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ASN Morning Read: 20 Men For The U-20 Tournament

Under-20 coach Tab Ramos picks the 20 Players he will bring to the World Cup qualifying tournament in Jamaica and you can tell him who should start; a young star nears return; Jurgen Klinsmann smiles.
BY Noah Davis Posted
January 06, 2015
7:42 AM
  • Let's do this 20-man roster for the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which serves as the qualifying tournament for the age group World Cup:

    Goalkeepers
    Ethan Horvath (Molde FK), Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg)
    Defenders
    Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur), Conor Donovan (N.C. State), Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls), Shaquell Moore (Unattached), John Requejo (Club Tijuana), Tyler Turner (Orlando City)
    Midfielders
    Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Fernando Arce (Club Tijuana), Russell Canouse (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), Junior Flores (Borussia Dortmund), Romain Gall (Columbus Crew), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham)
    Forwards
    Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana), Bradford Jamieson IV (LA Galaxy), Amando Moreno (Club Tijuana), Ben Spencer (Molde FK), Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes)

    Any surprises? Why don't you go make a Starting XI for the opener against Guatemala?

  • Liviu Bird offers up five players to watch at the tournament. His group: Hyndman, Thompson, Flores, Steffen, and Acosta.

  • He's just so enthusiastic all the time: "I think it’s more important in the first part of 2015 that we continue to grow as a team and grow individually as players, so that they understand where the international benchmarks are, so they understand why there are not where other players who play for Chile or Switzerland or Denmark or Holland or Germany are and why those players are where they are – because they are consistent through 11 months a year. They know how to grind it out, they know how to be focused every four days; they play up to 50, 60, 70 games a year. So it’s important for our players to understand that it takes a lot more work to one day catch up with them and beat them. Results matter, but in this case, I’d rather have a negative result in a growing pattern."

  • Joe Gyau should return to Borussia Dortmund by mid-February, completing his long road back from surgery on his left meniscus. "Joseph is still laboring on a strain," Dortmund press officer Arne Niehörster said. "He’s on a good way, but will be back to 100 percent not earlier than four weeks."

  • That is fair:

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