Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Projected Copa America and Gold Cup 23-man Line Ups
According to media reports, the U.S. will be featuring a stronger line-up for the Gold Cup than Copa America, much to the consternation of most soccer fans. Apparently, European clubs are not required to release U.S. players for the Copa America (not our Confederation championship) but are required to do so for the Gold Cup (our qualifying tournament for the 2009 Confederations Cup to be held in So. Africa).
OK - rationales aside - let's assume that all European players will be in the Gold Cup and that the Copa America will be more MLS-heavy.
Other rules:
- I'm trying not to overlap as much as possible - so some players may get frozen out in favor of players in both tournaments. However, I'm trying to project as close to possible with 46 players except for Goalkeepers - I figure Howard starts the Gold Cup and Keller starts the Copa America but is the number 2 in the Gold Cup.
- Marcus Hahnemann is out for both tournaments with an injury he picked up in Reading's last game.
- Bobby Convey and Cory Gibbs are still presumed out.
- US Men's U-20 players are out for both tournaments due to the U-20 World Cup which is running concurrently. The list of those players is here. Altidore and Adu are probably the two biggest losses to the U-20 team.
- Michael Bradley has been promoted to the senior Men's national team.
- Jimmy Conrad will be in Copa America both because he's MLS-based and because he'll likely miss the Gold Cup with a broken jaw.
Other than that, I'm proposing the following 23 man line-up for each.
Gold Cup Lineup:
Tim Howard, Everton (GK), Carlos Bocanegra, Fulham (DEF), Oguchi Onyewu, Standard Liege (DEF), Jay DeMerit, Watford (DEF), Steve Cherundolo, Hanover 96 (DEF), Benny Feilhaber, Hamburg(MID), DaMarcus Beasley, PSV Eindhoven (MID), Michael Bradley, Hereneveen (MID), Clint Dempsey, Fulham (MID), Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy (FWD), Eddie Johnson, Kansas City (FWD).
Reserves:
Kasey Keller, Free (GK), Matt Reis, New England Revolution, (GK), Heath Pearce, FC Nordsjaelland (DEF), Frank Simek, Sheffield Wednesday (DEF), Jonathan Spector, West Ham (DEF), Danny Califf, Aalborg BK (DEF), Justin Mapp, Chicago Fire (MID), Pablo Mastroeni, Colorado Rapids (MID), Eddie Lewis, Leeds United (MID), Josh Wolff, 1860 Munich (FWD), Kamani Hill, Wolfsburg (FWD), Jemal Johnson, Leeds United (FWD).
Copa America Lineup:
Kasey Keller, Free (GK), Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA (DEF), Chris Albright, Los Angeles Galaxy (DEF), Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards (DEF), Wade Barrett, Houston Dynamo (DEF), Ricardo Clark, Houston Dynamo (MID), Kyle Beckerman, Colorado Rapids (MID), Steve Ralston, New England Revolution (MID), Brian Mullan, Houston Dynamo (MID), Bryan Ching, Houston Dynamo (FWD), Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution (FWD).
Reserves:
Matt Reis, New England Revolution (GK), Brad Guzan, Chivas USA (GK), Bobby Boswell, DC United (DEF), Todd Dunivant, New York Red Bull (DEF), Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution (DEF), Marvell Wynne, Toronto FC (DEF), Brad Davis, Houston Dynamo (MID), Brian Carroll, DC United (MID), Ben Olsen, DC United (MID), Nate Jaqua, Los Angeles Galaxy (FWD), Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas (FWD), Chris Rolfe, Chicago Fire (FWD).
OK - rationales aside - let's assume that all European players will be in the Gold Cup and that the Copa America will be more MLS-heavy.
Other rules:
- I'm trying not to overlap as much as possible - so some players may get frozen out in favor of players in both tournaments. However, I'm trying to project as close to possible with 46 players except for Goalkeepers - I figure Howard starts the Gold Cup and Keller starts the Copa America but is the number 2 in the Gold Cup.
- Marcus Hahnemann is out for both tournaments with an injury he picked up in Reading's last game.
- Bobby Convey and Cory Gibbs are still presumed out.
- US Men's U-20 players are out for both tournaments due to the U-20 World Cup which is running concurrently. The list of those players is here. Altidore and Adu are probably the two biggest losses to the U-20 team.
- Michael Bradley has been promoted to the senior Men's national team.
- Jimmy Conrad will be in Copa America both because he's MLS-based and because he'll likely miss the Gold Cup with a broken jaw.
Other than that, I'm proposing the following 23 man line-up for each.
Gold Cup Lineup:
Tim Howard, Everton (GK), Carlos Bocanegra, Fulham (DEF), Oguchi Onyewu, Standard Liege (DEF), Jay DeMerit, Watford (DEF), Steve Cherundolo, Hanover 96 (DEF), Benny Feilhaber, Hamburg(MID), DaMarcus Beasley, PSV Eindhoven (MID), Michael Bradley, Hereneveen (MID), Clint Dempsey, Fulham (MID), Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy (FWD), Eddie Johnson, Kansas City (FWD).
Reserves:
Kasey Keller, Free (GK), Matt Reis, New England Revolution, (GK), Heath Pearce, FC Nordsjaelland (DEF), Frank Simek, Sheffield Wednesday (DEF), Jonathan Spector, West Ham (DEF), Danny Califf, Aalborg BK (DEF), Justin Mapp, Chicago Fire (MID), Pablo Mastroeni, Colorado Rapids (MID), Eddie Lewis, Leeds United (MID), Josh Wolff, 1860 Munich (FWD), Kamani Hill, Wolfsburg (FWD), Jemal Johnson, Leeds United (FWD).
Copa America Lineup:
Kasey Keller, Free (GK), Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA (DEF), Chris Albright, Los Angeles Galaxy (DEF), Jimmy Conrad, Kansas City Wizards (DEF), Wade Barrett, Houston Dynamo (DEF), Ricardo Clark, Houston Dynamo (MID), Kyle Beckerman, Colorado Rapids (MID), Steve Ralston, New England Revolution (MID), Brian Mullan, Houston Dynamo (MID), Bryan Ching, Houston Dynamo (FWD), Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution (FWD).
Reserves:
Matt Reis, New England Revolution (GK), Brad Guzan, Chivas USA (GK), Bobby Boswell, DC United (DEF), Todd Dunivant, New York Red Bull (DEF), Michael Parkhurst, New England Revolution (DEF), Marvell Wynne, Toronto FC (DEF), Brad Davis, Houston Dynamo (MID), Brian Carroll, DC United (MID), Ben Olsen, DC United (MID), Nate Jaqua, Los Angeles Galaxy (FWD), Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas (FWD), Chris Rolfe, Chicago Fire (FWD).
Labels: Copa America, Gold Cup
