It's not shocking, but the US roster for next week's friendly against Portugal dropped and we went young. I guess we will all just have to get used to the fact that we are going to be the fluffer for the countries that actually qualified for the WC over the next 8 months. Here's the squad:
Goalkeepers: Jesse Gonzalez, Bill Hamid, Ethan Horvath
Defenders: John Brooks, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Eric Lichaj, Matt Miazga, Tim Ream, Jorge Villafana, DeAndre Yedlin
Midfielders: Kellyn Acosta, Tyler Adams, Alejandro Bedoya, Lynden Gooch, Weston McKennie, Kelyn Rowe, Danny Williams
Forwards: Juan Agudelo, Dom Dwyer, C.J. Sapong, Josh Sargent
The one guy that the US needs to get involved in the player pool soon is Jonathan Gonzalez. He's been the starting central mid for Monterrey in Liga MX (currently in first place). He's an 18-year old, born in California, and he's represented the US at youth levels. I'm sure some of the US fan base will freak out that he's not included in this roster, but it would not surprise me if Monterrey were not 100% enthused to let one of their players fly over to Portugal to play a one-off friendly.
http://www.espnfc.com/club/monterre...jonathan-gonzalez-making-strides-at-monterrey