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England:
Robinson (Tottenham) James (Manchester City) Green (Norwich)
G Neville (Manchester United), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea), Cole (Arsenal), Campbell (Arsenal), Carragher (Liverpool), Bridge (Chelsea),
Beckham (Real Madrid), Carrick (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Downing (Middlesbrough), J Cole (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham),
Rooney (Manchester United), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Walcott (Arsenal).
Standby: Carson (Liverpool), Young (Charlton), Reo-Coker (West Ham), Defoe (Tottenham), Johnson (Crystal Palace).
Sven-Goran Eriksson has named teenagers Theo Walcott and Aaron Lennon in his provisional 23-man England squad for this summer's World Cup in Germany.
But Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ledley King and Darren Bent miss out, while Jermain Defoe is on a five-man standby list.
Walcott, 17, is one of four strikers in Eriksson's squad, along with Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen and Peter Crouch.
Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing and Bayern Munich's Owen Hargreaves are the other surprise inclusions.
Lennon, 19, gets in ahead of fellow winger Wright-Phillips, who despite not playing regularly for Chelsea had kept his England squad place until now.
But he does not even make the standby list either, which includes uncapped West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker and Crystal Palace striker Andy Johnson.
Uncapped Walcott is yet to make a first-team appearance for Arsenal and Eriksson - who revealed his squad at a news conference on Monday - said his decision to include the youngster was a last-minute one.
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Holland 28-man pre-World Cup squad:
Keepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar)
Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburg SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar), Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Johnny Heitinga (Ajax), Barry Opdam (AZ Alkmaar)
Midfielders: George Boateng (Middlesbrough), Mark van Bommel (Barcelona), Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Nigel de Jong (Hamburg SV), Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg SV)
Strikers: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Romeo Castelen (Feyenoord), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven).
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Spain - Provisional
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool), Santiago Canizares (Valencia)
Defenders: Antonio Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Real Betis), Asier del Horno (Chelsea), Joan Capdevila (Deportivo Coruna), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Javi Venta (Villarreal)
Midfielders: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Joaquin (Real Betis), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), David Albelda (Valencia), Ruben Baraja (Valencia), Marcos Senna (Villarreal)
Forwards: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), Fernando Morientes (Liverpool), Raul (Real Madrid), David Villa (Valencia)
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Argentina - 16 definite World Cup picks
Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors), Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid)
Defenders: Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruna), Leandro Cufre (AS Roma), Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United)
Midfielders: Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Lionel Scaloni (West Ham)
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Hernan Crespo (Chelsea)
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Brazil - Starting XI (injury-permitting) vs Croatia (13 June)
Dida,
Cafu, Juan, Lucio, Roberto Carlos,
Emerson, Ze Roberto,
Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Adriano
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Costa Rica - provisional
Goalkeeper: Jose Francisco Porras (Saprissa), Alvaro Mesen (Herediano), Wardy Alfaro (Alajuelense).
Defenders: Harold Wallace (Alajuelense), Jervis Drummond (Saprissa), Michael Umana (Brujas), Michael Rodriguez (Alajuelense), Luis Marin (Alajuelense), Gilberto Martinez (Brescia, Italy), Leonardo Gonzalez (Herediano) Gabriel Badilla (Saprissa), Roy Miller (Bodo Glimt, Norway).
Midfielders: Randall Azofeifa (Saprissa), Carlos Hernandez (Alajuelense), Mauricio Solis (Comunicaciones, Guatemala), Douglas Sequeira (Real Salt Lake, USA), Danny Fonseca (Cartagines), Cristian Bolanos (Saprissa), Walter Centeno (Saprissa).
Strikers: Victor Nunez (Cartagines), Ronald Gomez (Saprissa), Kurt Bernard (Puntarenas), Alvaro Saborio (Saprissa), Paulo Wanchope (no club).
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Sweden
Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson John Alvbåge Rami Shaaban
Defenders: Erik Edman Petter Hansson Teddy Lucic Olof Mellberg Mikael Nilsson Fredrik Stenman Karl Svensson
Midfielders: Niclas Alexandersson Daniel Andersson Mattias Jonson Kim Källström Tobias Linderoth Fredrik Ljungberg Anders Svensson Christian Wilhelmsson
Forwards: Marcus Allbäck Johan Elmander Zlatan Ibrahimovic Henrik Larsson Markus Rosenberg
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What is this a list of the people that USA is gonna beat this summer???
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France (Final)
Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez Gregory Coupet Mickael Landreau
Defenders: Eric Abidal Jean-Alain Boumsong Pascal Chimbonda William Gallas Gael Givet Willy Sagnol Mikael Silvestre Lilian Thuram
Midfielders: Vikash Dhorasoo Alou Diarra Claude Makelele Florent Malouda Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane
Strikers: Djibril Cisse Thierry Henry Franck Ribery Louis Saha David Trezeguet Sylvain Wiltord
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Netherlands (Final)
Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar Maarten Stekelenburg Henk Timmer
Defenders: Kew Jaliens Jan Kromkamp Andre Ooijer John Heitinga Khalid Boulahrouz Joris Mathijsen Giovanni van Bronckhorst Tim de Cler
Midfielders: Mark van Bommel Philip Cocu Denny Landzaat Hedwiges Maduro Wesley Sneijder Rafael van der Vaart
Strikers: Dirk Kuijt Ruud van Nistelrooy Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Arjen Robben Robin van Persie Ryan Babel
How could Van Basten leave out Boateng and Huntelaar?!
Also notable in the omissions column are Clarence Seedorf and Davids.
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