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Who gets the call for a World Cup spot?
From our calculations there are nine spots up for grabs, after a few assumptions. These guys are only a few of the possibilities. (We came up with nearly 30 of them–and we probably forgot some). Who deserves a spot on the U.S. Men’s National Team’s 2010 World Cup roster? Vote in the poll.
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Senior Nats
Orozco in, Conrad out for El Salvador prep camp»As expected, Jimmy Conrad’s feint chance of a World Cup spot did not survive last month’s letdown against Honduras. Conrad was tossed from the Jan. 23 friendly match at the Home Depot Center after only 17 minutes. The Yanks went down in flames, 3-1, in one of their poorest performances in recent memory.
So Conrad was [...]
U-23/Olympics
Bedoya gets NSCAA, ACC Player of the Week honors»Weston, Fla., native Alejandro Bedoya has been named player of the week for Sept. 23 by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Bedoya, a senior midfielder at Boston College, registered his first career hat trick to lead the 16th-ranked Eagles to a 4-1 win over No. 7 North Carolina. [...]
U-20
Rongen finalizes Copa Chivas roster»U.S. U-20 head coach Thomas Rongen has finalized a 20-player roster that will travel to Guadalajara, Mexico, to compete in the 2010 Copa Chivas tournament. The team will play first round games in Group B of the tournament with Brazil, and clubs from Atlas, Pachuca, Saprissa and Tigres. The U.S. will travel to Guadalajara on [...]
U-18
Matkovich calls 36 into L.A. training camp»U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team head coach Mike Matkovich has called 36 players to a domestic training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. from Oct. 6-13. Matkovich’s group includes 33 players who are currently part of U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy, representing 23 different clubs. Thirty-five of the 36 players were born in [...]
U-17
Cabrera finalizes 40-strong residency roster»U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team head coach Wilmer Cabrera has finalized the 40 players for the Spring 2010 semester of U.S. Soccer’s Residency Program at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. All of the players were born in 1994 or 1995, and are age-eligible for the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and the 2011 FIFA U-17 [...]
Youth Soccer
’95s called to Florida camp»U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team head coach Jim Barlow has called in 32 players, all born in 1995, for a domestic training camp from Dec. 12-19, 2009, in Bradenton, Fla. Of the 32 players on the roster, 25 hail from Development Academy clubs, including five from the New York Red Bulls, who send the most. [...]
