Eight MLS players have been named to the US U-20 national team’s roster for their final foreign training camp ahead of the 2015 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in January, head coach Tab Ramos announced Friday.
Nineteen players in all are headed to the camp in Honduras from Dec. 15-22 that will feature matches against the Honduras U-20s on Dec. 18 and 21 at the Estadio Francisco Morazan in San Pedro Sula.
The USA roster features nine of the 10 players who took part in the U-20’s recent domestic fitness camp from Dec. 3-10 in Bradenton, Fla.
The group also includes midfielders Russell Canouse and the Columbus Crew’s Romain Gall, who are the only two players to feature in all seven of the U-20’s international matches this year.
Canouse, of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, leads the team with six starts and Gall is tied for third on the U-20s with two goals, both of which came during the USA’s 4-3 victory against Russia’s U-21 national team on Nov. 12 in Marbella, Spain.
The goalkeeping tandem of the New York Red Bulls’ Santiago Castaño and Zack Steffen has accounted for six of the USA’s seven starts this year. Castaño had a clean sheet during the USA’s 1-0 win against the Republic of Ireland on Nov. 15.
The USA roster includes 18 players with ties to the Development Academy.
Following the Honduras camp, the U-20s will hold a pre-World Cup qualifying camp in Florida before departing for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Jamaica.
The USA open Group A play at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship against Guatemala on Jan. 9 at Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2) : Santiago Castaño (New York Red Bulls; Union City, N.J.), Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg; Downingtown, Pa.)
DEFENDERS (6): Michael Amick (UCLA; Sunnyvale, Calif.), Conor Donovan (North Carolina State; Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Matthew Miazga (New York Red Bulls; Clifton, N.J.), Shaquell Moore (Unattached; Powder Springs, Ga.), John Requejo (Club Tijuana; Carpinteria, Calif.), Tyler Turner (Orlando City SC; West Haven, Conn.)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas; Plano, Texas), Fernando Arce (Club Tijuana; Chula Vista, Calif.), Russell Canouse (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim; Lancaster, Pa.), Marco Delgado (Toronto FC; Glendora, Calif.), Romain Gall (Columbus Crew; Herndon, Va.), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland AFC; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Joel Soñora (CA Boca Juniors; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
FORWARDS (4): Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana; Chula Vista, Calif.), Bradford Jamieson IV (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Amando Moreno (Club Tijuana; Morganville, N.J.), Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes; Loomis, Calif.)
