Today at 2:45 pm EST the United State’s Men’s National Team will take on Colombia, a strong South American team at Craven Cottage (home of Fulham FC) in London, England.

The United States has played Colombia 16 times with a 3-4-9 (wins, losses, draws) record overall. The most notable win for the United States came in the 1994 group stage of the world cup with a 2-1 upset at the Rose Bowl. This game took the US into the knockout stages.  Their last meeting occurred in 2010 with a 0-0 draw at PPL Park, home of the Philadelphia Union (I was there!!).

With only a few veterans on the roster, most notably Jozy Altidore who will be wearing the armband tonight, the game will be a great time for the US to test out some of it’s newest players. The US Roster for this game is has with very young players with Clint Dempsey being excluded from the roster. The two most notable new players to the squad are Jordan Morris, a soccer player at Stanford University and Miguel Ibarra, a player for the NASL side Minnesota United FC.

With Tim Howard announcing that he is taking a break from his national team duties, backup goalies Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Bill Haid (D.C United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), and Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake) have been called into camp.

For Colombia, everyone is looking at one person and one person only: James Rodriguez. After having a brilliant world cup with Colombia, James inked a deal with Spanish powerhouse side Real Madrid. He has been stellar this year and I am interested in how he will preform tonight.

Full USA and Colombia Rosters (Courtesy of MLS Soccer):

USA

GOALKEEPERS (4): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (9): DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greg Garza (Club Tijuana), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Hamburg), Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt), Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution)

FORWARDS (6): Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Jordan Morris (Stanford), Rubio Rubin (Utrecht), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes)

COLOMBIA

GOALKEEPERS (3): Camilo Vargas (Independiente Santa Fe), Jose Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas), Leandro Castellanos (Independiente Medellin)

DEFENDERS (8): Pablo Armero (AC Milan), Cristiano Zapata (AC Milan), Santiago Arias (PSV), Eder Alvarez (River Plate), Murillo, Pedro Franco (Besiktas), Brayan Angulo (Ludogorets), Daniel Bocanegra (Atletico Nacional)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Abel Aguilar (Toulouse), Carlos Sanchez (Aston Villa), Juan Cuadrado (Fiorentina), James Rodriguez (Real Madrid), Alexander Mejia (Atletico Nacional), Juan Fernando Quintero (Porto), Carlos Carbonero (Cesena), Edwin Cardona (Atletico Nacional)

FORWARDS (5): Teofilo Gutierrez (River Plate), Jackson Martinez (Porto), Adrian Ramos (Borussia Dortmund), Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), Yimmi Chara (Tolima)