Another great match yesterday for Twellman and especially Clint Dempsey. The last three matches I have seen those guys play they have absolutely torn up the pitch and this is great to see...Dempsey is so slick in midfield and the Japanese last night could only manage to foul him time and time again. If he continues on with this sort of form it will be hard for Arena to keep him out of the starting XI in Germany, especially when nobody can really contain him. Dempsey seems to have a bright future that is AWAY from the MLS...hopefully he wont succumb to the same p*ssy illness that Donovan made excuses about.
I didn't like Klein at right-back and I'm sure either Cherundolo or Hejduk have it covered, and while Eddie Pope had a great match yesterday I still prefer a few players to him in central defense. Zavagnin never really does anything in holding midfield and he probably wont make the side for Germany, and while Noonan had a decent match I doubt he will make it either.
We have NEVER had so many good attacking options in midfield...Dempsey, Donovan, Beasley, Reyna, O'Brien, Lewis, Convey, Ralston...the list goes on and on. We have to credit this solely to everybody's favorite circus clown, the MLS, and no matter what any pundit says our league has helped to develop some future stars and provided us with a foundation to build on. And it's not like the league isn't imrpoving with every passing year, as some hate to admit..