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March 22, Germany v USA

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#1 · (Edited)
this one will be a perfect oppurtunity to train the scoring skills for your guys. it will be probably an easy 3-0 win for the USA, unless a major surprise happens. enough to mention some of the most embarassing results the germans had in the past 2 years: 0-2 v hungary, 0-0 v latvia, 1-2 v czechia, 0-2 v slovakia, 1-5 v romania, 1-4 v italy, 1-2 v turkey, 1-3 v south korea. best sparring partner you could find at the moment. go USA!

P.S. sorry Tim :lala:
 
#6 ·
The Germans have won WC taking dives in the penalty area (see 1974) and the above was "no hand ball, according to the blind Englishman". They will do what they must to win. I hope we learned OUR lesson from 2002. This will be an "all MLS squad", and they have yet to loose, so it will be an interesting match.

The Germans will be ready. Klinsmann played down the 4-1whipping at the hand of Italy, because the back line was "young". The problem is the rest of the team were seasoned veterans. They were whipped, no excuses. (the game will be on Gol TV tonight, 3/6 @ 5:00pm EST, for those who have that channel). Italy looked very good.

p.s.: Italy scares me, they've won everything so far in the run up, including one over my pick to win the cup, Holland (1-3), in Holland.
 
#7 ·
szövkap said:
P.S. sorry Tim :lala:
Sigh, I don't know. :(

...if the World Cup were still a long way away, I would have actually agreed with you and hoped that the US would have a major victory over Germany, so as to get Klinsmann into [even more] trouble and maybe the sack.

But I don't think any problems in the way of more losses and/or a change in managers is going to help Germany any, and I will therefore disagree with "Go USA!" ;)
 
#9 · (Edited)
Germany v. US(A)

No Donovan, No Dempsey

We do have Convey ... maybe with Donovan out we may see Failhaber?

The full roster:

Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany)

Defenders: Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, Germany), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, Germany), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City), Cory Gibbs (ADO Den Haag, Netherlands), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus), Heath Pearce (FC Nordsjaelland, Denmark), Eddie Pope (Salt Lake)

Midfielders: Bobby Convey (Reading, England), Chris Klein (Salt Lake), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado), Ben Olsen (D.C.), Kerry Zavagnin (Kansas City)

Forwards: Brian Ching (Houston), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City), Taylor Twellman (New England), Josh Wolff (Kansas City)
 
#21 ·
My Formation for US(A) v. them ...

............................................Convey.........Wolff
.................Gibbs .................Zavagnin.................Twellman
Keller (C).......Onyewu.....Mastroenni .................Johnson
...................Cherundolo................Klein



This is my German special 3-2-3-2 formation ...
 
#23 ·
Should be a good game. Despite many (perhaps valid) claims of Klinsmann's ineptness, we must remember Germany have some of their top players while we will be without many of ours, such as Donovan, Dempsey, Reyna, Onyewu, Beasley, and Lewis. The Germans are missing Deisler, Frings, and Huth, and Klinsmann didn't call up Worns, but they still have Ballack, Kahn, and Klose among others.

Probable teams:

USA: Keller; Cherundolo, Pope, Gibbs, Pearce; Olsen, Mastroeni, Klein, Convey; Twellman, Johnson

Germany: Kahn; Owomoyela, Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm; Schneider, Kehl, Ballack, Borowski; Asamoah, Klose

Optimistically I'd predict a 1-1 draw, but I see a 2-1 win for Germany. It will be tough for the US to get a good result. The Germans want this, we can afford to lose, they cannot, and even Klinsmann knows this.
 
#26 ·
Rothose said:
Well, the U.S. seems to field a rather inexperienced and experimental squad.
Can you guys give me a hint on players to watch out for ? I'm not very familar with your MLS players...
Out of this squad? :rolleyes:

Probably the best raw talent is Johnson, who has been trying to recover his form from a long list of injuries last season, but he jas great speed, Twellman, has had a great start to the US squad this year, and should be hard to handle.