Bruce Arena’s team. No Adu, of course. No surprises.
Goalkeepers
Marcus Hahnemann
Tim Howard
Kasey Keller
Defenders
Carlos Bocanegra
Steve Cherundolo
Jimmy Conrad
Cory Gibbs
Frankie Hejduk
Eddie Lewis
Oguchi Onyewu
Eddie Pope
Midfielders
DaMarcus Beasley
Bobby Convey
Clint Dempsey
Landon Donovan
Pablo Mastroeni
John O’Brien
Ben Olsen
Claudio Reyna
Forwards
Brian Ching
Eddie Johnson
Brian McBride
Josh Wolff
The alternates:
Goalkeeper: Tony Meola, Matt Reis
Defenders: Chris Albright, Gregg Berhalter, Todd Dunivant
Midfielders: Chris Armas, Chris Klein, Pat Noonan, Steve Ralston, Kerry Zavagnin
Forwards: Conor Casey, Chris Rolfe, Taylor Twellman
Talk among yourselves… 🙂
6 comments on “World Cup 2006: Team U.S.A. Roster”
What do you mean no surprises…! Ching is there and no Twellman.
Aside from that its a solid team – the best in a long time.
Ching, Olsen and Conrad would have been considered surprises about 72 hours ago.
I believe Twellman’s exclusion is a bit of a surprise, but not outside the limits of reason. Ching’s been on a tear recently and I believe it was his four goals in the MLS opener for Houston that won him his spot.
Bob, I agree w/ you on Conrad over Berhalter… that is sort of wierd!
I guess what I meant by surprise was somebody out of the blue, or someone out of Nike- like Adu. 🙂
Yes, it IS surprising that Twellman didn’t get the nod. Ching four goals in the opener may have boosted his stock in Arena’s eyes, Brian, arguably wasn’t playing the caliber of competition he would face in Germany. Yes, we don’t know how Twellman would fare, but I think he would have risen to the occasion.
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