US releases 23-man World Cup Roster

Published by William | Filed under Fifa World Cup South Africa 2010, Football (aka soccer)

Herculez Gomez likely played his way into South Africa on Tuesday with his goal scoring header against Czech Republic.

Following the United States disappointing 4-2 defeat to Czech Republic on Tuesday evening, coach Bob Bradley and his staff had to sit down afterwords and decide who and who wasn’t going to be making the trip to South Africa next week. Players who featured in Tuesday’s friendly as a part of the 30-man preliminary roster but were not selected for the final 23 were defenders Chad Marshall and Heath Pearce; midfielders Alejandro Bedoya, Sacha Kljestan and Robbie Rogers; and forwards Brian Ching and Eddie Johnson.


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


Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Norway), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United, England).


Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton Wanderers, England), Jose Torres (Pachuca, Mexico).


Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Hull City, England), Edson Buddle (LA Galaxy), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Puebla, Mexico).