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Bradley Names 24 Man Roster for WC Qualifiers

Bob Bradley has announced the 24-man squad he will bring into camp for the U.S. national team's upcoming World Cup qualifiers vs. El Salvador on Sept. 5th (9pm, ESPN Classic, Telefutura) and Trinidad & Tobago on Sept. 9th (7pm, ESPN Classic, Galavision).

Here is the full group:

GOALKEEPERS- Tim Howard, Brad Guzan.

DEFENDERS- Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Chad Marshall, Steve Cherundolo, Jonathan Spector, Jonathan Bornstein, Clarence Goodson.

MIDFIELDERS- Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, Stuart Holden, Kyle Beckerman, Ricardo Clark, Benny Feilhaber, Jose Francisco Torres, Robbie Rogers.

FORWARDS-Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore, Brian Ching, Conor Casey, Robbie Findley.

Kyle Beckerman, Robbie Rogers, Clarence Goodson and Robbie Findley are the new face who didn't make the trip to Mexico earlier this month.

So what starting lineup might we see against El Salvador? This could be the group we see:

---------------Davies----------Altidore----------------

Donovan---------------------------------Dempsey

------------------Bradley------Clark--------------------

Bornstein----Bocanegra----DeMerit-----Cherundolo

------------------------Howard-----------------------

El Salvador's Roster for USA Qualifier on Sept. 5

El Salvador named their roster today the World Cup qualifier against the United States on Sept. 5 in Sandy, Utah. The most notable name is Arturo Alvarez, former U.S. national team and youth national team player now officially called in by El Salvador after his application for switching federations under FIFA's new rule was expedited. U.S. National team coach Bob Bradley should announce the U.S. roster within a week.

Here is the squad:

GOALKEEPERS- Miguel Montes and Dagoberto Portillo

DEFENDERS- Alex Escobar, Ramon Flores, Marvin Gonzalez, Mordecai Henríquez, Luis Miguel Hernandez,Alfredo Pacheco(Red Bulls, USA), Víctor Turcios, Manuel Salazar, Deris Ariel Umanzor,

MIDFIELDERS- Eliseo Quintanilla (Ermis Aradippou, Cyprus), Arturo Alvarez and Ramon Sanchez(San Jose Earthquakes, USA), Christian Castillo, Juan Carlos Moscoso, Salvador Koreas, Osael Romero, Denis Alas.

FORWARD- Rudis Corrales, Rodolfo Zelaya (Leon, Mexico), William Reyes

ESPN 2010 U.S. World Cup Roster Rankings

Check it out here.

Hard Work with Clint Dempsey

Bill Simmons is Officially on Board

Bill Simmons is one of the most popular sports writers in America, andguess what...he likes soccer! Read about the former Jimmy Kimmel writer's experience last week in Mexico City at the World Cup qualifier between the United States and Mexico here.

Arsenal Look to Sign 15-year-old American

Arsenal are closing in on a deal for 15-year-old American Luis Gil. The attacking midfielder has been training with Arsenal since May 11, 2009 and is set to join the club’s youth academy.

Gil, who is a member of the US Under-17 side cane be seen in this US Soccer profile:

Charlie Davies Continues Scoring Ways

Just three days after scoring the only goal for the US in Mexico City(Then doing the "Carlton Dance" see above), Charlie Davies came on as a second half sub to score two goals for his new club Sochaux in a 2-3 loss to defending French champs Bordeaux. Something tells me he'll be starting for Sochaux very soon!

Here are highlights from the match:

Clint Dempsey Feature on FIFA Futbol Mundial