Three Bruins On Roster As U.S. Begins Gold Cup Play
June 7, 2011
UCLA will be well-represented as the U.S. begins 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Play Tuesday afternoon against Canada. Three Bruins - goalkeeper Nick Rimando (1997-99) and defenders Carlos Bocanegra (1997-99) and Jonathan Bornstein (2004-05) - are on the U.S. men's national team squad for the tournament. A fourth player, Benny Feilhaber (2003-04), was previously named to the squad but suffered an ankle injury on May 28 and was replaced on the roster.
The U.S. will open play against Canada at Ford Field in Detroit at 5 pm PT today. Other scheduled games for the U.S. are Saturday, June 11 vs. Panama at 5 pm PT in Tampa, FL and Tuesday, June 14 against Guadeloupe at 5 pm PT in Kansas City. All three games will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel and TeleFutura.
The U.S. has won the Gold Cup four times, most recently in 2007. The team has appeared in the last three Gold Cup finals. The winner of the 2011 Gold Cup will earn the right to play in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, a year prior to the World Cup.
U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3): 23-Marcus Hahnemann (Out of contract), 1-Tim Howard (Everton), 18- Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (8): 3- Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Etienne), 12- Jonathan Bornstein (UANL Tigres), 6-Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), 21-Clarence Goodson (Brondby), 14-Eric Lichaj (Leeds), 5-Oguchi Onyewu (FC Twente), 15-Tim Ream (New York Red Bulls), 2-Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (9): 20-Freddy Adu (Rizespor), 22-Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro), 4-Michael Bradley (Aston Villa), 8-Clint Dempsey (Fulham), 10-Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), 7-Maurice Edu (Rangers), 13-Jermaine Jones (Blackburn Rovers), 16-Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), 19-Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
FORWARDS (3): 9-Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), 17-Jozy Altidore (Bursaspor), 11-Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)