Bradley Names Provisional 33

by Greg Seltzer - May 15, 2008

 
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US National Team boss Bob Bradley has called up 33 players to compete for playing time in upcoming friendlies against England Spain and Argentina, including five searching for a first cap.

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Two of the 13 MLS selections are debut seekers (Columbus attacker Robbie Rogers and Real Salt Lake keeper Chris Seitz), while two of the 19 foreign-based choices are in the same boat (San Luis defender Michael Orozco and Vålerenga keeper Troy Perkins). The final neophyte is netminder Dominic Cervi, who is currently without a club.

"With the challenging schedule of friendlies we have organized to prepare for World Cup qualifying, this is an excellent opportunity to continue to evaluate our player pool and at the same time balance the workload," Bradley told ussoccer.com of the large provisional group.

"Many of our players have just completed seasons in Europe, and the MLS schedule is in full swing, so it is important that we manage the time wisely to give ourselves the best chance to be successful in the important matches this summer."

First up for the 'Nats is a May 28th visit to Wembley to play England (3:00 pm ET on ESPN Classic), a match which will likely make Landon Donovan the 11th USMNT player to reach 100 caps. Bradley will name what is expected to be a 22-man roster for that match next week.

USMNT roster

Keepers - Dominic Cervi (Unattached), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton), Troy Perkins (Vålerenga), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders - Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Dan Califf (Aalborg BK), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liège), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)

Midfielders - Freddy Adu (Benfica), DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Michael Bradley (Heerenveen), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Eddie Lewis (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

Forwards - Josmer Altidore (New York Red Bulls), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Nate Jaqua (Altach), Eddie Johnson (Fulham), Josh Wolff (1860 Munich)

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