Whereas most American soccer followers will likely be checking in on the complete nationwide group’s October 10 match with Ecuador, an American U-23 group will likely be going through of with Brazil’s U-23 squad in Brasilia.
BY
Brian Sciaretta
Posted
October 05, 2014
2:55 PM
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THE UNITED STATES UNDER-23 will meet throughout this worldwide break for an October 13 pleasant in opposition to Brazil’s U-23 group in Brasilia.
It’s the third time this group has assembled this 12 months because it prepares for qualifying for the 2016 Olympics. Traditionally, the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying event takes place within the spring of the Olympic 12 months though no event has been finalized this cycle.
The roster options 4 gamers who have been known as into the complete U.S. nationwide group for September’s pleasant in opposition to Czech Republic: Rubio Rubin, Emerson Hyndman, Cody Cropper, and Jordan Morris. Of all of the gamers on the roster, solely Hyndman has been capped by the complete nationwide group.
The roster additionally contains seven gamers who have been on the 2013 U-20 World Cup group—Cropper, Eric Miller, Juan Pablo Ocegueda, Oscar Sorto, Benji Joya, Alonso Hernandez, and Mario Rodriguez.
GOALKEEPERS (2)Charlie Horton (Cardiff Metropolis; Cleveland, Ohio), Cody Cropper (Southampton; Maple Grove, Minn.)
DEFENDERS (8) Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur; Westcliff on Sea, England), Christian Dean (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Matthew Miazga (New York Pink Bulls; Clifton, N.J.), Eric Miller (Montreal Influence; Woodbury, Minn.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Alebrijes de Oaxaca; Riverside, Calif.), William Packwood (Birmingham Metropolis; Harmony, Mass.), Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids; Brighton, Colo.), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS (5) Dennis Flores (León; Pasadena, Calif.), Marlon Hairston (Colorado Rapids; Jackson, Miss.), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham; Dallas, Texas), Benji Joya (Chicago Hearth; San Jose, Calif.), Esteban Rodriguez (Dorados de Sinaloa; Bell Gardens, Calif.)
FORWARDS (6) Alonso Hernandez (Monterrey; El Paso, Texas), Jordan Morris (Stanford; Mercer Island, Wash.), Sean Okoli (Seattle Sounders FC; Federal Approach, Wash.), Mario Rodriguez (Borussia Mönchengladbach; North Hollywood, Calif.), Rubio Rubin (Utrecht; Beaverton, Ore.), Ben Spencer (Indy Eleven; Albuquerque, N.M.)
The present roster additionally has a number of gamers who’re eligible for the 2015 U-20 World Cup, as Cameron Carter-Vickers, Matthew Miazga, Emerson Hyndman, Rubio Rubn, and Ben Spencer all eligible for subsequent 12 months’s event in New Zealand. Carter-Vicker’s is especially intriguing as a result of at simply 16, he’s eligible for the 2017 U-20 World Cup and the 2020 Olympics. He has performed simply as soon as for the US and that got here in August throughout a U-18 event within the Czech Republic.
The U.S. U-23 group will head to Brazil to coach from October 10-12 and can play Brazil on October 13. It’s doable that just a few gamers is likely to be with the complete nationwide group through the begin of the worldwide window and for the primary pleasant in opposition to Ecuador on October tenth in East Hartford, Conn.
