United States Under-20 Men’s National Team To Hold Camp....
US U-20 National Team head coach Thomas Rongen named a 26 man roster for the upcoming training camp from Dec. 12-23 at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Do to the European season being in progress, this camp does not include any European based players.
The camp does include fourteen college players, eight who are professional players in Major League Soccer and two are part of U.S. Soccer’s Under-17 Residency Program. Many of the players featured heavily in the recently completed College Cup however champions UCSB is not represented.
Presumably the MLS players have a better chance of making the roster for the January U-20 World Cup qualifying, but some of the younger guys could upset the more senior players with high quality performances during this camp.
Freddy Adu is the most experienced player on the team with appearances in the past two U-20 World Cups. As I said a few posts ago, this Qualifying Tournament is the time for Freddy Adu to step up and take a leadership role. Amazingly, he is the most experienced American available for the U-20 World Cup and it is now time for the hype to turn to reality. If Freddy has a break out Qualifying and then Cup, look for the transfer rumors to really start flying.
This camp is the last chance for players to make the coaches take notice. Coach Rongen will announce the final twenty player qualifying roster before the team returns to Bradenton on Dec. 30 for an eight day camp. There is a chance the European based players will be unavailable, but Rongen will not invite in any additional players to fill any vacant spots. The players will regroup on Jan. 10 in Fort Lauderdale where they will train before heading to Panama for the qualifying tournament on Jan. 14.
The camp does include fourteen college players, eight who are professional players in Major League Soccer and two are part of U.S. Soccer’s Under-17 Residency Program. Many of the players featured heavily in the recently completed College Cup however champions UCSB is not represented.
Presumably the MLS players have a better chance of making the roster for the January U-20 World Cup qualifying, but some of the younger guys could upset the more senior players with high quality performances during this camp.
Freddy Adu is the most experienced player on the team with appearances in the past two U-20 World Cups. As I said a few posts ago, this Qualifying Tournament is the time for Freddy Adu to step up and take a leadership role. Amazingly, he is the most experienced American available for the U-20 World Cup and it is now time for the hype to turn to reality. If Freddy has a break out Qualifying and then Cup, look for the transfer rumors to really start flying.
This camp is the last chance for players to make the coaches take notice. Coach Rongen will announce the final twenty player qualifying roster before the team returns to Bradenton on Dec. 30 for an eight day camp. There is a chance the European based players will be unavailable, but Rongen will not invite in any additional players to fill any vacant spots. The players will regroup on Jan. 10 in Fort Lauderdale where they will train before heading to Panama for the qualifying tournament on Jan. 14.
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The U-20 World Cup is yet another reason why DC was willing to part with Freddy Adu. I doubt they were looking forward to missing him for a big chunk of the season for that while they're playing in 4 competitions.
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