Other World Cup squads

[seahawk10]

Here is the U.S.:

GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton)
DEFENDERS (9): 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 United)
MIDFIELDERS (12): DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt), 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), José Torres (Pachuca)
FORWARDS (6): Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Puebla), Eddie Johnson (Aris Thessaloniki)

Oh, you said 'big' teams.

[From Despair To Where?]

Dunga likes a pragmatic style of football, not a great surprise that ROnaldinho isn't going.

Maradona on the other hand is bonkers. HIs plan A seems to be let Messi win the cup single handedly. There is no plan B.

^greed but same thing worked in '86...

True, but as a coach, Maradona is no Billardo.

[leww_rfc]

No Zanetti is the shock for me

Also, haven't seen him for Madrid this year but, no Benzema for France? Correct Decision?

[Compo's Hat]

Is Riquelme injured or retired? Either way, he's one I like to watch, shame he won't be there.

retired from international football 3 years ago after falling out with Maradona

Stay friends with Maradona = get picked for WC 2010, no matter how limited you might be. Martin Palermo's name is springing to mind as I type this.

Suppose he's got to have someone from Boca in there.

[sheshnu]

Also, haven't seen him for Madrid this year but, no Benzema for France?

Nobody's seen him for Madrid this year, which is probably why he hasn't been picked.

[soggy biscuit]

LOL @ the media being shocked that Adriano hasn't made the Brazil squad. Have they followed his antics over the past couple of years????

In fairness he's had a better season than Grafite, as far as I'm aware.

On the pitch maybe, but off it Adriano's has been one big LOLZfest (in and out of rehab, arrests, sent home from training drunk, going missing for lengthy periods of time, kidnapping his ex girlfriend......)

[The whole year inn]

North Korea squad:
Kim Myong Gil (Amrokgang), Kim Myong Won (Amrokgang), Ri Myong Guk (Pyongyang City), An Chol Hyok (Rimyongsu), An Yong Hak (Omiya Ardija), Cha Jong Hyok (Amrokgang), Choe Kum Chol (April 25), Hong Yong Jo (FK Rostov), Ji Yun Nam (April 25), Jong Tae Se (Kawasaki Frontale), Kim Kum Il (April 25), Kim Kyong Il (Rimyongsu), Kim Yong Jun (Pyongyang City), Mun In Guk (April 25), Nam Song Chol (April 25), Pak Chol Jin (Amrokgang), Pak Nam Chol (April 25), Pak Nam Chol (Amrokgang), Pak Sung Hyok (Sobaeksu), Ri Chol Myong (Pyongyang City), Ri Jun Il (Sobaeksu), Ri Kwang Chon (April 25), Ri Kwang Hyok (Koynggongop).

[The whole year inn]

New Zealand World Cup squad

Goalkeepers
Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix). Age: 33. Caps: 23. Debut: 1997
Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory). Age: 27. Caps: 16. Debut: 2006
James Bannatyne (Team Wellington): Age: 34. Caps: 5. Debut: 2001 <p>

Defenders
Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers). Age: 32. Caps: 41. Goals: 9. Debut: 1999
Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City). Age: 33. Caps: 72. Goals: 7. Debut: 1995
Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix): Age: 29. Caps: 13. Goals: 1. Debut: 2000
Winston Reid (FC Midtjylland, Denmark): Age: 21. Uncapped.
Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town). Age: 20. Caps: 1. Goals: 0. Debut: 2010
Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix): Age: 28. Caps: 30. Goals: 0. Debut: 2003
Andy Boyens (New York Red Bulls): Age: 26. Caps: 16. Goals: 0. Debut: 2007

Midfielders
Simon Elliott (unattached). Age: 35. Caps: 70. Goals: 8. Debut: 1995
Tim Brown (Wellington Phoenix): Age: 29. Caps: 28. Goals: 0. Debut: 2004
Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix): Age: 28. Caps: 31. Goals: 0. Debut: 2003
Michael McGlinchey (Central Coast Mariners): Age: 23. Caps: 4. Goals: 0. Debut: 2009
Aaron Clapham (Canterbury United): Age: 23. Uncapped.
David Mulligan (unattached): Age: 28. Caps: 30 Goals: 5. Debut: 2002
Jeremy Brockie (Newcastle Jets): Age: 22. Caps: 17. Goals: 0. Debut: 2006
Andy Barron (Team Wellington): Age: 29. Caps: 14. Goals: 1. Debut: 2006
Jeremy Christie (FC Tampa Bay). Age: 26. Caps: 20. Goals: 1. Debut: 2005

