Sunday, March 9, 2008

Roster for Qualifying Set

Well the training camps and friendlies are done and the roster is finally set. From here on forward it is the real thing. The player pool has been whittled down to 20 players and you can check out the video announcing the team on the front page of ussoccer.com. For the less visually inclined, you can read the full press release of the roster here.


U.S. U-23 Roster for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying
GOALKEEPERS (2): Dominic Cervi (not on contract), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (7): Hunter Freeman (New York Red Bulls), Kamani Hill (Vfl Wolfsburg), Patrick Ianni (Houston Dynamo), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United), Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Dax McCarty (FC Dallas), Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96)
FORWARDS (4): Jozy Altidore (New York Red Bulls), Chad Barrett (Chicago Fire),
Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake)

We're set up in the hotel now in Tampa, the gear has been moved in and dinner is coming up in a few minutes. We'll check back soon with everything that's going on as we move towards Tuesday's 8 pm kickoff.

2 comments:

Greg said...

Why are Benny Failhaber and Michael Bradley not on the roster?

Alex Miranda said...

and where is Jonathan Spectors head bite on the video?