US Roster for Confederations Cup

U.S. Men's National Team Roster
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
June 14-28, 2009 - South Africa

No.	Player Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate	Hometown	Club	Caps/G
1	Howard, Tim	GK	6-3	210	03/06/1979	North Brunswick, N.J.	Everton FC (England)	39/0
2	Bornstein, Jonathan	D	5-9	145	11/07/1984	Los Alamitos, Calif.	Chivas USA	15/1
3	Bocanegra, Carlos	D	6-0	170	05/25/1979	Alta Loma, Calif.	Stade Rennais (France)	67/11
4	Casey, Conor	F	6-1	170	07/25/1981	Denver, Colo.	Colorado Rapids (MLS)	10/0
5	Onyewu, Oguchi	D	6-4	210	05/13/1982	Olney, Md.	Standard de Liege (Belgium)	42/5
6	Pearce, Heath	D	5-10	175	08/13/1984	Modesto, Calif.	Hansa Rostock (Germany)	23/0
7	Beasley, DaMarcus	M	5-8	145	05/24/1982	Ft. Wayne, Ind.	Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)	87/17
8	Dempsey, Clint	F	6-1	170	03/09/1983	Nacogdoches, Texas	Fulham FC (England)	51/13
9	Davies, Charlie	F	5-10	160	06/25/1986	Manchester, N.H.	Hammarby IF (Sweden)	6/1
10	Donovan, Landon	F	5-8	150	03/04/1982	Redlands, Calif.	Los Angeles Galaxy	110/39
11	Wynne, Marvell	D	5-9	170	05/08/1986	Poway, Calif.	Toronto FC	3/0
12	Bradley, Michael	M	6-2	175	07/31/1987	Manhattan Beach, Calif.	Borussia M'gladbach (Germany)	29/5
13	Clark, Ricardo	M	5-10	150	05/10/1983	Jonesboro, Ga.	Houston Dynamo (MLS)	19/1
14	Califf, Danny	D	6-1	175	03/17/1980	Orange, Calif	FC Midtjylland (Denmark)	23/1
15	DeMerit, Jay	D	6-0	185	12/04/1979	Green Bay, Wis.	Watford FC (England)	10/0
16	Kljestan, Sacha	M	6-1	150	09/09/1985	Huntington Beach, Calif.	Chivas USA	17/3
17	Altidore, Jozy	F	6-1	175	11/06/1989	Boca Raton, Fla.	Xerez C.D. (Spain)	11/6
18	Guzan, Brad	GK	6-4	210	09/09/1984	Homer Glen, Ill.	Aston Villa FC (England)	12/0
19	Adu, Freddy	M	5-8	140	06/02/1989	Potomac, Md.	AS Monaco (France)	13/1
20	Torres, José Francisco	M	5-7	135	10/29/1987	Longview, Texas	C.D. Pachuca (Mexico)	5/0
21	Spector, Jonathan	D	6-0	180	03/01/1986	Arlington Heights, Ill.	West Ham United (England)	13/0
22	Feilhaber, Benny	M	5-9	150	01/19/1985	Irvine, Calif.	AGF Aarhus (Denmark)	17/2
23	Robles, Luis	GK	6-1	180	05/11/1984	Fort Huachuca, Ariz.	FC Kaiserslautern (Germany)	0/0

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern)
DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Danny Califf (Midtjylland ), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), José Francisco Torres (Pachuca)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (Xerez), Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), Charlie Davies (Hammarby), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

U.S. MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM STAFF
Head Coach: Bob Bradley (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Mike Sorber (St. Louis)
Assistant Coach: John Hackworth (Bradenton, Fla.)
Goalkeeper Coach: Zak Abdel (Laverne, Calif.)
Fitness Coach: Pierre Barrieu (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
General Manager: Pam Perkins (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
Trainers: Ivan Pierra (Los Angeles), Jim Bollinger (Philadelphia)
Doctor: Michael Gerhardt (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Chiropractor: George Billauer (Los Angeles)
Equipment Manager: Tim Cook (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)
Video/Content Coordinator: Mark Liskevych (Chicago)
Videographer: Alejandro Becker (Hollywood, Calif.)
Press Officer: Michael Kammarman (Chicago)

