Group A
Canada
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Jamaica

Group B
Grenada
Haiti
Honduras
United States

Group C
Guadeloupe
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama

USA has won this event 3 out of the last 4 times. Despite sending our "C" squad, it's a good shot to see some of our World Cup backups get some playing time. We should easily get out of group play, but no promises after that. Maybe a little redemption from the Confederations Cup might make everyone feel a tiny bit better.

Group Stage Matches:
7/3 @ 8pm: Canada v. Jamaica
7/3 @ 10pm: Costa Rica v. El Salvador
7/4 @ 7pm: Honduras v. Haiti
7/4 @ 9pm: Grenada v. United States
7/5 @ 5pm: Panama v. Guadeloupe
7/5 @ 7pm: Nicaragua v. Mexico
7/7 @ 7pm: Jamaica v. Costa Rica
7/7 @ 9pm: El Salvador v. Canada
7/8 @ 7pm: Haiti v. Grenada
7/8 @ 9pm: United States v. Honduras
7/9 @ 8pm: Guadeloupe v. Nicaragua
7/9 @ 10pm: Mexico v. Panama
7/10 @ 7pm: Costa Rica v. Canada
7/10 @ 9pm: El Salvador v. Jamaica
7/11 @ 7pm: United States v. Haiti
7/11 @ 9pm: Honduras v. Grenada
7/12 @ 5pm: Panama v. Nicaragua
7/12 @ 7pm: Mexico v. Guadeloupe

6/30/2009 10:21:35 PM

We are in a boring ass group, but it should be a nice tune up before we play Mexico again in August.
Looks like only 4 people from the Confeds cup team will be back for the Gold Cup.

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=AjXw2v5hTBu2TuEFAG3NGaImw7YF?slug=reu-confederationsus&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Quote :

" No rest for U.S. as they prepare for Gold Cup defence Jun 29, 9:15 am EDT By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (Reuters) - United States switch attention from the Confederations Cup, where they finished runners-up to Brazil on Sunday, to defending the CONCACAF Gold Cup this weekend. Exhausted yet exhilarated by their exertions in South Africa, where they fought back in style to earn a place in the final after losing their first two games, the Americans leave for home on Monday to seek another trophy. However, coach Bob Bradley has chosen just four players from his 23-man Confederations squad to play in the Gold Cup. The team kickoff against Grenada in Seattle on Saturday. “It’s been a great experience here, we’ll turn the page quickly and get to work with the group. The Gold Cup is still very important to us,” Bradley told Reuters before leaving for a 25-hour flight and a change of 10 time zones. “We knew it was going to be a challenging summer. We go to the Gold Cup with a new squad but it’s a great opportunity for some of the new players. “It’s different to the Confederations Cup but it’s still the championship of our confederation. We take it very seriously, it’s played in the U.S. and we want to do well,” added Bradley. The Americans, who also face Honduras and Haiti in their opening-round group, have won the last two Gold Cups in 2005 and 2007 and it was as champions of the CONCACAF region that they competed in the Confederations Cup."

6/30/2009 10:28:19 PM

i am not confident we will get out of group play with our B-C Squad...

6/30/2009 10:28:52 PM

Rest assured JT, coach Bradley himself has called requesting my presence on the pitch.

6/30/2009 10:30:31 PM

oh well in that case we are sure to win it all

D7 Golden Boot

[Edited on June 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM. Reason : f]

6/30/2009 10:35:01 PM

But seriously, I think we'll make it out of group play with our B/C squad. not too much competition there. Honduras is the only team I'd see making a legit run at us.

6/30/2009 10:39:49 PM

In the United States English language coverage of games involving the USA, as well as one game from each round of the knockout stages even if the USA is not involved, will be on Fox Soccer Channel. All tournament games will receive Spanish language coverage split between Galavision, TeleFutura, and Univision.

6/30/2009 10:41:17 PM

i hope jon busch gets some playing time in goal heh

6/30/2009 10:42:36 PM

i hope quaranta and heaps stay on the bench...

6/30/2009 10:43:49 PM

Quaranta.

6/30/2009 10:45:25 PM

Group finishing order predictions:
Group A: Costa Rica, Jamaica, El Salvador, Canada *hardest overall group*
Group B: USA, Honduras, Haiti, Grenada
Group C: Mexico, Panama, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua

6/30/2009 10:51:54 PM

Quote :

"i am not confident we will get out of group play with our B-C Squad..."

I'm sure you are joking because the top 2 in each group advance and the best 2 third place finishers. We'll finiah at least second in our group.

