GOLD CUP ROSTER READY Bradley names his squad for tournament
By Andrea Canales, LASoccerNews.com Associate Editor
Brad Guzan is one of two Chivas USA players to make the Gold Cup roster. Linda Cuttone, SportsVue Images
U.S. coach Bob Bradley has named his Gold Cup roster for this summer.
LA-based players picked for the team include Landon Donovan. The Galaxy captain could pass Eric Wynalda for the all-time goals scored for the U.S. team in the competition.
Chivas USA contributes two players to the roster, defender Jonathan Bornstein and goalkeeper Brad Guzan. Guzan, like Donovan, received his first cap under previous Bruce Arena, but Bornstein earned his debut cap under Bradley against Denmark earlier this year.
Chris Albright was likely to make this roster, before his injury negated that possibility.
“We’re all very disappointed for Chris,” said Bradley. “We know that he’s facing surgery and we’ll have more information after the surgery is complete. We absolutely wish him a quick and speedy recovery.”
ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3) – Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
DEFENDERS (8) –Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution), Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (8) – DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburger SV), Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Steve Ralston (New England Revolution)
FORWARDS (4) – Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
Head Coach: Bob Bradley
