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U.S. roster for El Salvador friendly announced

The roster includes 21 players from the January training camp. Michael Orozco and Brian Ching are the additions.

GOALKEEPERS: Troy Perkins (D.C. United), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), Zach Thornton (Chivas USA).

DEFENDERS: Kevin Alston (New England Revolution), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles Galaxy), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Michael Orozco (Philadelphia Union), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC).

MIDFIELDERS: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Dax McCarty (FC Dallas), Chris Pontius (D.C. United), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew).

FORWARDS: Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake).

Bradley’s Babes: 23 for 2010 [January]

In this monthly segment, we attempt to answer the question, “Who should we take to South Africa?” Rather than taking the standard approach (doing our best to guess who Bob will take to South Africa), we focus on who we think Bradley should take.

This month’s edition of Bradley’s Babes is coming out a little late because we wanted to wait for the month’s lone friendly before we made our selections. Unfortunately, the Honduras game did little to clarify the situation and instead, only made the whole process muddier. Players who were moving closer and closer to the “lock” category–Chad Marshall and Jimmy Conrad, in particular–only hurt their causes. Meanwhile, Clint Dempsey’s injury scare made the forward situation look even bleaker for a while. Just to keep ourselves from suffering from a crippling bout of depression, we’ve made the decision to stop excluding our injured contingent–it’s looking more and more like they’ll all be recovering ahead of schedule (Jermaine Jones excluded), so it’s time to bring them back into the mix. Here it is–your January edition of Bradley’s Babes: (Read more…)

Kenny Cooper Loaned to Plymouth Argyle

American striker Kenny Cooper has been loaned by 1860 Munich to Plymouth Argyle of England’s Coca-Cola Championship. Read more…

Stuart Holden completes move to Bolton

Sky Sports is reporting that Stuart Holden has finalized a move to Bolton Wanderers. Continue reading…

5 Predictions [11.23.10, vs. Honduras] (GRADED)

Wow.  This was embarrassingly bad.  Follow the link to see the full breakdown of my D- effort.

5 Predictions [11.23.10, vs. Honduras]

All new edition of “5 Predictions”!  See what we think will happen tonight vs. Honduras (and laugh at just how wrong we were).  Follow the link!

The new U.S. 2010 Nike jerseys on eBay

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Dempsey Injury: A Look at the U.S. Depth Chart

There’s an interesting article over at the NY Times Goal Blog that looks at who will replace Clint Dempsey for the US if he’s not fit for the World Cup. It’s a good piece, but I do take issue with the main premise–Jeffrey Marcus looks at replacement midfielders (Rogers, Holden, and Kljestan), but I feel that Dempsey should be playing forward, where he generally lines up at Fulham. I realize that Bob Bradley won’t play him up top (other than late in the game), and that a healthy Charlie Davies would push him back into the midfield, but it’s pretty obvious to me that he’s much more effective when he lines up at forward, so it’s at least worth mentioning in the discussion of who replaces him.

Clint Dempsey injury update

From FulhamFC.com

“During the Blackburn Rovers fixture on Sunday 17 January, Clint Dempsey sustained moderate damage to a ligament in his right knee. Following the results of a scan, early indications are positive in that no operation is required. At this stage it is thought that the injury will not prevent him from featuring for Fulham, prior to the end of the season.”

U.S. transfer updates: Clark, Holden, Bocanegra, Feilhaber, Johnson

Lots of American transfer updates this morning, so I’m lumping them all together. I’m pulling most of this from the excellent Soccer By Ives…

• In Germany, Kicker is reporting that Ricardo Clark has signed with Eintracht Frankfurt until the end of the season, with the club having the option to extend the deal for another three years.

• An article yesterday from the Mirror claimed that Stuart Holden had been passed over by Bolton and was set to sign with Portuguese club Sporting Braga has yet to be confirmed by basically anyone (shocker). And now the Telegraph quotes Bolton boss Owen Coyle saying that Holden could still sign for Bolton. Does this mean that the whole Sporting Braga thing that popped up out of nowhere was completely made up? It wouldn’t surprise me.

• Carlos Bocanegra’s loan to St. Etienne could turn out to be a sale because Rennes have already loaned out the maximum number of players.

• There are rumors of Benny Feilhaber drawing interest interest from clubs in Spain.

• Jemal Johnson is heading to Stockport County on loan, after struggling for time at MK Dons.