U.S. Men’s National Team 2009 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time / Result	TV / U.S. Goal Scorer(s)	Venue; City
Jan. 24	Sweden	3-2 W	Kljestan (3)	The Home Depot Center; Carson, Calif.
Feb. 11	Mexico*	2-0 W	Bradley (2)	Columbus Crew Stadium; Columbus, Ohio
March 28	El Salvador*	2-2 T	Altidore, Hejduk	Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador, El Salvador
April 1	Trinidad & Tobago*	3-0 W	Altidore (3)	LP Field; Nashville, Tenn.
June 3	Costa Rica*	1-3 L	Donovan	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa; San Jose, Costa Rica
June 6	Honduras*	2-1 W	Donovan, Bocanegra	Soldier Field; Chicago, Ill.
June 15	Italy #	8:30 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. ET	ESPN	Loftus Versfeld; Tshwane/Pretoria
June 18	Brazil #	4 p.m. / 10 a.m. ET	ESPN2	Loftus Versfeld; Tshwane/Pretoria
June 21	Egypt #	8:30 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. ET	ESPN2	Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace; Rustenburg
July 4	Grenada ^	6 p.m. PT	TBD	Qwest Field; Seattle, Wash.
July 8	Honduras ^	9 p.m. ET	TBD	RFK Stadium; Washingon, D.C.
July 11	Haiti ^	7 p.m. ET	TBD	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, Mass.
Aug. 12	Mexico*	TBD	TBD	Away (Venue TBD)
Sept. 5	El Salvador*	5:30 p.m. MT	ESPN Classic/Galavision	Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah
Sept. 9	Trinidad & Tobago*	7 p.m. ET	ESPN Classic/Galavision	Away (Venue TBD)
Oct. 10	Honduras*	TBD	TBD	Away (Venue TBD)
Oct. 14	Costa Rica*	TBD	ESPN2/Galavision	RFK Stadium; Washington, D.C.

US v Honduras Scouting Report 6/6/09

US v Honduras
6.6.09
Soldier Field - Chicago, IL

Bob Bradley and company faces its' 2nd WCQ in 4 days when Honduras travels to the 'Windy City' on Saturday. The US got it all wrong in San Jose on Wednesday night, falling with embarrassment to a less-than-stellar Costa Rican side 3-1. American fans had little to cheer for as Landon Donovan slotted home a questionable penalty in stoppage time. His goal got little more than a few sarcastic cheers from both home and away fans, as the US never looked likely to get a result.

Bob Bradley will surely be under the microscope after such a dismal performance. We were lacking in all aspects of the park, from our dreadful back-line to our non-existent attack that yielded 2 shots on goal for 90 minutes. "Pathetic" seemed to be the word coming from the mouths of every supporter across the board, and who can blame them? We lacked formation, drive to go forward, creativity, and conformity. Simply put, we must do better in Chicago if we are to reclaim our position atop the CONCACAF qualifying group.

Beasley was again very shaky at left back, Wynne repeatedly gave acres of space to Alvaro Saborio, and Mastroeni looked lost. Torres didn't play horribly, but then again didn't show a lot. Michael Bradley had difficulty distributing the cluttered midfield, and Donovan was again ineffective. We can't have any excuses, we just didn't perform. Every American was left looking at each other after each goal with the blank, stunned look on their face.


