U.S. go Pole dancing

The U.S. trounced Poland 3-0 in an friendly on Wednesday with the goals from Carlos Bocanegra, Eddie Lewis and Oguchi Onyewu.

“I thought it was a great team effort tonight,” said U.S. head coach Bob Bradley. “Obviously we took advantage of set pieces, which is always a positive. More importantly, we showed the mentality and discipline necessary to win games on the road against good opponents like Poland. I thought the crowd tonight was fantastic. It was a special atmosphere, one that our players really appreciated.”

The result is not really that surprising considering we have owned the Poles for the last few years, but it is nice to get a win away from American soil (something Bradley has struggled to do). Not much else to say about this one. Mainly because I didn't see it.

Scoring:
USA – Carlos Bocanegra (Landon Donovan) 12th minute
USA – Oguchi Onyewu (Landon Donovan) 35.
USA – Eddie Lewis 73.

Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 6-Steve Cherundolo (17-Jonathan Spector, 72), 22-Oguchi Onyewu (23-Jay DeMerit, 63), 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Capt.), 5-Heath Pearce (20-Benny Feilhaber, 85); 10-Landon Donovan (7-Eddie Lewis, 64) 13-Ricardo Clark, 4-Michael Bradley, 8-Clint Dempsey; 11-Brian Ching (16-Josh Wolff, 63), 9-Eddie Johnson

POL: 1-Artur Boruc; 13-Marcin Wasilewski, 6-Jacek Bak, 16-Arkadiusz Radomski (19-Michal Golinski, 63), 3-Grzegorz Bronowicki; 21-Lukasz Piszczek (17-Wojciech Lobodzinski, 46), 18-Mariusz Lewandowski, 5-Dariusz Dudka, 8-Jacek Krzynowek (7-Euzebiusz Smolarek, 46); 9-Maciej Zurawski (10-Lukasz Gargula, 46), 20-Pawel Brozek (11-Radolsaw Matusiak, 46)

USA roster set for Poles

The U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley has announced the roster for the friendly against Poland at Wisla Stadium on Wednesday, March 26 in Krakow. As expected the roster does not contain any of the under-23s who recently qualified for the Beijing Games, in order to give those boys a rest following a successful campaign. The last time the U.S. played Poland was in March 2006 in Germany, and Clint Dempsey gave the U.S. the 1-0 win.

Here it is:
Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading FC), Tim Howard (Everton FC).
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Cory Gibbs (Charlton Athletic), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United).
Midfielders: Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Eddie Lewis (Derby County).
Forwards: Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Eddie Johnson (Fulham FC), Josh Wolff (1860 Munich).

This the first of three European matches (England on May 28 and Spain on June 4) that will test Bradley's ability to win away from home against European teams gearing up for this summer's European Championships.