The United States men’s national team is headed to Great Britain for matches against Colombia and Ireland, right smack in the middle of the MLS playoffs.
So it makes it a bit tricky to predict exactly who will be coming for the Nov. 14 and 18 matches, as presumably not everyone is Robbie “I’m coming anyway” Keane.
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MLS has a 13-day break between the final match of this round and the first match of the conference finals, so anyone is free to go to Europe if called up.
Here are two roster projections, one from a “I’ll call up anyone at any time” Klinsmann, and another free from all potential MLS playoff-tied players.
USMNT PROJECTED ROSTER BY POSITION:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), Cody Cropper (Southampton)
Note: It’s either Cropper, based in England, or Sean Johnson of the Chicago Fire. There’s a chance Klinsmann calls up DC United’s Bill Hamid if the Black-and-Red are finished off by New York this weekend.
DEFENDERS (7): Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Michael Orozco (Puebla), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC), John Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City), Julian Green (Hamburger SV), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich), Terrence Boyd (RB Leipzig)
USMNT MLS PLAYOFF-FREE PROJECTED ROSTER BY POSITION:
BALTIMORE, MD - JULY 21: Rodolfo Zelaya Garcia #11 of El Salvador battles for the ball against DaMarcus Beasley #7 of the United States in the second half during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal game at M&T Bank Stadium on July 21, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
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GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Cody Cropper (Southampton)
DEFENDERS (7): Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Michael Orozco (Puebla), John Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin), DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City), Julian Green (Hamburger SV), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich), Terrence Boyd (RB Leipzig), Rubio Rubin (FC Utrecht)