[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] FIFA’s deadline for World Cup finalists to submit their short list of 30 players is May 11, and the deadline to cut that list down to 23is June 1. That’s good news for U.S. coach Bob Bradley. While 20 spots on the U.S. World Cup team seem to be set, no one has stepped up to claim one of thethree remaining years.

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