A glimpse of what's to come

Tomorrow the U.S. will take off for South Africa, today at 2 p.m. on ESPN 2 the world will get the chance to see what will likely be most of the starting 11 in Philadelphia against Turkey.

The anticipated starting 11: Altidore and Dempsey up front - Donovan, Maurice Edu, Michael Bradley, and Stuart Holden in the midfield - Cherundolo, Onyewu, Clarence Goodson, and Bornstein in the back.

As this terrific preview from goal.com stipulates, what you see up front in the match from the U.S. will likely be what you see in South Africa.

But with injuries to Jay DeMerit and Carlos Bocanegra, the back-line will likely be an area of change. Bornstein simply put cannot start in the World Cup, he is too much of a trouble point and a weakness that would be exposed brutally by any winger with pace or superior skill. Goodson has shown to be a strong central defender, especially in the air, but if DeMerit is healthy the position is his after a stellar showing in the Confederations Cup last summer where he may have been the U.S.'s best player.

I think one thing to look at today is how many minutes Bradley plays his starters because I think he still has to figure who some of his top players will be off the bench. Winning this match would be nice as Turkey are a terrific country having beaten the Czech Republic last week 2-1 - a team that beat the U.S. Wednesday 4-2 - despite neither team making it to the World Cup.

I think we will see Herculez Gomez in there at some point as well as Edson Buddle. I think DaMarcus Beasley will see action and hopefully DeMerit will see the pitch for the first time since returning to the MNT for training camp following the end of the English Championship league season.