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Any 2014 updates to the USA All Time XI?

Posted on 7/5/14 at 2:06 pm
Posted by Lordofwrath88
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
6874 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 2:06 pm
up to 2010..



GK - Brad Friedel
D - Steve Cherundolo
D - Marcelo Balboa
D - Eddie Pope
D - Carlos Bocanegra
M - Tab Ramos
M - Claudio Reyna
M - Landon Donovan
M - Clint Dempsey
F - Brian McBride
F - Eric Wynalda


Bench
G - Tim Howard
D - Tony Sanneh
M - Earnie Stewart
D - Alexi Lalas
D - Oguchi Onyewu
F - Bert Patenaude
M - John O'Brien
M - Michael Bradley
F - Clint Mathis
G - Kasey Keller
M - DaMarcus Beasley
F - John Harkes





Nomination/changes
-Promote Tim Howard and Michael Bradley to all time starter

Add
-Jermaine Jones?
-Fabien Johnson?
This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 2:25 pm
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116814 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 2:12 pm to
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F - Eric Wynalda


Should be off for being a huge douche.

quote:

M - Tab Ramos


O'Brien for me.
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 2:23 pm to
I think you can move Howard above Friedel. I would consider putting Beasley ahead of Bocanegra at LB. Harkes is a midfielder.

I would keep Bradley on the bench. Reyna, Donovan, and Dempsey are all better than him at this point.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19690 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 2:44 pm to
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I think you can move Howard above Friedel.


Not for me.
Posted by Methuselah
On da Riva
Member since Jan 2005
23350 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 2:49 pm to
What, you have LaLa on the bench? He won't take kindly to that.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28975 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:17 pm to
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M - Tab Ramos
quote:

O'Brien for me.

One of the few true #10s we've ever had (or at least close to one, like Reyna). If he didn't get his skull cracked by a Brazilian elbow maybe the US goes on to the quarterfinals of that WC. O'Brien didn't do much in his career because of his injuries, so it's hard to put him up on the all-time greats list based on his potential.
Posted by Lordofwrath88
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
6874 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:24 pm to
the 1994 Brazil squad was just too good. I think we'd have gotten by quite a few teams in the round of 16, but not Brazil, very bad luck of the draw.

I remember the game, we had only a hand full of opportunities and botched most. Brazil was in full control by the last 30 or 20 minutes even after being a man down. Our defense played amazing and even survived some errors which would had us out like 0-4.
This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 3:25 pm
Posted by mynamebowl
Houston
Member since Jun 2012
1712 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 4:48 pm to
I hardly remember Friedel in his prime, so it's hard to say.

That being said, Howard > Friedel for me too. Especially after this most recent tournament.
Posted by cheesesteak501
The South
Member since Mar 2014
3152 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 10:47 pm to
Howard FTW!
Posted by Stewie Griffin
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2005
16148 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 10:53 pm to
Beasley over Bocanegra at LB. I can't remember the last time I wasn't worried about LB. Beasley did that.

The rest doesn't change; Howard and Friedel are a coin toss.


Down the line, Bradley, Fabian, and Besler have real shots to get in there. Besler is in the squad over Gooch for me.
This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 10:54 pm
Posted by Lordofwrath88
Tuscaloosa
Member since Oct 2012
6874 posts
Posted on 7/5/14 at 10:57 pm to
Posted by svb
Missouri Fan
Member since Jun 2012
3127 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 12:00 am to
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Down the line, Bradley, Fabian, and Besler have real shots to get in there. Besler is in the squad over Gooch for me.

Exactly what I was going to say. Once 2018 rolls around I really think at least 2 of these 3 will book their spots in the USMNTATXI.

Howard is in for me now, after that goalkeeping performance, not just because of the Belgium game but because of the whole tournament.
Posted by TheIrishFro
Member since Aug 2010
4709 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 12:12 am to
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This post was edited on 6/11/23 at 1:51 pm
Posted by NOTORlOUSD
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2010
5051 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 7:14 am to
I would take Bradley for Wynalda and move Dempsey to forward.
Posted by Black Viking
Upper Lafayette
Member since Mar 2011
178 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 2:07 pm to
Switch Dempsey with O'Brien.

Remove Lalas all together. If he were in his prime now he wouldn't even get called into camp. He would be playing indoor somewhere. He came up when USA soccer was at its weakest and was average at best.
Posted by ohiovol
Member since Jan 2010
20930 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 2:30 pm to
I have a pretty hard time buying Wynalda on the starting XI. I love McBride, but I don't think either forward will be on this list for very long.
Posted by Sheep
Neither here nor there
Member since Jun 2007
19690 posts
Posted on 7/6/14 at 3:25 pm to
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If he were in his prime now he wouldn't even get called into camp


False.
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