Landon Donovan will not be making an appearance at the World Cup in Brazil as he has been left out of Jurgen Klinsmann's final 23-man squad.
Donovan was initially named in Klinsman's 30 man provisional list and it seems he will be the core of the attack giving his experience and productivity .
The Country's all-time leading goalscorer with more than 50 goals appeared in just three of ten matches in the final round of qualifying matches last year after taking a nearly four-month break from the sport.
The 32-year-old attacker, who was named the Most Valuable Player at the last Gold Cup tournament has featured for his country in three World Cups scoreing five goals,
Other notable ommission from the squad are Maurice Edu, Joe Corona and Terrence Boyd.
Squad in full:
GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Nurnberg), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders)
MIDFIELDERS: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)
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