USA Possible Team Squad for Copa America Centenario

The South American Football Championship, simply known as Copa America which is an International football competition determining the continental champion of America which is one of the most prestigious and most widely viewed sporting events in the world now a days. Cause of completion of 100 years of Copa America, this year 2016 it will be held again though last year it was held on too. This is why this year Copa America is called Copa America Centenario 2016. This year CA will be placed United States which will be the first time hosted outside of South America. This tournament will be the 45th edition since its inception in 1916. As a result of an agreement between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, this year it will be special edition where expanding participant from 10 to 16 teams where 10 teams from CONMEBOL and 6 teams from CONCACAF. USA is one of them as a CONCACAF and host nation which is the first time for USA in Copa America. Though, USA is currently standing on 32th position according to FIFA ranking but their recent performance is very good. If we look to the last two matches of USA, they defeat Canada by scoring 1-0 goal and beat Iceland by 3-2 goals. The famous USA forward Jozy Altidore has got 1 goal each in both two matches. Also USA has a fearsome forward cum attacking midfielder named Clint Dempsey who is in form now. So, it will be an opportunity for them to prove themselves as worthy for the title in Copa America centenario 2016. Let’s take a look of United State’s (USA) Possibly team squad for Copa America 2016 is listed below.

Possible Brazil Team Squad:

[Main squad will be published on around April, 2016. Stay with us to get up to date list]

 

SL No.	Name	Position	Club
01.	David Bingham	GK	San Jose Earthquakes
02.	Sean Johnson	GK	Chicago Fire
03.	Tim Parker	DF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
04.	Matt Polster	DF	Chicago Fire
05.	Eric Miller	DF	Montreal Impact
06.	Matt Besler	DF	Sporting Kansas City
07.	Kellyn Acosta	DF	FC Dallas
08.	Brandon Vincent	DF	Chicago Fire
09.	Steve Birnbaum	DF	D.C. United
10.	Michael Bradley (Captain)	MF	Toronto FC
11.	Tony Tchani	MF	Columbus Crew
12.	Perry Kitchen	MF
13.	Wil Trapp	MF	Columbus Crew
14.	Darlington Nagbe	MF	Portland Timbers
15.	Mix Diskerud	MF	New York City FC
16.	Jermaine Jones	MF
17.	Lee Nguyen	MF	New England Revolution
18.	Clint Dempsey	FW	Seattle Sounders FC
19.	Jerome Kiesewetter	FW	VfB Stuttgart
20.	Jozy Altidore	FW	Toronto FC
21.	Khiry Shelton	FW	New York City FC
22.	Gyasi Zardes	FW	LA Galaxy
23.	Ethan Finlay	FW	Columbus Crew
24.	Jordan Morris	FW	Seattle Sounders FC

 

Coaching staff:

• Head coach- Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany)
• Assistant coach- Tab Ramos (USA)
• Assistant coach- Andreas Herzog (Austria)
• Assistant coach- Jason Kreis (USA)
• Goalkeeping coach- Chris Woods (England)

United States (USA) has some good players led by Michael Bradley and coached by Jurgen Klinsmann. The coach of the team is very hopeful for them that they might have possibly strength to defeat any football nation. They have two best forward named Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore. They are both in form now.It would be a tough job to stop them both. But,team USA is first time in Copa America. So, lack of experience they could suffer but they have an extra advantage which is they are the host nation and they will play in their known field and their lots of supporters will be their to support them. That will give them more confident which could make them to win. Possibly best eleven is given below.

Possibly Best XI:

1. Sean Johnson (GK)
2. Steve Birnbaum (DF)
3. Brandon Vincent (DF)
4. Matt Polster (DF)
5. Tim Parker (DF)
6. Michael Bradley (Captain & MF)
7. Darlington Nagbe (MF)
8. Lee Nguyen (MF)
9. Clint Dempsey (FW)
10. Jozy Altidore (FW)
11. Jordan Morris (FW)

 

USA Matches Schedule in Copa America 2016:

Date –               Match Between-                    Venue

 

3 June-2016    USA Vs A2                              Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara

 

7 June-2016    USA Vs A3                              Soldier Field, Chicago

 

11 June-2016  USA Vs A4                              Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

 

Participating Teams of Copa America Centenario 2016:

CONMEBOL                                      CONCACAF

1. Argentina                                         1. USA
2. Brazil                                                2. Panama
3. Bolivia                                              3. Mexico
4. Chile                                                 4. Costa Rica
5. Colombia                                         5. Haiti
6. Ecuador                                           6. Jamaica
7. Paraguay
8. Peru
9. Venezuela
10. Uruguay

Though, it will be the first time to USA in Copa America but they should use this opportunity to win this title and make it a history. Stay with Sports Maza for more update.