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1. Tim Howard Goalkeeper | Club: Everton (England) For the U.S. to have any chance of advancing out of Group G, Tim Howard will have to have a sensational
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Tim Howard
Tim Howard

1. Tim Howard

Goalkeeper | Club: Everton (England)

Age

Hometown

Height

Weight

CS

Caps

35

North Brunswick, N.J.

6-3

210

30

99

For the U.S. to have any chance of advancing out of Group G, Tim Howard will have to have a sensational tournament. It helps that, at age 35, he is enjoying some of the best form of his career both at Everton and with the national team. Howard’s vocal leadership and impressive shot-stopping ability will both be needed to command and reinforce an inexperience defense against top opposition.

OUTLOOK: Shout, save, distribute, repeat. Howard might receive a better workout than some field players during games this summer, and he will need every bit of his experience and ability to give the U.S. a chance to get out of the group. Expect to see a lot of Howard yelling at defenders and organizing the team in front of him, which he hopes will lead to very little of him picking the ball out of the goal.

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LIVIU BIRD

Liviu Bird is a soccer analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the game. He learned how to play in the streets of Romania before moving to the soccer wilderness of Fairbanks, Alaska, escaping to play collegiately as a goalkeeper at Highline Community College and Seattle Pacific University, where he also earned his B.A. in journalism. Bird played semiprofessionally and had tryouts at professional clubs but hung up his gloves in 2012 to focus on writing and coaching at the youth and collegiate levels. He joined Sports Illustrated in March 2013 as a freelance contributor and has also written for NBC Sports, Soccer Wire, The New York Times, American Soccer Now and the Telegraph (UK).

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