30 man World Cup roster announced

Bob Bradley announced the roster for the World Cup training camp. Steve Cherundolo and Heath Pearce are on it.

Charlie Davies was deemed not ready and was left off.

Conor Casey is also on the "notables left off" list..


The roster needs to be pared down to 23 players by the end of the month.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2010/05/us_world_cup_training_camp_ros.html

Meanwhile, Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez have played their way in with their recent form.

Now I know Adu is a name casual fans have heard of, but does he really go on the "notables left off" list when no one I know of was making a case for him?

Brazil announced their final 23-man squad. No Ronaldinho, Pato, or Adriano.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Brazil announced their final 23-man squad. No Ronaldinho, Pato, or Adriano.

no Ronaldo, either

Argentina:

Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Mariano Andujar (Catania), Diego Pozo (Colon)

Defenders: Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Martin Demichelis (Bayern Munich), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Gabriel Heinze (Olympique Marseille), Nicolas Otamendi (Velez Sarsfield), Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), Juan Manuel Insaurralde (Newell's Old Boys), Clemente Rodriguez (Estudiantes), Ariel Garce (Colon)

Midfielders: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Sebastian Blanco (Lanus), Juan Sebastian Veron (Estudiantes), Jesus Datolo (Olympiacos), Jose Sosa (Estudiantes), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Liverpool), Mario Bolatti (Fiorentina), Juan Mercier (Argentinos Juniors), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Javier Pastore (Palermo)

Forwards: Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter Milan), Martin Palermo (Boca Juniors), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli).

Left out: Javier Zanetti, Pablo Aimar, Lucho Gonzalez, Esteban Cambiasso, Fernando Gago, Gabriel Milito

Can't beleive Brasil left Pato off. Just goes to show you what a plethora of talent they have to choose from!

I'd take ANY of the "left off" players for Agentina on the US starting line up!

I'm with you on that.

Riquelme, Cambiasso, Zanetti, G. Milito, Gago, and Abondanzierri would make the nucleus of a Team to get to the quarters all by themselves.

God, I hope the fat one didn't just blow their chances. Maybe the ones he did select are good enough, and some of the young ones, like Colochinni ,show promise, but it's pretty amazing who got left off.

Purplegeezer wrote:I'm with you on that.

Riquelme, Cambiasso, Zanetti, G. Milito, , and Abondanzierri would make the nucleus of a Team to get to the quarters all by themselves.

God, I hope the fat one didn't just blow their chances. Maybe the ones he did select are good enough, and some of the young ones, like Colochinni show promise, but it's pretty amazing who got left off.

The fat one? "Grande" can have different meanings. Maybe something got lost in translation.

On second thought, put a jacket on him and he looks a little like a penguin.

I forgot Gago.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:]The fat one? "Grande" can have different meanings. Maybe something got lost in translation.

On second thought, put a jacket on him and he looks a little like a penguin.

I rest my case.

There's no doubt, though... Either D10S will come out as a genius, or as a complete idiot. Either way, it's good for Argentina in the long run. It will be over with.

I can see the resemblance...

As great as he was...he's still a cheat (besides the drug problems) in my books.

I can never forgive him for the "Hand of God" incident.

Funny how the Anglopyles remember that, but forget the refereeing assignments and calls in the '66 world cup in England (AKA "el robo del siglo")?

besides, it's irrelevant whining - it didn't cost the match. - the goal of the century 5 minutes later did. final score 2-0. and there should have been a red card against England on the tackle on the strike. (dangerous play from behind, no ball. But there's a history of Brits not getting called for that in the WC)



At least Madona was trying to score. He didn't stomp on anyone's nuts when they were on the ground.

Lest we forget this little incident....

(At least Rooney fouled with some gusto... )

I'm a bit surprised by the Conor Casey move since he was really key to one of the goals against Honduras that sent us to the cup. I'm sure there are more technical players and faster players, but, he definitely does not duplicate the talent of other players on the roster. I'd rather have one physical guy like Casey capable of getting dirty, knocking over a goalie and heading a ball into the net (like he did against Honduras).

I guess it will be like any other Cup, the moves made by Bradley will be less scrutinized if we have success.