Comment:
It’s time for Jürgen Klinsmann to roll up the yoga mats and lead from the front.
Klinsmann has never even attempted to field line-ups to play the type of proactive soccer he promised.
Tab Ramos now seems more like the right person to coach the United States Men’s National Team.
The reason for hiring Klinsmann was to hire a coach who would be more willing to call up and play the types of players who could raise the quality of the United States Men’s National Team’s play. Instead, the United States got a more defensive coach than Bob Bradley.
Putting players on the field who can play at Clint Dempsey’s, Michael Bradley’s, Geoff Cameron’s, and Benny Feilhaber’s level will require change, lots of change.
The players listed above aren’t satisfied with trying to merely put in a good showing against top national teams; they want to quickly move the ball around the field and win.
How far are Jürgen Klinsmann and his staff willing to go to use players who can play one-to-two touch soccer with the world’s best?
Klinsmann and company will have to call up a new type of USMNT roster and actually use the players with all the tools and gifts to improve the USMNT, but many of them are considered “raw,” “inexperienced,” “unproven,” and “too young” for many Americans.
The coaching staff of the United States Men’s National Team needs to make changes and call up the following players for international play:
A ROSTER TO IMPROVE THE USMNT:
*Starters
Goalkeepers (3):
*1. Tim HOWARD
2. Brad GUZAN
3. Luis ROBLES
Center Backs (4):
*4. Geoff CAMERON
5. Omar GONZALEZ
*6. Gale AGBOSSOUMONDE
7. Shane O’NEILL
Outside Backs (4):
*8. DeAndre YEDLIN
9. Andrew FARRELL
*10. Fabian JOHNSON
11. Chris KLUTE
Defensive Midfielders (3):
*12. Michael BRADLEY
13. Perry KITCHEN
14. Jeremy HALL
Attacking Midfielders (5):
*15. Benji JOYA
*16. Clint DEMPSEY
17. Joe CORONA
*18. Benny FEILHABER
*19. Freddy ADU
Strikers (4):
*20. Juan AGUDELO
21. Terrence BOYD
22. Mario RODRIGUEZ
23. José VILLARREAL
Other Roster Options:
Corey BAIRD
Jozy ALTIDORE
Tony TAYLOR
Jonathan SPECTOR
Jermaine JONES
Kofi SARKODIE
Caleb STANKO
Junior FLORES
Eddie JOHNSON
Maurice EDU
Starting XI: Howard; Yedlin, Agbossoumonde, Cameron, Johnson; Bradley; Joya; Adu, Feilhaber, Dempsey; Agudelo.
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