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Tennessee Jed 
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| USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:18 am)
How do yall feel about our chances against the Russians?
I'm not too confident. Krasnador sounds like a brutal place.
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TN Bhoy 
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:28 am to Tennessee Jed)
Dzagoev v. our back line
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225bred 
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:35 am to TN Bhoy)
Not sure yet, will feel better(or worse) after getting an idea of who we will call up for the game.
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LSUSOBEAST1 
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 11:39 am to TN Bhoy)
That is how I feel
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uway
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 12:47 pm to Tennessee Jed)
I feel that we are not at their level and will lose, possibly by 3. #electiondaypessimism
Hope he calls up some new midfielders as well as Boyd and Jozy. Would like to see Chandler in the squad.
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thenry712 
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 1:33 pm to uway)
I think John Anthony Brooks from Hertha Berlin gets called up to see his skill at centerback relative to Cameron.
Gooch probably gets called in again just because he's in Europe. Bocanegra can't keep getting the automatic start because he's the captain. He's way too slow for international play right now, unless his recent match fitness has improved since getting games for Racing Santander.
Josh Gatt might get another look if Zusi and SKC are still in the MLS playoffs. If SKC eliminates Houston this week, I think there's a serious chance Will Bruin of the Dynamo finally gets called up.
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hendersonshands 
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 1:38 pm to thenry712)
Will Bruin just looks soooo slow on the field.
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Jumbeauxlaya
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 1:43 pm to hendersonshands)
Will Bruin, Alan Gordon, Wondo, Ching, Casey, Cooper...
What's the difference?
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thenry712
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/6/12 at 5:34 pm to hendersonshands)
He's slow, but he's a good finisher who gets himself in good goalscoring positions. He's probably not a good option for a World Cup roster, but he's certainly better than a Conor Casey.
If Jurgen is really adamant about giving playing time for players on form, Bruin deserves it after his play in the last part of the MLS season and into the playoffs. Of course, Klinsmann's bull shite meter went off when he failed to call up Jozy and Wondo last round of qualifiers; two strikers on the best form of perhaps any forward in our national team pool's history.
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cwil177
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/7/12 at 2:46 am to thenry712)
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He's slow, but he's a good finisher who gets himself in good goalscoring positions.
He's young. It will be interesting to see how he develops. I like what I see so far. Like thenry said, he finishes well.
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uway
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/7/12 at 12:12 pm to thenry712)
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Klinsmann's bull shite meter went off when he failed to call up Jozy and Wondo last round of qualifiers; two strikers on the best form of perhaps any forward in our national team pool's history
That he wants players on form in general doesn't mean he shouldn't make exceptions in particular circumstances. That seems obvious to me.
His call-ups obviously worked.
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BobLoblaw
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/7/12 at 12:24 pm to thenry712)
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I think John Anthony Brooks from Hertha Berlin gets called up to see his skill at centerback relative to Cameron.
He's made 9 career professional appearances 
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thenry712
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/7/12 at 12:44 pm to BobLoblaw)
We barely scraped by a horrendous Antigua and Barbuda team thanks to MLS players in Grown arse Man, Graham Zusi, and Alan Gordon. Then we conceded a cheap early goal to a pretty bad Guatemala side. The results were there, but style counts given Klinsmann's propensity to spew out hyperbolic statements of attacking intent.
Terrence Boyd hadn't made any professional appearances when he was called up in February.
(Boyd told me that John Brooks was just a beast at centerback with the youth team.)
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thenry712
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 11:35 am to thenry712)
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If reports are true, that Timothy Chandler will rejoin the #usmnt, you wonder if there is an agreement he must accept future WCQ callups
Per Yanks Abroad's Brian Sciaretta
German Link
This post was edited on 11/9 at 11:36 am
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WarSlamEagle 
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 11:41 am to thenry712)
Interesting.
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Tennessee Jed
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:36 pm to WarSlamEagle)
I really hope that's true.
come play for the motherland Timmy.
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uway
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:37 pm to thenry712)
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Timothy Chandler will rejoin the #usmnt
Makes sense, especially with Lichaj seemingly floundering a bit in England.
Chandler Cameron ?? Johnson could be a great backline in 2014 if they all continue to improve and assuming Dolo is not still at his current form then.
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Jumbeauxlaya
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:40 pm to uway)
??? = Omar Gonzales
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BobLoblaw
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:43 pm to Jumbeauxlaya)
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??? = Omar Gonzales
Gonzo, George John or Goodson are most likely at this point.
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uway
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| re: USMNT - Operation Barbarossa Edition (Posted on 11/9/12 at 12:46 pm to Jumbeauxlaya)
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