UPDATE! May 3— Chris Albright has replaced Frankie Hejduk on the WC Roster. Hejduk tore his ACL in an MLS game on April 29th!!
Bruce Arena named the U.S. World Cup roster live on SportsCenter today. Here it is:
Goalkeepers
Marcus Hahnemann
Tim Howard
Kasey Keller
Defenders
Carlos Bocanegra
Steve Cherundolo
Jimmy Conrad
Cory Gibbs
Frankie Hejduk
Eddie Lewis
Oguchi Onyewu
Eddie Pope
Midfielders
DeMarcus Beasley
Bobby Convey
Clint Dempsey
Landon Donovan
Pablo Mastroeni
John O’Brien
Ben Olsen
Claudio Reyna
Forwards
Brian Ching
Eddie Johnson
Brian McBride
Josh Wolff
Not many surprises here. Although, Jimmy Conrad is a bit surprising- picking him over Berhalter, but I can deal with that. Ben Olsen made the roster, but the biggest and most pleasant surprise was the choice of Brian Ching over Taylor Twellman. God Bless Bruce Arena. The alternatives need to be looked at as well:
Goalkeeper: Tony Meola, Matt Reis
Defenders: Chris Albright, Gregg Berhalter, Todd Dunivant
Midfielders: Chris Armas, Chris Klein, Pat Noonan, Steve Ralston, Kerry Zavagnin
Forwards: Conor Casey, Chris Rolfe, Taylor Twellman
Questions I’ll throw out there:
-If JOB is injuried and can be replaced, who do you pick? Ralston, Noonan?
-What is the weakest position?
Let’s get a healthy debate going over some of these choices……. (I’m sure somebody will be mad with my Twellman comment, I like the guy, I just think he’s overrated)