Zak Whitebread
Perhaps the biggest surprise snub from Bob Bradley’s 23 players he has initially called in to the US camp is Milwall center back Zak Whitebread. The defender had a great season in England helping Milwall make a run at the championship. It was even rumored that he was getting looked at by a number of bigger clubs around Europe.

Chris Pontius
The DC United winger is an early candidate for rookie of the year award this season in the MLS. Pontius has size, speed, and the knack to make things happen around goal. This season the former University of California –Santa Barbra standout has already scored four goals and notched two assists.

Mikkel “Mix” Diskerud
The Norwegian-American recently played for the U-20 US squad in a friendly against Egypt scoring the only goal in 1-0 victory. Every time “Mix” is on the field he makes an impact with his club. The sooner we get him in the Men’s team the better. He’s only a year younger than Altidore who started every game of the Confederations Cup. I’d hate to lose him to Norway’s national team.

Jemal Johnson
The MK Dons regular is another Yank who has seen success in England’s League One division. The speedy winger can score goals as well cross dangerous balls into the box. His experience abroad would be a nice addition to a MLS-heavy Gold Cup squad.

Chris Rolfe
Partnered with Brian McBride in Chicago, Rolfe won back his starting striker position from Patrick Nyarko after coming off the bench the first few weeks of the season. Rolfe has “Landon Donovan” qualities and is a creator on the attack.

Nate Jaqua
The big bodied Seattle Sounders striker has found the back of the net six times already this season in the MLS. The US team seems to play well with at least one “big” striker who can hold up the ball and be dangerous in the air. Jaqua has five assists to go along with his goal scoring prowess anchoring the potent Sounders attack.

Jeremiah White
Teammate of Benny Feilhaber at AGF Aarhus has been a career journeymen in Europe who had one of the best years of his career this season in Denmark. His speed and experience as a natural right winger could benefit the US.

Honorable Mention: Bobby Boswell, Robbie Findley, and Brad Davis

Friday

MLB

AL
LAA def DET 2-1
TOR def KC 9-3
TX def BOS 5-1

CLE def CWS 6-0
W: Pavano L: Danks
AJ Pierzynski led the Sox offensively with two hits including a double.

OAK def BAL 9-1
MIN def SEA 2-1

NL
NYM def DC 3-1

CHC def CIN 2-1
W: Zambrano L: Owings S: Gregg
Carlos Zambrano helped his own cause with a 5th inning homerun in his 100th Career W.

SFO def FLA 2-1
MIL def ATL 4-0
HOU def PIT 9-1
COL def STL 11-4
ARI def SDG 8-0
LAD def PHI 4-3

Saturday

STANLEY CUP FINALS

The detroit Redwings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 to go up 3-2 in the series. Chris Osgood collected career shutout number 49 in a brilliant 22 save, 1 assist performance. Redwing goals came from Daniel Cleary, Niklas Kronwall, Vaitteri Filppula, Brian Rafaiski and Henrik Zetterberg.

MLB

AL
TAM def NYY 9-7
KC def TOR 6-2

CWS def CLE 4-2
W: Floyd L: Sowers S: Jenks
HR: Fields (CWS)

SEA def MIN 2-1
DET def LAA 2-1
BOS def TX 8-1
OAK def BAL 9-4

NL
LAD def PHI 3-2
FLA def SFO 5-4
MIL def ATL 3-0
PIT def HOU 6-4
DC def NYM 7-1

CIN def CHC 4-3 in 11 innings
W: Masset L: Marshall
Soto and Scales each contributed a homer to the losing effort.

COL def STL 10-1
SDG def ARI 6-4

Sunday

NBA FINALS

The LA Lakers defeated The Orlando Magic 101-96 in overtime. Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol led the Lakers in scoring with 29 and 10 points respectively. Gasol snatched 10 rebounds and Kobe added 8 dimes. Rashard Lewis Led The Magic with 34 points.

MLB

AL
DET def LAA 9-6
NYY def TB 4-3
TOR def KC 4-0
TX def BOS 6-3

CLE def CWS 8-4
W: Huff L: Colon

OAK def BAL 3-0
SEA def MIN 4-2

NL
CHC def CIN 6-3 in 14 innings
W: Patton L: Lincoln S: Guzman
HR: Soriano (CHC), Theriot (CHC)

ATL def MIL 8-7
NYM def DC 7-0
HOU def PIT 6-4
COL def STL 7-2
AZ def SDG 9-6
SFO def FLA 3-2
PHI def LAD 7-2

PGA

Tiger Woods finished -12 at The Memorial to collect his 67th tour victory.

Monday

MLB

AL
DET def CWS 5-4
W: Zumaya L: Linebrink S: Rodney
Paul Konerko and Jermaine Dye homered in the losing effort.

NYY def TB 5-3
TOR def TX 6-3

CWS def DET 6-1
W: Contreras L: Bonderman
Thome, Podsednik and Ramirez all homered for the Sox after manager Ozzie Guillen blasted Chicago's offensive following a loss in the first half of today's double header.

OAK def MIN 4-3

NL
COL def STL 5-2
ATL def PIT 7-6
FLA def SFO 4-0
SDG def AZ 6-3

-Wild