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It feels like summer. It feels like home. Rosters were announced and the games matter, starting next week. One last tune-up will have our Yanks abroad taking the field, as MLS teams were given the obvious reprieve before their best players are stolen for a good part of the summer. The better the US MNT does, the worse-off MLS teams will be: chalk another up for the scheduling gods. Oh, by the way, a little side tourney called the US Open Cup – maybe you’ve heard of it – begins on June 12. I’ve heard of it, but what is this USL you speak of?

After the jump are the two rosters (and one kind of random link not to be missed) - who sticks out to you on the China roster (some new names there) - that will face China on Saturday, in San Jose, California, at Spartan Stadium, 5 p.m. PT; the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and Galavision - and Guatemala on June 7 (all Gold Cup games will be live on Fox Soccer Channel)…

Compare the rosters below. But first… a new (American) football league ? Say it ain’t so. Of course, Mark Cuban is involved.

U.S. MNT 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Roster

GOALKEEPERS (3) – Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
DEFENDERS (8) –Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution), Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (8) – DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburger SV), Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Steve Ralston (New England Revolution)
FORWARDS (4) – Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)

U.S. MNT Roster vs. China

GOALKEEPERS (3) – Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)
DEFENDERS (6) – Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham FC), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)
MIDFIELDERS (7) – DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburger SV), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Jesse Marsch (Chivas USA), Lee Nguyen (PSV Eindhoven)
FORWARDS (3) – Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Kamani Hill (VfL Wolfsburg), Ante Razov (Chivas USA)