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Salgado, Gil, Villarreal named to US U-20 camp roster
MLS quartet, academy products dot Ramos' 36-man squad in Fla.



If it’s a new year, that means it’s camping time. US Soccer on Monday released the 36 names called in by Tab Ramos for the first US Under-20 men’s national team camp of the year, held from Monday until Jan. 9 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Re-joining the team are six players who participated in Ramos’ first camp in charge in November in Duisberg, Germany: Vancouver’s Omar Salgado (above), Real Salt Lake’s Luis Gil, recently signed LA Galaxy Home Grown product Jose Villarreal and Europe-based trio Sean Cunningham, Tyrone McCargo and Caleb Stanko.

FULL US UNDER-20 ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS (4):
Jesus Guzman (Santos Laguna; Dallas), Daniel Medina Meza (Tigres UANL; El Paso, Texas), Tyler Miller (Northwestern Univ.; Woodbury, N.J.), Andrew Wolverton (Penn State; Snellville, Ga.).

DEFENDERS (12):
Bolu Akinyonde (Seton Hall Univ.; Brooklyn, N.Y.), Mikey Ambrose (FC Dallas Academy; Frisco, Texas), A.J. Cochran (Univ. of Wisconsin; St. Louis), Sean Cunningham (Molde FK; Troy, Mich.), Phanuel Kavita (Clemson Univ.; Salt Lake City), Eric Miller (Creighton Univ.; Woodbury, Minn.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Tigres UANL; Riverside, Calif.), Boyd Okwuonu (Univ. of North Carolina; Edmund, Okla.), Jalen Robinson (D.C. United Academy; Cantonsville, Md.), Matt Wendelken (Marist College; Massapequa, N.Y.), DeAndre Yedlin (Univ. of Akron; Seattle), Walker Zimmerman (Furman Univ.; Lawrenceville, Ga.).

MIDFIELDERS (12):
Seth Casiple (Univ. of California; Rocklin, Calif.), Daniel Cuevas Granados (Santos Laguna; Sacramento, Calif.), Hector Delgado Cha (Club América; Indio, Calif.), Christian Duarte (Texans SC Houston; League City, Texas), Daniel Garcia (FC Dallas Academy; Dallas), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), Flavio Guzman (FC Dallas Academy; Dallas), Collin Martin (D.C. United Academy; Chevy Chase, Md.), Tyrone McCargo (FC Nürnberg; Nürnberg, Germany), Caleb Stanko (SC Freiburg; Holly, Mich.), Wil Trapp (Univ. of Akron; Gahanna, Ohio), Jose Villarreal (LA Galaxy; Inglewood, Calif.).

FORWARDS (8):
Villyan Bijev (Fortuna Düsseldorf; Fresno, Calif.), Amadou Dia (Clemson Univ.; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Alfred Koroma (Solar Chelsea SC; Southlake, Texas), Duke Lacroix (Univ. of Pennsylvania; New Egypt, N.J.), Uvaldo Luna Martinez (Tigres UANL; Houston), Jack McBean (LA Galaxy; Newport Beach, Calif.), Sean Okoli (Wake Forest Univ.; Federal Way, Wash.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps; El Paso, Texas).

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/01/02/salgado-gil-villarreal-named-us-u-20-camp-roster

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Columbus' Bliss to assist US Under-20 coaching staff
Crew TD will help Ramos prep squad during Ft. Lauderdale camp


Columbus Crew technical director Brian Bliss will assist head coach Tab Ramos during the US Under-20 national team's camp, US Soccer confirmed on Wednesday. The U-20s are spending a week in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., in preparation for CONCACAF qualifying for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.

Bliss hasn't been named to the staff, said a USSF spokesman, but will serve as a guest assistant to Ramos for a few days ahead of the MLS Combine, which starts Friday and runs through Jan. 11. Bliss is still fulfilling his role as Crew TD and will rejoin Columbus' coaching staff at the Combine.

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/01/04/columbus-bliss-named-us-u-20-coaching-staff

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MLSers Salgado, Pineda
called into US U-20 camp


14 players are returning from the January U-20 camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., including Salgado and Cunningham. Both were also on the roster for Ramos’ first camp in Duisberg, Germany, in November of last year.

The February training camp, which will include matches against the FC Dallas reserves on Feb. 26 and Montreal Impact reserves three days later, will serve as preparation for the upcoming 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

US U-20 men's national team roster:

GOALKEEPERS (3):
Tomas Gomez (Georgetown Univ.; Webster Groves, Mo.), Jesus Guzman (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), Kamil Kaminski (Legia Warszawa; Berlin, Conn.)