Team Sheet:
GK: Guzan, Howard
DEF: Bocanegra, Bornstein, Califf, DeMerit, Onyewu, Pearce, Spector, Wynne
MID: Adu, Beasley, Clark, Edu, Feilhaber, Mastroeni, Kljestan, Torres
FOR: Altidore, Ching, Davies, Dempsey, Donovan, Casey

The surprise inclusion of Conor Casey will not affect the team here. The US boss must look to his bench for a player to fill the huge void that Michael Bradley has left, after receiving a booking in 2 successive matches leaves him unavailable through suspension. Kljestan will surely be his replacement, but one wonders if the Sacha/Pablo partnership is really ready for this stage. Whatever the lineup, Bob better lick his wounds and get a result here. Anything less than 3 points, and Bob could be counting his days with the badge on his sleeve.

The US' fantastic record in home qualifying matches is no accident, and a weakened Honduras squad should pose minor problems. Roger Espinoza has great attacking ability as a left-footed winger, but should be dealt with. David Suazo, Amado Guevara, and Ramon Nunez are all gifted players. However, Boca and Gooch should regain their partnership after the drubbing in Costa Rica, and lead us to another home shutout (both of our home WCQ's have been clean sheets).

Come on boys.

Scouting Report writing by Chris Donahoo, to contact him about feedback email chris@theamericanoutlaws.com

3-1 drubbing from Costa Rica at Home

Supporters,

As I write today I am pretty humbled. Last nights match had an eerie feel to it, we were out-matched out-hustled and out-coached in my opinion. I really haven't been more dejected, disgusted with effort, or felt more helpless since the opening game of Germany 06 against the smelly Czechs. Every step we took was wrong, every ball we played was weak. We were in front of a hostile crowd and didn't even make it 80 seconds into the match, in all honesty, we simply panicked. That was not the US side that I know and follow all over the world. THESE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED BEFORE AFRICA, not to throw a wrench into your travel plans but if we don't address and figure some of this shit out immediately, you will need to change your flights to South Africa June 09, not June 2010.

With this said, I (as a US supporter till the day I die) will assume that we needed this. The passion, grit, and heart that we played with after the Czechs against the Italians was magnificent, quite frankly it was one of the best nights of my life. I suspect that we will bounce back and run the home table on the way to Africa 2010. I love our yanks, they will not let us down like that again. They have too much spirit, too much pride for our country, too much dedication to the true fans out there . I will see all of the outlaws in Chicago tomorrow night to begin the festivities. Anyone not making the trip for the Honduras game, I wish you were there, we will be extra fucking loud for those that aren't, and chances are I will have way too many beers and will be celebrating late in Saturday.

Cheers outlaws,

Zach Stivrins

US v Costa Rica Scouting Report

US v Costa Rica
6.3.09
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa - San Jose, Costa Rica

The United States faces a stern challenge on Wednesday night in San Jose, Costa Rica. Unlike the Earthquakes, this team holds a fantastic home record in competitive matches, and no visiting team will be assured of three points here. The US is 0-6-1 facing Costa Rica away, and will be looking to avenge their 3-0 drubbing in the corresponding fixture last time out. The monsoon rain climate in the middle of their rainy season, in combination with crappy Astroturf will create an unusual obstacle for our boys, not to mention the insane atmosphere with the fans just a few feet off each endline. Boca and company have their work cut out for them.

Costa Rica a few notable players to look out for. The always-aging Walter Centeno has been impressive in years past, but does he still have that flare? Freddy Fernandez has also put some quality performances in for the Ticos alongside Centeno. Andy Furtado has scored 2 goals thus far in qualifying. Young talents Brian Ruiz and Celso Borges shouldn't pose too much of a problem for the US, but then again neither should El Salvador.

On the other side, Bob Bradley faces some of the most difficult selection challenges he has been presented with since being named boss in 2007. Some of the US squad is nearing fitness, and with many players arriving in the camp late, it will be a difficult deed to name his team. In fact, 5 key players are carrying yellow cards into this game; Onyewu, Hejduk, Dempey, Altidore, and Bradley will all be looking to avoid another booking which will bench them for Saturday's encounter with Honduras in Chicago. Hejduk is ruled out and Altidore is coming off a toe surgery that could limit his contribution.

