US Soccer and Jurgen Klinsmann announced the full 27 man training roster ahead of Sunday's World Cup qualifier warm up against Scotland in Jacksonville, Florida. The final list is:
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers/Scotland), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana/Mexico), Alfredo Morales (Hertha Berlin/Germany), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland/Denmark), Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon/Portugal), Steve Cherudolo (Hannover 96/Germany), Clarence Goodson (Brondby/Denmark)
Goalkeepers: Tim Howard (Everton/England), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa/England), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake
Midfielders: Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City), Danny Williams (1899 Hoffenheim/Germany), Maurice Edu (Rangers/Scotland), Fabian Johnson (1899 Hoffenheim/Germany), Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona/Italy), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana/Mexico), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04/Germany), Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca/Mexico)
Forwards: Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA), Clint Dempsey (Fulham/England), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund/Germnany) Herculez Gomez (Santos Luguna/Mexico), Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands)
I'm most excited to FINALLY see Donovan and Dempsey on the field together for the first time under Klinsmann. (ed. note: Giggity) I'm ready to see what a Klinsmann tournament team is going to be like. I feel like he's been tinkering and toying and seeing his options over the past year. Now it's time to see what he can do with a team trying to qualify for a (THE) major tournament.
Interesting Picks: Michael Parkhurst (who?); Alfredo Morales; Terrence Boyd; Joe Corona (Don't know much about ANY of these guys and I'm not sure any will make the final qualifier rosters.)
Exciting Picks: Oguchi Onyewu: Excited to see the Gooch back from knee surgery. Always a big strong presence on the pitch., Herculez Gomez: All he does when he plays is score goals. I'm very excited to see him get looks with the USMNT. Hope that he can be a major player for the next few years. I also really want to see what Graham Zusi can do.
Surprise Omissions: Some would say Brek Shea but, and this is coming from an FCD homer, his form of late has been off and a three game MLS suspension for kicking the ball at an assistant referee didn't help his chances. For me it's Freddie Adu being left off that was a little bit of a surprise. I would also really love to see Kenny Cooper get in on USMNT training camps. I'm not sure he would make a final roster but his form (resurgence?) this season for the New York Red Bulls has been amazing.
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