It's only fitting that a day after being named to the 30-man preliminary roster that U.S. striker Eddie Johnson strained his hamstring playing for Aris in a Greek playoff game against AEK Athens on Wednesday.
He will report to U.S. training camp on Monday and not to belabor the point that Shimer and I have made a million times but why does Eddie Johnson get this many chances?
Freddy Adu has become a cautionary tale of rushing a guy that's too young into professional soccer but doesn't he deserve a shot more than Johnson? Adu didn't make the 30-man roster and I guess we have more faith in him than anybody else in the world.
Other than a hot start with the U.S. national team, when he came out of nowhere, Johnson has done absolutely nothing to earn any type of recognition. I will still root for him if he makes the team but come on Bob, get real.
Carlos Bocanegra should be fine for training camp next week and it looks like Oguchi Onyewu will play for AC Milan tomorrow night in their season finale. Gooch hasn't seen the field since injuring his knee in October.
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