re: GAMEDAY! USA vs. Boratsnia - 1:30 PM CT - ESPN2

Agreed on Brooks although not for the second goal. That was on Cameron.

Still he needs to get cap tied in the next cycle or at the latest, in the Jamaica game.

The 2010 World Cup team

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Forwards
• Jozy Altidore, Villareal (Spain) (pictured)
• Edson Buddle, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Robbie Findley, Real Salt Lake
• Herculez Gomez, Pachuca (Mexico)

Midfielders
• DaMarcus Beasley, Rangers (Scotland)
• Michael Bradley, Moenchengladbach (Germany)
• Ricardo Clark, Frankfurt (Germany)
• Clint Dempsey, Fulham (England)
• Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Maurice Edu, Rangers (Scotland)
• Benny Feilhaber, Aarhus (Denmark)
• Stuart Holden, Bolton (England)
• Jose Torres, Pachuca (Mexico)

Defenders
• Carlos Bocanegra, Rennes (France) (captain)
• Jonathan Bornstein, Chivas USA
• Steve Cherundolo, Hannover (Germany)
• Jay DeMerit, Watford (England)
• Clarence Goodson, IK Start (Norway)
• Oguchi Onyewu, AC Milan (Italy)
• Jonathan Spector, West Ham (England)

Goaltenders
• Brad Guzan, Aston Villa (England)
• Marcus Hahnemann, Wolverhampton (England)
• Tim Howard, Everton (England)

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Holy crap we've come a long way in 4 years.

US went to Europe without Dempsey or Landycakes and faced a FIFA top 15 opponent which has not lost at home in years, had won 8 of 9 with a draw and had managed 5 clean sheets in their previous 6 matches .

US trailed 2-0 at half and still won!

Ponder that sh!t and savor it.

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How is the first goal his fault? Every defender stopped running. The second goal, he was shoved in the back and Ibisevic was offside, third goal he needs to do better but Dzeko does that shite to everyone.

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Literally could not have said it better.

It was Brooks' first international game and he was going against one of the best in the whole world. And he had a couple mental lapses, but he was bringing it to Dzeko. He didn't back down ever, and add that with his physical presence and holy Hell I'm excited about him.

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Evans is a solid 6 every game, pretty similar to how Dolo has been for a long time

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Dolo was always better than a 6 IMO

Honestly, that 2010 roster looks pretty good outside of the depth at forward. Our biggest problem was Bob relying on his favorites in key games, especially Clark ad the one who I will not name.

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Holy crap we've come a long way in 4 years.

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My exact thoughts watching the gold cup dominance, with essentially a "B" team plus Landyshades. The fact that we could even field a "B" team that could not only compete but dominate is what was so telling. We have legit depth now, and we also have some world class talent now. Fun times.

I will go ahead and say it. If the World Cup was held next month, I believe the US could be like 1998 Croatia, 2002 Turkey, or 1994 Bulgaria.

I hope I feel the same way in 9 months,

I said arguably. He let dzeko slip in after EJs horrible giveaway. He also had the opportunity to clear Dzekos second shot off the line, but he fell asleep. Just to be clear I don't think any goal was 100% on him and I thought he had a solid debut overall.

I didn't get to see the game but I remember Brian Sciaretta (think that's his name) tweeting something about how many more goals per game we've been scoring with Fabian at LM, and I'm guessing that's where he was again in the second half. Not saying he was responsible for it (obviously Jozy had a great game and it seems like Bradley was involved in a lot of it), but it's an interesting statistic and the sample size is getting bigger.