U.S. Final Roster for the World Cup...

[dawgstudent]

Any surprises?

<table class="genericTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th>Players</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Ht.</th><th>Wt.</th><th>Birthdate</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Club/College</th><th>Caps/Goals</th></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Altidore,
Jozy</td><td>F</td><td>6-1</td><td>175</td><td>11/06/89</td><td>Boca Raton, Fla.</td><td>Villareal (Spain)</td><td>24/8</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Beasley,
DaMarcus</td><td>M</td><td>5-8</td><td>145</td><td>05/24/82</td><td>Ft. Wayne, Ind.</td><td>Rangers (Scotland)</td><td>91/17</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Bocanegra,
Carlos</td><td>D</td><td>6-0</td><td>170</td><td>05/25/79</td><td>Alta Loma, Calif.</td><td>Rennes (France)</td><td>77/12</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Bornstein,
Jonathan</td><td>D</td><td>5-9</td><td>145</td><td>11/07/84</td><td>Los Alamitos, Calif.</td><td>Chivas USA</td><td>29/2</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Bradley,
Michael</td><td>M</td><td>6-2</td><td>175</td><td>07/31/87</td><td>Manhattan Beach, Calif.</td><td>Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany)</td><td>41/7</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Buddle,
Edson</td><td>F</td><td>6-1</td><td>185</td><td>05/21/81</td><td>New Rochelle, N.Y.</td><td>Los Angeles Galaxy</td><td>2/0</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Cherundolo,
Steve</td><td>D</td><td>5-6</td><td>145</td><td>02/19/79</td><td>San Diego, Calif.</td><td>Hannover 96 (Germany)</td><td>58/2</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Clark,
Ricardo</td><td>M</td><td>5-10</td><td>150</td><td>05/10/83</td><td>Jonesboro, Ga.</td><td>Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)</td><td>27/2</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>DeMerit,
Jay</td><td>D</td><td>6-0</td><td>185</td><td>12/04/79</td><td>Green Bay, Wis.</td><td>Watford (England)</td><td>17/0</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Dempsey,
Clint</td><td>M</td><td>6-1</td><td>170</td><td>03/09/83</td><td>Nacogdoches, Texas</td><td>Fulham (England)</td><td>60/17</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Donovan,
Landon</td><td>M</td><td>5-8</td><td>158</td><td>03/04/82</td><td>Redlands, Calif.</td><td>Los Angeles Galaxy</td><td>121/42</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Edu,
Maurice</td><td>M</td><td>6-0</td><td>170</td><td>04/18/86</td><td>Fontana, Calif.</td><td>Rangers (Scotland)</td><td>13/1</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Feilhaber,
Benny</td><td>M</td><td>5-9</td><td>150</td><td>01/19/85</td><td>Irvine, Calif.</td><td>AGF Aarhus (Denmark)</td><td>31/2</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Findley,
Robbie</td><td>F</td><td>5-9</td><td>165</td><td>08/04/85</td><td>Phoenix, Ariz.</td><td>Real Salt Lake</td><td>4/0</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Gomez,
Herculez</td><td>F</td><td>5-10</td><td>165</td><td>04/06/82</td><td>Las Vegas, Nev.</td><td>Puebla F.C. (Mexico)</td><td>3/1</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Goodson,
Clarence</td><td>D</td><td>6-4</td><td>170</td><td>05/17/82</td><td>Alexandria, Va.</td><td>IK Start (Norway)</td><td>11/2</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Guzan,
Brad</td><td>GK</td><td>6-4</td><td>210</td><td>09/09/84</td><td>Homer Glen, Ill.</td><td>Aston Villa (England)</td><td>16/0</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Hahnemann,
Marcus</td><td>GK</td><td>6-3</td><td>220</td><td>06/15/72</td><td>Seattle, Wash.</td><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers (England)</td><td>15/0</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Holden,
Stuart</td><td>M</td><td>5-10</td><td>160</td><td>08/01/85</td><td>Houston, Texas</td><td>Bolton Wanderers (England)</td><td>12/2</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Howard,
Tim</td><td>GK</td><td>6-3</td><td>210</td><td>03/06/79</td><td>North Brunswick, N.J.</td><td>Everton (England)</td><td>49/0</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Onyewu,
Oguchi</td><td>D</td><td>6-4</td><td>210</td><td>05/13/82</td><td>Olney, Md.</td><td>AC Milan (Italy)</td><td>52/5</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>Spector,
Jonathan</td><td>D</td><td>6-0</td><td>180</td><td>03/01/86</td><td>Arlington Heights, Ill.</td><td>West Ham United (England)</td><td>24/0</td></tr>

<tr class="oddRow">

<td>Torres,
José</td><td>M</td><td>5-7</td><td>135</td><td>10/29/87</td><td>Longview, Texas</td><td>Pachuca (Mexico)</td><td>9/0</td></tr></tbody></table>

 

[Xenomorph]

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[bonedaddy401]

Wasn't he supposed to be the next big AmericanSoccerplayer?

 

[patdog]

But he hasn't learned that he has 10 teammates out there. He tries to play the game 1 vs. 11. I can't count the times I've seen him try to take on 4 defenders all by himself. And to his credit, when he does he usually beats 2 or sometimes even 3 of them. Until he learns that soccer is a team game, he'll never play on the national team.</p>

 

[o_1984Dawg]

Nor has he really improved as much as you'd expect. Still only 20 though.

 

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

instead of fighting for a place on a team with pros as in Europe. Soccer is nowhere near as bad as basketball, but for him it was similar because he was set apart as an individual commodity before he actually learned how to play the team game (like patdog said). European coaches say he has absolutely no grasp of tactics or defensive discipline.

 

[o_1984Dawg]

He should've been able to learn something of tactics in 6 years.

 

[Tito Cheeseburger Jr]

I agree he should have learned tactics. But he didn't. His handlers probably told him to go be a creative attacker and get on Sportscenter.