US Gold Cup Roster Announced

[Kyle Feller]

I was expecting a watered down lineup, but also thought that the USSF had an opportunity in front of them to parlay this past weeks success into another great opportunity for the average sports fan to watch some great USA National Team games.

Anyways, with the exception of a few (Charlie Davies, Freddy Adu, Steve Cherundolo, and Heath Pearce) there is a lot of inexperience on display.

GOALKEEPERS- Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Troy Perkins (Valarenga), Luis Robles (FC Kaiserslautern)

DEFENDERS- Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City Wizards), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Jay Heaps (New England Revolution), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaellands), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)

MIDFIELDERS- Davy Arnaud (Kansas City Wizards), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Colin Clark (Colorado Rapids), Sam Cronin (Toronto FC), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Logan Pause (Chicago Fire), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS- Freddy Adu (AS Monaco), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Santino Quaranta (D.C. United)

[huisrealgood]

Who else is playing the in the Gold Cup? We'll get slaughtered with that roster if any of the big boys will be there.

[Kyle Feller]

The Gold Cup is a Concacaf Tournament.

We open up against Grenada if that tells you anything. It usually always comes down to USA/Mexico in the championship game.

[huisrealgood]

That's what I thought, but then I heard that our 1-0 upset of #1 Brazil in '98 was in the Gold Cup and I got confused.

Anyway, having lost to Costa Rica recently with a full roster doesn't leave me too confident with this roster even if it is against Concacaf competition.

[Kyle Feller]

Nobody wins at Costa Rica.......nobody.