The 27-year-old midfielder was appointed captain of the U.S. squad by coach Jurgen Klinsmann last week after Clint Dempsey was suspended by Major League Soccer and the U.S. Soccer Federation for a confrontation with a referee last month. Bradley was among five players on the field for every minute of the Americans' 2010 World Cup campaign, scoring a late equalizer that salvaged a 2-2 draw against Slovenia.