Baltimore Roster Breakdown

With the pre-season just beginning, let's take a look at how Crystal Palace Baltimore's roster is forming. New players are in italics.

Goalkeepers:
Chase Harrison: 25, 6'3" Virginia Tech product. Drafted by in 2006 by Real Salt Lake but soon found himself in USL 1 with Rochester and Portland. Spent last season in USL 2 with Harrisburg. Led USL 2 in shutouts (8 in 16 games) and GAA (0.812). Finished 8-4-4.

Evan Bush: 23, 6'2" spent 3 seasons in the PDL before landing in the backup spot at Cleveland (USL 1) last season. Pitched 2 clean sheets in 7 games for a sub-par team.

Defenders:
Shaun Pejic: 27, 6'2" central defender. Prior experience with Vancover and English Conference Side York City FC. Started his career with 8 years at Wrexham AFC. (League 1, League 2, Conference)

Takuro Nishimura: 32, 5'9" Last played with Portland. Career started in the J-League with the Urawa Red Giants (J-League 1) and Omiya Ardija (J-League 1 and 2).

Korey Veeder: 18, US Youth National Team Member. Useful in defense and midfield. Signed with Palace Baltimore. However, it appears Veeder will travel across the pond shortly to join up Palace UK (and perhaps end up at G.D. Estroil in Portugal). Unless the situation changes, Veeder will not likely be a big part of Palace's lineup this year.

Andrew Marshall: 26, 6' Played his college soccer at Towson. Solidly built defender who helped anchor a good Palace defense last season. Marshall has spent his entire career with Baltimore and has made 58 appearances for the club.

Stephen Basso: 22, 6'1"A bit undersized for a central defender, Basso compensates with speed, athleticism and his skills on the ball. Has experience in Europe.

Paul Robson: 26, 5'9" A staple at defense last year, Robson played more minutes than any other field player except Marshall and Shintaro Harada and notched two assists.

Zach Flores: 27, 5'11" Commited just 13 fouls in 19 games last year. Was also the Palace defender who suffered the most fouls. We'll try to forget about the two own goals he had in the friendly against Palace UK. We'll try to focus on 8 years of experience he has in Argentina and Bolivia. We'll try.

What are your thoughts on the players? Did I miss anyone? Disagree?

Midfielders and Forwards to come...