Deadline day: Just 23 tickets for 30 players as US decides on World Cup roster

By Ronald Blum, AP
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Deadline day: US makes World Cup roster cuts

BRISTOL, Conn. — Edson Buddle and Herculez Gomez have made the U.S. World Cup roster, coming from obscurity a few months ago to earn trips to South Africa.

U.S. coach Bob Bradley cut seven players from his preliminary roster on Wednesday to reach the 23-man FIFA limit.

Let go were defenders Chad Marshall and Heath Pearce; midfielders Alejandro Bedoya, Sacha Kljestan and Robbie Rogers; and forwards Brian Ching and Eddie Johnson.

Midfielders Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley, and defender Steve Cherundolo earned their third World Cup trips. Beasley’s selection capped a comeback from nine months of national team exile that ended in March.

Discussion
June 7, 2010: 11:18 am

I’m so excited for the world cup! The USA is going to win this year some how! I don’t know how they’ll do it, but it’s gonna happen! The other team i really think that could go far that is really under rated is Chile! We’ll see how everything goes this coming weekend! YAY!

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