TEAMS: USA

Required a slip-up by Honduras in the last round of fixtures to guarantee their qualification for a third successive World Cup.
Held joint worst record at France 98, and will need a vast improvement and some luck if they are to avoid the same fate this time round. Drawn in a tough Group with Portugal, Poland and the much improved South Korea, it will be hard for them to progress to the knockout stages.
One advantage over recent tournaments though is that many of the current squad now ply their trade abroad, which can only help develop the squad as a whole and the USA have a good option when it comes to the last line of defence as both Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller have earned good reputations from one of the toughest domestic leagues in the world - the English Premier League.

The Squad

Brad Friedel Position: GK DOB:18/5/71 Club: Blackburn	Kasey Keller Position: GK DOB:29/11/69 Club: Tottenham	Tony Meola Position: GK DOB:21/2/69 Club:Kansas City
Franckie Hejduk Position: DF DOB:5/8/74 Club: B Leverkusen	Greg Berhalter Position: DF DOB:1/8/73 Club: Crystal Palace	Pablo Mastroeni Position: DF DOB:26/8/76 Club: Colorado
David Regis Position: DF DOB:2/12/68 Club: FC Metz	Jeff Agoos Position: DF DOB:2/5/68 Club: San Jose	Steve Cherundolo Position: DF DOB:19/2/79 Club: Hannover 96
Carlos Llamosa Position: DF DOB:30/6/69 Club: New England	Tony Sanneh Position: DF DOB:1/6/71 Club: FC Nuremburg	Eddie Pope Position: MID DOB:24/12/73 Club: DC United
John O'Brien** Position: MID DOB:29/8/77 Club: Ajax	Eddie Lewis** Position: MID DOB:17/5/74 Club: Fulham	Claudio Reyna ** Position: MID DOB:20/7/73 Club: Sunderland
Cobi Jones Position: MID DOB:16/6/70 Club: LA Galaxy	DaMarcus Beasley Position: MID DOB:24/6/82 Club:Chicago	Landon Donovan Position: MID DOB:4/3/82 Club: San Jose
Earnie Stewart Position: FW DOB:28/3/69 Club: NAC Breda	Joe-Max Moore** Position: FW DOB:23/2/71 Club: Everton	Clint Mathis Position: FW DOB:25/11/76 Club: NY Metrostars
Josh Wolff* Position: FW DOB:25/2/77 Club: Chicago	Brian McBride Position: FW DOB:19/6/72 Club: Columbus

KEY: (GK-Goalkeeper, DF-Defender, MID-Midfield, FW-Forward)
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