Reasoning Behing the Roster Proposal:
Who knows which players Jürgen Klinsmann will put on the Gold Cup roster for the United States Men’s National Team?
Maybe, the roster will include some of the best players the United States has, or maybe none of the European-based players will be there.
Maybe MLS players who are vital to their teams’ success will be passed over for players from the national team youth ranks.
Will Freddy Adu be dragged up from Brazil or won’t he? Does Klinsmann even want Adu on the team for the Gold Cup?
Who knows?
Will Benny Feilhaber and Joe Corona play a bigger role in World Cup qualifying and thus be passed over for Gold Cup duty?
Who knows?
There is a gap between what Klinsmann says he will do and what he actually does. Trying to really predict what he will do is next to impossible.
Below is one person’s opinion of a 23-man roster of mostly non-European-based players with the skill and physical gifts to play high-quality, attractive, and effective soccer that leads to victories:
Goalkeepers:
Sean JOHNSON
Bill HAMID
Cody CROPPER
Center Backs:
Gale AGBOSSOUMONDE
Andrew FARRELL
Caleb STANKO
George JOHN
Outside Backs:
Jonathan SPECTOR
Eric LICHAJ
Chris KLUTE
Kofi SARKODIE
*POSSIBLE OPTION: DeAndre Yedlin
Defensive and Box-to-Box Midfielders:
Perry KITCHEN
Amobi OKUGO
Dax MCCARTY
Benji JOYA
Attacking Midfielders
Benny FEILHABER
Joe CORONA
Freddy ADU
Joe GYAU
Strikers:
Juan AGUDELO
Terrence BOYD
Mario RODRIGUEZ
Tony TAYLOR