Strikers
Chris Killen (Middlesbrough): Age: 28. Caps: 36. Goals: 17. Debut: 2000
Shane Smeltz (Gold Coast United): Age: 28
Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion): Age: 18. Caps: 6. Goals: 0. Debut: 2009
Rory Fallon (Plymouth Argyle): Age: 28. Caps: 4. Goals: 2. Debut: 2009

[Row Z Royal]

2 unattached players?

[The whole year inn]

2 unattached players?

LOL @ the quality of New Zealands midfield - Conference standard

[swansea jack]

Dunga likes a pragmatic style of football, not a great surprise that ROnaldinho isn't going.

Maradona on the other hand is bonkers. HIs plan A seems to be let Messi win the cup single handedly. There is no plan B.

^greed but same thing worked in '86...

True, but as a coach, Maradona is no Billardo.

Probably but I'll be able to opine first hand in Saffers providing the Argies win their group

[Compo's Hat]

Germany (27)
Goalkeepers: Hans-Jorg Butt (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen)

Defenders: Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Heiko Westermann (Schalke 04), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Jerome Boateng (Hamburg), Andreas Beck (Hoffenheim), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Dennis Aogo (Hamburg).

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea/ENG), Sami Khedira (Stuggart), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburg), Marko Marin (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Christian Trasch (Stuttgart), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen).

Forwards: Lukas Podolski (Cologne), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Cacau (Stuttgart), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich).


What a joke it'll be if Kevin Prince Boateng faces his own brother after making himself available for Ghana!

[soggy biscuit]

What a joke it'll be if Kevin Prince Boateng faces his own brother after making himself available for Ghana!

Haven't Tim Cahill and his Brother played against each other? Australia V American Samoa

[bobbybottler]

What a joke it'll be if Kevin Prince Boateng faces his own brother after making himself available for Ghana!

Haven't Tim Cahill and his Brother played against each other? Australia V American Samoa

It'd be Samoa rather than American Samoa, and no, they haven't.

Disappointingly, it looks like Joe and Gerry Baker didn't play against each other either.

[bobbybottler]

Holland squad (30)
Goalkeepers: Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Sander Boschker (FC Twente), Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht);

Defenders: Vurnon Anita (Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Edson Braafheid (Celtic), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Everton), Joris Mathijsen (HSV), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Andre Ooijer (PSV);

Midfielders: Otman Bakkal (PSV), Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Wout Brama (FC Twente), Orlando Engelaar (PSV), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), David Mendes da Silva (AZ), Stijn Schaars (AZ), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid), Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax), Ibrahim Afellay (PSV);

Forwards: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Jeremain Lens (AZ), Eljero Elia (HSV), Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich).

Bakkal, Brama and Silva have all been released from the enlarged squad.

[Stranded]

Ballack ruled out of WC for Germany.

[Compo's Hat]

Ballack ruled out of WC for Germany.

That Group D is very wide open. Should England advance i wouldn't like to say who i think we'd end up playing should we (hopefully) advance.

[bobbybottler]

Holland squad (30)
Goalkeepers: Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Sander Boschker (FC Twente), Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht);

Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Edson Braafheid (Celtic), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Everton), Joris Mathijsen (HSV), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Andre Ooijer (PSV);

Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Orlando Engelaar (PSV), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Stijn Schaars (AZ), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid), Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax), Ibrahim Afellay (PSV);

Forwards: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Jeremain Lens (AZ), Eljero Elia (HSV), Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich).

Bakkal, Brama and Silva have all been released from the enlarged squad.

Engelaar, Anita, Vlaar and Lens miss the cut.

[FiNeRaIn]

Good to see Edu going..

[papereyes]

2 unattached players?

LOL @ the quality of New Zealands midfield - Conference standard

They've got a Newcastle player.

Oh.

Wait.