Now that Klinsmann has confirmed he is called the full compliment (as he should), we can now really go at this with gusto. Here's the update. There will be one more next week before the actual 30-man roster is announced.
BOLD = New this week.
GK: Howard, Guzan, Rimando
No change here. None needed.
D: Cameron, Gonzalez, Besler, Goodson, Beasley, Parkhurst, Evans, Brooks, CHANDLER, Ream, F. Johnson
Chandler makes his return to the mix, having been out of the squad for some time. It's a long shot for him still to make Brazil. He must leave everything on the pitch at camp. Beasley is in FL training, so it looks like he will be ready to go and should be called up after his minor injury scare. Tim Ream can no longer be left at home - a solid year was crowned with the addition of being voted Player of the Year at Bolton.
MF: Bradley, Diskerud, Zusi, Bedoya, Davis, Green, Jones, Edu, Beckerman
The only change here is the drop of Corona. Although getting sub minutes in the playoffs for Tijuana should count for something, in Klinsmann's mind I believe it's between Corona and Davis for a spot to camp. Right now Davis takes it because of his left foot and he's a regular starter (scored this weekend). Personally, I'm for Corona but what do I know. Otherwise, the midfield core for the 30-man camp seems pretty set.
F: Johannsson, Dempsey, Donovan, Altidore, Wondolowski, EDDIE JOHNSON, Boyd
That's a lot of forwards, and reality is that only about half of them will make it to Brazil. Eddie Johnson returns this week (even though he didn't play due to injury) because that's the battle that will occur in this month's camp up front. Wondo, EJ, and Boyd will duke it out for the possible final forward spot. If you tuned in to the Two Daft Yanks podcast this past week, I mentioned that right now EJ is on the outside looking in for two reasons; 1) He isn't scoring with DC United, and 2) Boyd has come on very strong at Rapid, trying to play catch up. Boyd overtook EJ (at least in my head) this weekend (5 goals in 3 games will do that). Get ready folks, this is about to get heavy.
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