The final roster for the World Cup is scheduled to be announced today. After a friendly loss to the Czech Republic last night Bob Bradley should have his mind made up on everyone. The current list of 30 needs to be trimmed down by 7 to 23. See my choices below.
Keepers
Tim Howard (Everton, England)
Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England)
Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England)
All the keepers get to go.
Defense
Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France)
Jay DeMerit (Watford, England)
Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England)
Steve Cherundolo (Hanover, Germany)
Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA, MLS)
Clarence Goodson (Start, Norway)
Chad Marshall (Columbus, MLS)
Onyewu and Pearce don’t make the cut. They both were poor last night. I imagine Chad Marshall might be more likely to get cut if he didn’t impress during the camp, but I’m only going off the game from last night. I think Goodson got a spot with a good performance.
Midfield
Michael Bradley (Moenchengladbach, Germany)
Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
Stuart Holden (Bolton, England)
Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca, Mexico)
Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus, Denmark)
Robbie Rogers (Columbus, MLS)
Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England)
Landon Donovan (Los Angeles, MLS)
Bedoya, Beasley and Kljestan get the cut from the midfielders. Here I assume Beasley will be where I’m wrong but he just hasn’t impressed me over the past couple of years.
Strikers
Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England)
Brian Ching (Houston, MLS)
Edson Buddle (Los Angeles, MLS)
Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico)
Findley and Johnson get the cut. Seems like everyone else thing Gomez was the one guy that definitely earned his spot last night that might not have otherwise been there. Ching was on the bubble for me.
