The USA faces Poland in Chicago on Sunday (7 pm ET, live on ESPN2) in its the final tune-up before the start of the semifinal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, which the USA kicks off Aug. 18 at Jamaica.
The USA, which lost to Poland, 3-1, in the first round of the 2002 World Cup but still advanced to the second round while the Poles did not, beat Poland, 1-0 in a friendly March 31 in Plock, Poland.
USA ROSTER (July 11 friendly vs. Poland)
GOALKEEPERS
Tim Howard (Manchester United/ENG) 10 goals/0
Zach Thornton (out of contract) 8/0
DEFENDERS
Chris Albright (Los Angeles Galaxy) 9 caps/1 goal
Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham/ENG) 25/4
Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96/GER) 19/0
Cory Gibbs (Dallas Burn) 11/0
Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) 29/0
Eddie Pope (MetroStars) 61/6
MIDFIELDERS
Chris Armas (Chicago Fire) 57 caps/2 goals
DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire) 35/8
Bobby Convey (D.C. United) 25/1
Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes) 51/16
Eddie Gaven (MetroStars) 0/0
Brian Mullan (San Jose Earthquakes) 0/0
Kerry Zavagnin (Kansas City Wizards) 6/0
FORWARDS
Brian Ching (San Jose Earthquakes) 1 cap/0 goals
Brian McBride (Fulham/ENG) 76/25
Josh Wolff (Kansas City Wizards) 25/7