Today is the day aspiring World Cup players have been waiting for, and in some cases dreading.
Today is the day the final 23-man rosters for all 32 World Cup teams are finalized, and while the U.S. national team took away the suspense for American fans by naming its team last Wednesday, there is still plenty of intrigue around the world.
Here are some tidbits to already have surfaced regarding rosters:
South Africa has dropped all-time scoring leader Benni McCarthy.
Giovani Dos Santos is reportedly considering quitting after his brother Jonathan was left off Mexico's World Cup squad.
Sunderland striker Darren Bent is reportedly set to be one of the players cut by England manager Fabio Capello. Rumors are also surfacing this morning that Theo Walcott is also being cut.
Argentine-born striker Lucas Barrios made Paraguay's 23-man squad, and is seen as the likely replacement for Salvador Cabanas.
The roster status of American-born striker Giuseppe Rossi with Italy has yet to be announced, but reports out of Italy suggest Rossi should be one of the final players to make the cut. Serbian defender and former U.S. Under-17 player Neven Subotic is expected to make Serbia's final roster.
We will post a link to the full rosters when they become available so stay tuned.
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