Sam's Army

Here is the list of the 23 man roster Bob Bradley is sending to South Africa courtesy of ussoccer.com

"U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION (All-Time World Cup Roster Appearances) 
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (2010), Marcus Hahnemann (2006, 2010), Tim Howard (2006, 2010) 
DEFENDERS (7): Carlos Bocanegra (2006, 2010), Jonathan Bornstein (2010), Steve Cherundolo (2002, 2006, 2010), Jay DeMerit (2010), Clarence Goodson (2010), Oguchi Onyewu (2006, 2010), Jonathan Spector (2010) 
MIDFIELDERS (9): DaMarcus Beasley (2002, 2006, 2010), Michael Bradley (2010), Ricardo Clark (2010), Clint Dempsey (2006, 2010), Landon Donovan (2002, 2006, 2010), Maurice Edu (2010), Benny Feilhaber (2010), Stuart Holden (2010), José Torres (2010) 
FORWARDS (4): Jozy Altidore (2010), Edson Buddle (2010), Robbie Findley (2010), Herculez Gomez (2010)"

 I'm fired up about it. A lot of first time World Cup participants which is a bit worrisome because you'll have all the experts talking about the "experience" factor which I agree with somewhat. It just shows that we have a good core group of young talent that we can only build on in future tournaments. If our group was any harder than it is right now I would be more concerned about the amount of first timers. I do think Slovenia will cause us more trouble than people think with the big Novakovic on their front line (14 goals in 37 international appearances).

Also, I am disappointed that  Alejandro Bedoya wasn't chosen for the 23-man roster because now I can't use Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" as a chant for him. 

Two weeks until kickoff!!! I'm too excited to sleeeep!