Bob Bradley has killed his mockingbird. Alejandro Bedoya is not picked for the squad that will face Argentina and Paraguay. I think it may take some time before he will wear the U.S. jersey again, seems he is not part of the plans for Concacaf gold cup. A shame for Ale, possibly bad for his market value but we are happy to have him around and the crucial last days before the start of the 2011 season, and for the intense early June period. Here is the U.S roster.
GOALKEEPERS (3): Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Tim Howard (Everton), David Yelldell (MSV Duisburg)
DEFENDERS (9): Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne), Jonathan Bornstein (UANL Tigres), Timothy Chandler (FC Nürnberg), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Vancouver Whitecaps), Oguchi Onyewu (FC Twente), Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United), Zak Whitbread (Norwich City)
MIDFIELDERS (9): Michael Bradley (Aston Villa), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Mikkel Diskeruud (Stabaek), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers), Jermaine Jones (Blackburn Rovers), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)
FORWARDS (3): Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor), Edson Buddle (FC Ingolstadt)
Holden and Cherundolo out and still no Alejandro. From your write up it would seem that Bedoya is Bradley's kind of player. I guess all he can do is play and wait his turn.
ReplyDeleteBy the way RSL (best of the west(ern hemisphere and my favorite club) has been playing lights out football. They are the first MLS club to advance this far in our version of the UEFA Champions league, the CONCACAF Champions league. The are in the semi-finals against Coasta Rican side Saprissa which has won this tournament 3 times in the last 15 years. Real won their first match 2-0 so they head down to face the purple monsters needing only one goal which would force Saprissa to score four on the MLS' stingiest defense. Should be fun!
Looking forward to seeing you guys!
Mark
Go RSL. I'm with you, would be fun with an international success for an MLS team.
ReplyDeleteThis is AleAleAlejandro's response from last weekend's friendly.
http://oskfotboll.se/aktuellt/osk-tv/klipparkiv/3-20-2011-bedoya-1-0.html