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Bradley announces 18-man USA squad for Brazil friendly

USA national team coach Bob Bradley has named an 18-man squad for next week's international friendly with Brazil. USA meet Brazil at New Meadowlands Stadium in New Jersey on Tuesday August 10 and will go into the match with 14 players from the recent World Cup squad.

"This game is a great opportunity to showcase many players from the World Cup team who earned the respect and appreciation of fans across the country," said Bradley. "At the same time, our goal continues to be to compete and succeed against the best teams in the world. With an extremely talented group of players, Brazil will be another difficult test."

USA squad for Brazil friendly

Goalkeepers

Brad Guzan (Aston Villa) Tim Howard (Everton)

Defenders

Carlos Bocanegra (Saint-Étienne) Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA) Steve Cherundolo (Hannover) Clarence Goodson (IK Start) Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew) Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)

Midfielders

Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro) Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy) Maurice Edu (Rangers) Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus) Jermaine Jones (Schalke) Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht)

Forwards

Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy) Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake) Herculez Gomez (Pachuca)

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