Ronaldinho, Davies left off WC rosters

Associated Press

Ronaldinho was left out of Brazil’s initial World Cup squad, Francesco Totti and Luca Toni were missing from Italy’s squad, and Jamie Carragher came out of retirement for England as coaches announced their provisional rosters Tuesday.

The coaches of the 32 teams headed for next month’s championship in South Africa faced a FIFA deadline, and the lists include some walking wounded who hope to be fit for the tournament, some unexpected inclusions, and some big names who missed out.

One of those is American forward Charlie Davies, who was sidelined after an Oct. 13 auto accident, then made a furious effort at a comeback.

“Thank you all for your continued support and words of encouragement,” he wrote on Twitter. “It was a very sad day for me, as well, but now focused for next season!”

Two other U.S. products made rosters of foreign teams.

New Jersey’s Giuseppe Rossi was selected for defending champion Italy. Rossi, a 23-year forward for Villarreal in Spain, was born in Teaneck and went to Clifton High School. He was eligible to play for both Italy and the United States and opted to play for the Azzurri instead of the Americans.

“Check out Italy’s 30 pre selected players to go to SA. They just got out!! Let me know what u think,” Rossi wrote on Twitter, where his page says: “Been around the world ... hometown is always NJ.”

Neven Subotic, a defender who grew up in Salt Lake City and played for U.S. youth national teams, was picked for Serbia’s preliminary roster. The 21-year-old plays for Borussia Dortmund in Germany.

Ronaldinho, Adriano and Neymar were omitted from Brazil coach Dunga’s initial 23-man list. They could be among the seven more players to be announced later by Dunga, but would only be on standby in case of injuries.