Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Starting XI: Cooper to start




It appears that hard work and patience really do pay off. Well, as long as your name is Kenny Cooper they do. Bob Bradley's starting eleven has been announced on the U.S. MNT blog for tonight's encounter against Guatemala.

Cooper has been listed as one of those starters and that'll come as joyful news to many U.S. supporters who've been chiming for months that the FC Dallas forward should get some time with the national team.

Here are the rest of the starters:

----------------Ching--------Altidore---------------
Adu-------------------------------------------Kljestan
----------------Mastroeni(c)---Clark----------------
--Bornstein-------Parkhurst----Goodson--------Thorrington
-------------------------Guzan----------------------

It appears I was completely off base with my prediction as Bradley has thrown a curve ball and elected to let Brian Ching start this game on the bench. John Thorrington at right back is also an unforeseen decision. Another interesting tidbit, Adu playing on the left side. Can he handle that position? We'll see. Kickoff is in 15 minutes.

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