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Showing posts with label Chivas USA. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

U.S. Men's National Team for 2010 World Cup Announced

NYT has a story, and the full list is here.

Notable stats:
  • 9 players are on MLS teams. The two L.A. teams each have two players a piece making the list: from Chivas USA, defender Jonathan Bornstein and midfielder Sacha Kljestan, and from the Galaxy, forward Edson Buddle and midfielder Landon Donovan.
  • 7 players, including all 3 keepers, play on English teams (#1 GK Tim Howard plays for Everton, where star midfielder Landon Donovan was on loan earlier this year)
  • L.A. Galaxy's Landon Donovan is the most experienced player on the squad, with 121 caps and 42 goals in international play. The Galaxy captain is 28 years old.
  • The youngest player on the team is Jozy Altidore (Villareal, Spain), at 20 years old. The oldest player is backup keeper Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Eng.), at 38.