Thursday, May 24, 2007

Live-blog - Bradley conference

You can no doubt listen to the entire podcast later on the U.S. Soccer site, but here's a quick update until then.

Gardner gets the last question, wanting to know under what circumstances Bradley would deviate from his preferred 4-4-2.

"Going forward, we will look to have some flexibility in terms of taking advantage of our better attacking players," says Bradley.

Ives Galarcep asks about Jonathan Spector.

Bradley mentions that he's known about Spector since his Chicago Sockers day.

I'm on! I ask if Bradley has a best case scenario for the two tournaments this summer.

"We're setting out to defend the Gold Cup championship, " says Bradley.

Then he moves on to address Copa.

"Whenever you go into those situations, the starting point is to advance. After you get out of the group stage, anything can happen."

Glen Davis asks about the pressure of the coaching job.

"We understand the importance of getting results on the day," says Bradley.

Rob asked about Michael Bradley.

"He's shown in camps this year that he's one of the young midfielders that we want to continue to work with. He posseses a good understanding of the game," says Bradley of his son.

Billy Witz wants to know if the Galaxy have been involved in player discussions with Bradley.

Bradley says he's talked to Yallop and Donovan.

Gardner asked about players in both tournaments - he wants names.

Long, long pause from Bradley.

"I'll mention . . ." then he says, "No, it's best not give specific names, but it's more than a handful of players and it's both MLS and European players."

Gardner presses, Bob finally coughs up specifics on "8-12 players are involved."

Gardener can't hear him and Bob ends up repeating the number twice, practically yelling it the last time.

Bob Holtzman of the Daily Breeze just asked about Landon Donovan playing in both tournaments.


"There's a group of players that are on both rosters. We all understand it's our responsibility to put together a good roster for both tournaments. We understand that it makes for a difficult calender, but the discussions that have gone on across the board."

"I'm always hopeful to have Landon as part of our team. He's very important to what our team is doing."

Someone just asked about Michael Bradley.

Papa Bradley said the plan is for Bradley to play with the u20's not in the Copa America.

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