts.

Edu's hurt so that means we could see Pablo or Clark who was just called in (FUCK). You know damn well one of them will play although I'd rather see Torres start.

Jozy's recovering from an injury; they say he's fit but it probably means Ching will start up top alone (FUCK) but knowing Bradley, he would've done that even if Jozy was 100%.


I wish we'd play for all three points considering how much we dominate CONCACAF now but we'll be pussies and play a 4-5-1 I'm sure.

6/2/2009 10:37:03 AM

bump for tonight, game's at 10 on ESPN2, pregame show starts at 9:30

starting XI from the MNT blog

Quote :

"USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Marvell Wynne, 5-Oguchi Onyewu, 3-Carlos Bocanegra, 7-DaMarcus Beasley; 4-Pablo Mastroeni, 12-Michael Bradley, 9-Jose Francisco Torres; 8-Clint Dempsey, 10-Landon Donovan, 17-Jozy Altidore Subs: 18-Brad Guzan, 2-Ricardo Clark, 11-Freddy Adu, 13-Jonathan Bornstein, 14-Jay DeMerit, 15-Charlie Davies, 16-Sacha Kljestan"

I'm not sure if the semi-colons signify anything relating to a formation because a 4-3-3 would be so uncharacteristic of Bradley. I'm going to guess it's more of a 4-4-2, but we got a lot of speed in there and it's definitely an attacking lineup... so I'm pleased. And Ching doesn't dress because of a hamstring injury! PERFECT

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 9:09 PM. Reason : http://mnt-ussoccer.blogspot.com/]

6/3/2009 9:09:13 PM

USA USA USA USA

6/3/2009 9:21:55 PM

thats an attacking lineup for sure. i just hope beasley and wynne dont get constantly burned at fullback

6/3/2009 9:52:58 PM

pretty decent pregame show, I must say... even with Alexi Lalas

6/3/2009 9:56:12 PM

if its pouring there, then ill take a draw, otherwise with this much attack in the lineup it looks like bradley wants a win, so we should get a win

6/3/2009 9:59:15 PM

costa rica isn't shitty though

I'm going to guess 2-2

6/3/2009 10:01:53 PM

TURN THE BASS DOWN

6/3/2009 10:02:05 PM

that stadium is such a pile of shit

6/3/2009 10:04:12 PM

from new wembley to that shithole in 5 days

HOW DOES IT FEEL, TIM?

6/3/2009 10:06:18 PM

yes it is. i dont recognize any of these costa rica guys. i dont care if they are good at home. we should not be scared of them.

just watched the 4-3-3 fall apart to barca, and the dutch havent really done shit with it in eons...im not sure how i feel about it.

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM. Reason : :/]

6/3/2009 10:06:43 PM

GO PABLO WOLFPACKER MASTROENI !!

6/3/2009 10:07:31 PM

well we're obviously not scared looking at our lineup

but you can't really argue with those numbers; and it's not just that they're good at home... its that shitty ass field

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2009 10:07:53 PM

and our left side is already shaky looking...

6/3/2009 10:08:37 PM

their field is FieldTurf

6/3/2009 10:09:12 PM

FUCK

6/3/2009 10:09:16 PM

thank you beasley. you piece of shit...


how does beasley at this stage in his career, not know how to trap a ball??

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:10 PM. Reason : f]

6/3/2009 10:09:19 PM

defense please to help Tim

6/3/2009 10:10:05 PM

ruh roh

6/3/2009 10:10:09 PM

4ail-3-3

6/3/2009 10:10:43 PM

dissapointing thus far

6/3/2009 10:11:02 PM

im no manager, but im fairly certain you dont play long ball in the 4-3-3...


go home with this long ball crap. costa rica is not a rec team



[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM. Reason : beasley stop being awful. your first touch is garbage galore]

6/3/2009 10:11:45 PM

ok im tired of editing and im already tired of beasley. wtf is he doing??? trying to dribble right through people. sorry Retardcus, they have legs, you cant dribble through solid objects

6/3/2009 10:18:47 PM

ahaha we suck


and thats why the 4-3-3 blows anus

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:20 PM. Reason : f]

6/3/2009 10:20:33 PM

there will be no El Salvador 2nd half shit tonight

6/3/2009 10:21:22 PM

USA

USA

USA

6/3/2009 10:21:27 PM

STRAIGHT

ASS

BEATIN

6/3/2009 10:21:31 PM

that goal had nothing to do with the 4-3-3

our back 4 has been miserable


edit: everybody has been miserable

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:22 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2009 10:21:34 PM

6/3/2009 10:21:40 PM

What a joke.

6/3/2009 10:22:26 PM

it has everything to do with the 4-3-3. we cant do anything offensively with it, therefore we are giving them chances. it gives space out wide for the other team. where have both goals come from? out wide...


hell yeah another long ball! surely we will get one of them!

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:23 PM. Reason : f]

6/3/2009 10:22:45 PM

Quote :

"where have both goals come from?"

turnovers and shitty marking


I'm not arguing the 4-3-3 has been successful, but those goals would have been scored regardless of the formation tonight... everybody looks like shit

6/3/2009 10:24:13 PM

Quote :

"i just hope beasley and wynne dont get constantly burned at fullback"

shouldve seen this coming....


i am fairly confident we can string better passes together in a 4-4-2. nothing is happening at all in this formation. also where is spector? at least hes a defensive player. please get beasley out of this game.

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM. Reason : f]

6/3/2009 10:25:25 PM

spector's had turf toe problems so they didn't want to risk AN INJURY - we do have a game on Saturday and 11 games in the next 38 days. As sucky as this is to watch... a loss here means nothing in the grand scheme of things

it's not just that we're playing bad, we're just fucking standing there watching them



[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2009 10:28:51 PM

risk him of what? he doesnt play in the mls. he never plays for the national team. id rather see him with turf toe problem than beasley with two right foot problem

6/3/2009 10:29:56 PM

lol. so is bob bradley gonna go down as the worst road coach we've ever had?? haha


i cant honestly fathom that bradley practices this long ball shit in training....

[Edited on June 3, 2009 at 10:33 PM. Reason : f]

6/3/2009 10:31:34 PM