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United States names roster for Olympic qualifying training camp

By Kristian Dyer

BRADENTON, FL - JANUARY 23: Jason Kreis speaks to players during training on January 23, 2020 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
BRADENTON, FL - JANUARY 23: Jason Kreis speaks to players during training on January 23, 2020 in Bradenton, Florida. (Photo by John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images) /
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The United States is one step closer to piecing together their Olympic qualifying roster with the announcement on Monday of the training camp roster.

The training camp roster has a heavy domestic lean, with 26 of the 31 named players hailing from MLS. Qualification for CONCACAF Olympic qualifying in mid-March. The United States is hoping to return to the Olympics for the first time since 2000.

The finalists to emerge from qualifying will make the Olympics. This is the deepest qualifying roster ever for the United States with 15 players having made at least one appearance for the senior national team. The Olympics are an U23 affair featuring three overage players.

Qualifying, however, is entirely U23.

Here is the full roster for head coach Jason Kreis, as provided by the United States Soccer Federation.

U-23 USMNT Training Camp Roster by Position (Club; Hometown):

GOALKEEPERS (4): Matt Freese (Philadelphia Union; Wayne, Pa.), Jonathan Klinsmann (LA Galaxy; Munich, Germany), JT Marcinkowski (San Jose Earthquakes, Alamo, Calif.), David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake; Oxnard, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (10): Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy; Lompoc, Calif.), George Bello (Atlanta United FC; Douglasville, Ga.), Marco Farfan (LAFC; Gresham, Ore.), Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake; Tucson, Ariz.), Aaron Herrera (Real Salt Lake; Las Cruces, N.M.), Henry Kessler (New England Revolution; New York, N.Y.), Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC; Bolingbrook, Ill.), Miles Robinson (Atlanta United FC; Arlington, Mass.), Austin Trusty (Colorado Rapids; Media, Pa.), Sam Vines (Colorado Rapids; Colorado Springs, Colo.)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Frankie Amaya (FC Cincinnati; Santa Ana, Calif.), Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), Johnny Cardoso (Internacional/BRA; Denville, N.J.), Hassani Dotson (Minnesota United FC; Federal Way, Wash.), Andrés Perea (Orlando City SC; Medellin, Colombia), Tanner Tessmann (FC Dallas; Hoover, Ala.), Eryk Williamson (Portland Timbers; Alexandria, Va.), Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes; Bloomington, Minn.)

FORWARDS (9): Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas; McKinney, Texas), Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United FC; Paradise Valley, Ariz.), Jonathan Lewis (Colorado Rapids; Plantation, Fla.), Ulysses Llanez (Heerenveen/NED; Lynwood, Calif.), Benji Michel (Orlando City SC; Orlando, Fla.), Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montreal/CAN; Jacksonville, Fla.), Ricardo Pepi (FC Dallas; McKinney, Texas), Sebastian Saucedo (UNAM Pumas/MEX; Park City, Utah), Sebastian Soto (Norwich City/ENG; San Diego, Calif.)

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