Cooper's Decision

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Cooper turned down U.S. national team invite
Published 10/13/2008 by Ives Galarcep at Soccer By Ives
... For those of you who A) were surprised not to see Kenny Cooper included in the U.S. national team's 18-man roster for the World Cup qualifying match against Trinidad & Tobago on Wednesday night and B) hadn't heard about it on Sunday, Cooper revealed that he actually turned down the invitation by U.S. coach Bob Bradley to be called up, citing an illness and ankle injury. Cooper told the FC Dallas team blog on Sunday that he turned down the call: "I made the difficult decision to pass on this opportunity because I had picked up a virus ...

US Roster For T&T Game; Cooper Rejects Call Up
Published 10/13/2008 by Drew Epperley at WVHooligan - Soccer Blog
... Players that were released include: Carlos Bocanegra, Michael Bradley, Steve Cherundolo, Brian Ching, Jay DeMerit, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard and Oguchi Onyewu. The bigger news however isn’t the fact that Bradley called in more players now that the US is through to the final round of qualifying. Its the fact that typically not-called-up striker Kenny Cooper rejected the call-up from Bradley and the National team. Over at the FCD Blog Cooper released this comment over turning down the call-up: “I feel ...

Cooper Invited to USMNT, But…
Published 10/13/2008 by FC Uptown at TheOriginalWinger.com
... I made the difficult decision to pass on this opportunity because I had picked up a virus and have been playing with a sprained ankle. Considering the importance of my club’s game versus Real Salt Lake this week, and that the National Team has already clinched a berth in the next round of qualifying, I felt it was the right thing to do to stay in Dallas and make sure I get well, and hopefully there will be other opportunities down the line.” Via FCDBlog, Image via flickr

Got A Crate Full News
Published 10/13/2008 by brucio (noreply@blogger.com) at du Nord
... Due to virus and ankle tweak Kenny Cooper turned down a chance to join the USA this week at T&T. FCD's official blog has the details. ...

FCD News Recap
Published 10/14/2008 by Chamo Jones at 3rd Degree
... Submission Policy Who We Are FCD News Recap October 14th, 2008 . By: Chamo Jones I remember when we used to call them the Real Salt Lake Burn… RSL: RSL castoffs stand in way of playoffs - Salt Lake Tribune - M. Lewis RSL: What it takes to make the playoffs - Salt Lake Tribune - M. Thach A “Hitch” stat in this article is incredibly missleading FC Dallas’ attendance drops - DMN - D. Aparicio Cooper tells Bradley not now Cooper’s decision - FCD Blog Cooper Regretfully Declines US Invite - Goal.com - S. Evans U.S. ...