Which senior players will be on Olympic squad?

[SyracuseHorn]

We can take 3 senior national team players with us to China for the Olympics. Who gets the nod? I think we're pretty good along the back line, and we have plenty of midfielders (remember that Micheal Bradley will be on the squad, though he missed qualifying). Here are some ideas:

Tim Howard - a virtual lock at GK, though Seitz seems like he's going to be a good one

Dempsey - A scoring threat to pair with Altidore; after Fulham's relegation, he'll be looking for exposure to stay in a top-flight league.

Donovan - Will his addition be too disruptive to team chemistry, or does working with Adu & Altidore help build an understading for the 2010 World Cup?

Bocanegra - The backline actually played really well overall in qualifying. Unless there's an injury, do we address other weaknesses with the senior players?

Beasley - Will he be healthy? Do they need another winger?

Johnson - He's got to be a better choice up top than anyone on the squad but Altidore. Davies and Findley were not impressive at all in qualifying.

I think adding 2 forwards and a GK would be our best option, but injuries, fitness, and form 3 months from now are hard to predict.

Thoughts?

 

[Napoleon]

If Boca makes the team, everyone should

I would prefer not to waste an over 23 pick on Howard.

Other than that, it would be nice if we could bring the rest in and see how they work together. I see bringing in forwards as a way of stunting the growth of our forwards rather than practice working together.

We need to have more 7 on 7 development in our youth system. That way everyone is more involved in the scoring. 11 on 11 can come much later.