(The new game supports up to two additional singers for a potential maximum of six players).
He has 13 months to forge a roster that can include two United States national team players and a maximum of four players from outside the United States.
It means only five players loaned from overseas can be named in matchday squads with just four from a single club – there will also be a maximum of eight players brought in on loan throughout the course of a campaign.
That is probably four spots taken there, and while a maximum of seven players can get in, look for only four or five to do so, which makes Carson's chances tough.
A maximum of four players can don Great Britain – or any other – colours, with any of those inside the top 15 in the world, up to that limit, automatically eligible.
Sawyers, the husband of the former national team star and W.U.S.A. charter member Julie Foudy (some people have called them the anti-Beckhams), has 13 months to forge a roster that can include two United States national team players and a maximum of four players from outside the United States.
Olympic rules state countries can only select a maximum of three players over the age of 23 and Beckham has already expressed his desire to take part.
A maximum of six players per team are allowed on the ice at any given time, but unlimited substitutions are permitted.
Countries have until 9 July to name their 18-man squads and are allowed to include a maximum of three players over 23.
Each nation can have a maximum of six players - up to four in singles and two teams in doubles - leaving the likes of Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong, Heather Watson and Laura Robson guessing as to exactly what ranking will be required.
