MLS Players That Should Be USMNT Regulars

 

Chris Klute, the Best American Left Back. (Photo: Garrett Ellwood / Colorado Rapids)
Chris Klute, the Best American Left Back. (Photo: Garrett Ellwood / Colorado Rapids)

 

By: COLIN REESE

 

This list of MLS Players That Should Be USMNT Regulars is in no particular order, and it excludes Maurice Edu who has more or less been a United States Men’s National Team regular under Jürgen Klinsmann.

 

Listing these players all in one place highlights the amount of quality American players that have been almost totally overlooked by Klinsmann for national team duty despite the problems the United States has displayed not only in the defense but in the ability to keep possession and score goals.

 

At a time when there are a higher number of quality American players than in the past, the United States Men’s National Team is not capitalizing on this phenomenon.

 

Winning is important, but a strong win, draw, and loss record can be deceptive if the competition isn’t that strong.

 

With the 2014 USA World Cup squad mostly decided, should Klinsmann have incorporated more of the new or younger players into the national team? You be the judge, but the credentials of the players listed are impressive and well-known.

 

Below is the list of MLS players that have been either frozen out or underused by Jürgen Klinsmann:

 

Benny FEILHABER

Club: Sporting Kansas City

Position: Attacking Midfielder

 

 

DeAndre YEDLIN

Club: Seattle Sounders

Position: Right Back/Left Back

 

 

Chris KLUTE

Club: Colorado Rapids

Position: Left Back/Right Back

 

 

Kofi SARKODIE

Club: Houston Dynamo

Position: Right Back

 

 

Shane O’NEILL

Club: Colorado Rapids

Position: Center Back/Defensive Midfielder/Outside Back

 

 

Dillon POWERS

Club: Colorado Rapids

Position: Central Midfielder (Attacking and Box-to-Box)

 

 

Chris SCHULER

Club: Real Salt Lake

Position: Center Back

 

 

Amobi OKUGO

Club: Philadelphia Union

Position: Defensive Midfielder/ Center Back

 

 

Perry KITCHEN

Club: DC United

Position: Defensive Midfielder/Center Back

 

 

Andrew FARRELL

Club: New England Revolution

Position: Center Back/Outside Back/Defensive Midfielder

 

 

Kellyn ACOSTA 

Club: FC Dallas

Position: Right Back/Left Back

 

 

Benji JOYA

Club: Chicago Fire

Position: Central Midfielder/Winger