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Klinsmann Names World Cup Roster; Donovan Cut

U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann announced his 23-man World Cup roster a week-and-a-half earlier than he needed to, and he dropped a bombshell—Landon Donovan is off the team.
BY John Godfrey Posted
May 22, 2014
6:01 PM
JURGEN KLINSMANN KNOWS what he wants, and he didn't feel like waiting around to announce it.

"It's an exciting moment when you have narrowed the roster down as a coaching staff, and these 23 players that you've chosen can focus now purely on Brazil," Klinsmann said. "We can go into more specific things about technical approaches, and about the opponents. For the players, it's very important to know that they are now part of it and they can relax and know they are on the list going to Brazil and taking it from there. After almost 10 days of work right now, we thought the point has come to make the decision."

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    And yes: Landon Donovan was bounced from the team. Here is the United States' 23-man World Cup roster for 2014.

    GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

    DEFENDERS (8): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nürnberg), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)

    MIDFIELDERS (8): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

    FORWARDS (4): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

    We will have tons more on all of this. (There's a poll for you on our homepage that requires your attention.) For now, we want to hear your thoughts. Go!
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