UPDATE: U.S. Soccer announced on Monday that John Brooks (back issues) would miss the two matches and has been replaced by New York Red Bulls midfielder Sacha Kljestan.
U.S. Soccer announced the men's national team's roster for the two upcoming World Cup Qualifiers. Here is the squad that will play St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago on Friday and Tuesday, repectively.
Goalkeepers (3):
Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough), Ethan Horvath (Molde FC),Tim Howard (Colorado Rapids).
Defenders (8):
Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City),Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City),Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United).
Midfielders (10):
Paul Arriola (Club Tijuana), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Jermaine Jones (Colorado Rapids), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund), Caleb Stanko (FC Vaduz), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City), Sacha Klejstan (New York Red Bulls).
Forwards (5):
Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC), Rubio Rubin (FC Utrecht), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Bobby Wood (Hamburg SV).
No real surprises in this squad, but Jurgen Klinsmann did bring up some young guns and has Jordan Morris back in the fold. Of course, you may have noticed that there is no Clint Dempsey. He's undergoing evaluations for an irregular heartbeat.
Five of the players on the squad, Acosta, Arriola, Horvath, Rubin and Stanko, could earn their first World Cup qualifying cap.
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