Advertisement

World Cup: Surprises as U.S. names its 23-player squad for South Africa 2010

Share

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

Coming out of virtually nowhere--with all due respect to Major League Soccer’s Galaxy and Puebla of the Mexican league-Edson Buddle and Hercules Gomez both were included on the U.S. World Cup roster Wednesday when it was revealed just moments ago by U.S. Coach Bob Bradley in Bristol, Conn.

The team will travel to Washington on Thursday for a morning meeting at the White House with President Obama before relocating to Philadelphia for Saturday afternoon’s game against Turkey at Lincoln Financial Field.

Advertisement

The team that will carry the flag in South Africa features:

Goalkeepers: Tim Howard, Marcus Hahnemann, Brad Guzan.

Defenders: Steve Cherundolo, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Carlos Bocanegra, Jonathan Bornstein, Clarence Goodson, Jonathan Spector.

Midfielders: Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley, Maurice Edu, Benny Feilhaber, Stuart Holden, Jose Francsico Torres.

Forwards: Jozy Altidore, Edson Buddle, Herculez Gomez, Robbie Findley,

--Grahame L. Jones

Advertisement