DEFENDERS (8):
A.J. Cochran (Univ. of Wisconsin; St. Louis), Sean Cunningham (Molde FK; Troy, Mich.), Christian Dean (Univ. of California; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Mobi Fehr (Unattached; Tokyo), Eric Miller (Creighton Univ.; Woodbury, Minn.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Tigres UANL; Riverside, Calif.), Boyd Okwuonu (Univ. of North Carolina; Edmund, Okla.), Walker Zimmerman (Furman Univ.; Lawrenceville, Ga.).

MIDFIELDERS (10):
Seth Casiple (Univ. of California; Rocklin, Calif.), Daniel Cuevas (Santos Laguna; Sacramento, Calif.), Matt Dunn (OFK Beograd; Dallas), Daniel Garcia (FC Dallas Academy; Dallas), Alejandro Guido (Unattached; Chula Vista, Calif.), Benji Joya (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), Mikey Lopez (Univ. of North Carolina; Mission, Texas), Collin Martin (D.C. United Academy; Chevy Chase, Md.), Daniel Metzger (Univ. of Maryland; Staten Island, N.Y.), Victor Pineda (Chicago Fire; Bollingbrook, Ill.)

FORWARDS (5):
Villyan Bijev (Fortuna Düsseldorf; Fresno, Calif.), Alfred Koroma (Solar Chelsea SC; Southlake, Texas), Sean Okoli (Wake Forest Univ.; Federal Way, Wash.), Andrew Oliver (Chicago Fire Academy; Indianapolis.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps; El Paso, Texas)


www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/02/17/mlsers-salgado-pineda-called-us-u-20-camp

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Ocegueda chooses US over Mexico


GUADALAJARA, Mexico – It’s the ultimate ratification of performance and talent for a dual national player to have two nations fighting over you.

That’s exactly what happened recently to Tigres UANL’s young left back Juan Pablo Ocegueda, who received an invitation to Mexico’s Under-20 trip to the United States earlier this month and then was called up to Tab Ramos’ US U-20 camp on Friday.

Both camps coincide, with the US meeting on Monday and Mexico on Thursday.

Having been previously involved in national team camps with both countries, Ocegueda (above, right) had a difficult decision to make, but those north of the border will be happy to know he sided with the United States.

“Coming from a Mexican family, you can imagine how happy my parents were when I told them [about the Mexico call-up], but I feel comfortable being with the US,” Ocegueda told MLSsoccer.com from Monterrey on Saturday. “I enjoy being with the rest of the players and the coaches and wanted to stay loyal to the team since they gave me my first opportunity.”

“Staying loyal to the USA,” he had written on his Twitter account earlier in the week.

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/02/19/gringo-report-ocegueda-chooses-us-over-mexico

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US U-20s to face Panama ahead of CONCACAF Championships


The US Under-20 men’s national team will face Panama in two matches in Mexico later this month ahead of the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, US Soccer announced on Tuesday.

The team will hold a week-long foreign training camp from Jan. 14-22 in Puebla, Mexico, and will play Panama on Jan. 19 and 21, but the time and location for the matches have yet to be determined. Head coach Tab Ramos (above) will name a roster at a later date.


www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/01/02/us-under-20s-face-panama-ahead-concacaf-championship

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Ramos calls 7 MLSers into final pre-CONCACAF U-20 camp


The road to Turkey runs through Mexico, and on Friday, Tab Ramos called in 20 players for a weeklong training camp in Puebla ahead of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship next month.

Seven MLS players are among Ramos’ squad, including Real Salt Lake midfielder Luis Gil. The other half-dozen are all Homegrown players: LA’s Jose Villarreal and Oscar Soto, FC Dallas’ Jonathan Top, Sporting KC’s Jon Kempin, Colorado’s Shane O’Neill and Columbus’ Wil Trapp.

Ten members of the squad are on college teams, while the other three are based in Mexico: Tijuana’s Alejandro Guido, Santos Laguna’s Daniel Cuevas and out-of-contract Juan Pablo Oceugueda, who most recently played for Tigres UANL.

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/01/11/ramos-calls-7-mlsers-final-pre-concacaf-u-20-camp

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The 2013 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is an association football tournament that is scheduled to take place in February and March in 2013. The CONCACAF U-20 Championship will determine the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Turkey.

