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RSL's Chris Wingert Among 20 Players Recalled to U.S. Men's National Team Camp

Published on January 29, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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SANDY, Utah (Thursday, January 29, 2009) - U.S. Men's National Team head coach Bob Bradley has recalled 20 players, including Real Salt Lake defender Chris Wingert, back to U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., to begin preparations for the USA's first match of final round qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The U.S. will take on regional rivals Mexico on Wednesday, Feb. 11 in front of a sold-out crowd at Columbus Crew Stadium live on ESPN2, ESPN2 HD and Univision beginning at 5:00 p.m. MT. The match can be heard live on the Futbol de Primera radio networks, and fans can also follow along on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker.

The 20-man group is made up almost entirely of players who participated in the previous camp from Jan. 4-24 at the HDC, with Columbus Crew defender and three-time World Cup veteran Frankie Hejduk the only new addition. The U.S. team will train in Carson for nine days beginning tomorrow, Friday, January 30, before departing on Feb. 7 for Columbus.

Fourteen of the players on the roster appeared in the USA's 3-0 win against Sweden on Jan. 24, including Wingert, who along with Robbie Rogers made their full team debut for the U.S. in the triumph. The 26-year-old Wingert will miss at least the first six days of Real Salt Lake's first training camp of the season in the Southern California cities of Ventura and Oxnard from Feb. 2-14 while tending to his U.S. National Team duties.

U.S. Men's National Team Training Camp Roster By Position Carson, Calif. Jan. 29 - Feb. 7, 2009 (A Detailed Roster is Available at ussoccer.com)

GOALKEEPERS (3): Jon Busch (Chicago Fire), Will Hesmer (Columbus Crew), Matt Pickens (Colorado Rapids)

DEFENDERS (5): Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Ugo Ihemelu (Colorado Rapids), Chris Wingert (Real Salt Lake), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)

MIDFIELDERS (8): Brian Carroll (Columbus Crew), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Jack Jewsbury (Kansas City Wizards), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew), John Thorrington (Chicago Fire)

FORWARDS (4): Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Kenny Cooper (FC Dallas), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Chris Rolfe (Chicago Fire)

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