This week's big soccer event for Americans is without a doubt the friendly against England at the new Wembley Stadium. It kicks off the United States' difficult series of friendlies leading up to World Cup qualifying. The friendlies include stops in England, Spain and a home match at Giants Stadium against Argentina. Wednesday's match will be on ESPN Classic, scheduled for 2:50 PM EST. The reasons to watch are endless. The roster for the US is pretty close to as good as we can field. Tim Howard is available to mind the nets, Cherundolo, Bocanegra, Onyewu and Pearce are among the available defenders, the midfield features Freddy Adu, Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu and the return of Demarcus Beasley, and up top we can have Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan. The England roster features none other than US import David Beckham, whom one could expect to see action against the country he now calls home. England also boasts Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney. This should be an excellent game for a US squad against a world class opponent in a hostile environment. These are the sort of games that I think help build a group for the great challenges of World Cup play.
What are your thoughts about this game? Think the US has a chance? Where will you be watching this game on Wednesday?
The above photos present a dilemma as to who wins this showdown, but Heather Mitts settles it for us:
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I love she hahahahahahaha
England is in down-momment.
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