ASN: Bruce Enviornment Names 27 for June World Cup Qualifiers

Christian Pulisic, Bobby Wooden, Clint Dempsey, and Fabian Johnson headline a U.S. squad that may face Venezuela in a warmup match earlier than World Cup qualifiers towards Trinidad & Tobago and Mexico.

BY

John Godfrey

Posted
Might 28, 2017
1:00 PM

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IF YOU WERE HOPING to see some new names, or maybe just a few adventurous alternatives, from United States males’s nationwide crew coach Bruce Enviornment, sorry.

The coach performed it secure along with his newest World Cup qualifying roster, and it is arduous to fault his logic. The U.S. presently sits in fourth place within the Hexagonal standings and must lock down factors in qualifiers towards Trinidad & Tobago (8pm ET June eighth; FS1, UniMas, UDN) and Mexico (8:30pm ET Jne 11; FS1, Univision, UDN). 

The time for experimentation is later this summer season, within the Gold Cup. For now, Enviornment has his sights set on a extra prestigious event.

“I believe we now have a great group, and in my case I’m nonetheless within the early goings with this crew and I haven’t seen all of our gamers,” Arena said. “This camp provides me the chance to see six new faces we haven’t had in with the crew but—Brad Guzan, Timmy Chandler, Fabian Johnson, Ethan Horvath, Bobby Wooden, and DeAndre Yedlin—which is nice.

The crew will assemble in Denver beginning as we speak and can play a warm-up match towards Venezuela in Sandy, Utah, on June 3 (10pm ET; FS1, Univision networks). This is the whole squad.

GOALKEEPERS

Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC), Ethan Horvath (Membership Brugge), Tim Howard (Colorado Rapids), Nick Rimando (Actual Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS

DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas Metropolis), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke Metropolis), Timothy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), Matt Hedges (FC Dallas), Tim Ream (Fulham), Jorge Villafana (Santos Laguna), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas Metropolis)

MIDFIELDERS

Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Paul Arriola (Membership Tijuana), Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Dax McCarty (Chicago Fireplace), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund)

FORWARDS

Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC), Bobby Wooden (Hamburg SV)

Not one of the names listed above qualify as surprises however DaMarcus Beasley and Matt Hedges probably didn’t make many prognosticators’ lists. The previous is 35-years-old and the latter, 27, has only one senior crew look—greater than two years in the past.

“We can’t ignore the fact that Matt’s been a good player and he needs an opportunity with the national team,” Enviornment mentioned. “Bringing him in is a plus, it’ll get him a foot within the door and hopefully enable him to maneuver ahead with an even bigger function within the U.S. crew.”

Enviornment made no apologies for together with Beasley.

“He’s still been a good player in Major League Soccer,” Enviornment mentioned of Beasley, “and that’s why we nonetheless have him on the roster. We haven’t discovered any gamers that may push DaMarcus out of the place he has proper now with the nationwide crew. He’s not solely a great participant, he’s a great teammate and he’s going to do no matter is critical to make our crew profitable.

“It’s a real plus to have him, and it would be a fabulous accomplishment if he becomes the first U.S. player to appear in qualifiers for five different World Cups.”

Given the three-day turnaround between qualifiers, fairly just a few gamers are anticipated to see the sector: “I can guarantee we will not be playing the same team from game one to game two,” Enviornment supplied. “There might be numerous modifications for the sport in Mexico, so we’ve constructed a robust roster to permit us to try this.”

What do you consider the roster? Any names you would like you can add? Any gamers who do not belong? Share your take within the feedback part beneath and create your individual U.S.-Venezuela Beginning XI.