“With U.S. players dropping like flies lately,” writes ESPN’s Luke Cyphers, who would replace our best player, goalie Tim Howard, in the event of an injury? “Brad Friedel is playing incredibly well,” writes Cyphers, “and is the only one man who could fill in without any drop-off in quality or experience.” Of course, Friedel, 38, played in the World Cup in 1994, 1998, and stared in the 2002 games. But didn’t he retire in 2005 from international play?
