UPDATE - According to the US Mens National Team Blog, Spain’s roster for Wednesday’s friendly has been set.

Goalkeepers:
Andrés Palop Cervera(Sevilla F.C. S.A.D.)
José Manuel Reina Páez(Liverpool F.C. )
Iker Casillas Fernández(Real Madrid C.F.)

Defenders:
Raúl Albiol Tortajada(Valencia C.F. S.A.D.)
Joan Capdevila Méndez(Villarreal C.F. S.A.D.)
Carles Puyol Saforcada(F.C. Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos García(Real Madrid C.F.)
Juan Gutiérrez Moreno(Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.)
Carlos López Marchena(Valencia C.F. S.A.D.)
Álvaro Arbeloa Coca(Liverpool C.F.)
Fernando Navarro Corbacho(R.C.D. Mallorca)

Midfielders:
Marcos Antonio Senna Da Silva(Villarreal C.F. S.A.D.)
David Jiménez Silva(Valencia C.F. S.A.D.)
Xavier Hernández Creus(F.C. Barcelona )
Andrés Iniesta Luján(F.C. Barcelona )
Francesc Fabregas Soler(Arsenal F.C.)
Xabier Alonso Olano(Liverpool F.C.)
Rubén de la Red Gutiérrez(Getafe C.F. S.A.D)
Sergio García de la Fuente(Real Zaragoza S.A.D.)
Santiago Cazorla González(Villarreal C.F. S.A.D.)

Forwards:
David Villa Sánchez(Valencia C.F. S.A.D.)
Fernando José Torres Sanz(Liverpool F.C.)
Daniel Gonzalez Güiza(R.C.D Mallorca S.A.D.)

According to the US Mens National Team Blog, the US Roster has been set against Spain.

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION

Goalkeepers (3): Dominic Cervi (out of contract), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Tim Howard (Everton FC)

Defenders (7): Carlos Bocanegra (out of contract), Dan Califf (FC Midtjylland), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jay DeMerit (Watford FC), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard de Liege), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock)

Midfielders (6): Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Eddie Lewis (Derby County), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids)

Forwards (4): Clint Dempsey (Fulham FC), Nate Jaqua (out of contract), Eddie Johnson (Fulham FC), Josh Wolff (out of contract)

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The United States got a good look at their opponent this week as Spain took on Peru in Huelva over the weekend.

Do you see any weaknesses in their starting 11?  Yeah, me neither.

Luis Aragones has left Real Madrid striker Raul off the roster for the upcoming 2008 European Championships despite scoring 18 La Liga goals this season, opting instead to take uncapped Zaragoza forward Sergio Garcia. Raul has not played for Spain since 2006 but still leads the country with 44 Goals in 102 International Matches.

Bojan Krkic was left out of the squad as well after informing Aragones that he was suffering from fatigue after he debut season with Barcelona.

David Albelda was not included due to his troubles with La Liga club Valencia.

Spain has friendlies set with Peru May 31st and the United States on June 4th.

They will face Russia on June 10th to start their Euros campaign, Sweden on the 14th and Greece the 18th to end the group phase.

VIA BBC SPORT

Spain squad for European Championships:
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Andres Palop (Sevilla).
Defenders: Raul Albiol (Valencia), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Juanito Gutierrez (Real Betis), Fernando Navarro (Mallorca), Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona), Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool).
Midfielders: Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), David Silva (Valencia), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Ruben De La Red (Getafe), Marcos Senna (Villarreal), Santi Cazorla (Villarreal).
Forwards: Fernando Torres (Liverpool), David Villa (Valencia), Daniel Guiza (Mallorca), Sergio Garcia (Zaragoza)

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I was watching this game yesterday and Ray Hudson was going mad! The best part of the demolition was the fact that Arjen Robben actually played AND scored AND didn’t fall over every time the camera was on him.

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Rafa Benitez’ rotation policy is gonna take a new hit as Fernando Torres was injured on Spanish duty.  The impressive forward who’s netted 19 times so far this season for Liverpool limped off against France around the 23rd minute mark  in a 1-0 win for Spain.  You have to think he’s a doubt for the game against Chelsea and Champions League final 16 against Inter.

He might have a Serbian who played for Red Star Belgrade , but being born in Spain to a Catalan nurse and playing at Barcelona has gotten Bojan Krkic called up to Luis Aragones full squad for next week’s friendly against France. The call up also protects Spain from losing Krkic to Serbia, who have been long in contact with him about representing their country at the highest level even though Krkic represented Spain at the U-17 level.  He is the youngest player to feature in a Champions League game at 17 years, 22 days.

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We’ve always been huge fans on Fernando Torres, especially since he killed it at the 2004 Euro’s with Spain. Captaining Athletico Madrid at 19 years old was huge, but the success he’s had at Liverpool has been amazing, with 17 goals so far, averaging 0.65 goals a game. Can you say there was a better buy last summer?

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Future Italian National Team forward Guiseppe Rossi scored in the 12th minute of extra time to lift Villareal past Recreativo Huelvo 2-1 in the Copa del Rey.  Yeah, he missed a pen, but no fan will remember that in a week.