My take on the US Roster

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Bob Bradley recently announced a squad of 33 players to compete in the 3 upcoming friendly's against England, Spain, and Argentina.  He will be selecting a squad of 22 players for each game from that squad of 33.  Sounds like a reasonable idea right, it is if your playing teams like Anguilla or Suriname where the lineup picked doesn't matter, you still will beat them.  We're not playing the worst teams in the world here, we're playing the cream of the crop.  I know some of you might say "England they didn't make Euro 2008, they're not that good after all." but think again.  They are ranked 11th in the world, and sandwiched in between The Netherlands, and Romania, two very good, very accomplished teams.  Bob Bradley will select 22 players for each game, but he will need to pick the best or we won't have a shot at winning.  So maybe he varies his selections a bit and he picks a total of 26 players; then we won't get to see some of the players who have played themselves on to the team with good MLS seasons, like Robbie Rogers, or Kenny Cooper.  Anyhow, In the wake of Bob picking a 33 man roster, I got around to thinking, what players I would pick for each of the games.  I believe I have the answers and they are as follows:

England Lineup

  Subs: Guzan, Califf, Spector, Adu, Lewis, Jaqua, Wolff

---------Dempsey-------Johnson------------

Beasley----------------------------Donovan

------------Bradley---Clark------------------

Pearce--------------------------Cherundolo

---------Bocanegra---Onyewu-------------

-----------------Howard---------------------- 

Spain Lineup

       Subs: Guzan, Demerit, Beasley, Johnson, Califf, Cherundolo, Wolff

--------------Dempsey--Jaqua--------------

Adu--------------------------------Donovan

------------Feilhaber--Bradley-------------

Pearce-------------------------------Spector

--------------Orozco--Onyewu------------

------------------Howard--------------------

Argentina Lineup

     Subs: Guzan, Spector, Orozco, Adu, Edu, Ching, Cooper

------------Dempsey Altidore-------------

Beasley--------------------------Donovan

---------------Clark---Bradley-------------

Pearce------------------------Cherundolo

------------Onyewu--Bocanegra---------

-----------------Howard--------------------

These are the lineups I would use for the game.  Bradley however, might not use Beasley because he's coming off an injury, additionally Clark and Edu, might not travel to Europe due to scheduling conflicts. Guzan is the second choice keeper but might not go to Europe because he would miss game with Chivas USA.  MLS players will be sparce in Europe, but there will be more involved in the game against New York.