US Under-20 national team head coach Tab Ramos has called in a total of six MLS players and eight more MLS academy players to form part of a 36-man camp in Miami to start the new year.
The U-20s, who begin preparations for the 2017 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, will play a total of four matches during the camp: two on Jan. 8 (vs. local sides CASA and Weston FC) and another two on Jan. 12 with all matches held at Barry University.
FC Dallas (Alex Zendejas, Coy Craft), Orlando City (Mason Stajduhar, Tommy Redding), D.C. United (Jonathan Bell, Lucas Mendes) and the Philadelphia Union (Abu Winter, Yosef Samuel) all contribute two players each to the roster.
Players from the Houston Dynamo (Juan Flores), Chicago Fire (Mauricio Pineda), Real Salt Lake (Danilo Acosta), Seattle Sounders (Victor Mansaray), LA Galaxy (Hugo Arellano) and the New York Red Bulls (Matt Olosunde) round out the MLS contingent.
Six of the players (Craft, Zendejas, Stajduhar, Redding, Mansaray and Acosta) are currently signed to contracts with MLS first teams. The remaining eight form part of their respective MLS academy team.
Also of note is the inclusion of goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, son of USMNT manager and technical director Jurgen Klinsmann. He joins the only two foreign-based call-ups in Joshua Doughty (Manchester United/England) and Josh Perez (Fiorentina/Italy).
USA Under-20 Roster (January 2016 camp):
Goalkeepers (4): Jonathan Klinsmann (California), JT Marcinkowski (Georgetown), Mason Stajduhar (Orlando City), Justin Vom Steeg (UCSB)
Defenders (12): Danilo Acosta (Real Salt Lake), Hugo Arrellano (LA Galaxy), Jonathan Bell (D.C. United), Marcello Borges (Michigan), David Burns (Sacramento Republic), Aaron Herrera (New Mexico), Malcolm Jones (UCLA), Andrew Lombard (Northeastern), Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire), Tommy Redding (Orlando City), Miles Robinson (Syracuse), Diego Silva (Maryland)
Midfielders (11): Amir Bashti (Stanford), Joshua Doughty (Manchester United), Cameron Lindley (Indiana Fire), Lucas Mendes (D.C. United), Matt Olosunde (NY Red Bulls), Martin Salas (North Carolina), Yosef Samuel (Philadelphia Union), Evan Waldrep (Creighton), Eryk Williamson (Maryland), Jackson Yueill (UCLA), Alex Zendejas (FC Dallas)
Forwards (9): Coy Craft (FC Dallas), Jeremy Ebobisse (Duke), Sebastian Elney (Maryland), Juan Flores (Houston Dynamo), Victor Mansaray (Seattle Sounders), Josh Perez (Fiorentina), Emmanuel Sabbi (Chicago Magic), Abu Winter (Philadelphia Union), Isaiah Young (PDA)
