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US announces squad for Brazil game

The US national team will play Brazil on August 10 at the new Meadowlands stadium and today coach Bob Bradley announced his squad for the game.

This will be the U.S.’s first game since the World Cup, and Bradley;s squad has a familiar look to it as 14 of the 18 players named were on the World Cup team.

U.S.’s stars Landon Donovan and Tim Howard will both face Brazil. Missing from squad are Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit and Ricardo Clark.

Here is the squad:

GOALKEEPERS- Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)

DEFENDERS- Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Étienne), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)

MIDFIELDERS- Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)

FORWARDS- Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Pachuca)

What do you think of the U.S. squad?