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GOALKEEPERS (2): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Étienne), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers), Jermaine Jones (FC Schalke), Brek Shea (FC Dallas)
FORWARDS (3): Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Eddie Johnson (Fulham)
DEFENDERS (8): Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Étienne), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers), Jermaine Jones (FC Schalke), Brek Shea (FC Dallas)
FORWARDS (3): Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Eddie Johnson (Fulham)
I'm not an expert on the USMNT. I'm 100% club before country. Don't take that the wrong way, I saw every US game this World Cup and cheered them on with my heart and soul. However, I think I can say that there's no reason Brian McBride should not have been called up. McBride is retiring from soccer, at one point he WAS the USMNT, he is from Arlington Heights, IL, the game is at Solider Field, the Fire are in town that very weekend, and some of the guys who did get called up are not going to see the field. Bob Bradley probably knows EXACTLY which players won't play too.
Why not call up Brian McBride? Perhaps Brian didn't want it but I haven't heard anything from that angle. All that said, I will accept one reason from Bob Bradley for no McBride call-up and one reason only. McBride played for the Columbus Crew when Bob Bradley was a coach for the Fire and Bradley bleeds Fire red so strong he didn't want to honor someone who is arguably more Crew than they are Fire. If that is the case, God love ya Bradley. If that is the case, we need to pay Bradley whatever he wants to come back and coach this team.
Discussions about who else should have been capped but wasn't take place below. Personally I think Sean Johnson should have been called up since one of the goalies will sit on the bench the entire game anyway. We don't want to lose him to Jamaica. Your thoughts?