Final Chance For Major
League Soccer Players Ss El Salvador Match
SAN SALVADOR -With the overwhelming majority
of the players likely to represent the
United States at the 2010 World Cup playing
in Europe, there is one final chance for
Major League Soccer players to break into
the squad.
The U.S. will play El Salvador in a Feb. 24
friendly in Tampa, Fla., and on Thursday
Coach Bob Bradley invited 23 players into
camp at the Home Depot Center, starting Feb.
10, to prepare for that match.
All of the players are from MLS and include
Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton,
defender Jonathan Bornstein and midfielder
Sacha Kljestan, as well as Galaxy defender
Omar Gonzalez.
The roster includes 21 of the players who
were in the January camp in Carson that
preceded the U.S. team's 3-1 loss to
Honduras at the Home Depot Center.
"This camp and the game against El Salvador
provide a chance for the coaching staff to
get one more long look at this group,"
Bradley said in a statement released by U.S.
Soccer. "El Salvador demonstrated during
World Cup qualifying that they are a
difficult team to beat, so we expect a good
match."
The U.S. had to come from behind twice
against the Salvadorans during qualifying
for South Africa 2010, first to earn a 2-2
tie in San Salvador and again when defeating
El Salvador, 2-1, in Sandy, Utah.
The game at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium (4
p.m. PST, televised on ESPN Classic and
TeleFutura) will be followed by a March 3
game against the Netherlands in Amsterdam,
for which Bradley is expected to rely
primarily on his European-based players. |
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