Let's go ahead make a roster prediction

Today’s list of who looks like they will be named to the U.S. Soccer team for the World Cup:

(F) McBride-Johnson

(M) Beasley, Donovan, Reyna, Dempsey

(D) Hejduk, Pope, Bocanegra, Cherundolo

(G) Keller

And the backups / alternates :

(Twellman) (Wolff)

(Quaranta) (Convey) (Zavagnin) (Noonan) (Gibbs) (Ralston)

(Mastroeni) (Lewis) (O’Brien) (Olsen) (Pearce) (Spector)

(Dunivant) (Onyewu)

(Hahnemann) (Howard)

Yes, yes, way too many. But if I had to bet, I’d go heavy on youth and the European-based players. There’s 5 MLS-ers in the top 11 and that’t not too bad.