I'm not angry about the roster, because half of the WTF call-ups won't play and are already above the caliber of anyone on Antigua and Guatemala. It is really strange not to have your two most in-form strikers available (Wondo and Jozy).

Why call in Alan Gordon when Wondo is basically the same type of player, but, you know, much better? Martin Vazquez must have told Jurgen about his awe inspiring performances for his awful Chivas USA team.

Good to see Kljestan finally get called in.

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Posted by cwil177

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Posted on 10/8/12 at 2:24 pm to thenry712

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Why call in Alan Gordon when Wondo is basically the same type of player, but, you know, much better?

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Good to see Kljestan finally get called in.

This. And this.

Possible reasoning on Gordo:

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This actually makes a lot of sense in view of Klinsmann's comments in an interview last week. He said if he was faced with needing a last-minute goal in Antigua he would do what it takes, including throwing a lot of big bodies in the box. If you look at the Quakes goals, the last-minute goals are being scored by Gordon and Lenhart, not Wondo. Wondo is a finesse poacher - he doesn't sacrifice his body for a goal. Gordon will give his all up to the last second of injury time.

This post was edited on 10/8/12 at 2:26 pm

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Posted by Crede15

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Posted on 10/8/12 at 2:33 pm to thenry712

My guess is there's some reason we don't know about as to why Boyd didn't get called in, since Jurgen seems to like him. On the other hand, it seems fairly clear as to why Jozy didn't get called up.

My guess on the lineup:

-------------------------Gomez--------------------------

Dempsey------------------------------------------Donovan

------------------Bradley-----------Jones---------------

--------------------------Williams----------------------

Fabian------------Boca------------Cameron----------Dolo

I'm getting a bit tired of Jones (Klejstan in his place, or even Zusi would be fine with me), and would like to see Jozy involved, but that's not a bad team.

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