Final 23, no Donovan. Which by itself isn't as huge as it will play, but considering who is added in his place, Green, Evans, Wondolowski, it's downright mindboggling. We now have a left side midfield core of Davis/Green/Bedoya? or "nothing any of our opponents need to worry about so they can double Bradley.
Even worse in my view is leaving off both Goodson and Parkhurst. Goodson from the matches I watched was the most steady central defender and that includes Besler, though Besler played more often, against better competition, and is the clear #1. Brooks? was the biggest disaster to set foot on the back line this cycle and that included Orozco. If some of these guys see the field it's going to be a very long (meaning short) three games.
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
Defenders: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nürnberg), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)
Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)