U.S. roster for Cuba, T&T matches

I haven't seen such a weak bunch of guys tackle Cuba since the Bay of Pigs. But, seriously, here's coach Sadley's picks for the next World Cup qualifiers on Sept. 6 at Cuba and Sept. 10 against Trinidad & Tobago in Bridgeview, Ill:

GOALKEEPERS: Tim Howard, Brad Guzan.

DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Heath Pearce, Frankie Hejduk, Danny Califf, Steve Cherundolo*, Michael Orozco, Marvell Wynne.

MIDFIELDERS: DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Maurice Edu, Eddie Lewis, Sacha Kljestan.

FORWARDS: Brian Ching, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Eddie Johnson.
*suspended for Cuba game

TYH's Analysis: Michael Orozco? Sigh. Ok, so coach Bob Sadley deserves some credit for pulling off an historic win at Guatemala in the last qualifier, but I still consider myself a part of the angry pitch-fork wielding mob. And my opinions of his poor managerial skills continue to be justified by these pathetic, weak line-ups. Rather than learning from mistakes, Sadley seems to have no memory of the debacles that came before. It's like 50 First Dates, only funny.

I'm not going to bother to re-hash my criticisms of what is the essentially the same line-up as Guatemala, but I will point out that he added an even less effective left back as depth to an ineffective Heath Pearce. The addition of Marvell Wynne and Ricardo Clark are value adds, but there are still big problems in the attack for the U.S. Thankfully, though, we should be able to field just about anyone and get a result against these two island nations.