UNITED STATES

[ballack13]

USA National Team

Nickname: The Stars & Stripes

Team Kits:

• White, White, White
  
• Navy, Navy, Navy
  
• Red, Navy, Red
  

Official Website: ussoccer.com

Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

Team Roster:



Goalkeepers:
1. Tim HOWARD - Everton
12. Brad GUZAN - Aston Villa
13. Nick RIMANDO - Real Salt Lake

Defenders:
12. Omar GONZALEZ - Los Angeles Galaxy
2. Matt BESLER - Sporting Kansas City
5. Geoff CAMERON - Stoke City
15. Justin MORROW - San Jose Earthquakes
21. Clarence GOODSON - Brøndby
2. Tony BELTRAN - Real Salt Lake

Midfielders:
7. DaMarcus BEASLEY - Puebla
4. Michael BRADLEY - AS Roma
19. Graham ZUSI - Sporting Kansas City
13. Jermaine JONES - Schalke
10. Joe CORONA - Tijuana
7. Maurice EDU - Buraspor
16. Sacha KLJESTAN - Anderlecht
13. Brad DAVIS - Houston Dynamo
5. Kyle BECKERMAN - Real Salt Lake
11. Brek SHEA - Stoke City

Strikers:
8. Clint DEMPSEY - Tottenham Hotspur
9. Eddie JOHNSON - Seattle Sounders
17. Jozy ALTIDORE - AZ Alkmaar
21. Herculez GOMEZ - Santos Laguna
23. Terrence BOYD- Rapid Wien

Recent Call-ups:


Goalkeepers:
Sean JOHNSON - Chicago Fire
Bill HAMID - DC United

Defenders:
Edgar CASTILLO - Club Tijuana
Fabian JOHNSON - Hoffenheim
Carlos BOCANEGERA - Racing Santandar
Timothy CHANDLER - Nürnberg
Michael PARKHURST - Augsburg
Steve CHERUNDOLO - Hannover 96
Steven BEITASHOUR - San Jose Earthquakes
Michael OROZCO-FISCAL - San Luis


Midfielders:
Jose Francisco TORRES - Tigres
Daniel WILLIAMS - Hoffenheim
Brek SHEA - FC Dallas
Brad EVANS - Seattle Sounders


Strikers:
Landon DONOVAN - Los Angeles Galaxy
Chris WONDOLOWSKI - San Jose Earthquakes
Alan GORDON - San Jose Earthquakes
Juan AGUDELO - Chivas USA
Teal BUNBURY - Sporting Kansas City
Joshua GATT - Molde


Formation:

------------------------------- HOWARD (GK)

CAMERON (SB) ------ GONZALEZ (CB) ------ BESLER (CB) ------ BEASLEY (SB)

DONOVAN (SMF) -------- EDU (DMF) ------ BRADLEY (CMF) ----- ZUSI (SMF)

--------------------- Dempsey (CF) ------ ALTIDORE (CF)

GK: Howard
RCB: Goodson
LCB: Bocanegra ©
RSB: Cherundolo
LSB: Johnson
DMF: Edu
CMF: Bradley
RMF: Donovan
LMF: Shea
CF: Dempsey
CF: Altidore

Short Free Kick: Donovan
Long Free Kick: Donovan
FK 2nd Taker: Dempsey
Left Corner: Dempsey
Right Corner: Donovan
Penalty Kick: Donovan
Players to come up on set pieces: Goodson, Bocanegra

Older Competitions Rosters:

Confederations Cup 2009
World Cup 2010

[PIPA23]

great news mate

could anyone update the first post with most probably lineup for this team?


Thank you!

[tamaguchi_japa]

please ballack, could u fix the numbers? has 2 players with n°17, 19 and 12

[nachov]

GOALKEEPERS
1. Tim Howard
18. Brad Guzan
19. Marcus Hahnemann

DEFENDERS
3. Carlos Bocanegra
12. Jonathan Bornstein
6. Steve Cherundolo
15. Jay DeMerit
21. Clarence Goodson
5. Oguchi Onyewu
2. Jonathan Spector

MIDFIELDERS
7. DaMarcus Beasley
4. Michael Bradley
13. Ricardo Clark
8. Clint Dempsey
10. Landon Donovan
19. Maurice Edu
15. Benny Feilhaber
22. Stuart Holden
26. José Torres

FORWARDS
17. Jozy Altidore
29. Edson Buddle
27. Robbie Findley
30. Herculez Gomez

[ballack13]

Ok, numbers updated and probable lineup added.

[tamaguchi_japa]

here u can find the correct numbers: http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Mens-Natio ... eport.aspx

GOALKEEPERS
1. Tim Howard
18. Brad Guzan
23. Marcus Hahnemann

DEFENDERS
3. Carlos Bocanegra
12. Jonathan Bornstein
6. Steve Cherundolo
15. Jay DeMerit
21. Clarence Goodson
5. Oguchi Onyewu
2. Jonathan Spector

MIDFIELDERS
7. DaMarcus Beasley
4. Michael Bradley
13. Ricardo Clark
8. Clint Dempsey
10. Landon Donovan
19. Maurice Edu
16. Benny Feilhaber
22. Stuart Holden
26. José Torres

FORWARDS
17. Jozy Altidore
29. Edson Buddle
27. Robbie Findley
30. Herculez Gomez

edit: can u say to me if Bocanegra still ©, or is Cherundolo, who be © today.

