No real surprises - Ruiz is obviously excluded. Riise the younger is not there and neither is Davies. Simon is injured at the moment but not naming him is a tad ominious for his future. The full squad is - Goalies 1 Mark Schwarzer 22 Csaba Somogyi 38 Neil Etheridge* 41 Marcus Bettinelli* 44 Jesse Joronen* Defenders 2 Stephen Micky Kelly 3 John Arne Riise 5 Brede PaulsenHangeland 6 Chris Baird 14 Philippe Senderos 18 Aaron Bill Hughes 26 Zdenek Grygera 28 Matthew Briggs* 39 Stephen Arthurworrey* 40 Alex Smith* Midfielders 4 Steve Jimmy Sidwell 10 Pajtim Kasami 13 Danny Ben Murphy 15 Marcel Gecov 16 Damien Tony Duff 20 Dickson Paul Etuhu 21 Kerim Frei 23 Clint Drew Dempsey 37 Courtney Harris* 43 Josh Pritchard* Forwards 8 Andrew Johnson 9 Orlando Sá 25 Bobby Lester Zamora 30 Moussa Dembélé 35 Richard Peniket* 42 Marcello Trotta*
Wow, middle names. That's kind of cool. Might make for a good trivia contest later this year. "Lester" that's a proper middle name, but "Bill" or "Drew" ... what were their parents thinking?
Exactly ... none of those are real names! Drew is short for Andrew. Bill is short for William. Jimmy for James. Ben for Benjamin. Tony for Antonio. What's the world coming to? My son's name is Thunder-Dan Dines, but when he introduces himself to girls, he just goes by Thunder because the name "Dan" is so embarrassing. Cottager - I confess I'd have to Google to find Riise the younger's middle name, as well as Stockdale's.
Ah Semundseth, always in the top 100 boys names. I must admit I had assumed Helge was his middle name. Very confusing, these Norwegians!
Both Riises have Semundseth in their name. It's either their mother's maiden name, or its the Norwegian word for salted cod.
