US World Cup Roster Announced Today

I know that I am a few hours off the pace of posting the US Squad but I do have a job. This is straight forward, Bob Bradley announced the selection this afternoon. The biggest disappointment is that Charlie Davies was left out due to an injury he has not recovered fully from. Then Freddy Adu was left out and I have not found out why yet. Nothing to blow our lids about yet, just a little information thrown our way. I will keep searching for answers on  Freddy. All I can find at the moment is that he just did not make the cut, like he was not good enough. You can look at the list of players there and the teams they play for. The US squad is not full of super stars but there are some experienced players there. Take a look: I will try to link the names back to a wiki page when I have time.

GOALKEEPERS: Tim Howard (Everton, England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England).

DEFENDERS: Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), 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), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas, MLS).

MIDFIELDERS: 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), Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA, MLS), Robbie Rogers (Columbus, MLS), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland).

MIDFIELDER-FORWARDS: Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles, MLS).

FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England), Brian Ching (Houston, MLS), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles, MLS), Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico), Eddie Johnson (Aris, Greece), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake, MLS).

Notable absences: F Charlie Davies, MF-F Freddy Adu, F Conor Casey.

League breakdown: 21 from overseas, nine from MLS.

Number of former MLS players: 13.

Local ties: Onyewu (Sherwood High School, Olney, Md.), Goodson (W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Va.; University of Maryland), Edu (Maryland), Rogers (Maryland).