CHICAGO (Feb. 11, 2008) – U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team head coach Thomas Rongen has called in 23 players for a domestic training camp in New Orleans from Feb 19-24.

The team, made up entirely of collegiate players, will gather in New Orleans on Feb. 19 and play two games in a four-team event. On Saturday, Feb. 23 the U.S. will face the Honduras U-20 MNT, and on Sunday will face either the New Orleans Shell Shockers or Victoria, a youth team from Honduras. The two Saturday winners will match up on Sunday, while the losing teams will meet in a consolation match.

Four members of the 2007 U.S. Pan American Team will be in New Orleans as Daniel Cruz, Greg Eckhardt, Warren Gross, and Peri Marosevic all traveled to Rio de Janeiro last summer.

Gross and Marosevic, who attend Penn State and Michigan, respectively, are two of the Big Ten’s five representatives. Rounding out the Big Ten contingent are Richard Balchan and Daniel Kelly from Indiana and Michigan State’s Spencer Thompson. The ACC boasts four representatives, including Ike Opara, who was a member of Wake Forest’s NCAA Championship team.

Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate	Hometown	College
Amick, Stuart	D	5-9	155	04/24/89	West Lafayette, Ind.	UMass
Balchan, Richard	M	6-0	165	01/18/89	Carmel, Ind.	Indiana
Brettschneider, Blake	F	6-0	170	04/11/89	Lilburn, Ga.	South Carolina
Brown, Cameron	F	5-9	145	03/20/89	Garland, Texas	North Carolina
Cabas, Steven	F	6-1	175	08/02/89	Miami, Fla.	Florida International
Chin, Shawn	M	5-8	145	05/11/89	Miami, Fla.	Boston College
Cruz, Daniel	M	5-8	145	05/11/90	Glendale, Ariz.	UNLV
Eckhardt, Greg	D	6-0	175	01/07/89	Orange Park, Fla.	Clemson
Gavin, Blair	M	6-0	160	01/08/89	Franklin, Tenn.	Akron
Gross, Warren	GK	6-3	210	07/01/89	Greenfield Center, N.Y.	Penn State
Guerrero, Austin	GK	5-11	175	03/24/89	Chula Vista, Calif.	Portland
Kelly, Daniel	F	6-0	175	03/29/89	Hendersonville, Tenn.	Indiana
Lara, Wilfrido	M	5-9	145	02/13/89	Chicago, Ill.	DePaul
Marosevic, Peri	F	5-9	160	05/05/89	Rockford, Ill.	Michigan
Mittoo, Andre	D	6-1	185	02/17/89	Pembroke Pines, Fla.	South Florida
Okafor, John	M	6-1	180	08/25/89	Verona, N.J.	Brown
Opara, Ike	D	6-2	170	02/21/89	Durham, N.C.	Wake Forest
Shupp, James	D	5-11	185	03/08/89	Downingtown, Pa.	Virginia Tech
Stephens, Michael	M	5-9	150	04/03/89	Naperville, Ill.	UCLA
Taylor, Chris	D	6-1	160	05/12/89	Edmond, Okla.	Tulsa
Thomas, Ryan	F	5-9	155	03/20/89	Claremont, Calif.	Stanford
Thompson, Spencer	M	6-1	160	01/05/89	Shelbytown, Mich.	Michigan State
Weideman, Andrew	F	5-11	160	08/22/89	San Ramon, Calif.	California

GOALKEEPERS (2): Warren Gross (Penn State), Austin Guerrero (University of Portland)
DEFENDERS (6): Stuart Amick (University of Massachusetts), Greg Eckhardt (Clemson University), Andre Mittoo (South Florida), Ike Opara (Wake Forest), James Shupp (Virginia Tech), Chris Taylor (University of Tulsa)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Richard Balchan (Indiana University), Shawn Chin (Boston College), Daniel Cruz (UNLV), Blair Gavin (Akron), Wilfrido Lara (DePaul University), John Okafor (Brown University), Michael Stephens (UCLA), Spencer Thompson (Michigan State)
FORWARDS (7): Blake Brettschneider (University of South Carolina), Cameron Brown (University of North Carolina), Steven Cabas (Florida International), Daniel Kelly (Indiana University), Peri Marosevic (University of Michigan), Ryan Thomas (Stanford University), Andrew Weideman (University of California)

U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team Staff

Head Coach:	Thomas Rongen	Sewalls Point, Fla.
Assistant Coach:	Dave Dir	Dallas, Texas
Assistant Coach:	Brian Maisonneuve	Bradenton, Fla.
Goalkeeper Coach:	Tim Mulqueen	Bradenton, Fla.
Team Coordinator:	Jon Fleishman	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Equipment Coordinator:	Rigoberto Cuevas	Sacramento, Calif.
Athletic Trainer:	James Pratt	Atlanta, Ga.