[USA SPOTLIGHT] The USA wrapped up its five international with the second of two World Cup 2014 qualifiers on Tuesday night. How did the 23 players Jurgen Klinsmann brought in for the series rate?
Based on the Soccer America Report Cards compiled by its editors after each game, Michael Bradley (6.2) had the highest average, followed by Fabian Johnson, Landon
Donovan and Clint Dempsey (all 6.0). Of those players who played three or more games, Oguchi Onyewu (4.0) had the
lowest average.
Bradley and Donovan had the highest ratings in any game with 9s against Scotland in the 5-1 that opened the series.
Bradley's ratings dropped as the series
went along, though, from an average of 7.0 for the three friendlies to 5.0 for the two qualifiers.
Dempsey, Jermaine Jones and Carlos Bocanegra were the only players to play both qualifiers and have higher average ratings in them than in the three friendlies.
Onyewu had the two
lowest ratings with 3s against both Brazil and Antigua & Barbuda. Besides Onyewu, the only other regulars to average below 5.0 were Jozy Altidore (4.3) and
Maurice Edu (4.6).
U.S. PLAYER RATINGS
| Goalkeepers | SCO | BRA | CAN | A&B | GUA | Average |
| Tim Howard | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5.2 |
| Brad Guzan | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.0 |
| Nick Rimando | -- | -- | -- | -- |
-- | -- |
| Defenders |
SCO | BRA | CAN | A&B | GUA | Average |
| Fabian Johnson | 6 | 7 | -- | -- | 5 | 6.0 |
| Clarence Goodson | -- | -- | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.7 |
| Geoff Cameron | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 5.5 |
| Carlos Bocanegra | 6 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 6 | 5.4 |
| Steve Cherundolo | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5.2 |
| Edgar Castillo | 5 | NR | 4 | -- | -- | 4.5 |
| Oguchi Onyewu | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -- | 4.0 |
| Michael Parkhurst | -- | 4 | NR | -- |
-- | 4.0 |
| Midfielders | SCO | BRA | CAN | A&B | GUA | Average |
| Michael Bradley | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6.2 |
| Landon Donovan | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6.0 |
| Clint Dempsey | -- | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6.0 |
| Jermaine Jones | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.8 |
| Jose Torres | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -- | 5.5 |
| Kyle Beckerman | 5 | NR | -- | -- | NR | 5.0 |
| Joe Corona | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5.0 |
| Maurice Edu | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| Forwards | SCO | BRA | CAN | A&B | GUA | Average |
| Herculez Gomez | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5.8 |
| Terrence Boyd | 5 | 5 | -- | 4 | -- | 4.7 |
| Jozy Altidore | -- | -- | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| Chris Wondolowski | -- | -- | NR | -- | -- | -- |
Bob Escobar
