Is It Time for USMNT to Bring Back Timmy Chandler?

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Published: February 6, 2014

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Since Steve Cherundolo started having problems with his knee in late 2012, the United States men’s national team has been searching for his replacement at right-back. At the same time, Timmy Chandler has been a regular for Bundesliga side Nurnberg, starting 29 of 34 matches in the 2012-13 campaign and 16 out of 19 games so far this season.

But while Chandler has seen regular action in Germany, he only had one appearance for the USMNT in 2013—in the U.S.’s disastrous performance against Honduras in February.

In the meantime, Jurgen Klinsmann has tried Geoff Cameron, Brad Evans, Michael Parkhurst, Tony Beltran, Michael Orozco, Fabian Johnson and Eric Lichaj at right-back. The results of these experiments have been mixed, at best.



With only four months left until the World Cup, the question must be asked, is it time to bring Timmy Chandler back into the team?

Chandler began playing for the national team in 2011 under former coach Bob Bradley. However, when the 2011 Gold Cup—a tournament which would have cap-tied him—rolled around, Chandler was not included on the team’s roster for the tournament. At the time, Chandler’s absence was chalked up to nagging injuries from the 2010-11 Bundesliga campaign—and conspiracy theories among U.S. fans were born.

As the son of an American father and a German mother, Chandler was still eligible at that point to represent Germany internationally.

After the Gold Cup, Bob Bradley was fired and Jurgen Klinsmann took the reins of the U.S. squad. Chandler immediately became a key member of the squad under Klinsmann starting six of his first seven games in charge. However, when World Cup qualifying—representing another chance to cap-tie the dual national—began in the summer of 2012, Chandler once again was not in the squad.



In November 2012, Chandler reappeared for the team&...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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