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Dempsey, Altidore lead USA squad for Gold Cup

Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley headline United States' squad for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Jurgen Klinsmann named his 23-man squad on Tuesday, with the experienced trio set to lead USA in their bid for back-to-back Gold Cup titles.

All but six of the players called in for the Gold Cup were in the squad for last year's World Cup. The key absences from that team are goalkeeper Tim Howard, who is taking a year off from national team duty, injured midfielder Jermaine Jones and defender Matt Besler.

USA kick-off their campaign against Honduras in Frisco on July 7.
 

Defenders: Ventura Alvarado (Club America), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers)

Midfielders: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (New York City FC), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)