I need to check this years WC roster, but Landy Cakes will be 32 come the 2014 WC. I'm interested to see how many current players are that old or older. I'm guessing a very small number if any.

runner-up of whatever event they win gets in.

Dempsey is about the same age as Lando. But as long as neither of them run into some injury issues Id expect them both to be back in 2014.

A 24 yr old version of Altidore should be significantly better imo, I stress the word SHOULD. Theres a reason I didnt use the word WILL.

I think Donovan is kind of in the Steve Nash mold at this point. He's realize what he's good at and what training regimen is going to help him maintain his strengths. Barring injury I'd be surprised if he was much less-effective in 2014. I'm penciling him in anyway.

Landon is crazily fit. He rarely has injury problems, he's fast, and can run all day. He's certainly the type of player that generally ages well and should be expected to still be at a high level in 2014.

I read something about the USMNT training regime that said in terms of physical gifts (pace, endurance, recovery) that are most important to a soccer player, Landon and Michael Bradley were head and shoulders over everyone else in the pool.

Dempsey it's harder to say, but barring major injury setback there's no reason he can't play in Brazil. 31 and 32 years old is not so old. Although perhaps one or both of them will either have a smaller role or come off the bench or something. I wouldn't be surprised to see Landy take the armband for this cycle since Boca will probably be moving on from the international game.

From the last thread, fits here in case other people didn't see it.

and Stak's response


And yes, I am a gigantic Brek Shea fanboy but the kid is ballin' and left-footed.

I was one of the few that thought and still do think that Kljestan has potential. I don't think it's fair to completely discount him. Kid is obviously still skilled. He's still just 24. I understand players don't typically develop technically much at his age but I think he has a lot to learn tactically and if he can get that at Anderlecht and beyond and improve his mental game he has a chance to be a solid reserve/spot starter for the national team throughout the next cycle. When the guy is comfortable he looks a lot like JFT does when he was comfortable in that second half against Turkey.

I don't think he's great or anything, I've just seen him look pretty damn good controlling games at Chivas USA and don't think it's fair to write him completely off yet.

I actually am kinda hoping to see guzan develop and take over for friedel at Aston Villa, and challenge Tim for the starting spot.

Just a couple thoughs:

I think putting JJ in any 2014 lineup is unrealistic. He'll be 36 at that point, I sincerely hope we'll have better options.

Donovan and Dempsey should certainly still make the squad. What role they'll play is debatable, but I can't see them being left out barring a ridiculous wave of talent.

If things go the way we hope, the squad will be built around Bradley and Altidore, both of whom have blossomed into big stars. Hopefully. To parrot everyone else, Jozy is only 20 (21?) and has every chance to become something special. Bradley is awesome and could also become a special player.

In the slightly-less-hopeful-but-still-hopeful category, I put Charlie Davies and Freddy Adu. Adu's still only 21 and could still turn into a useful creative force. We certainly don't have anyone with his skill set right now, and it's not unreasonable to hope by age 25 he'll be significantly improved from 21. Charlie Davies is only a year older than Jozy but the injury makes any sort of prediction about his future a little pointless right now. We just have to wait and see.

Other than that, I don't know too much about the prospects we have coming up, so reading about those guys is fun.

i think we should try and amass a list of prospects by position, and update it to see how they progress. would be cool imo

kinda interesting, the soccer federation president is disapointed with our performance and bradley is certainly not a lock to keep his job.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-c...cc=5901&ver=us

yeah I read this earlier. Gulati is right and it does sound like BB is gone. Best of luck to him imo.

Finally waking from this post World Cup exit hangover and kind of grunching but: Bedoya is going to be a stud for us in 4 years. He has very good vision for a winger / wide midfielder, and has some pace and quality technique. Really think he makes a move to a bigger club in the next few years. He seems to be able to play with both feet and could be the perfect complement to Holden on the other side. I think Bedoya has a higher ceiling and upside whereas Holden is definitely the safer bet to pan out as a USMNT squad player.

Also really think Bradley is poised for a move to an EPL squad which would be great for his development. Often times I forget how young he is.

I think most importantly is that we make a move for an International level coach, one who excels in tactics. Bob did a great job for us (Confed Cup, the first 3 games of this WC, various friendlies) but I think we need a proven guy at the next level. I think at times we are too tactically rigid, and focus too much on our own style - I would like to see more opponent-based tactics (coincidentally, Wenger is also accused of doing this too much). Not sure who that is, but I'm supposing a Gus Hiddink is a prayer?

surely you're not talking about jones, so who do you mean here?

Congrats again ClarkNasty, can't wait for the lulz avatar. Hit me up on msg to setup the transfer.

I can see where Gulati is coming from. The defensive miscues we made, (hey, lets just "forget" to mark someone ever 15 minutes and leave space right up the middle of the field!) were inexcusable. I'm not sure how much of that is on BB, how much is on the players, whether a fully healthy Onyewu would have made a difference, it is for the USMNT insiders to decide how much of that is on BB.

I have no idea, but is Klinsmann actually a top tier coach and for sure the best choice? I don't want to end up us signing an average coach just because he was a star player and then coached a stacked German team to the semis in a WC they hosted.

I actually don't want Klinsmann at all. From what I have heard, Low is the guy that deserves the most credit for their '06 run.

hiddink is w/ turkey for at least the next year.

and judging by what he's said for turkey, he'll be there at least through euro 2012.

how come England doesn't get a thread like this? Way more questions about their future with Lampard, Gerrard, Ferdinand, Terry, Beckham, Owen, Defoe all too old

lool ok with more questions or whatever, make a thread, see if enough people give a ****.

go ahead and make one imo

He is very good in my Football Manager game. Which is a legit reason to have faith in him imo.

Moussa Sissoko GOAT in FM2010

There's a general soccer/football thread which will get unlocked once WC is over. The US gets its own thread because of the predominance of US-based posters on this site.

Friend just told me about this website called Yanks-Abroad: http://yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=blog

Should be useful for tracking up and coming prospects.