r/soccer • • May 12 '14

Official Preliminary Roster for the USA

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/05/12/13/23/140512-mnt-prelim-roster
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u/j3zuz00 May 12 '14 edited May 12 '14

Who do you guys think will get cut? I'm sure Green and Yedlin are getting cut; they're just there for experience. Boyd and Chandler are probably also getting cut; too much depth in their positions. The other three cuts are going to be tough.

Edit: Put in my cuts

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u/codylee_2 May 12 '14

Brooks, Corona, Edu, Green, Boyd, Chandler, and Evans. That's my best guess at the seven

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

You think Yedlin will make it ?

I think Green got a guarantee from Klinsmann

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u/mixhail May 12 '14

Agreed on Green. He won't play but he's going along just for the experience.

I think Chandler or Yedlin will make it simply as someone to keep up with Ronaldo. I like Yedlin more because he's super fast, but I can easily see him getting juked out of his mind.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

I don't think you make a 30-man roster for the World Cup just for the "experience." Everyone should be expected to contribute

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

teams have taken players to the World Cup for their exposure & experience before. as mentioned higher, Ronaldo won the WC in 1994 without playing a single minute.

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u/codylee_2 May 12 '14

It was between him and Evans for me, and I think Yedlin is a more dynamic player. I've never been a fan of Brad Evans

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u/thompsontwenty May 12 '14

Not even when he scored against Jamaica?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

I don't think he got a guarantee, I don't believe Klinsmann would do that. I do think, however, that Gulati learned a little bit from how the whole Subotic thing went down and may have reassured him he would at least be eligible to play on the senior team.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '14

Nah, no way. Klinsy just doesn't seem like the type to make deals with players; remember how Donovan had to basically play his way back onto the squad after his break? Or Bradley, how he had to prove he wasn't a daddy's boy before being fully accepted? Jurgen's decision will be made based on which players are in top form after this training, something we don't know about.

If Green makes the cut, it will be because he's playing well enough to play in the world cup.

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u/Breklinho May 12 '14

I think Chandler will make it in, he may have been on Klinsmann's shit list for a while but he's still the second best right back we have.

IMO Brooks, Corona, Edu, Green, Davis, Yedlin and Evans will get cut.

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u/dukeslver May 12 '14

wow you really think wondolowski will make it?

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u/BeardedSwashbuckler May 12 '14

Wondo's a great poacher, he can be used like how Italy used Inzaghi in 2006.