Alemania Arqueros: Manuel Neuer (Bayern), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen) y Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)Defensas: Holger Badstuber, Jerome Boateng, Philipp Lahm (Bayern), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen) y Christian Träsch (Wolfsburgo).

One of the best parts of coming together and bonding at an international competition is the memories to take with you forever. And the best way to leave a legacy? By taking a team portrait, of course! You can bet that Thomas Mueller wants to dust off the framed photo from 2012 on his mantelpiece in the year 2050 and mutter: "Das beste Team aller Zeiten" ("The Best Team Of All Time) to his eleven grandchildren.

Manchester United commercial director Richard Arnold has dismissed suggestions that the club signs international stars from emerging football nations to sell in those particular markets, insisting that each of the club's players has the pull equivalent to that of George Clooney in Hollywood.

Arnold was speaking in response to reports that United's potential signing of Japanese starlet Shijni Kagawa from Borussia Dortmund is primarily aimed at generating revenue from football shirt sales in the island nation.

By FRANCO PANIZO

ORLANDO, Fla. -- When Terrence Boyd found out he would start in the U.S. men's national team's friendly against Scotland last week, he could not help but smile. Boyd was happy as can be knowing he would get a big chance to prove his worth in just his second cap with the United States, and he called his parents to share his excitement.

Below are the final 23-man squads for all the countries competing in the 2012 UEFA European Championships.

Group A

Poland

# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Wojciech Szczęsny April 18, 1990 (age 22) 9 0 Arsenal 12 GK Grzegorz Sandomierski September 5, 1989 (age 22) 3 0 Jagiellonia Białystok 22 GK Przemysław Tytoń January 4, 1987 (age 25) 5 0 PSV 2 DF Sebastian Boenisch February 1, 1987 (age 25) 5 0 Werder Bremen 3 DF Grzegorz Wojtkowiak January 26, 1984 (age 28) 18 0 TSV 1860 Munchen 4 DF Damien Perquis April 10, 1984 (age 28) 6 1 Sochaux 13 DF Marcin Wasilewski June 9, 1980 (age 31) 47 1 Anderlecht 14 DF Jakub Wawrzyniak July 7, 1983 (age 28) 26 0 Legia Warszawa 15 DF Marcin Kamiński January 15, 1992 (age 20) 3 0 Lech Poznań 20 DF Łukasz Piszczek June 3, 1985 (age 26) 23 0 Borussia Dortmund 5 MF Dariusz Dudka December 9, 1983 (age 28) 62 2 Auxerre 6 MF Adam Matuszczyk February 14, 1989 (age 23) 19 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf 7 MF Eugen Polanski March 17, 1986 (age 26) 7 0 Mainz 05 8 MF Maciej Rybus August 19, 1989 (age 22) 20 1 Terek Grozny 10 MF Ludovic Obraniak November 10, 1984 (age 27) 22 4 Bordeaux 11 MF Rafał Murawski October 9, 1981 (age 30) 42 1 Lech Poznań 16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski (Captain) December 14, 1985 (age 26) 50 8 Borussia Dortmund 18 MF Adrian Mierzejewski November 6, 1986 (age 25) 22 1 Trabzonspor 19 MF Rafał Wolski November 10, 1992 (age 19) 2 0 Legia Warszawa 21 MF Kamil Grosicki June 8, 1988 (age 23) 12 0 Sivasspor 9 FW Robert Lewandowski August 21, 1988 (age 23) 41 13 Borussia Dortmund 17 FW Artur Sobiech June 12, 1990 (age 21) 4 1 Hannover 96 23 FW Paweł Brożek April 21, 1983 (age 29) 34 8 Celtic

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Presently, you could argue that the German National Team has the most overworked players (apart from the Dutch, Spanish and England) at the Euro 2012 tournament. The likes of Thomas Mueller, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gomez were barely given a week to recover themselves before turning up at their training camp in Tourrettes, France, while Arjen Robben played a friendly for The Netherlands a mere three days after Bayern's Champions League final loss!

With the arrival of Jozy Altidore this morning, the USA's 23-player travel roster is now complete and fully operational. After a walking tour of the city this morning, the team will hold a public training session tonight at the University of Maryland, then gets its first look at FedExField tomorrow evening.

Besides looking like a bunch of Where's Waldos (Wally for our British brothers) for 90+ minutes in their new hooped kits, the USMNT managed to put up a five spot on Scotland down in Jacksonville, three of those coming from Landon "Less is more for me" Donovan. The score finished out 5-1 with a header from Jermaine Jones and a Rooney-esque bomb of a half volley (video above) from Michael Bradley adding to Donovan's three tallies.

So with the Euro 2012 championship just 13 agonising days away, here at footyblog we've taken the opportunity to look ahead to the competition and see which players we should be keeping an eye out for the likes of Eriksen, Muller and Perisic with the chance of becoming household names by the end of the competition.

U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has named a final 23-man travel squad for the U.S.'s upcoming three friendlies and two World Cup qualifiers.