[jmg721]

I haven't been paying too close attention, but here are my thoughts.
1. Bocanegra is the team captain. Does all the interviews etc.
2. RB not sure if Spector will forsure get the job over Cherundolo.
3. I'd think DeMeritt would start at CB over Goodson
4. With Dempsey getting moved up to SS, are we sure that Holden has one the last MF spot?
- I know they love Feilhaber(despite his lack of shine recently)
- Torres has been more effective, but used largely off the bench
- Or they could go with a 2nd striker and move Dempsey back to SMF/AMF

[ballack13]

Hard to say what the lineup will be.

I think we have a good chance of seeing it against Australia though in the last friendly before the WC.

I'll redo the formation then.

[PIPA23]

I haven't been paying too close attention, but here are my thoughts.
1. Bocanegra is the team captain. Does all the interviews etc.
2. RB not sure if Spector will forsure get the job over Cherundolo.
3. I'd think DeMeritt would start at CB over Goodson
4. With Dempsey getting moved up to SS, are we sure that Holden has one the last MF spot?
- I know they love Feilhaber(despite his lack of shine recently)
- Torres has been more effective, but used largely off the bench
- Or they could go with a 2nd striker and move Dempsey back to SMF/AMF

some of this tips are true..especialy first 3 + Edu should start on Clark place..?

[stavrello7]

check formation vs Slovenia http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... rtlist.pdf

Captain: 3. Bocanegra
Long Free Kick: 10. Donovan
Short Free Kick: 10. Donovan
Left Corner Kick: 10. Donovan
Right Corner Kick: 10. Donovan
Penalty Kick: -

[Ace]

I updated the formation, adding the template with FK takers, etc.

[the sloth]

In my OF, I have found it's easier to use the actual in game positioning charts than the generic formations that Konami use. Take a look at the real positioning of players in the US WC games.

US-Ghana
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... mation.pdf

US-England
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... mation.pdf

US-Slovenia
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... mation.pdf

US-Algeria
http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournam ... mation.pdf

These formations are far more accurate than some generic 4-4-2 formation. They reflect the US' lack of width in attack and attempts to muck up the center of the field defensively.

I feel we should use these formations for all WC teams. I would like these files to be added to the first post so people can find the real formations easier.

[WHUfan]

GK: Howard
RCB: Demerit
LCB: Onyewu
RSB: Cherundolo
LSB: Bocanegra ©
DMF: Clark / Edu
CMF: Bradley
RMF: Donovan
LMF: Dempsey
CF: Findley
CF: Altidore

[the sloth]

WHU Fan,

If you look at the pdf files I posted from the WC, I think you will see that Dempsey and Donovan play far more like AMF that very occasionally drift wide rather than SMF than drift in. Edu clearly plays deeper than Bradley in a holding role, which allows Bradley the freedom for his aggressive attacks from deep.

The whole team plays much narrower than that formation shows. Thats why FIFA's average position maps are better than just throwing out generic formations.

[Ace]

Thats why FIFA's average position maps are better than just throwing out generic formations.

If you aren't happy with "generic formations" please follow other NTs and make a formation with Formation Tool. Remember I made my best keeping updated almost all 32 WC teams, and if I made a generic formation it's because I can't follow all 32 teams...

[sam1193]

The squad needs to be badly updated. Here's the latest squad:
GK: Tim Howard (Everton), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves), David Yelldell (Duisburg)
DEF: Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne), Jonathan Bornstein (UANL), Timothy Chandler (Nurnberg), Jay Demerit (Vancouver Whitecaps), Eric Lichaj (Leeds United), Oguchi Onyewu (Twente), Tim Ream (NY Red Bulls), Jonathan Spector (West Ham)
MID: Micheal Bradley (Aston Villa), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabaek), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (AGF), Jermaine Jones (Blackburn), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)
FWD: Juan Agudelo (NY Red Bulls), Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor), Edson Buddle (Ingolstadt)

[Ace]

I'm curious to understand what did you mean with "badly updated" because reading your comment it seem our work is bad, I can see only 3 players out: Beasley, Torres and Gomez, now I replaced them with Diskerud, Kljestan and Agudelo (maybe it was too early for Diskerud and Agudelo, but I needed to remove Beasley and Gomez).

[ballack13]

Updated with Gold Cup Squad.

[CR7]

No Torres?

[ballack13]

No Torres...

Pretty retarded squad honestly.

Rogers should not be there, Shea should replace him.

Altidore should be dropped as well..utter crap.

[ominho]

Why can Adu be included in the squad? I've almost forgotten his existence.