Thursday, August 28, 2008

Orozco Gets Call Up

If I were Bob Bradley, I would have said to hell with Michael Orozco. To hell with him at least until he clears his head and proves himself on the pitch--at least for this next round of qualifiers.

Okay, Maybe Orozco hasn't had too much of a chance to prove himself. He hasn't played much for his club team. But still, if I were managing the U.S. Senior National Team, Orozco's name would have been left off for its next group of World Cup Qualifiers. But it's not.

But then again, Orozco may not even suit-up for the Americans in their next two qualifying matches. He may not even see a minute of the pitch. Especially not with this being his first time being called to a senior team camp in his career.

And I guess Orozco did earn it, being named to the All-CONCACAF team during Olympic Qualifying and playing semi-well in Beijing.

However, at least with the Olympics being so fresh in everyone's memories, I'd leave Orozco off. And if he was that good, he'd be able to play his way back on the team again.

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