The 23:

Keepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa, England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England)

Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start, Norway), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan, Italy), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England)

Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach, Germany), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus, Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton, England), Jose Torres (Pachuca, Mexico)

Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Hull, England), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles), Robbie Findley (Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Pachuca, Mexico).

No Ching, which is surprising. I am not at all a Ching fan, but he could be useful as a holding forward in minutes 70-90 if we are holding onto a lead. But Bradley's choosing speed (by taking Findley over Ching), which makes sense given our group opponents. I'm glad he took Gomez, by the way. That guy is a crafty mofo; it just feels like he's going to score in SA.

And finally -- finally! -- Bradley has realized how worthless Kljestan is.

FF

Czech Republic 4, US 2. Most of our starters didn't play, as Bradley was looking at guys to make the 23. Don't believe this was the top Czech team either, so obviously not a happy result.

I thought Beasley, Holden, Edu, Torres, Buddle and Gomez played well. Beasley and Holden were particularly sharp. Holden's got good touch and nice crossing/dead ball ability.

Pearce, Bornstein, and Kljestan were absolutely terrible. Gooch was stiff, slow, and clearly not 100%. He's got some real work to do between now and June 12.

Bradley announces the 23 tomorrow.

FF