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Germany '08

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The final round of World Cup qualifying begins tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. CST for the United States. They play Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain. It's Carnivale. A Mexican crew will be officiating the game. Should be a wild, unruly affair.

Over the next nine months the U.S. will play home-and-away contests with T & T, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, and Costa Rica. The top three finishers will automatically qualify for the '08 World Cup. The fourth-place squad will battle for a final berth against the fifth-place finisher from Asia.

Given that MLS is out of season, the U.S. is expected to field a predominantly European-based squad. For whatever it's worth (nothing, obviously), here's the lineup I anticipate seeing:

GK: Kasey Keller (Borussia M'gladbach)

D: Steve Cherundolo (Hanover 96'), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake), Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Corey Gibbs (Feyenoord)

M: Landon Donovan (Bayer Leverkusen), DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Eddie Lewis (Preston North End)

F: Eddie Johnson (FC Dallas), Brian McBride (Fulham)

Folks will be gathering in Minneapolis tomorrow at The Local to watch the match.

Posted by Paul Demko at February 8, 2005 11:18 AM

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