The US national team won’t announce the roster for their upcoming winter camp until later this week, but it appears that several veterans won’t be included.
According to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl, Clint Dempsey, Nick Rimando, Graham Zusi, Kyle Beckerman, Brad Evans, Chris Wondolowski and Omar Gonzalez all will not be in camp when it opens Monday due to a variety of factors.
But those omissions will open the door for other players to get back into the picture, including Luis Robles, the New York Red Bulls goalkeeper whose only USMNT cap came in 2009.
Robles, the reigning Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year, will reportedly be joined by other new faces, including 20-year-old FC Dallas 'keeper Jesse Gonzalez and Columbus Crew SC winger Ethan Finlay.
Captain Michael Bradley will be on the 25-man roster, which is expected to include about a dozen U-23 players. The month-long camp culminates with friendlies against Iceland on Jan. 31 and Canada on Feb. 5.
