THE ROSTER WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
Rongen Finalizes Roster for CONCACAF U-20 Championship
• Roster Features 16 Professional Players, Including Eight from Major League Soccer
• Ten Development Academy Alumni to Join U.S. Team
• U.S. Kicks Off CONCACAF U-20 Championship Against Suriname on March 29 at 8 p.m. ET, Live on ESPN Deportes and ESPN3
• Four CONCACAF Semifinalists Advance to FIFA U-20 World Cup
U.S. Under-20 MNT Roster By Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Cody Cropper (Ipswich Town; Athens, Ga.)
DEFENDERS (8): Gale Agbossoumonde (Djurgårdens IF; Syracuse, N.Y.), Greg Garza (G.D. Estoril Praia; Grapevine, Texas), Moises Hernandez (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas), Sacir Hot (New York Red Bulls; Fair Lawn, N.J.), Sebastien Ibeagha (Duke; Missouri City, Texas), Perry Kitchen (D.C. United; Indianapolis, Ind.), Zarek Valentin (Chivas USA; Lancaster, Pa.), Korey Veeder (Columbus Crew; St. Petersburg, Fla.)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Sebastian Lletget (West Ham United; San Francisco, Calif.), Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union; Sacramento, Calif.), Moises Orozco (UANL Tigres; Oxnard, Calif.), Dillon Powers (Notre Dame; Plano, Texas), Kelyn Rowe (UCLA; Newport Beach, Calif.)
FORWARDS (5): Eder Arreola (UCLA; Chino Hills, Calif.), Conor Doyle (Derby County FC; McKinney, Texas), Joe Gyau (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim; Silver Spring, Md.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; El Paso, Texas),
Bobby Wood (TSV 1860 München; Irvine, Calif.)
There are some major omissions from this roster however it's mainly because those guys play in Europe or Mexico and their club teams wouldn't allow them to come for this (they're not FIFA dates, clubs aren't obligated). Also, Juan Agudelo isn't there as he will be featuring for the Senior team. Good for him, not so bad for U-20s as ironically, they're stacked in all positions.
Now, for your intro to this team:
Zac MacMath
Cody Cropper
this video is kinda old but it's super intense, therefore hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk910_SmXPk
also: http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=7497
Gale Agbossoumonde
read this AWESOME article (http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5764564/anguish-gale-agbossoumonde) it breaks your heart. He currently has a team in Sweden though so hopefully everything turns around for him
Greg Garza
Hard to find stuff on Greg but he is also part of the Traffic sports conglomerate like Boss
Moises Hernandez
Sacir Hot
I believe his last name is pronounced HO-T (long o sound, not short). But I could be wrong
Sebastien Ibeagha
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204959799
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/2617/youth-soccer/2011/02/15/2353872/college-soccer-professor-kelyn-rowe-and-sebastien-ibeagha
he's also a member of the Houston Dynamo Academy
Perry Kitchen (this video could cause seizure. just sayin')
Zarek Valentin
Korey Veeder
Sebastian Lletget
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/story?id=4973291
Amobi Okugo
Moises Orozco
Dillon Powers
he was on the last U20 WC team in 2009
http://www.und.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/powers_dillon00.html
Kelyn Rowe
http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/rowe_kelyn00.html
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/2617/youth-soccer/2011/02/15/2353872/college-soccer-professor-kelyn-rowe-and-sebastien-ibeagha
Eder Arreola
He has never been called to a camp before. However, because so many of our forwards couldn't be released by their teams, Rongen called him up.
http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/arreola_eder00.html
Conor Doyle
Homeboy was recently called up for the Irish U-21's and accepted as it was only a friendly.
http://usa10kit.com/2010/08/17/the-remarkably-unremarkable-story-of-conor-doyle/
Joe Gyau
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/gyau-aims-2014-us-world-cup-team
Omar Salgado (Bambi as his Whitecaps teammates call him)
Bobby Wood
http://yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=6721
• Roster Features 16 Professional Players, Including Eight from Major League Soccer
• Ten Development Academy Alumni to Join U.S. Team
• U.S. Kicks Off CONCACAF U-20 Championship Against Suriname on March 29 at 8 p.m. ET, Live on ESPN Deportes and ESPN3
• Four CONCACAF Semifinalists Advance to FIFA U-20 World Cup
U.S. Under-20 MNT Roster By Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Zac MacMath (Philadelphia Union; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Cody Cropper (Ipswich Town; Athens, Ga.)
