| U.S. Under-17 World Cup roster announced |
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| on 20 Oct 2009 | |
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Stefan Jerome, Earl Edwards and Jack McInerney headline the 21-man roster chosen to represent the United States in the Under-17 World Cup, slated for later this month in Nigeria. Here is the squad:
U.S. Under-17 head coach Wilmer Cabrera will lead the team as it begins play on Oct. 26 against Spain and while the roster he selected is packed with talent, there are several key players who are not on the team. Charlie Renken, Joseph Gyau and Sebastian Lletget are all missing from the roster, with sources telling SBI that Renken and Gyau had a falling out with Cabrera. Both players recently left the U.S. Under-17 Residency Program to sign with German club Hoffenheim's youth academy. Lletget is currently with the West Ham United youth academy. In a recent interview with Yanks Abroad, Cabrera admitted that there were players who chose not to join the team. "If someone is not here, it is not because we don't want them," Cabrera told Yanks Abroad. "It's because they didn't make it, or they got injured, or they don't want to be here. I'd rather have a less skillful player but more committed than a skillful player that is not committed with this. But we've got the players that we've got and we are ready and we can't look back." The U.S. team still has a talented group, with goal-scoring ace McInerney, imposing Edwards in goal and creative midfielders such as Marlon Duran and Luis Gil. The United States faces Spain (2pm, Oct 26), Malawi (11am, Oct. 29) and United Arab Emirates (10am, Nov. 2). All three of the U.S. team's matches will be shown live on ESPNU and Galavision. From Soccer By Ives |
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