Each team in the tournament has a March 25 deadline to name at least eight players to its Olympic roster.
The change was announced on the day Fifa admitted not all of the 12 stadiums required for next summer's tournament would meet existing deadlines amid rising concern over the construction timetable.
The N.C.A.A., which generates about 90 percent of its revenue from the tournament, has a July 31 deadline to decide whether it will opt out of the three years remaining on its 13-year, $6 billion contract with CBS.
Gareth Southgate had to trim his 27-man squad to 23 on Tuesday to meet the Uefa deadline for this month's tournament.
Those familiar with the cache say it would be impractical for him to examine them before his new deadline, days before the 2014 tournament begins in Brazil on 12 June.
He likes to play golf, and he even took part in a charity tournament the day the city missed its first budget deadline this June.
Ernie Els suggested the introduction of a deadline beyond which golfers could not be disqualified from a tournament.
Entries usually rise rapidly from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, so an earlier deadline could have surprised those who were unaware of the tournament's changes.
But it illustrated how a late start and slipping deadlines have turned the country's preparations for the tournament into a fraught, costly race against the clock.Brazil was chosen as host in 2007.
Crusaders met Friday's deadline to submit their formal application to join the second-tier tournament.