Team Sheet:
GK: Guzan, Howard
DEF: Bocanegra, Bornstein, Califf, DeMerit, Onyewu, Pearce, Spector, Wynne
MID: Adu, Beasley, Bradley, Clark, Feilhaber, Mastroeni, Kljestan, Torres
FOR: Altidore, Ching, Davies, Dempsey, Donovan, Johnson

American fans will surely be feeling a sense of anxiety before this fixture. Much like El Salvador and Guatemala, the stadium will contain tense surroundings. Many fans would be happy with a point from this game, considering the circumstances . Although they are ranked 41st currently in FIFA rankings(26 behind the US), they are clearly a huge test for any team at home. Hopefully the distraction of Peter Nowak leaving his post as assistant coach will not affect this game. Really Pete? Just couldn't put off that Philly job for one more week?

Whatever the result, whoever plays, we love any man who puts on that jersey. Aside from the drunken comments made by an anonymous AO podcaster (Chris Donahoo of Overland Park, KS), we love this team with everything we have. Grab your beers, smuggle your champagne into your watch parties, and prepare your taxi rides home, for this will surely be a nerve-racking evening.

COME ON YOU F'in YANKS

Scouting Report is written by Chris Donahoo, if you have any questions or feedback contact him at chris@theamericanoutlaws.com.

American Outlaws Podcast Series - Episode 1

The American Outlaws Podcast, with passionate fans, regular fans, ranting about US Soccer, and anything related to US Soccer.


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Korey Donahoo & Chris Donahoo
Hosted by: Zach Stivrins
Produced by: Brunken

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Previously Recorded May 9th, 2009
--Bear with us on this podcast, quality of sound will improve and music will be added for future AO podcasts.

Bradley's 24 Man Roster for June Qualifiers

U.S. Men's National Team Roster vs. Costa Rica and Honduras
May 26-June 6, 2009

Players Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown Club Caps/Goals
Adu, Freddy M 5-8 140 06/02/89 Potomac, Md. AS Monaco (France) 12/1
Altidore, Jozy F 6-1 175 11/06/89 Boca Raton, Fla. Xerez C.D. (Spain) 9/6
Beasley, DaMarcus M 5-8 145 05/24/82 Ft. Wayne, Ind. Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 85/17
Bocanegra, Carlos D 6-0 170 05/25/79 Alta Loma, Calif. Stade Rennais (France) 65/10
Bornstein, Jonathan D 5-9 145 11/07/84 Los Alamitos, Calif. Chivas USA 14/1
Bradley, Michael M 6-2 175 07/31/87 Manhattan Beach, Calif. Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany) 28/5
Califf, Danny D 6-1 175 03/17/80 Orange, Calif FC Midtjylland (Denmark) 23/1
Ching, Brian F 6-1 195 05/24/78 Haleiwa, Hawaii Houston Dynamo 36/9
Davies, Charlie F 5-10 160 06/25/86 Manchester, N.H. Hammarby IF (Sweden) 5/1
DeMerit, Jay D 6-0 185 12/04/79 Green Bay, Wis. Watford FC (England) 9/1
Dempsey, Clint F 6-1 170 03/09/83 Nacogdoches, Texas Fulham FC (England) 49/13
Donovan, Landon F 5-8 150 03/04/82 Redlands, Calif. Los Angeles Galaxy 108/37
Edu, Maurice M 6-0 170 04/18/86 Fontana, Calif. Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 11/1
Feilhaber, Benny M 5-9 150 01/19/85 Irvine, Calif. AGF Aarhus (Denmark) 16/2
Guzan, Brad GK 6-4 210 09/09/84 Homer Glen, Ill. Aston Villa FC (England) 12/1
Hejduk, Frankie D 5-8 155 08/05/74 Cardiff, Calif. Columbus Crew 84/7
Howard, Tim GK 6-3 210 03/06/79 North Brunswick, N.J. Everton FC (England) 37/0
Mastroeni, Pablo M 5-10 170 8/26/1976 Phoenix, Ariz. Colorado Rapids 63/0
Kljestan, Sacha M 6-1 150 09/09/85 Huntington Beach, Calif. Chivas USA 16/3
Onyewu, Oguchi D 6-4 210 05/13/82 Olney, Md. Standard de Liege (Belgium) 40/5
Pearce, Heath D 5-10 175 08/13/84 Modesto, Calif. Hansa Rostock (Germany) 23/0
Spector, Jonathan D 6-0 180 03/01/86 Arlington Heights, Ill. West Ham United (England) 12/1
Torres, José Francisco M 5-7 135 10/29/87 Longview, Texas C.D. Pachuca (Mexico) 4/1
Wynne, Marvell D 5-9 170 05/08/86 Poway, Calif. Toronto FC 2/1

