World Cup 2010: USA
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May 20th, 2010
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Main players: Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey.
FIFA ranking (April 2010): #16. The USA Men’s Team gained many points for being runner up of the Confederations Cup 2009; US lost to Brazil in the final match, after winning then favorite Spain in the semi-final. It is also interesting to notice that the USA Women’s Team is usually at the top spot of Women’s FIFA ranking.
USA finished first in the last round of the North America Qualifying for the World Cup 2010, ahead of Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica.
USA will be in Group C of World Cup 2010, and will play the first three matches against England (June 12nd), Slovenia (June 18th) and Algeria (June 23rd).
USA Team roster for the World Cup 2010:
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa/England), Tim Howard (Everton/England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton/England)
Defense: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes/France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas/Mexico), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover/Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford/England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start/Norway), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Milan/Italy), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham/England)
Midfield: DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers/Scotland), Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro/Sweden), Michael Bradley (Borussia Monchengladbach/Germany), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham/England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers/Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus/Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton/England), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew), Jos Torres (Pachuca/Germany)
Forward: Jozy Altidore (Villarreal/Spain), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Puebla/Mexico), Eddie Johnson (Aris Thessalonica/Greece)
Coach: Bob Bradley.