The U.S. kicks of a busy three weeks against Scotland in Jacksonville on May 26 before playing five-time World Cup champions Brazil on Wednesday, May 30, in Landover, Md.

Not a ton of surprises by US Men's National team coach Jurgen Klinsmann. He released his 23-man roster for the upcoming five games over the next few weeks.

The four players missing the cut were: Juan Agudelo, Graham Zusi, Alfredo Morales, and Danny Williams. Not any real shockers there as most folks believed Zusi, Morales and Williams wouldn't make the cut at the start of the camp anyways.

The U.S. men's national team's final 23 are on their way to Jacksonville.

Juan Agudelo, Alfredo Morales, Danny Williams and Graham Zusi are not among them, as the four were cut from the national team roster by coach Jurgen Klinsmann ahead of the team's upcoming five matches.

OTP gives you the lowdown on all the Euro 2012 teams. 10 word description: Lowly hosts banking on home advantage and a decent draw. Coach: Franciszek Smuda The 63-year-old veteran has been in the post since 2009. He's coached in Germany's lower leagues and if you're a Polish club and he hasn't managed you, you're [.

No links this time, just a coupla semi-goodies, a bit of good news and a Danish-American horn toot. It's just about that time again, so let's unpack those ol' thumbs up and down for summer... #1 - Let's start with a couple of transfer report reviews: I can confirm that the Austrian report of Rapid Vienna being a loan option for young Borussia Dortmund goal shark Terrence "Ostinato Cello" Boyd

USA manager Jurgen Klinsmann has announced a 27 man squad for training and three friendly matches before the start of World Cup Qualifying. The full squad is below along with each players club teams in parenthesis. The squad will be reduced to 23 players for the first WCQ match on June 8, 2012.

According to the Daily Mail, Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is getting closer to the Arsenal exit door as Borussia Dortmund prepares for a transfer swoop.

Based on the report, the Bundesliga club has already officially inquired about the targetman, and with his loan spell at Sunderland over a move away from the Emirates is likely.

Lewandowski perfect for Arsenal? by CB After winning both the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal with Borussia Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski seems ready to try on a new challenge. Although Lewandowski has only played for Dortmund since 2010, he rapidly managed to get noticed by some of the biggest clubs in the Premiership, such as Manchester [.

Lewandowski perfect for Arsenal? by CB After winning both the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal with Borussia Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski seems ready to try on a new challenge. Although Lewandowski has only played for Dortmund since 2010, he rapidly managed to get noticed by some of the biggest clubs in the Premiership, such as Manchester [.

Louis van Gaal is in line for a senior managerial role at Liverpool. The Dutchman was linked with a move to Anfield in the wake of Damien Comolli's dismissal as director of football in April. However, while it has since been decided to change the management structure at Liverpool, Van Gaal has remained under consideration for a revised role and is the leading contender to become the club's first sporting director.

New England natives Geoff Cameron (Attleboro, Mass.) and Michael Parkhurst (Providence, R.I.) were among 11 additional players called into U.S. Men's National Team camp by head coach Juergen Klinsmann on Sunday. Klinnsman had initially invited 16 players on May 15.

Cameron has played in 10 games for the Houston Dynamo (MLS) this season.

Yeah, I am slacking. I totally meant to get to this yesterday but this past weekend was a bit nuts for me. Anyways, Jurgen Klinsmann added 11 more players to his roster camp for the upcoming June games.

The team will train in Orlando, Fla. until May 25, when Klinsmann will select a final 23-man roster for the upcoming five matches.

Houston Dynamo defender Geoff Cameron today got the news he had been waiting for, learning that he had been called into US National Team manager Juergen Klinsmann's first qualifying camp for World Cup 2014.

Of course, Cameron is not a sure thing to stay in camp for very long, they I really do wish him all the success in the world.

photo by John Todd/ISIphotos.com

U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added 11 players to the roster partaking in a camp in Orlando, Fla., and veterans Landon Donovan and Oguchi Onyewu are a part of it.

Here is the full roster with the latest additions in bold:

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Alfredo Morales (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting CP), Michael Parkhurst (FC Nordsjaelland), Clarence Goodson (Brondby IF)

Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Jose Torres (Pachuca), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Forwards: Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA), Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Herculez Gomez (Santos Laguna), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar)

What do you think of the roster?

Arsenal might transfer another striker after all in this summer, as Borussia Dortmund's forward Kevin Grosskreutz has expressed his wish to join a Premiership side. The forward was previously linked with Arsenal after admitting his interest in the way the Gunners go about their game, and a double switch from Dortmund to Arsenal for himself [.

Herc Gomez against Turkey...

Twitter and other news reports out on Saturday suggested that there were two more additions to the US final preliminary roster set to be release sometime today. Those flown in today are apparently to include Herculez Gomez and Chris Wondolowksi

That would make the current roster look like this:

(Blue text means unconfirmed by US Soccer:)

GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (4): Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Alfredo Morales (Hertha Berlin)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Jose Torres (Pachuca), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy)
FORWARDS (1): Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund), Herculez Gomez (Santos Laguna), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

That leaves 9 players set for possible inclusion today.

