YESTERDAY JURGEN KLINSMANN announced his roster for Wednesday's friendly against Mexico in San Antonio. Since the game is not on an official FIFA date, Klinsmann was limited in who he could select—but some of his picks were quite  telling. Below are my key takeaways from the roster release. 

Experimenting will have to wait

Usually these friendly rosters feature a few fresh faces. Not this time. Klinsmann did not select a single player on the squad who hasn’t been called up before.

There are a handful players who are impressing early this MLS season who have the potential to help the national team. Harry Shipp, Kelyn Rowe, and Steve Clark are among those who have shined over the past two seasons, but with a short camp Klinsmann elected to go with a more familiar squad.

There are also those players who have been part of January camp that also are continuing very strong MLS form. Matt Hedges, who missed Friday’s game as part of FC Dallas' concussion protocol, and Perry Kitchen are good examples and both look like better long-term investments than others included on the team. (Note: After missing out on the initial list, Kitchen did receive a call when Michael Orozco's club, Puebla, said it would not release the defender for the midweek match.)

These roster selections indicate Klinsmann is thinking about the present. This is a friendly but it is a friendly he needs to win more than most. The U.S. national team has struggled since the World Cup and the next two friendlies after this are on the road against Germany and the Netherlands. A win over Mexico is achievable and it could give the team some much-needed confidence.

Why take Yedlin away from Spurs?

One roster selection that is particularly puzzling? DeAndre Yedlin. It's one thing when Klinsmann brought the speedy fullback into the team for January camp when he was not yet seeing minutes at Tottenham. But on Saturday Yedlin made his Premier League debut for Spurs in a tough 1-0 loss to Aston Villa. Why would Klinsmann take Yedlin away from Spurs at this time when he could remain with the club to build off his first appearance?

It seems like this call-up can only hurt Yedlin at this point.

Welcome back, Juan Agudelo

After spending most of 2014 in the one of the most puzzling club situations (or lack thereof) in recent American soccer history, Juan Agudelo is back with the U.S. national team. And with the absences of Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore, Agudelo could very well have a big opportunity to showcase himself against El Tri.

Agudelo has talent to burn but has struggled with consistency, injuries, and club decisions. His chipped goal on April 4th against Colorado might have been the best goal of the MLS season so far. If the 22-year-old striker is on, he can really help the U.S. national team.

Green and Morris are surprises

It's impossible to know what this roster would look like if Dempsey and Altidore were on it but there is a good chance that Morris would not have made this team. Either way, the decision to go with a college player during the NCAA off-season is puzzling.

When Morris was on the team last year, there was the possibility that he was turning professional in January and perhaps the call-up was building toward something. Since he elected to return to college after a season where he had four goals and six assists at Stanford, now his inclusion seems odd. Morris is talented but is he really a viable U.S. national team option right now when his professional career might not even begin for another 11 months?

As for Green, it has been a lost season for him at Hamburg SV. He is playing less than he did in 2013-14 at Bayern Munich. Yes, it is possible that he could help the U.S. senior team in the future but it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world for him to earn a call-up—or perhaps play for the U.S. U-23 team instead.

Brian Sciaretta is an American Soccer Now columnist and an ASN 100 panelist. Follow him on Twitter.