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Beyond the match, here are two quick points about the United States' 2-0 win over Canada.

Ford Field, the home of the Detroit Lions was a cesspool of lumpy divots which caused the ball to slow down considerably or take an awkward bounce. The stadium's surface is an artificial turf over which was carpeted over by bales of natural grass for the Gold Cup. The field was partly responsible for a match that was never free flowing.

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The United States Men's National team don their white-ish Nike Greys today for Game 1 of the Gold Cup group stage versus a Canadian team with a lot of offensive power, but little defensive firefighting?

Photo by Sam Javanrouh

When the United States takes the pitch tomorrow versus Spain, there will be more on the line than most people realize. Just like when the Yanks faced off against Argentina and Brazil in equally meaningless friendlies, there will be a lot of pride at stake in the match.

All 12 rosters for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup have been released and there is plenty of star power set to be on display in the United States this summer.

Manchester United star Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez headlines the list of players who the United States will be trying to beat for the Gold Cup trophy.

CANADA
1 Lars Hirschfeld 10/17/78 GK2 Nikolas Ledgerwood 01/16/85 DF3 Michael Klukowski 05/27/81 DF4 Kevin McKenna 01/21/80 DF5 Andre Hainault 06/17/86 DF6 Julian de Guzman 03/25/81 MD7 Terence Dunfield 02/20/82 MD8 William Johnson 01/21/87 MD9 Robert Friend 01/23/81 AT10 Ali Gerba 04/09/81 AT11 Joshua Simpson 05/15/83 MD12 Pedro Pacheco Melo 06/27/84 MD13 Atiba Hutchinson 02/08/83 MD14 Dwayne de Rosario 05/15/78 MD15 Dejan Jakovic 07/16/85 DF16 Tosaint Ricketts 08/06/87 MD17 Simeon Jackson 03/28/87 MD18 Milan Borjan 10/23/87 GK19 Marcel de Jong 10/15/86 DF20 Jaime Peters 05/04/87 DF21 Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault 09/27/88 MD22 Haidar Al-Shaibani 03/31/84 GK23 Issey Nakajima-Farran 05/16/84 MDManager Stephen Hart
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CANADA GK: Lars Hirschfeld (Valerenga/NOR) , Milan Borjan (SK Rad/SVK), Haidar Al-Shaibani (Nimes Olympique/FRA) DEF: Nikolas Ledgerwood (SV Wehen Wiesbaden/GER), Michael Klukowski (Ankaragücü/TUR), Kevin McKenna (Koln/GER), Andre Hainault (Houston Dynamo/USA), , Terence Dunfield (Vancouver Whitecaps), Will Johnson (Real Salt Lake/USA), Dejan Jakovic (D.

After all that chatter, Dwayne De Rosario will be representing Canada this summer.

The New York Red Bulls midfielder highlights manager Stephen Hart's roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, along with five other MLS players. Attacking talent Simeon Jackson, who spearheaded Norwich City's promotion to the English Premier League also made the cut for Canada, which will open the Gold Cup against the United States on June 7 in Detroit.

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