Reacting to the United States MNT Roster

By Raf Crowley, a senior writer for The Yanks Are Coming. He can be reached at raf@yanksarecoming.com.

The Roster
Goalkeepers:

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

Defenders:

Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Norway), Chad Marshall (Columbus), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Heath Pearce (Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England).

Midfielders:

DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton, England), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus), Jose Torres (Pachuca, Mexico).

Forwards:

Jozy Altidore (Hull, England), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles), Brian Ching (Houston), Robbie Findley (Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico), Eddie Johnson (Aris, Greece).

By now as a die-hard USMNT fan, you’ve seen the 30-man roster for the WC. I never thought I’d say this, but Bob Bradley did an excellent job. Just superb. He thought it out, everything makes sense, and I don’t think I would have done much differently. So, as the biggest critic of Bob Bradley this side of the Mississippi, I have to swallow my tongue and say, “Good job Bob!” (I will not call him Bobbo all day because I think he did good). Let’s get into how this is going to play out between now and 23-man cut day.