The United States Mens National Team play their final match on home soil before shipping off to South Africa.  Fans are hoping for a better performance than they saw on Tuesday vs. the Czech Republic who dropped a 4-2 pounding on the Americans in Hartford.  Saturday’s game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia promises to be an improvement now that Bob Bradley has set the final 23 man roster.

Over 48,000 tickets have already been sold and US Soccer is making a big last day push to sell more.  The weather is expected to be around 80 degrees and sunny which should be perfect conditions for fans looking to tailgate before and after the sendoff match

The American’s  first round opponent England play host Group E hopeful Japan at UPZ Arena in Graz, Austria on Sunday.  This is the final match before Fabio Capello announces his final 23 man roster.  It remains to be see if he will play a lineup close to what might feature in South Africa or if he will sit the players already assured of their ticket to SA and give more time to players on the fence.  There has also been a lot of talk on the internet that Capello might return to a 4-4-2 formation after England performed poorly playing a 3-5-2 in their 3-1 win over Mexico at Wembley earlier in the week.

International Friendlies On TV This Weekend:

SATURDAY 5/29

• USA vs. Turkey – 2pm on ESPN2 and Galavision

• Hungary vs. Germany – 3pm on ESPN3

• Spain vs. Saudi Arabia – 3pm on ESPN3

SUNDAY 5/30

• England vs Japan – 8am on FOX Soccer Channel and FOX Soccer Channel Espanol

• Paraguay vs. Ivory Coast – 2pm on ESPN3

• Chile vs. Northern Ireland – 4pm on ESPN3

• Chicago Fire vs AC Milan  – 8:30 pm on FOX Soccer Channel and FOX Soccer Channel Espanol

A lot will be on the line tonight as the U.S. takes on Czech Republic at 8 p.m. ET at Renstchler Field in East Hartford, CT. It could be the last match before USMNT Head Coach Bob Bradley announces the 23 players who will represent the United States at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

This will be the first of three warm-up matches before the World Cup begins next month and is the first of two so-called “Send-Off Series” games in the United States. On Saturday, May 29th the US MNT will also face Turkey in Philadelphia and during the pre-tournament training camp in South Africa the will face off against Australia on June 5 at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort.

USA ROSTER BY POSITION

GOALKEEPERS

Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton)

DEFENDERS

Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Clarence Goodson (IK Start), Chad Marshall (Columbus Crew), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan), Heath Pearce (FC Dallas), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)

MIDFIELDERS

DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Alejandro Bedoya (Örebro), Michael Bradley (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew), José Torres (Pachuca)

FORWARDS

Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles Galaxy), Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Puebla), Eddie Johnson (Aris Thessaloniki)

CZECH REPUBLIC ROSTER BY POSITION

GOALKEEPERS

Petr Cech (Chelsea), Jaroslav Drobny (Hertha Berlin), Jan Lastuvka (Dnipropetrovsk)

DEFENDERS

Tomas Hubschman (Shakhtar Donetsk), David Limbersky (Plzen), Ondrej Mazuch (Anderlecht), Ondrej Kusnir (Sparta Prague), Tomas Sivok (Besiktas), Marek Suchy (Spartak Moscow)

MIDFIELDERS

Jaroslav Cerny (Slavia Prague), Milan Cerny (Slavia Prague), Mario Holek (Dnipropetrovsk), Jan Moravek (Schalke), Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux), Jan Polak (Anderlecht), Daniel Pudil (Genk), Libor Sionko (Sparta Prague), Rudolf Skacel (Larissa)

FORWARDS

Martin Fenin (Frankfurt), David Lafata (Liberec), Lukas Magera (Timisoara), Tomas Necid (CSKA Moscow)

USA vs. Czech Republic will be live on TV at 8 pm EDT.