For as long as we've had this site, Shimer and I have been rooting for Charlie Davies to get back on the field with the U.S. national team but in our heart of hearts, we knew it probably wouldn't be for this World Cup.
That premonition was confirmed today as our main man Bob Bradley named the 30-man preliminary roster for the U.S.
Coach Bob Bradley included five Premier League players in his selection, while Villarreal's Jozy Altidore spent part of the season at Hull City and Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan was on loan at Everton prior to the Major League Soccer campaign.
The squad will meet up in Princeton on May 15 and play friendlies with Czech Republic in Conneticut on May 25 and Turkey in Philadelphia on May 29 prior to the final 23-man squad being submitted to FIFA by the June 1 deadline.
Charlie Davies has not been named. The Sochaux striker was injured in a fatal car crash last October and returned to training only last month. Freddy Adu, once a child prodigy linked with the world's best clubs, has also missed out.
DaMarcus Beasley, who announced he will be leaving Rangers, is one of two players selected from the Scottish champions, along with Maurice Edu.
Bradley told ussoccer: "Throughout the past three years a number of players have contributed to our journey toward South Africa and we appreciate all of their efforts.
"We are very excited to get this group together to begin our pre-World Cup training camp as we continue to prepare for the challenge of the World Cup."
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves)
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham)
Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Monchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew), Jose Torres (Pachuca)
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Puebla), Eddie Johnson (Aris Thessaloniki).
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