The 30 man roster for the World Cup training camp was announced just a little bit ago on ESPN News. The biggest news of this roster was the absence of striker Charlie Davies who was seriously injured in a car accident last year.
Here is the full list:
Keepers
Tim Howard (Everton, England)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England)
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England)
Defense
Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy)
Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France)
Jay DeMerit (Watford, England)
Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England)
Steve Cherundolo (Hanover, Germany)
Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, MLS)
Clarence Goodson (Start, Norway)
Chad Marshall (Columbus, MLS)
Heath Pearce (FC Dallas, MLS)
Midfield
Michael Bradley (Moenchengladbach, Germany)
Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
Stuart Holden (Bolton, England)
Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca, Mexico)
Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus, Denmark)
Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden)
Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA, MLS)
Robbie Rogers (Columbus, MLS)
DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England)
Landon Donovan (Los Angeles, MLS)
Strikers
Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England)
Brian Ching (Houston, MLS)
Edson Buddle (Los Angeles, MLS)
Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico)
Eddie Johnson (Aris, Greece)
Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake, MLS)
So who else is missing from this list that you might have expected to see here?
MLS All Stars 3 - 1 Chivas (Mexico)
MLS All Stars 4 - 1 Fulham (England)
MLS All Stars 1 - 0 Chelsea (England)
MLS All Stars 2 - 0 Celtic (Scotland)
MLS All Stars 3 - 2 West Ham United (England)
MLS All Stars ? - ? Everton FC (England)
Wednesday night the MLS All Stars look to continue their perfect record when they’ve faced off against other professional teams from around the world. This year it is former NY MetroStars/current US national team goalkeeper and Everton FC that will play the All Stars.
Here is the full MLS All Star roster:
Goalkeepers
Kasey Keller
Pat Onstad
Defenders
Geoff Cameron
Wilman Conde
Jhon Kennedy Hurtado
Chad Marshall
Midfielders
Davy Arnaud
Kyle Beckerman
Cuauhtemoc Blanco
Brad Davis
Stuart Holden
Shalrie Joseph
Forwards
Conor Casey
Brian Ching
Landon Donovan
Fredy Montero
Who are the biggest surprises to NOT see on the roster for this year’s All Star Game?
Why wouldn’t MLS players dominate the January MLS Camp though? MLS season is long over and doesn’t start up anytime real soon. On Wednesday, February 11th the US MNT plays in Columbus against rivals Mexico in the first game of the last round of World Cup qualifying. The US has had good success against Mexico in Columbus and should continue that success in next month.
Here is the lineup of players in the camp:
Goalkeepers
- Jon Busch (Chicago Fire)
- Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew)
- Troy Perkins (Valerenga IF)
- Matt Pickens (out of contract)
Defenders
- Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA)
- Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland)
- Sean Franklin (Los Angeles Galaxy)
- Cory Gibbs (Colorado Rapids)
- Clarence Goodson (IK Start)
- Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew)
- Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake)
- Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)
Midfielders
- Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo)
- Brian Carroll (Columbus Crew)
- Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo)
- Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew)
- Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo)
- Jack Jewsbury (Kansas City Wizards)
- Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA)
- Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
- John Thorrington (Chicago Fire)
Forwards
- Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
- Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas)
- Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF)
- Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire)
Peter Nowak named his sqaud for the Beijing Olympics. The team includes several current and former MLS players. Real Salt Lake, Toronto FC and Houston Dynamo are all losing 2 players to Nowak’s Olympic roster while the Columbus Crew, Chivas USA and the New England Revolution will be missing a single player to Nowak during the Olympics.
The Olympic competition is largely a U23 game - with the addition of 3 overage players. A surprise (to me at least) was the addition of Brian McBride rather than Landon Donovan. LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit warned that taking Donovan to the Olympics would be a bad idea due to the World Cup Qualifiers that will be going on in the upcoming months.
