ROGERS HAS TO PLAY FOR THE "A" TEAM:

Gold Cup Preview: United States-Honduras: Who: United States vs. Honduras What: Gold Cup Group B When: 9:00 ET, Wednesday, July 8 (Noah Davis, 7/08/09)

These two squads faced off almost exactly a month ago, with the Stars and Stripes defeating the Catrachos 2-1 courtesy of Carlos Bocanegra's late goal. It was a vital victory for the U.S. squad, which came into the match reeling after a resounding defeat in Costa Rica. That team, however, shares little in common with the outfit that will play in RFK Stadium. Not a single member of the Starting XI that took the pitch in Chicago is even on the 23-man Gold Cup roster (although Conor Casey, Jonathan Bornstein, Jozy Altidore, and Ricardo Clark could be called in). Instead, Bob Bradley will turn to Stuart Holden and Robbie Rogers to pace the American attack as they did over the weekend and rely on Columbus Crew stalwart Chad Marshall to organize the U.S. defensive corps.