"All three of these players are trying to sort out their club situations, and the deadline for transfers is a week away. They have also not been playing matches, so for these reasons we decided to select different players for this roster."

-- U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann on the exclusion of Michael Bradley, Ricardo Clark and Jermaine Jones from the roster he picked for friendlies against Costa Rica and Belgium. (USSoccer.com)