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Three former Sounders among 30 on preliminary U.S. World Cup roster
Forward Brian Ching, a former Seattle Sounders A-League player, was among 30 soccer players selected Tuesday for the preliminary U.S. World Cup roster.
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Three former USL Seattle Sounders — forwards Brian Ching and Herculez Gomez, and goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann — were named to the U.S. men's national team's 30-man preliminary roster for the World Cup.
Ching, who plays for Houston in the MLS, has been sidelined since April 1 with a hamstring injury but hopes to return to the field this week.
About 20 minutes before Tuesday's announcement, a team administrator told him he made it. Still, he wondered and watched the broadcast.
"I was kind of relieved when I saw it up there," Ching said.
U.S. coach Bob Bradley must cut seven players to reach the 23-man limit by June 1, the day they start workouts in South Africa.
Charlie Davies, the forward who was convinced he could recover from a shattering car crash in time for the World Cup, was not selected. Edson Buddle and Gomez, a pair of veteran forwards, were selected for the team. At the start of the year, they were such afterthoughts they weren't even listed in the 2010 U.S. media guide.
The same for Alejandro Bedoya, a 23-year-old midfielder who didn't make his international debut until January.
"It's kind of like a dream," Gomez said.
Davies was badly hurt in an Oct. 13 accident in Virginia, when he broke curfew ahead of the final U.S. World Cup qualifier. Originally forecast to be out a year, he has made it back to training with his French club Sochaux but has yet to play in any games.
Players will start practice Monday at Princeton, N.J., and have exhibition games against the Czech Republic on May 25 at East Hartford, Conn., and versus Turkey four days later in Philadelphia. The Americans have a final exhibition against Australia on June 5 in suburban Johannesburg and play England in their World Cup opener on June 12.
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