Monday, June 2, 2008

Final Roster For Spain Set

With the addition of Colorado Rapids midfielder Pablo Mastroeni, the U.S. roster for the June 4 showdown with Spain is done and dusted. Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan continues to receive treatment on a strained groin, and is expected to join the team in New Jersey in advance of the match against Argentina. More than 58,000 tickets have been sold for the June 8 meeting with the world's No. 1 ranked team.

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION

Goalkeepers (3): Dominic Cervi (out of contract), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC)

Defenders (7): Carlos Bocanegra (out of contract), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)

Midfielders (6): Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Eddie Lewis (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)

Forwards (4): Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Nate Jaqua (out of contract), Eddie Johnson (Fulham FC), Josh Wolff (out of contract)

2 comments:

Stacy & Jim said...

This roster scares no one. I was excited when these games were first announced, but I shoud have known from last years Copa America team that this is what would happen.

Eric said...

Jr- How could you call this a 'Copa America' team? There are a good amount of first team players on this roster.