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa: 5/3 SO), Tim Howard (Everton: 9/7 SO)
DEFENDERS (9): Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes: 19/2), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA: 1/0), Danny Califf (Midtjylland: 4/0), Jay DeMerit (Watford: 1/0), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew: 17/2), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege: 14/1), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock: 9/0), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United: 2/1), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC: 0/0)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Freddy Adu (Monaco: 5/1), DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers: 24/6), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach: 9/4), Maurice Edu (Rangers: 4/0), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus: 0/0), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA: 9/0), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids: 13/0), José Francisco Torres (Pachuca: 4/0)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (Xerez: 6/5), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo: 15/6), Charlie Davies (Hammarby: 1/1), Clint Dempsey (Fulham: 15/4), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy: 28/9)
*numbers indicate all-time World Cup Qualifying caps/goals

Head Coach: Bob Bradley (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
All-time Record: 24-8-4
World Cup Qualifying: 9-1-1

Interesting Article on World Cup Tickets

Interesting was the number of applications for TST for England. If they give out, say, 20,000 TSTs to England fans, that’s about a 1 in 11 shot, and England was the most heavily sought after team. I assume we weren’t in much demand, so you would think 1 in 2 people wanting USA TSTs would get them.

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Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System
Date: 04 May 2009
Title: Second phase of 2010 tickets kicks off
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Johannesburg - The second round of ticket sales for the 2010 FIFA World Cup has started, with approximately 100 000 tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.

As of noon (Central European Time) on 4 May 2009, ticket applications can be made via www.fifa.com or at any First National Bank (FNB) branch in South Africa.

South Africans who apply at FNB branches must present a valid form of identification, while foreigners who apply at FNB branches must show their passports, reports SouthAfrica.info.

Those who apply on behalf of friends or family must provide their names, nationalities, dates of birth and identity numbers.

Each applicant can apply for up to four tickets per match and up to seven matches in total. Ticket prices start at US$20 (R140).

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application within 10 working days, and tickets will be available for collection from FIFA's venue ticketing centres from April 2010 onwards.

For more information the public can go to www.fifa.com.

The second round of ticket sales runs until 16 November 2009 - or until tickets made available for the second round run out.

Two more sales phases - a random selection followed again by a first-come, first-served phase - will follow the World Cup Final Draw, in which the 32 participating teams will be drawn into eight groups for the tournament.

The first of these will run from 5 December 2009 to 22 January 2010, and the second from 9 February to 7 April 2010.

Finally, if there are still any tickets left over, these will be sold in a "last minute" round of sales running from 15 April to 11 July 2010.

In the first round of ticket sales, over 1.8-million ticket applications from 205 countries were received. Of these, a total of 555 871 tickets were successfully drawn.

South Africans accounted for 245 948 or 44 percent of these ticket sales, followed by the United States (69 208 tickets), United Kingdom (39 421 tickets) and Germany (29 330 tickets).

From the applications received, the most popular team was England, with 228 822 team-specific tickets requested and 8 895 successfully awarded.

Not surprisingly, the World Cup final was the most heavily oversubscribed match, by a factor of 3 000 percent. - BuaNews