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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

2006 US Men's National Roster Announced

Yesterday, national team manager Bruce Arena named the roster than will compete in the 2006 World Cup this summer in Germany.

The US looks to building upon it's success from the 2002 WC when they reached the quarterfinals. The 2006 roster features 11 new faces. The US will have three tune up games later this month before leaving for Germany

posted by nhw at 7:54 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger Small Fish said...

Team USA is going to have to figure some things out pretty quickly in the next month if they're to have any chance of getting out of nasty Group E. A 4-1 defeat to Germany and a 1-1 draw against Jamaica aren't exactly confidence builders.

I'm excited about Onyewu. And if Reyna shows up to play, O'Brien gets healthy, and Donovan does his thing, the red, white, and blue will make it to the quarterfinals. But that's an awful lot of ifs...

9:48 PM  
Blogger nhw said...

I don't read much into the two friendlies, I think Arena was using them to sort out who he wasn't going to take. Most of the starters didn't make that trip, especially those already playing in Europe.

Group E is nasty, but I think the US can and will move on, though it may mean a date with Brazil in the next round.

I think it is important for the US to have a good showing in Europe, this is their final challenge, to play well accross the pond. Do that, and everything is justified, including their FIFA ranking.

7:40 AM  

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