Alright, so I got this urge the other day, needed to track down the specific list of guys who played for the US soccer team back in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. It feels like ages ago, right? But I was chatting with a buddy and we couldn’t quite remember everyone who made the cut.
So, first thing I did, naturally, was just hop on my computer. Fired up a search engine, you know how it is. I typed in something simple, probably like “usa soccer team roster world cup 2014”. Pretty straightforward.
Got a whole bunch of results back, as you’d expect. Lots of old news articles popped up first, talking about the tournament, the games, especially that crazy match against Belgium where Tim Howard basically turned into a brick wall. Remember that? Wild.
Had to sift through those news bits for a bit. Some sites just mentioned key players, not the full list. I was looking for the official 23-man squad announced by Klinsmann back then. Took a little clicking around. I skipped past some fan forums, figured I’d look for something more official first, maybe a big sports news outlet or even the FIFA archives if I could find ’em easily.
Finding the Actual List
Eventually, I landed on a couple of reliable pages. Sports networks, soccer-specific news sites, they usually keep good records of this stuff. I cross-referenced a couple just to be sure they matched up. Didn’t want any mistakes, you know?
And there it was. The full list. Seeing all those names brought back some memories.
- Clint Dempsey, of course, Captain America.
- Tim Howard, the goalie legend.
- Jermaine Jones, scoring that banger against Portugal.
- Guys like Kyle Beckerman with the dreads.
- Younger players back then like DeAndre Yedlin and Julian Green who scored that goal.
It was interesting to see the full squad again after all this time. Remember the whole Landon Donovan thing? Yeah, seeing the final list definitely reminded me of that whole saga too. He wasn’t on there, which was the big shocker back then.
So yeah, found the list. Took a few minutes of digging past the headlines and game recaps, but got the official 23 names confirmed. Job done. Satisfied that curiosity, and settled the debate with my friend. It’s funny how you forget some of the players over time.
