The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team, with three Chivas USA players on its roster, is set to travel to Argentina tomorrow for a 10-day foreign training camp that will include two international games as part of the Copa Ciudad de Rosario.
Head Coach Thomas Rongen invited newcomer Chivas USA’s Cesar Zamora, in addition to Gerson Mayén and Jorge Flores.
The U.S. will face Uruguay on July 27 and Australia on July 29 before departing Rosario on July 30. The 18-player roster includes 12 players who were part of the team that took second at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in March.
The U.S. has been drawn into a difficult Group C of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and will match up against Germany on Sept. 26, Cameroon on Sept. 29 and Korea Republic on Oct. 2 in the first round.
Roster By Position: GOALKEEPERS (2): Josh Lambo (FC Dallas; Middleton, Wis.), Brian Perk (UCLA; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) DEFENDERS (6): Gale Agbossoumonde (unattached; Syracuse, N.Y.), Jorge Flores (Chivas USA; Anaheim, Calif.), Ike Opara (Wake Forest University; Durham, N.C.), Anthony Wallace (FC Dallas; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Sheanon Williams (unattached; Boston, Mass.), Cesar Zamora (Chivas USA; Sylmar, Calif.) MIDFIELDERS (6): Danny Cruz (Houston Dynamo; Glendale, Ariz.), Dilly Duka (Rutgers University; Montville, N.J.), Gerson Mayén (Chivas USA; Los Angeles, Calif.), Brian Ownby (University of Virginia; Glen Allen, Va.), Dillon Powers (Andromeda; Plano, Texas), Michael Stephens (UCLA; Naperville, Ill.) FORWARDS (4): Sam Garza (University of Denver; Highland Village, Texas), Fuad Ibrahim (Toronto FC; Richfield, Minn.), Peri Marosevic (FC Dallas; Rockford, Ill.) Tony Taylor (Jacksonville University; Jacksonville, Fla.) U-20 Men’s National Team Staff Head Coach: Thomas Rongen (Sewalls Point, Fla.) Assistant Coach: Dave Dir (Dallas, Texas) Goalkeeper Coach: Tim Mulqueen (Lakewood Ranch, Fla.) Strength Coach Robbie Elliott (Newcastle, England) Team Coordinator: Jon Fleishman (Long Beach, Calif.) Equipment Coordinator: Beto Cuevas (Redondo Beach, Calif.) Athletic Trainer: Jake Anderson (Acworth, Ga.) Team Doctor Cody Malley (Apex, N.C.)