DEFENDERS (8): Gale Agbossoumonde (Djurgårdens IF; Syracuse, N.Y.), Greg Garza (G.D. Estoril Praia; Grapevine, Texas), Moises Hernandez (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas), Sacir Hot (New York Red Bulls; Fair Lawn, N.J.), Sebastien Ibeagha (Duke; Missouri City, Texas), Perry Kitchen (D.C. United; Indianapolis, Ind.), Zarek Valentin (Chivas USA; Lancaster, Pa.), Korey Veeder (Columbus Crew; St. Petersburg, Fla.)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Sebastian Lletget (West Ham United; San Francisco, Calif.), Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union; Sacramento, Calif.), Moises Orozco (UANL Tigres; Oxnard, Calif.), Dillon Powers (Notre Dame; Plano, Texas), Kelyn Rowe (UCLA; Newport Beach, Calif.)
FORWARDS (5): Eder Arreola (UCLA; Chino Hills, Calif.), Conor Doyle (Derby County FC; McKinney, Texas), Joe Gyau (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim; Silver Spring, Md.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; El Paso, Texas),
Bobby Wood (TSV 1860 München; Irvine, Calif.)
There are some major omissions from this roster however it's mainly because those guys play in Europe or Mexico and their club teams wouldn't allow them to come for this (they're not FIFA dates, clubs aren't obligated). Also, Juan Agudelo isn't there as he will be featuring for the Senior team. Good for him, not so bad for U-20s as ironically, they're stacked in all positions.
Now, for your intro to this team:
Zac MacMath
Click to viewCody Cropper
this video is kinda old but it's super intense, therefore hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk910_SmXPk
also: http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=7497
Gale Agbossoumonde
read this AWESOME article (http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5764564/anguish-gale-agbossoumonde) it breaks your heart. He currently has a team in Sweden though so hopefully everything turns around for him
Greg Garza
Hard to find stuff on Greg but he is also part of the Traffic sports conglomerate like Boss
Moises Hernandez
Sacir Hot
I believe his last name is pronounced HO-T (long o sound, not short). But I could be wrong
Sebastien Ibeagha
http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=204959799
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/2617/youth-soccer/2011/02/15/2353872/college-soccer-professor-kelyn-rowe-and-sebastien-ibeagha
he's also a member of the Houston Dynamo Academy
Perry Kitchen (this video could cause seizure. just sayin')
Zarek Valentin
Korey Veeder
Sebastian Lletget
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/story?id=4973291
Amobi Okugo
Moises Orozco
Dillon Powers
he was on the last U20 WC team in 2009
http://www.und.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/powers_dillon00.html
Kelyn Rowe
http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/rowe_kelyn00.html
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/2617/youth-soccer/2011/02/15/2353872/college-soccer-professor-kelyn-rowe-and-sebastien-ibeagha
Eder Arreola
He has never been called to a camp before. However, because so many of our forwards couldn't be released by their teams, Rongen called him up.
http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/arreola_eder00.html
Conor Doyle
Homeboy was recently called up for the Irish U-21's and accepted as it was only a friendly.
http://usa10kit.com/2010/08/17/the-remarkably-unremarkable-story-of-conor-doyle/
Joe Gyau
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/gyau-aims-2014-us-world-cup-team
Omar Salgado (Bambi as his Whitecaps teammates call him)
Bobby Wood
http://yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=6721