Some Soccer News for Aug 16, 2017
du Nord, August 16, 2017
It's Day 228 of 2017. My new column for 1500ESPN - The New Loons are here! Rounding up and rating the newest members of Minnesota United. dN John Brooks has a torn tendon in his right thigh and will be out 3 months - so he will miss the remaining USMNT World Cup qualifiers. Dammit. All the bad news for Brooks. By Henry Bushnell for Yahoo. The current USMNT defenders list is a hot mess right now: -Right Fullbacks: Yedlin - out, thigh injury Lichaj - not getting any minutes Chalder - playing, scored goal Zusi - playing -Right Centerbacks: Cameron - playing, healthy Gonzalez - out, ankle injury Orozco - playing -Left Centerbacks: Besler - playing Brooks - out, thigh injury Ream - playing -Left Fullbacks: Beasley - playing Villafana - not getting any minutes -Other Possible CBs: Birnbaum Carter-Vickers Hedges Marshall Miazga Spector Zimmerman -Other Possible LFBs Garza FJohnson Morrow -Other Possible RFBs: Evans Polster dN When a loser is a winner: FC Cincinnati got beat 2-3 by New York Red Bulls in the US Open