baby!nats!
Thomas Rongen has named the 20-player squad for the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which serves as qualifying for this fall's U-20 World Cup, held from September 24th to October 16th in Egypt. The Championship starts March 6th in Trinidad and Tobago, with the US playing Jamaica, either Honduras or St. Vincent and the Grenadines (which sounds like a band, tbh), and El Salvador in the group stage.
Roster:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Sean Johnson (University of Central Florida; Lilburn, Ga.), Josh Lambo (FC Dallas; Middleton, Wis.), Brian Perk (UCLA; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (7): Gale Agbossoumonde (Unattached; Syracuse, N.Y.), Kyle Davies (Southampton; Danville, Calif.), Jorge Flores (Chivas USA; Anaheim, Calif.), Aaron Maund* (Notre Dame; Dorchester, Mass.), Amobi Okugo (San Juan Lightning; Sacramento, Calif.), Anthony Wallace (FC Dallas; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Sheanon Williams (Unattached; Boston)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Bryan Arguez (Hertha Berlin; Miami), Danny Cruz (Houston Dynamo; Glendale, Ariz.), Dilly Duka (Rutgers University; Montville, N.J.), Jared Jeffrey (Club Brugge; Richardson, Texas), Brian Ownby (University of Virginia; Glen Allen, Va.); Brek Shea (FC Dallas; College Station, Texas)
FORWARDS (4): Sam Garza (University of Denver; Highland Village, Texas), Peri Marosevic (FC Dallas; Rockford, Ill.), Billy Schuler (University ofNorth Carolina; Allentown, N.J.), Tony Taylor (Jacksonville University; Jacksonville, Fla.)
*Pending FIFA approval (he played for T&T during the U-17 WC but now wants to switch over to the US yay!)
More details on the roster
Also, the US Soccer site has kindly given us some short bios on the players. I'm already flailing over Brek and Peri and after a quick google, Jared Jeffrey is gorgeous. I will definitely be keeping up with the U-20s, that's for sure. Idk if they'll be as hot/awesome/amazingly adorable as last cycle's U-20s (I mean, I doubt they can beat Sal and Tony playing hide and seek) but you never know. :)
Roster:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Sean Johnson (University of Central Florida; Lilburn, Ga.), Josh Lambo (FC Dallas; Middleton, Wis.), Brian Perk (UCLA; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (7): Gale Agbossoumonde (Unattached; Syracuse, N.Y.), Kyle Davies (Southampton; Danville, Calif.), Jorge Flores (Chivas USA; Anaheim, Calif.), Aaron Maund* (Notre Dame; Dorchester, Mass.), Amobi Okugo (San Juan Lightning; Sacramento, Calif.), Anthony Wallace (FC Dallas; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Sheanon Williams (Unattached; Boston)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Bryan Arguez (Hertha Berlin; Miami), Danny Cruz (Houston Dynamo; Glendale, Ariz.), Dilly Duka (Rutgers University; Montville, N.J.), Jared Jeffrey (Club Brugge; Richardson, Texas), Brian Ownby (University of Virginia; Glen Allen, Va.); Brek Shea (FC Dallas; College Station, Texas)
FORWARDS (4): Sam Garza (University of Denver; Highland Village, Texas), Peri Marosevic (FC Dallas; Rockford, Ill.), Billy Schuler (University ofNorth Carolina; Allentown, N.J.), Tony Taylor (Jacksonville University; Jacksonville, Fla.)
*Pending FIFA approval (he played for T&T during the U-17 WC but now wants to switch over to the US yay!)
More details on the roster
Also, the US Soccer site has kindly given us some short bios on the players. I'm already flailing over Brek and Peri and after a quick google, Jared Jeffrey is gorgeous. I will definitely be keeping up with the U-20s, that's for sure. Idk if they'll be as hot/awesome/amazingly adorable as last cycle's U-20s (I mean, I doubt they can beat Sal and Tony playing hide and seek) but you never know. :)