What would be a respectable finish for the US at the confed cup?
going up against italy, brazil and an african team is no easy task (i may add US plays their worst against african teams). -so will there be shame for a likely last place finish? -and will it seem like a wasted 3 years for preparing for the WC? dont forget to answer my main ques!
bq: what should be the 23 man roster for the US team mine: gk:howard, guzan, hahneman def: hejduk, onyewu, bocanegra, bornstein, pearce, spector, wynne, cherundolo(if healthy) mid: dempsey, beasley, edu, adu, bradley, mastroeni, clark, torres, kljestan fwd: cooper, donovan, ching, altidore
this is make or break time for some of these guys!
sounds about right. right?
Anonymous2009-05-27T09:54:20Z
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Italy is going to be a tough match. The african team will be a tough match but i want at least a point out of Africa.
Remember last year we played Brazil in a friendly and we only lost by 2(questionable refing) so maybe a shock result against brazil.
so if we can get at least 4 points that will be nice and respectable as long as we dont get blown out. I am ver nervous over this tourney because like u said it is make or break for a lot of the players.
Kljestan needs to have big tourney. Adu needs to play, Beasly has been falling off. I think Edu will have a good torney because he finaly broke the starting 11 for rangers they just one the SPL( He played). He will play good. and Ching needs to score or he will lose his job to someone else.
I think the US will show good football. The results, i'm not so sure. Remember, most of the teams already have played in many tournaments, as opposed to the US who is a young squad, mixed with a couple of veterans. Playing away from home, to some players, is difficult. The goalie position is well filled, the defense is filled with intelligence and physicality, but lacks the burst of speed to control many fast forwards Brazil and Egypt posses. Their midfield is one of experience mixed with inexperience. Beasley, Dempsey and Bradley have shown what they got and that they can handle the pressure. However, Beasley isn't who he was years ago. His legs might not help him out with such a fast paced game the European teams and African team play. You also have newcomers such as Kljestan, Edu and Torres who lack the experience of such a big tournament as the Confederation Cup, in which all teams will throw the best they have, they will either make or break, but I see good things from them. The forwards might be the only part of the team that need the most help. Donovan will always play his, but you have players like Ching who aren't scoring and Cooper, who is a good player, but like Kljestan, lacks the experience. Altidore is the same, he played little at Villareal before being loaned, and had the surgery, so you'll have to see how he plays when he returns.
The US has a great mix of youth and veterans. Should be an interesting tournament for them above all. I don't think that if they get last place it would be bad for them, as they are still a growing team with hope of becoming a stronger unit with the experience of the Confed. Cup, even if they don't get the results many hope for.
i think of i might have reported interior the previous that the Confed Cup isn't seen substantial between maximum worldwide communities. With a international Cup each and every 4 years, and continental championships, like the Euro's, African international locations Cup, Copa u . s ., etc, each and every worldwide team have 2 considerable tournaments in 4 years. once you upload interior the qualifiers, friendlies and club commitments, there is already a priority that worldwide gamers already play greater beneficial than sufficient video games with out the addition of the Confed Cup. through fact of this Germany and France have declined enjoying in it interior the previous. surprising gamers will play in it, yet they the two see it as a closed season kick approximately, or a soreness interior the ****. after all, in case you have only competed in a league season, a kinfolk cup, long previous far interior the Champions League, and performed worldwide qualifiers, then the final ingredient you go with is yet another summer season journey extra to the schedule. even although the U. S. beat Spain interior the Confederations Cup, no person exterior of the U. S. thinks that the U. S. are a greater valuable team than Spain, nor everywhere close to as solid. no person exterior the U. S. considers the Confed Cup a trademark for what is going to ensue interior the international Cup
well, i want the US to make it as far as they can. I know they do have a tough task ahead of them but i think they need to show what they have shown on the field these last couple of years and not be afraid of bigger competition. I think as long as they qualify to the semis they will be very much respected but i want them to win the Cup, wouldnt you?