7/1/2009 12:47:21 AM

i'll be there on the 8th for the double header and again for the quarter finals, where the US will hopefully be.

7/1/2009 1:51:40 AM

ahh...i would really love to see this tournament merge with Copa America, and be held every 4 years in between World Cups.

anyone know if this is a likely scenario, or am i just whistling Dixie out of my ass?

7/1/2009 3:24:38 AM

the smaller CONCACAF nations have such a small chance of advancing as it is, it wouldn't benefit them to be thrown into first round matches will smaller CONMEBOL teams that are generally superior

7/1/2009 5:05:47 AM

here is the roster for the gold cup. and we are allowed to call up 7 more players for a 30 man team due to consecutive tournaments.

18 are only allowed on game days though

Current Roster:


GOALKEEPERS: Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (IK Start), Luis Robles (FC Kaiserslautern)

DEFENDERS: Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Jay Heaps (New England Revolution), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaellands), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)

MIDFIELDERS: Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Colin Clark (Colorado Rapids), Sam Cronin (Toronto FC), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Logan Pause (Chicago Fire), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS: Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Santino Quaranta (D.C. United)


im not too confident about central defense or the entire midfield


lol, i remember saving a logan pause shot that helped my team advance to the state cup semifinals in 1999 i think.

[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM. Reason : jacksonville united]

7/1/2009 1:58:07 PM

Quote :

"GOALKEEPERS: Jon Busch (Chicago Fire)"

Heck yea! I hope he gets the nod for the starts and earns a few more caps (and a few more clean sheets as well!). I think I mentioned this in one other thread, but for a span of probably 5 years I watched nearly every single home soccer game UNC-Charlotte played and traveled to a lot of away ones with my dad.

Jon played a couple seasons there before going pro and his first season there I was a ball boy ( I was like 9 when the season started) and always requested to be behind his goal because he would talk to me some during the game and stayed after a few times to practice some goalkeeper stuff (since I had just gotten into goalkeeping). In fact I think I still have a pair of gloves and a jersey he gave me after a home playoff win they had the year they went to the final four.

I always liked him because 1) he was darn good and had a ridiculous punt (I saw him get 2-3 assists straight off his punt in college haha) 2) He is fairly short for a goalkeeper at the level he plays (his bio says 5'10 but his college one said 5'8 one year and 5'9 another on the rosters I have compared to keller, friedel, and howard who are 6'3, 6'4, 6'2) and I was always a short keeper heh

[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 2:29 PM. Reason : ]

7/1/2009 2:29:01 PM

Reminder - The 1st game is tonight.

7/3/2009 3:49:10 PM

Today's Final Scores
Canada (1 : 0) Jamaica
Costa Rica (1 : 2) El Salvador

Group A Sandings
#1 El Salvador, +1, 3pts
#2 Canada, +1, 3pts
#3 Costa Rica, -1, 0pts
#4 Jamaica, -1, 0pts

7/4/2009 12:10:30 AM

btw seems mexico brought a strong team

7/4/2009 10:10:29 AM

We are doing ok for the situation we are in right now, but Davis still needs to learn to give the ball up on fast breaks. He tried to take on 3 guys alone and got burned. If he had stopped dribbling he could have passed to someone on the left, or right who was wide open. Either way, he still seems to be one of our best options at forward right now.

7/4/2009 10:01:15 PM

Today's Final Scores
Honduras (1 : 0) Haiti
Grenada (0 : 4) United States

Group B Standings
#1 USA, +4, 3pts
#2 Honduras, +1, 3pts
#3 Haiti, -1, 0pts
#4 Grenada, -4, 0pts

For USA today, goals were:
7' F. Adu (Also booked w/ a yellow 80')
31' S. Holden
60' R. Rogers
68' C. Davies

[Edited on July 5, 2009 at 12:28 AM. Reason : ]

7/5/2009 12:23:16 AM

not sure how much you could possibly take from this game...

but, beckerman looked well with the ball in the midfield. rogers looked good on the wing. davies was continuously attacking. not much the defense had to do and gk made 1 save(a random good one) i think so cant really put much critique there.

adu showed good and bad. he seems to lack a real killer instinct the closer he gets to goal. that breakaway shouldve been him, not sure why he passed it to davies. overall, its just too hard to pick anyone apart or praise too much in this kind of game where we dominate about 80% of it. had we barely won or lost then i may have bought a ticket to DC or NY or wherever they are playing next and personally took a shit on the first person off the plane or bus...

