WC 23 pretty firm now

Barring inuries, I think Bruce just had his last couple roster spots sewn up for him. Johnathan Spector dislocated his arm yesterday and faces a lengthy period on the bench and a possible surgery. I think that does a couple things for Arena

Berhalter, Bocanegra: There was a chance that Spector could have robbed one of these guys of their spot. Spector can nominally play in the center of defense (though one expects that Bruce would never have considered placing him their for the Cup). So Berhalter in particular was vulnerable. With Spector out, I think it's fairly likely that we'll see both of these guys on the rosterr

Olsen: It was also possible that Arena would have decided to take 9 defenders and 7 midfielders this year. In '02 he felt like he "ran out" of defenders (through yellow cards and a general lack of confidence in certain people). However, let's not forget that Reyna, O'Brien and Mastroeni can provide cover in defense... I think he'll be wary of running out of MIDFIELDERS this time... particularly since Donovan might need to be a forward... Therefore, Olsen seems like the logical choice here

I think this also puts Albright on the bubble (up from Unlikely)... particularly if he can score a couple MLS goals here in the next couple weeks and move up from "looking" dangerous to actually "being" dangerous.

Here it is then (Barring injuries of course), Starters have a * next to their name

Goallies (3): Keller*, Hahnemann, Howard

Defenders (8): Cherundulo*, Hejduk, Pope*, Onyewu*, Gibbs, Lewis*, Bocanegra, Berhalter
Midfielders (8): Reyna*, Donovan*, Beasley*, Mastroeni*, Convey, Olsen, Dempsey, O'Brien
Forwards (4): McBride*, Johnson*, Wolff, Twellman