There is a strong temptation on Roster Release Day, an unofficial holiday before the World Cup, to pick apart a coach's decisions. It's an inevitable part of the process in the lead up to the tournament.
More than anything, though, it's a public relations exercise. An opportunity to build excitement -- and in the United States, generates awareness -- as the tournament draws nearer. That was the case when World Cup rosters were 23 players and even more so now that the rosters have swelled to 26.
The reality is that anyone who was on the fringes of a roster this size wasn't going to factor into tournament in a meaningful way.