7/5/2009 1:16:45 AM

holy shit

second goal featured some straight-up church league defending from grenada

"okay, it's coming right for me, i'll wait for it annnnnddd...WAIT SHIT"

7/5/2009 4:18:40 AM

i thought adu looked good, his touch was a little lacking sometimes, but thats probably because he hasn't played in a full match in about a year. his chip would've been so perfect if it went in, it was only inches away.

i liked the way beckerman and rodgers played a lot though, it was against grenada, but they were really working hard on and off the ball.

7/5/2009 11:53:30 AM

Today's Final Scores
Panama (1 : 2) Guadeloupe
Nicaragua (0 : 2) Mexico

Group C Standings
#1 Mexico, +2, 3pts
#2 Guadeloupe, +1, 3pts
#3 Panama, -1, 0pts
#4 Nicaragua, -2, 0pts

7/5/2009 10:04:53 PM

Final Costa Rica 1 Jamaica 0

Halftime Canada 1 El Salvador 0

7/7/2009 10:05:06 PM

Final Canada 1 El Salvador 0

7/7/2009 11:30:28 PM

Group A Sandings
#1 Canada, +2, 3pts
#2 El Salvador, +0, 3pts
#3 Costa Rica, +0, 3pts
#4 Jamaica, -2, 0pts

Also, today's matches will be:
7/8 @ 7pm: Haiti v. Grenada
7/8 @ 9pm: United States v. Honduras *on FSC* and probably THE game to watch in group play

7/8/2009 7:25:00 AM

I actually enjoyed watching the last game on the hispanic television station and will probably do so again. Commentators are much more enthusiastic.

7/8/2009 12:17:31 PM

^

7/8/2009 12:27:28 PM

I actually like the commentary from the guy on FSC. I don't know his name but it's not the color guy. That guy is just annoying because he just yells. But the other guy calls the game like it is. He's obviously a fan of the US team, but if they're playing like ass he has no problem calling them out on it. I just feel like he's on point with everything he says. He is a little bland though.

7/8/2009 6:44:04 PM

Honduras is taking it to us...

7/8/2009 9:56:32 PM

they look faster than us. and our passing looks like shit.

7/8/2009 10:29:41 PM

Keep in mind that this team doesn't play together a whole lot so the passing is gonna be crappy against better teams. It should improve a lot after the group stage is over.

7/8/2009 10:39:50 PM

Lovely one touch passing play. Great final pass by Davies. Solid finish by Quaranta.

7/8/2009 10:41:09 PM

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAHAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

7/8/2009 10:41:34 PM

right after i talk about passing!

that was good stuff.

7/8/2009 10:42:06 PM

that was a beautiful setup - they deserved that one

7/8/2009 10:42:20 PM

Armgoal

7/8/2009 10:46:15 PM

i'd say more back but if the honduras player wasn't a pansy it wouldn't have gone in heh

7/8/2009 10:46:40 PM

w000000000000t!

heck yeah. Ching!

^ yeah, looked like his back.

[Edited on July 8, 2009 at 10:47 PM. Reason : k]

7/8/2009 10:46:50 PM

Even if it did hit his arm it was in by is side so he'll never get called for that. I can't really tell. Not that it matters. Either way, the Honduran defender did shit the bed on that one. He should have done a lot better.

7/8/2009 10:49:13 PM

gotta keep your head up. he just jumped up and bent over. lol

7/8/2009 10:50:16 PM

Where were the Oles at? We strung together like 20 passes right there.

7/8/2009 10:51:15 PM

ESPN's list of US subs for the Honduras game:

18 Luis Robles
16 Jay Heaps
Benny Feilhaber
Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
25 Benny Feilhaber
21 Brad Evans
10 Stuart Holden
25 Benny Feilhaber
17 Kenny Cooper
9 Charlie Davies

7/9/2009 4:58:07 AM

Does anybody know if Feilhaber was on the bench for this game guys?

7/9/2009 7:13:07 AM

Final Scores
USA (2 : 0) Honduras
Grenada (0 : 2) Haiti

Group B Standings
#1 USA, +6, 6pts
#2 Haiti, +1, 3pts
#3 Honduras, -1, 3pts
#4 Grenada, -6, 0pts

USA needs to either Win or Tie Haiti to finish #1 in the group

7/9/2009 7:32:44 AM

Feilhaber came in the 60th or so minutes and contributed on the 1st goal with a great pass to davies....i would say him and davies coming in changed the game...

7/9/2009 11:14:53 AM

dmax95... meet my friend sarcasm

7/9/2009 4:05:47 PM