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A note about Jimmy Conrad's appearance against Denmark last week that I forgot to mention. The cap was Conrad's 27th appearance for the US team as a member of the Wizards. This put Conrad all alone in second place on the list of capped players while with the Wizards. Conrad passed Preki and his 26 caps. The team leader is Josh Wolff with 38. I will say though that...
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Down the Byline (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Jimmy Conrad got his 27th cap earlier today coming on for Jonathan Spector in the 70th minute of the United States 3-1 loss to Denmark. The US led 1-0 at the half thanks to a Jeff Cunningham goal, but struggled right out of the game in the second half, giving up 3 goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half. The game was a poor second half by the US, particularly defender Frankie...
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Down the Byline (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... this year makes him the easy one to leave out. So 8 of the remaining 20 players will be protected. Jimmy Conrad seems certain to be protected, as does his central defense partner, Matt Besler. Besler appears to have jumped ahead of Aaron Hohlbein for the starting spot in the center of defense with Conrad. Michael Harrington, Davy Arnaud, and Jack Jewsbury also seem certain...
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Soccer By Ives (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... a second look at Jonathan Spector at centerback rather than playing him at right back and starting Jimmy Conrad. That decision gave U.S. fans the treat of watching Hejduk deliver one of his worst national team performances ever. Now I'm not going to write Hejduk off completely as a national team option. He's battled back far too many times for me to ever totally write him off, but...