Steven Caldwell

Oh, thank God it's going to be over and I don't need to keep predicting these rosters.

It's been a grind, guys.

I think pretty routine.

I don't think there'll be too many surprises.

I would guess that probably 24 of the 26 is really solidified.

And then the options are, do you risk a number of injured players?

We know the guys that are not 100% fit that are definitely going to be in.

But I think when you start to get up to seven, eight, nine players that are huge doubts through injury, then you start to worry.

And if the worst happens, then you are pretty decimated and you don't have the selection that you would need.

through a tournament like this with the games coming in reasonably quick succession so I think there's a couple of guys that will be a little bit nervous I'm thinking someone like Jacob Schaffelberg who is probably on the border and maybe missing out because of his injury and because of the fact that left midfield position is particularly stacked and Jesse Masters has a number of options there that

he might just miss out.

And then someone like Zorhan Basong or Ralph Preso, who can play and add some cover in the back line, might just sneak in as kind of 25, 26 players on the roster.

Yeah, I think it means he needs to have cover on that left side, you know, especially in that full-back position where his understudy, he's been his understudy in the last year and a bit with the Canadian Men's National Team, is Richie Larea.

He's also got his injury problems and he's a little bit more behind than I expected him to be, Brian.

He's still struggling a bit to train fully.

So then...

you say, well, who has that cover?

There's some talk of Segur going and playing on the left, or even Alistair Johnson, he's done that before, so one of the two right full-backs could go over there, but I don't think you want to go into a World Cup campaign with two guys who are really doubtful through injury, so you probably want to bring in

And this is why I'm starting to think that Basong, who is not in the greatest of seasons, being injured himself actually earlier in the season, is playing with Sporting Kansas City and MLS, might just sneak in because he is an out-and-out left back.

He's someone that can play in that area, in that position.