ASN: Beckerman, Brad Evans Return to Nationwide Group

Clint Dempsey, Jermaine Jones, and Jozy Altidore will miss Wednesday’s worldwide “friendly” towards Mexico in San Antonio, however veterans Kyle Beckerman and Brad Evans are on the 22-man squad.

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Brooke Tunstall

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April 12, 2015
9:00 PM

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SOMEWHERE ABOVE SAN ANTONIO—The place will the targets come from? 

With its high two home forwards unavailable due to damage and suspension and most of its European-based contingent staying with their golf equipment, the U.S. roster for Wednesday’s pleasant towards arch-rival Mexico leaves main questions—and alternatives—on the ahead place.

Seattle Sounders ahead Clint Dempsey is nursing a hamstring damage and Toronto FC’s Jozy Altidore is suspended for the foolish purple card he bought towards Switzerland, so head coach Jurgen Klinsmannis in a bind. The German opted for a group of forwards that encompasses a participant returning to the nationwide staff fold after over a yr within the worldwide wilderness, a pair of World Cup veterans on both facet of the profession spectrum, an up-and-comer who has proven promising flashes in his transient nationwide staff appears to be like this yr, and an novice.

New England Revolution ahead Juan Agudelo, who went months and not using a membership and nearly a yr and not using a first-team recreation, returns to the nationwide staff for the primary time since a pleasant final March towards the Ukraine. However Agudelo, who’s one way or the other nonetheless simply 22, has proven flashes in MLS, together with a candy objective eight days in the past. With Altidore and Dempsey unavailable, the door is extensive open for him to earn his nineteenth cap. 

This is the total roster.

GOALKEEPERS

Invoice Hamid (D.C. United), Nick Rimando (Actual Salt Lake), William Yarbrough (Membership Leon) 

DEFENDERS

Ventura Alvarado (Membership America), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas Metropolis), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Greg Garza (Membership Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Michael Orozco (Puebla), Brek Shea (Orlando Metropolis SC), DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham Hotspur) 

MIDFIELDERS 

Kyle Beckerman (Actual Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Joe Corona (Membership Tijuana), Combine Diskerud (New York Metropolis FC), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution) 

FORWARDS

Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Julian Inexperienced (Hamburg), Jordan Morris (Stanford College), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)

If Agudelo begins towards El Tri, who companions with him is up within the air. The Los Angeles Galaxy’s Gyasi Zardes, who has appeared in all 4 U.S. video games this yr after making his nationwide staff debut in January, is the plain alternative. Different choices embrace 32-year-old Chris Wondolowski, who has performed nicely for San Jose however has struggled in current appearances in a U.S. shirt, and Julian Inexperienced, the 19-year-old who continues to get U.S. call-ups regardless of having a disastrous membership marketing campaign that has seen him benched by a staff certain for relegation in Germany. 

Stanford’s Jordan Morris, who turned down a homegrown contract from the Sounders this winter to remain at school, continues to get rewarded for not turning professional with one other call-up from Klinsmann.

As a result of this match doesn’t happen on a FIFA date put aside for nationwide staff play, a lot of the European-based gamers weren’t obtainable for choice. Other than Inexperienced, the one different European-based participant on the U.S. roster is Tottenham proper again DeAndre Yedlin, who made his England Premier League debut yesterday however is curiously flying to Texas this week somewhat than attempting to safe his first-team place.

He’s a part of a defensive corps known as in that options fellow World Cup veterans Omar Gonzalez of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas Metropolis’s Matt Besler, in addition to Mexico-based Ventura Alvarado of Membership America, Michael Orozco of Puebla, and Greg Garza of Tijuana Xolos. 

The midfield will likely be anchored by Michael Bradley and New York Metropolis FC’s Combine Diskerud, with fellow World Cup veteran Kyle Beckerman showing for the primary time since 2014. 

The U.S. faces Mexico, its bitter rival, Wednesday at 8:30 ET on Fox Sports activities 1. American Soccer Now will likely be on website in San Antonio all week and can present updates starting tomorrow. This is the total roster. 

Brooke Tunstall is an American Soccer Now contributing editor and ASN 100 panelist. Comply with him on Twitter