The North American teams again qualified automatically for the finals. (US, MX, CA)
Central America received four berths (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua)
the Caribbean received five. (Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Curaçao)

The draw for the group stage was made on 21 November 2012

Group A: US, Costa Rica, Haiti
Group B: CA, Cuba, Nicaragua
Group C: Jamaica, Panama, Puerto, Rico
Group D: MX, El Salvador, Curaçao

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_CONCACAF_U-20_Championship

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Tab Ramos releases US Under-20 roster for
Toulon Tournament with seven MLSers


US Under-20 men's national team head coach Tab Ramos on Monday named a 22-player roster for the upcoming 2013 Toulon Tournament, which will provide the Americans their final chance to fine-tune things before this summer's U-20 World Cup in Turkey.

The United States are in Group A with Colombia, Congo DR, South Korea and hosts France. The US open the tournament against France on Tuesday, May 28.

Roster by Position

GOALKEEPERS (2):
Cody Cropper (Southampton FC/England), Kendall McIntosh (Santa Clara Univ.)

DEFENDERS (7):
Eric Miller (Creighton Univ.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (CD Guadalajara/Mexico), Shane O'Neill (Colorado Rapids), Jeffrey Payeras (CSD Municipal/Guatemala), Caleb Stanko (SC Freiburg/Germany), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy), Javan Torre (UCLA)

MIDFIELDERS (7):
Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Marlon Hairston (Univ. of Louisville), Benji Joya (Santos Laguna/Mexico), Mikey Lopez (Sporting Kansas City), Collin Martin (Wake Forest Univ.), Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS (6):
Daniel Cuevas (Santos Laguna/Mexico), Daniel Garcia (Univ. of North Carolina), Alonso Hernandez (CF Monterrey/Mexico), Alfred Koroma (Univ. of Akron), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders Academy.), Victor Pineda (Chicago Fire)

www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/05/20/tab-ramos-releases-us-under-20-roster-toulon-tournament-seven-mlsers

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Tab Ramos Names 36-Player U-20 MNT Roster
for Domestic Camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.


CHICAGO (Jan. 3, 2014) – U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team head coach Tab Ramos named a 36-player roster for the team’s domestic training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The camp runs from Jan. 3-12.

This is the team’s second camp of the new cycle and first domestic camp. The Florida camp will also feature two intrasquad scrimmages.

Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (4):
Jeff Caldwell (N.C. Fusion; Todd, N.C.), Santiago Castano (New York Red Bulls; Union City, N.J.), Ethan Horvath (Molde FK; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Zack Steffen (Maryland; Downington, Pa.)

DEFENDERS (10):
Jordan Allen (Real Salt Lake; Rochester, N.Y.), Michael Amick (UCLA; Sunnyvale, Calif.), Sulaiman Dainkeh (Maryland; Reston, Va.), Conor Donovan (Capital Area RailHawks Academy; Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Trevor Haberkorn (Furman; Roanoke, Texas), Grant Lillard (Chicago Fire Academy; Hinsdale, Ill.), Jalen Markey (North Carolina; Renton, Wash.), Matthew Miazga (New York Red Bulls; Clifton, N.J.), Shaquell Moore (IMG Academy; Powder Springs, Ga.), John Requejo Jr. (Real So Cal; Carpinteria, Calif.)

MIDFIELDERS (14):
Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake AZ; Escondido, Calif.), Arun Basuljevic (New York Red Bulls; Mahopac, N.Y.), Marco Delgado (Chivas USA; Glendora, Calif.), Luis Felipe (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube; Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais), Ian Harkes (Wake Forest; Fairfax, Va.), Jacori Hayes (Wake Forest; Bowie, Md.), Brian Iloski (UCLA; Escondido, Calif.), Eric Lickert (SC Freiburg; Glotteral, Germany), Saalih Muhammad (Dinamo GNK), Adam Najem (Akron; Clifton, N.J.), Cristian Roldan (Washington; Pico Rivera, Calif.), Herbert Robinson (Club Santos Laguna; Monclova, Coahuila), Joel Sonora (Boca Juniors; Buenos Aires, Argentina), Omar Thompson (Unattached; Miami, Fla.)

FORWARDS (8):
Andrew Brody (Louisville; Orlando, Fla.), Benji Lopez (Real Salt Lake; San Diego, Calif.), Ricardo Lopez-Espin (Shattuck-St Mary’s; Miami, Fla.), Amando Moreno (NY Red Bulls; Morganville, N.J.), Alex Muyl (Georgetown; New York, N.Y.), Zach Pfeffer (Philadelphia Union; Dresher, Pa.), Rubio Rubin (Unattached; Beaverton, Ore.), Travis Wannemuehler (NC State; Evansville, Ind.)

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