Champions League final: Dilemma for Di Matteo as Chelsea look to make history is a post from: Just Football

The Champions League final is ironically being contested by two sides who are not champions of their own domestic leagues.

Chelsea have finished 6th and Bayern Munich have lost the league for the second year running, compounded by a 5-2 defeat to Dortmund in the German Cup final last weekend.

It's not Real Madrid versus FC Barcelona as many expected, but we'll take it. In an improbable matchup, FC Bayern Munich will host Chelsea FC in the Champions League final on Saturday. Bayern Munich finished runners up to a dominant Borussia Dortmund in both the Bundesliga and the German Cup. Chelsea finished sixth in the [.

Well, Nicklas Bendtner has walked back through the Arsenal door after his loan move to Sunderland ended and I'm sure many Gooners would prefer it if he just strolled back out of it again.
His exit could happen too if rumours that Borussia Dortmund are set to put a £2.5m bid in for the Dane are true, although I think that amount of money might just cover the price of his ego.

Lista definitiva de PoloniaPorteros: Artur Boruc (Celtic), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United), Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal).

Defensas: Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht), Pawel Golanski (Steaua Bukarest), Mariusz Jop (FC Moscú), Jacek Bak (Austria Viena), Michal Zewlakow (Olympiacos), Adam Kokoszka (Wisla Cracovia), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Varsovia).

Lista definitiva de SuizaPorteros: Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburgo), Pascal Zuberbuehler (Neuchatel Xamax), Eldin Jakupovic (Grasshoppers)
Defensas: Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Patrick Mueller (Olympique Lyon), Johan Djourou (Arsenal), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Lille)
Centrocampistas: Valon Behrami (Lazio), Gokhan Inler (Udinese), Gelson Fernandes (Manchester City), Benjamin Huggel (Basilea), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Hakan Yakin (Young Boys Berna), Ricardo Cabanas (Grasshoppers), Johan Vonlanthen (Salzburgo), Daniel Gygax (Metz)
Delanteros: Alex Frei (Borussia Dortmund), Marco Streller (Basilea), Eren Derdiyok (Basilea)
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Deservedly called....

Jurgen Klinsmann dropped 16 names in the hopper for World Cup qualifying.

Conspicious by their appearance are Joe Corona and Edgar Castillo showing that Klinsmann really wants to find some more left-side attacking help on the senior side.

Conspicous by his absence was Timmy Chandler.

Barcelona's Summer 2012 Tranfer Targets: Who's coming in and who's going out? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Depending upon the outcome of Copa del Rey Final on May 25th against Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona can finish the 2011/2012 campaign on a (relative) high.

Winning the domestic Cup competition is nothing to sniff at but it pales to the accomplishments achieved in previous seasons.

Als erfolgsverwöhnter Fan des FC Bayern München hat man derzeit sowieso nicht so richtig viel Spaß, aber dass man so nebenbei auch noch den Spott der Gegner ertragen muss, ist schon ein starkes Stück. Trotzdem gehört so was zum Fussball dazu und genau deswegen müssen die Bayern Fans auch noch das hier ertragen.

The Premier League season has barely finished with Man City pipping United to the title, but it looks as if Man United are already preparing for the next season with Ferguson and Mike Phelan spotted during a Borussia Dortmund cup final against Bayern Munich.

Under the transfer radar for United was rumoured to be 23 year old Polish striker Robert Lewandowski.

Travolgenti. Con questo aggettivo si possono definire, in maniera inequivocabile, i ragazzi di Jurgen Klopp, i calciatori ddi un giovane e talentuoso Borussia Dortmund che, dopo aver conquistato lo scudetto bis in Bundesliga, a spese del Bayern Monaco, lo travolgono anche nella finale berlinese della Coppa di Germania (Dfb Pokal), con un sonoro 5 aContinua a leggere .

Travolgenti. Con questo aggettivo si possono definire, in maniera inequivocabile, i ragazzi di Jurgen Klopp, i calciatori ddi un giovane e talentuoso Borussia Dortmund che, dopo aver conquistato lo scudetto bis in Bundesliga, a spese del Bayern Monaco, lo travolgono anche nella finale berlinese della Coppa di Germania (Dfb Pokal), con un sonoro 5 aContinua a leggere .

It was very interesting to watch the game.
-Roberto Di Matteo

Rob was, of course, talking about the German Cup final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, not Sunday's largely irrelevant bout of monkeyshines at Stamford Bridge. We finished sixth in the Premier League somebody call my mama.

Arsenal finished the league season today in 3rd place, which gives the team automatic qualification for next season's Champions League, which is great.
Some of this season's highlights:
1. Getting by Udinese in the Champions League Qualifier
2. Winning the Champions League group, including taking four points against Borussia Dortmund, who just completed the German League and Cup double
3.

Borussia Dortmund wrote a new chapter in their history when winning the DFB Pokal (German Cup) last night. Not content with winning the Bundesliga with a record total of 81 points , the Schwarzgelben (black and yellows) routed UEFA Champions League finalists FC Bayern 5-2 to claim the German league and cup double for the first time in the club's history.