Team created by a collaborative effort of Interista93 and 27DONI72




Honours:

• FIFA World Cup

Third place (1): 1930

• Gold Cup

Winners (7): 1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021
Runners-up (6): 1989, 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2019
Third place (2): 1996, 2003

• Copa América

Fourth place (2): 1995, 2016

• CONCACAF Nations League

Winners (3): 2020, 2023, 2024

• FIFA Confederations Cup

Runners-up (1): 2009
Third place (2): 1992, 1999


COACH: Bruce ARENA






The best ever American players 23-man squad


GOALKEEPERS:

● Brad FRIEDEL
● Tim HOWARD


DEFENDERS:

● Paul CALIGIURI
● Marcelo BALBOA
● Alexi LALAS
● Eddie POPE
● Steve CHERUNDOLO
● DaMarcus BEASLEY
● Carlos BOCANEGRA


MIDFIELDERS:

● Walter BAHR
● John HARKES
● Tab RAMOS
● Thomas DOOLEY
● Cobi JONES
● Claudio REYNA
● Michael BRADLEY


FORWARDS:

● Bert PATENAUDE
● Billy GONSALVES
● Eric WYNALDA
● Brian McBRIDE
● Landon DONOVAN
● Clint DEMPSEY
● Christian PULISIC


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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

● Tony MEOLA
● Kasey KELLER
● Brad GUZAN


DEFENDERS:

● Desmond ARMSTRONG
● Jeff AGOOS
● Peter VERMES
● Mike BURNS
● Frankie HEJDUK
● Tony SANNEH
● Oguchi ONYEWU
● Fabian JOHNSON
● John BROOKS
● DeAndre YEDLIN


MIDFIELDERS:

● Andy AULD
● Jimmy GALLAGHER
● Rick DAVIS
● Hugo PÉREZ
● Earnie STEWART
● Roy WEGERLE
● Eddie LEWIS
● Jermaine JONES
● Weston McKENNIE
● Giovanni REYNA


FORWARDS:

● Tom FLORIE
● Jim BROWN
● Bruce MURRAY
● Frank KLOPAS
● Joe-Max MOORE
● Jovan KIROVSKI
● Eddie JOHNSON
● Jozy ALTIDORE
● Gyasi ZARDES
● Timothy WEAH

At the same time, the NASL was of a hilariously poor quality apart from a few players, and Rick Davis literally played indoor football for a large part of his career. Beasley played in a Champions League semi-final, he would have absolutely dominated the NASL at his peak...

My point is that Davis may have been an exceptional player in an absolute joke of a league that was filled with American players with zero footballing ability and elderly foreigners that stopped caring 5 years before, whereas Beasley played at a high level against teams that actually knew how to play football. I don’t even like Beasley, he played for Rangers who I hate with every fibre of my body, but there is a clear difference between being an average player in a good team like Beasley, and being a slightly above average player in a sea of shit like Davis...

Guys, i have a formation for the post


by the way
Claudio Reyna and Brad Friedel is already done in the forum

http://www.pesmitidelcalcio.com/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=10066
http://www.pesmitidelcalcio.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=10558

Interesting line-up when you play with somebody sent-off

Antonee Robinson should be on reserves, and might be even a good candidate for the first team. I've seen a bunch of people on discussions about the all time greats already putting him as the best LB ever from the USA. He was named Fulham POTY last season, and was also recently named USA POTY for 2024.

I'd like to see him at least be an important part of a successful tournament for the USA before considering him for the first team (like winning a Gold Cup or a good World Cup run). He's definitely a great player though and one of the best left backs in the PL, much better than Caligiuri or Beasley on individual ability.