Here is the full squad:
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)
Defenders: Patrick Ianni (Houston Dynamo), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Michael Parkurst (New England Revolution), Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake), Marvel Wynne (Toronto FC)
Midfielders: Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Danny Szetela (Brescia Calcio)
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Villareal), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Brian McBride (None), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
The Pan-Pacific Championship first round (semi-finals) got underway last night and as you know our beloved Galaxy and Dynamo took the field in Hawaii. The Galaxy started out strong, giving up only one goal in the first five minutes. That was all it took for the Gamba Boy to move on to the first ever final of the Pan-Pacific Championship.
The Houston Dynamo are defending MLS champions and know how to win. They had Brian Ching playing in front of his home crowd. They actually earned their way into the tournament. They didn’t disappoint anyone, well expect for those people who only want to see goals scored in the 2nd half of a game. The Dynamo took a 3-0 lead into halftime and that is how the game ended. Ching didn’t get any but he hopes his goals are being saved for the final.
Saturday we will see the LA Galaxy play Sydney FC for 3rd place. Last November the two teams met in a friendly in Australia. The home team topped the Galaxy by a score of 5-3. Hopefully Saturday will see a different result. After that game the Dynamo will play Gamba Osaka for the first ever championship of the Pan-Pacific Championship. Lets go Dynamo - I hope Ching gets a hat trick in that one and the Dynamo add another trophy to the case!
LA Galaxy 0 - 1 Gamba Osaka
Houston Dynamo 3 - 0 Sydney FC
Why does it feel like last year? Cause the Dynamo win and the Galaxy lose.
The sun was in my eyes before the game tonite when I predicted the Fire to win. It was really windy and my fingers were slipping all over the keyboard. That was an accident that I said I predicted the Fire to win.
How about that goal scored by TT, was that the goal of the year?
So Blanco - his main job was to tell the ref what was going on, and he was pretty busy with that one. When he wasn’t explaining things to the ref he was playing some awfully nice balls into the penalty area. It is just too bad that those were going towards Paulo Wanchope. I’m pretty sure if you got Blanco and Brian Ching together that no defense in MLS would stop them. If I was in charge of the Fire I’d do whatever I could to get Ching. Houston has a lot of stars, they could let one of them go.
Now the Revolution are in another MLS Cup. The defending Champions Houston Dynamo will probably show up to play a re-match of last years MLS Cup, but they have to get by the Kansas City Wizards on Saturday first. It is too early for me to give my prediction for the other semi-final. I’ll probably wait until the last minute and pick the Wizards just because I’ll be cheering for them, be totally wrong and embarrassed. Oh well…
I really did think the Fire were gonna win.
The first XI was decided last week, and now the All Star roster is complete.
MLS All Star coach Steve Nicol added 5 players of his choosing, and then Don Garber added his two commissioner’s picks. Nicol choose Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Ronnie O’Brien, Kevin Hartman and Pable Mastroeni. Don Garber choose Jones and Pope, both long time MLS stars who are retiring after this season.
Maybe they aren’t quite all stars this season, but Cobi Jones and Eddie Pope have served Major League Soccer for a long time and deserve a spot on this team.
The MLS All Stars will be facing Celtic at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on July 19th. The game will be televised on ESPN2 at 8:00 PM CST.
Eight Major League Soccer sides will have representatives on the team that will represent the US in this summer’s Gold Cup. Bob Bradley announced the roster today featuring 12 MLS players and 11 from outside MLS. The Gold Cup is the number one priority for Bob Bradley this summer, so this should be his top team. The US won the Gold Cup in 2005. All of the players listed as forwards come from Major League Soccer.
MLS Members:
- Steve Ralston
- Taylor Twellman
- Michael Parkhurst
- Brian Ching
- Ricardo Clark
- Brad Guzan
- Jonathan Bornstein
- Landon Donovan
- Pablo Mastroeni
- Frankie Hejduk
- Justin Mapp
- Eddie Johnson
Non-MLS Member:
- Tim Howard
- Kasey Keller
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Jay DeMerit
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Frank Simek
- Jonathan Spector
- DaMarcus Beasley
- Michael Bradley
- Clint Dempsey
- Benny Feilhaber
