Squad Thread

For the World Cup. Neat guide here.

Wow no Nasri for France. Also Klose at another World Cup  

Nasri decision has been expected for some time, their coach doesn't get along with him at all.

I hope Klose can break the scoring record.

He needs two to tie, three to break Ronaldo's record, right?

Edit: 2 to break the record. 

Also, Falcao is on Colombia's 30 man list. Tevez, Pastore, and Lamela off of Argentina's.

Tevez not being in the squad is the correct decision. Playing him on the left wing in their last tournament just to fit him in the team was a mistake. Have no idea about Pastore. Lamela has been god awful so that's no surprise to me.

Good for Falcao, honestly didn't expect him to make it.

Bit of a shame that Pastore isn't included, but there's really no space for him.

I'm looking forward to Volland

Italy is the only squad without any player playing in England

Mason19294828838822 wrote:Italy is the only squad without any player playing in England

Rest of the world be myron the greatest league in the history of leagues.

Luis Suarez had minor surgery on his knee, but Uruguay believe that he will be able to recover in time to be fit for the World Cup.

Jurgen Klinsmann can go fuck himself. USA final squad:

GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (8): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nürnberg), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)

MIDFIELDERS (8): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Bayern Munich Reserves), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

FORWARDS (4): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

Good decision to throw in the towel, there's not a chance you get out of that group.

Especially when you take along 18 year olds who have never played a league game for their club team.

True. How has Donovan been playing for LA?

No Donovan. You have got to be forking kidding me. Best player in a USA shirt just about everytime he puts it on. What in the blue Hell is going on?

Perhaps the coach is a subscriber to the absurd school of thought that bringing young players to a world cup ahead of better older players will magically make the younger players more talented.

menalawyerguy wrote:No Donovan. You have got to be forking kidding me. Best player in a USA shirt just about everytime he puts it on. What in the blue Hell is going on?

I believe Klinsmann is trying to prove that he is the smartest man in the room by going against convention. Only thing I can think of. Unfathomable otherwise to bring a 18 year old who has played more minutes for his national team (30) than his club team (2) in his professional career over Donovan, with his 156 caps and 55 goals.

Only Drogba and Klose would have had more WC goals than him had he gone.

Hopefully you're not taking that out of context, but knowing your history, I'd have to imagine so. That was a quote from Bruce Arena, his current Galaxy manager and his USA manager from 2000-2006. It is quite the quote, and while I don't think it's exactly true, I can see where he is coming from.

Of course also just because Donovan didn't make the team doesn't mean that there are 23 players better than him, but the sentiment is what counts. And of course, he is still better than the likes of Davis, Bedoya (although I agree with his inclusion), and obviously, Green.

I don't know the context, USAsoccerguy retweeted it today and I thought it held relevance here.

USAsoccerguy is the best.

So right, the Galaxy fans don't believe that, it was just a quote from someone else.

Does it need that context? I thought it made sense as a joke/point about dropping him in itself.

Zzonked wrote:Does it need that context? I thought it made sense as a joke/point about dropping him in itself.

That's what I thought.

Eh, I don't share the same sentiment that the signs intend, so I suppose that was the context I was going for.

Montes out of Mexico's squad after getting destroyed following a long range bomb against Ecuador. The guy he collided with, Segundo Castillo, will also be out of the World Cup with a torn ACL. http://deadspin.com/luis-montes-scores-spectacular-goal-immediately-suffer-1584281116

Montolivo is out of Italy's squad after breaking is tibia against Ireland. 

Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting the 23 man squads.

Falcao is officially out of the World Cup.

He and Giuseppe Rossi. Quite sad.

Klose pls