ASN: Bruce Area Names 32 Gamers to January Camp

Sebastian Lletget, Greg Garza, Stefan Frei, and Kekuta Manneh are among the many extra intriguing gamers named to Bruce Area’s first coaching camp of the post-Jurgen Klinsmann period.

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John Godfrey

Posted
January 05, 2017
7:30 AM

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BRUCE ARENA CLIMBED BEHIND THE WHEEL again on November 22 however the U.S. males’s nationwide crew coach actually set the wheels in movement in the present day, naming 32 gamers to the annual January coaching camp held in Carson, California. 

The previous Los Angeles Galaxy boss had beforehand talked about that he wouldn’t make big alterations to his predecessor’s participant pool, with the caveat that there could be some new names added to the combo. True to his phrase, Area unveiled a roster that featured many acquainted faces in addition to a number of gamers who by no means appeared to get traction with Jurgen Klinsmann.

Atlanta United fullback Greg Garza, D.C. United defender Taylor Kemp, Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei, and Columbus Crew midfielder Wil Trapp qualify as a number of the extra shocking names on a roster that Area brazenly mentioned in latest weeks. Right here is the entire squad.

GOALKEEPERS

David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes), Stefan Frei (Seattle Sounders FC), Invoice Hamid (D.C. United), Nick Rimando (Actual Salt Lake), Luis Robles (New York Pink Bulls)

DEFENDERS

DaMarcus Beasley (Unattached), Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Greg Garza (Atlanta United FC), Matt Hedges (FC Dallas), Taylor Kemp (D.C. United), Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC), Keegan Rosenberry (Philadelphia Union), Walker Zimmerman (FC Dallas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas Metropolis)

MIDFIELDERS

Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas Metropolis), Jermaine Jones (Unattached), Sacha Kljestan (New York Pink Bulls), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy), Kekuta Manneh (Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Dax McCarty (New York Pink Bulls), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Chris Pontius (Philadelphia Union), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC)

FORWARDS

Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)

Seven gamers on the roster have beforehand performed for Area, together with present Los Angeles Galaxy gamers Gyasi Zardes and Sebastian Lletget.

Kekuta Manneh and Stefan Frei are each within the strategy of finishing their eligibility necessities to signify the US, and if that course of is profitable each might be impression gamers on the crew.

Sporting Kansas Metropolis veteran Graham Zusi, sometimes a midfielder, is listed as a defender on the roster. Two gamers, DaMarcus Beasley and Jermaine Jones, are tied to MLS groups however are presently unattached. 

Camp convenes on Tuesday and can culminate in two friendlies, a January 29 match towards Serbia at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego (4pm ET; ESPN2; Univision) adopted by a February 3 conflict with Jamaica at Finley Subject in Chatanooga, Tenn. (7pm ET; Fox Sports activities 1, Univision).

With two March World Cup qualifiers looming, together with a must-win residence recreation towards Honduras on March 24, Area shall be searching for gamers who may help within the quick time period and maybe claw their manner into the 23-man roster for these Hexagonal video games. 

Per typical, many key U.S. worldwide gamers is not going to attend this camp as a consequence of membership obligations in Germany, England, Scotland, Mexico, and elsewhere. The absence of gamers resembling Geoff Cameron, Fabian Johnson, Christian Pulisic, Bobby Wooden, and Omar Gonzalez implies that the U.S. squad is way from full power. It additionally implies that fringe gamers get an opportunity to shine and obtain enjoying time they in any other case may not get. 

Yesterday Area introduced particulars about his teaching workers—a crew that can look very acquainted to Los Angeles Galaxy followers. Dave Sarachan, Pat Noonan, Kenny Area, and Matt Reis will all reprise the roles they held underneath Area in L.A

“The entire staff has a great amount of playing and coaching experience both at the international and professional level,” Area mentioned. “With the need to hit the ground running, it’s even more critical that we have a staff that knows the player pool, shares a philosophy on how we approach the game, and has knowledge and experience in the international arena. In different ways this group ticks all those boxes, and we are already hard at work  and the World Cup Qualifiers in March.”

ASN’s Brian Sciaretta shall be chiming in along with his evaluation of this roster announcement later in the present day.

So inform us, U.S. males’s nationwide crew followers—what do you consider this squad?