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If this was a baseball story, I might be a little more cynical about the player-shopping inspiration behind Red Bull’s recent trip to Haiti, but after reading Kristian Dyer’s piece for Soccernet, I won’t make those claims. Instead, I will call attention to the fact this story further confirms the theory that soccer players, great soccer players, come from many backgrounds, free from the stereotypes often found in other professional sports. Sure, we have the mini-van soccer moms, but more and more, her kid is getting his butt kicked from someone who walked to practice. I am a firm believer that will power and dedication can win out over pure talent, and when that will is good will, as it is in this article, well, all the merrier it should make us.
Speaking of holiday outreach, Bob Bradley selected 29 players to open camp on January 4, 2007, in Carson, California. The full list is after the jump…
Goalkeepers
Cannon, Joe Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Guzan, Brad Chivas USA (MLS)
Perkins, Troy DC United (MLS)
Reis, Matt New England Revolution (MLS)
Defenders
Albright, Chris Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Boswell, Bobby DC United (USA)
Bornstein, Jonathan Chivas USA (USA)
Conrad, Jimmy Kansas City Wizards (MLS)
Namoff, Bryan DC United (USA)
Parkhurst, Michael New England Revolution (USA)
Pearce, Heath FC Nordsjælland (Denmark)
Robinson, Dasan Chicago Fire (USA)
Robinson, Eddie Houston Dynamo (USA)
Midfielders
Beckerman, Kyle Colorado Rapids (MLS)
Carroll, Brian DC United (MLS)
Clark, Ricardo Houston (MLS)
Dempsey, Clint New England Revolution (MLS)
Donovan, Landon Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Josh Gros DC United (USA)
Kljestan, Sacha Chivas USA (USA)
Mapp, Justin Chicago Fire (MLS)
Mastroeni, Pablo Colorado Rapids (MLS)
Mullan, Brian Houston Dynamo (USA)
Noonan, Pat New England Revolution (MLS)
Forwards
Cooper, Kenny FC Dallas (USA)
Eskandarian, Alecko DC United (USA)
Jaqua, Nate Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Rolfe, Chris Chicago Fire (MLS)
Twellman, Taylor New England Revolution (MLS)
kjersten
on Dec 19th, 2006 - 4:18pm
feels good to finally get the show on the road.
pete
on Dec 19th, 2006 - 4:36pm
bringing in some new blood will be nice. It’s almost like a whole new team.
shaj
on Dec 19th, 2006 - 4:46pm
can we seriously go a game without donovan? i like him, but seriously he played horrible in the world cup. just one game, to tell him hes not an untouchable, even though he probably will be under bradley’s reign…and maybe queiroz’s too, by what some rumors are saying. personally i think they should go for pekerman in the summer.
shar
on Dec 19th, 2006 - 4:49pm
agreed. Landon needs help. All the stuff i’ve read in the last six months makes me sick. he doesn’t seem to care at all, or at least it doesn’t show on an international field.
stever
on Dec 19th, 2006 - 5:51pm
say what you will, we have no better than Landon. Ricardo Clark might be the closest in the midfield, where i see Landon playing. striker might be a little more wide open.
Alex
on Dec 22nd, 2006 - 2:01pm
What the national team needs is to go and look at all the americans in Europe like Jay Demerit, Michael Bradley(strangely enough Bob Bradleys son)ETC. Looking at a bunch of MLS players is a waste of time. And by the way Adu should not go to united at first , he should go to Ajax or Psv and then take the further step to united.
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