We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

DeMerit likely out for U.S.

By Luke Cyphers

Thursday, September 3, 2009

PARK CITY, Utah -- The U.S. squad knew coming into Saturday's vital World Cup qualifier with El Salvador that it would play without one of its starting central defenders. Now it looks like it may be without both of them. With Oguchi Onyewu suspended for Saturday's match at Rio Tinto Stadium because of yellow-card accumulation in the qualifying rounds, his backline mate, Jay DeMerit, sat out of training for the fourth straight day on Thursday with a slight groin strain. To see how the U.S. pla ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.