USA vs. Wales
International Friendly
Monday, May 26 in San Jose, Calif. (Spartan Stadium)
10 pm ET/7 pm PT
TV: espn 2 (live); Telemundo (tape) 11:30 pm ET/PT.
* Tonight's game marks the USA's sixth of the year. All games so far have been friendlies:
Jan. 18 — USA 4 Canada 0 Feb. 8 — USA 0 Argentina 1 Feb. 12 — Jamaica 1 USA 2 March 29 — USA 2 Venezuela 0 May 8 — USA 0 Mexico 0
* Manny Lagos is a late replacement on the U.S. roster for Ramiro Corrales, who left camp because of a death in the family.
* The U.S. roster includes five foreign-based players, although Claudio Reyna, who is rehabbing from his October ACL tear, is not expected to see action.
* Probable U.S. starting lineup:
Joe Cannon; Ryan Suarez, C.J. Brown, Jeff Agoos, Greg Vanney; Earnie Stewart, Richard Mulrooney, Bobby Convey, Eddie Lewis; Landon Donovan, Jovan Kirovski.
* Wales has played a 4-5-1 formation at times in its Euro 2004 qualifying campaign, in which it has won all four games. The absences of several attacking starters — Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy and John Hartson — and a minor injury to Newcastle's Gary Speed may require Coach Mark Hughes to use midfielder Matt Jones at right back.
* Probable Wales starting lineup:
Paul Jones; Matt Jones, Adrian Williams, Andy Melville, Paul Trollope; Simon Davies, Andy Johnson, John Oster, Jason Koumas; Mark Pembridge; Gareth Taylor.
USA ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS
Joe Cannon (RC Lens/France) 0 caps/0 goals
Nick Rimando (D.C. United) 2/0
DEFENDERS
Jeff Agoos (San Jose) 133 caps/4 goals
C.J. Brown (Chicago) 14/0
Mike Petke (D.C. United) 1/0
Greg Vanney (Bastia/France) 18/0
MIDFIELDERS
Bobby Convey (D.C. United) 8 caps/0 goals
Eddie Lewis (Preston North End/England) 43/3
Manny Lagos (San Jose) 2/0
Richard Mulrooney (San Jose) 6/0
Ben Olsen (D.C. United) 22/4
Claudio Reyna (Sunderland/England) 92/8
FORWARDS
Brian Ching (San Jose) 0 caps/0 goals
Landon Donovan (San Jose) 34/8
Alecko Eskandarian (D.C. United) 0/0
Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham/England) 55/8
Earnie Stewart (D.C. United) 86/15
WALES ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS
Paul Jones (Southampton) 30 caps/0 goals
Darren Ward (Nottingham Forest) 3/0
DEFENDERS Gary Speed (Newcastle United) 73 caps/6 goals
Andy Melville (Fulham) 57/3
Adrian Williams (Reading) 12/1
Rhys Day (Mansfield) 0/0
MIDFIELDERS
Mark Pembridge (Everton) 47 caps/6 goals
Simon Davies (Tottenham) 14/3
Matthew Jones (Leicester City) 12/0
Carl Robinson (Portsmouth) 11/0
Andy Johnson (West Brom) 9/0
Paul Trollope (Northampton) 9/0
John Oster (Sunderland) 6/0
Jason Koumas (West Brom) 3/0 David Vaughan (Crewe) 0/0
FORWARDS
Gareth Taylor (Burnley) 11 caps/0 goals
Neil Roberts (Wigan) 2/0
Christian Roberts (Bristol City) 0/0