MLS Players dominate US MNT January Camp

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)

MLS among the best in the world

This is from an article about Real Salt Lake attendance and American fans adopting MLS.

L.A.’s Landon Donovan, Chicago’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco and defensive shot-blocker Jon Busch are among the best soccer players in the world.

I guess if I were standing in a room with some of the best soccer players in the world, you could say I was “among the best”. I don’t want to put down Jon Busch or any other player in the MLS, they’ve proven themselves to be great athletes just to get a chance with an MLS team. Maybe it is a stretch to call Busch among the best soccer players in the world. He was just recently waived by Columbus and Toronto, two non-playoff teams. Maybe just being a professional soccer player puts your among the best in the world. Professionals do make up a tiny percentage of every person that plays, so why not call them all among the best in the world? Is Jon Busch among the best goalkeepers in Major League Soccer? To qualify for “among the best” for this situation you have to be in the top 1/3rd of all goalkeepers.