Gold Cup Thread(Roster announced)

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:40 pm

Article: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/ ... 21295.html
Full Roster: http://www.ussoccer.com/teams/us-men/la ... d-cup.aspx

Groups: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_CONCACAF_Gold_Cup
USA is in group C:
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Missing a lot of big names, but it'll be fun to see Donovan playing again for the national team.

FlDuckFan · Post by **FlDuckFan** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:45 pm

Watched the game vs Panama last go around in Tampa Bay , nearly got into a fight with a large group of Panamanian supporters. Got to love soccer shenanigans.
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USUaggieDuck · Post by **USUaggieDuck** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 1:25 pm

I'm thinking about going to the two games in slc

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Post by **UOducksTK1** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:51 pm

Going to the game in Portland, should be fun.

Oregon Ownage · Post by **Oregon Ownage** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:23 pm

My problem with the roster is that we should be playing some youth players to get them "tournament" games and see how they react.

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:35 pm

USA plays Guatemala tomorrow, the the Gold Cup starts a few days after that!

Also, USA moves up 6 spots in the rankings to #22:
http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankin ... index.html

justducky0 · Post by **justducky0** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:00 pm

So we are now where Brazil was before the Confed Cup. hmmm I like this trend. Jk I know the USA is not as good as Brazil. But fun to dream

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:24 pm

justducky0 wrote:So we are now where Brazil was before the Confed Cup. hmmm I like this trend. Jk I know the USA is not as good as Brazil. But fun to dream

But we are playing MUCH better soccer. Klinsmann is the coach we've been needing. We won't ever been a Spain or Germany or Brazil, but there's no reason we can't be a 10-20 ranked team every year, and make it to the quarterfinal round once a decade.

It'll take good coaching, and some quality players. But with Bradley, Altidore, Donovan, Holden, and a much improved defense, I think we can make some noise this world cup. I'm still cautiously optimistic, but we are flat out player better these days. And that's definitely a great sign like you said.

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:02 pm

USA vs Belize. Anyone going tomorrow?

Post by **Bud Lee** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:30 am

Mexico took a loss to Panama , that has to be good for us right?

pudgejeff · Post by **pudgejeff** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:59 am

Bud Lee wrote:Mexico took a loss to Panama , that has to be good for us right?

Gold Cup?

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:33 pm

Yeah good for Panama, and Martinique beat Canada.

Post by **Bud Lee** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:28 pm

pudgejeff wrote:
Bud Lee wrote:Mexico took a loss to Panama , that has to be good for us right?
Gold Cup?

Yeap, they played in the opening day.

USA looking good right now, up 1 - 0 18 minutes in

Post by **UOducksTK1** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:05 am

Pretty awesome atmosphere last night. Belize was clearly outmatched, but again the US moved the ball around exceptionally well, and played a strong game. US wins 6-1. Hard to get excited over a win against Belize, but it's nice to see people like Wondolowski stepping it up.

Duck07 · Post by **Duck07** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:16 am

UOducksTK1 wrote:Pretty awesome atmosphere last night. Belize was clearly outmatched, but again the US moved the ball around exceptionally well, and played a strong game. US wins 6-1. Hard to get excited over a win against Belize, but it's nice to see people like Wondolowski stepping it up.

Much easier to get excited about a trip to Belize