Goalkeepers: Dominic Cervi (no club), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (no club), Dan Califf (Midtjylland, Denmark), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Drew Moor (Dallas), OGUCHI ONYEWU (Standard Liege, Belgium), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock, Germany)

Midfielders: DAMARCUS BEASLEY (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Michael Bradley (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Eddie Lewis (Derby County, England), Danny Szetela (Brescia, Italy), John Thorrington (Chicago)

Forwards: FREDDY ADU (Benfica, Portugal), Chad Barrett (Chicago), Chris Rolfe (Chicago)

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP/Yahoo)—Carlos Bocanegra and his American teammates expect Barbados to be more energetic on their home turf. The U.S. team will not be complacent coming off an 8-0 rout of Barbardos in their World Cup qualifier in California on Sunday. The Americans know that Barbados will have learned from the blowout and will be hungry for a win.

"They’re going to try to jump out on top of us," Bocanegra said Wednesday. "But we’ll go out there and impose our game plan again and we’re go out there and do a professional job."

The United States basically clinched the home-and-home series in one game with their record-setting win in the opening qualifier for the 2010 World Cup. Total goals decide who takes a two-game set, but the U.S. team is not viewing this weekend’s match as a mere formality. "We still understand that it’s important to finish the job," said Bob Bradley, who is coaching the American team in a qualifier for the first time since replacing Bruce Arena.

The team practiced at a South Florida park Wednesday before an audience of about a dozen teenagers and an occasional children’s group. There will be roster changes before this weekend’s match, Bradley said, but he declined to elaborate. He released 10 players after the win over Barbados, including Brian Ching, Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan. All three had goals Sunday.

"The roster will change slightly," Bradley said. "We have some players that have had little injuries and have had long seasons, so we’ll adjust the roster and therefore it also provides opportunities for some different players. All of those things, hopefully, keep us fresh and sharp."

The Americans scored three times in the opening 20 minutes against Barbados and added five goals in the second half. The margin of victory was the largest in the 92-year history of the American team, which is ranked 21st in the world.

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CARSON, Calif. (June 15, 2008) – The U.S. Men’s National Team opened 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying and took a commanding lead in first leg of their Second Round two-game series against Barbados this afternoon with a historic 8-0 victory at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

The eight-goal win is the largest margin of victory ever in U.S. Men’s National Team history, and ties the record for the most goals scored by the U.S. in a match. The U.S. scored eight goals in a friendly against the Cayman Islands on Nov. 14, 1993, but also allowed a goal in the 8-1 victory.

Clint Dempsey started the rout when he tallied the quickest goal ever scored by the U.S. in World Cup qualifying, when he finished a fantastic service from Carlos Bocanegra only 53 seconds into the match. Michael Bradley and Brian Ching added goals in the first half before the U.S. wore down a tired Barbados defense in the second half to score five more goals, including three in the final nine minutes of the game. Dempsey and Ching both ended up with two-goal performances with goals in the second half, while an own goal and strikes from Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson provided the U.S. with the record performance.

"It's good to get the whole thing underway," said U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley. "We spent a lot of time thinking about just getting off on the right foot, and a goal early like that certainly is getting off on the right foot. From there, it's just an exercise of staying sharp, trying to play the right ball, the right timing, and finish off some of plays so we could have a margin. We were able to do that, so in those ways it was a definite success."

The second leg of the two-game series against Barbados will be played on Sunday, June 22 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN Classic and Galavision. Fans can also follow the match live on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.

U.S. players and staff will travel to Miami on Monday to practice for the week before heading to Barbados on Friday for their final preparations.

In the Second Round stage of 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, an aggregate goal scoring system is used, which means Barbados would need to earn a similar eight-goal margin of victory in regulation play in the next match to force 30 minutes of extra time. If still tied, penalties will decide who advances to the Semifinal Round.

The first record of the day was started by Bocanegra who drove a long ball from the left side of the midfield stripe into the right side of the penalty area, perfectly dropping the ball over the head of a Barbados defender and finding his former club teammate. Dempsey chested the ball down and then drove a low strike into the left corner past goalkeeper Alvin Rouse.

It took the U.S. a little less than 11 minutes to get their next goal, this effort not coming as cleanly as the record breaker. Right back Steve Cherundolo streaked down the sideline and swung a cross into the penalty area towards both Ching and Dempsey who were crashing in on goal. With a defender attempting to cover both U.S. players inside the six yard box, the ball bounced around before popping out for Ching to take a strike on goal, but Rouse made the save. The deflection landed in the middle of the penalty area where Bradley was able to pounce on the rebound and rip a crushing left-footed strike into the right side of the net to record a goal in his first-ever FIFA World Cup qualifier.

After just missing on the earlier sequence, Ching got some help from midfielder Pablo Mastroeni to earn his first goal since the 2007 Gold Cup. A short corner kick by Donovan to DaMarcus Beasley started the sequence, and Beasley then fed it back to Donovan who had run to the top of the penalty area. Donovan quickly slipped the ball to his right for a wide-open Mastroeni, and the two-time World Cup veteran unleashed a blast towards the mash of players in the box where it deflected off Ching and found the back of the net.

Mastroeni would leave the game in the 26th minute with a strained left glut muscle, being replaced by Freddy Adu.

All was quiet on the other end of the field for U.S. goalkeeper Brad Guzan, who started in place of usual first-choice goalkeeper Tim Howard. The Everton netminder had suffered a lower back strain in training on Friday and was not included in the 18-player game-day roster. Guzan didn’t have to make a single save in his fourth start for the full team and his first appearance in FIFA World Cup qualifying. Overall the U.S. only allowed Barbados to get off two shots, none in the second half.

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US forwards Ching (l) and Johnson both scored (AP Photo/Ric Francis)