Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Roster versus Brasil announced

I thought we were supposed to be looking ahead to 2010 not back to 2004.

Davy Arnaud and Josh Wolff? Davy Arnaud?? The last I heard (which was Aug 30th in this article) Arnaud was playing a wide midfield position with Kansas City. That same article compares him to Wade Barrett and Ben olsen as that hard working player that never gets the credit he deserves. Okay, let's compare him to Ben Olsen. Arnaud has played 23 games, 2047 minutes, taken 63 shots and has 4 goals and 6 assists. Olsen has played 17 games, 1437 minutes, taken 23 shots and has 7 goals and 4 assists. Now I'm not advocating calling Ben Olsen up for a forward position on the USMNT, I'm just making the point that Arnaud's call up is based on his 2004 performance with Wolff, not on his current performance.

Hopefully I'll be proved wrong by that Princeton education and keen eye for talent. I'm afraid though, that it may be a case of that really intelligent guy with no common sense.

CAP JOZY!

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
Goalkeepers (2): Tim Howard (Everton FC), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)
Defenders (7): Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
Midfielders (6): DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Bobby Convey (Reading FC), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)
Forwards (4): Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Josh Wolff (1860 Munich)

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