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FC Barcelona defender Sergiño Dest was summoned by the coach of the United States team, Gregg Berhalter, to compete in the Final Four of the League Concacaf Nations .
BREAKING NEWS | @ sergino_dest named to @ USMNT roster for @ CNationsLeague Finals! 💪🟦🟥🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/QC9XNePicv
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) May 24, 2021
The announcement was made this Monday by the United States Soccer Federation which also announced the match friendly that before the national team will play against Switzerland next Sunday.
Next June the United States will play in . Denver together with Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras the first title of the new tournament established by Concacaf.
The Final Four
The selection of the Stars and Stripes will face Honduras in the semifinal to be played on June 3 and the match for the third place and the final are scheduled to take place on June 6 at Empower Fiel d from Mile High (Denver).
Berhalter, with the European leagues already finished, has decided to call , while it has only included four who are with the United States Professional Soccer League (MLS) team.
Goalkeeper David Ochoa, who plays with Real Salt Lake and could have been part of the Mexico team, but In the end it was decided by the United States tops the list of the four MLS players named by Berhalter.
Two other Hispanics, the midfielders, Kellyn Acosta, of the Colorado Rapids and Sebastián Lletget, of the Los Angeles Galaxy, along with Jackson Yueill, of the San Jose Earthquakes complete it.
“ We are excited to bring this group together as we compete to win the Nations League trophy , ”Berhalter said in a statement. “It has been a great year for our group of players and the unprecedented successes of winning multiple league and cup championships. Our focus now is to continue this success with the national team. ”
Also among those called up are former MLS standouts who have made recent European moves, including Zack Steffen of the Columbus Crew to Manchester City, Reggie Cannon of FC Dallas to Boavista in Portugal, Mark McKenzie and Brenden Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union to Genk and Red Bull Salzburg, respectively, and Tyler Adams of the New York Red Bulls to RB Leipzig.
Thanks for waiting. The list is in! 📋
Here are the 23 players that will represent the 🇺🇸 as we go for the inaugural @ CNationsLeague 🏆 from June 3-6 in Denver.
– US Soccer MNT (@USMNT) May 24, 1200
The complete list of 23 Players selected by Berhalter is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge), David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake) and Zack Steffen, Zack (Manchester City).
Defenders: John Brooks (Wolfsburg), Reggie Cannon (Boavista), Sergiño Dest (FC Barcelona), Mark McKenzie (Genk), Matt Miazga (Anderlecht), Tim Ream (Fulham), Antonee Robinson (Fulham) and DeAndre Yedlin (Galatasaray).
Midfielders: Kelly Acosta (Colorado Rapids), Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig), Sebastián Lletget ( LA Galaxy), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Yunus Musah (Valencia) and Jackson Yueill (San Jose Earthquakes).
Forwards: Brenden Aaronson (Red Bull Salzburg), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen), Jordan Siebatcheu (Young Boys) and Tim Weah (Lille)