U.S. Beach Soccer Team to Train in Merida, Mexico

The U.S. Beach Soccer Team is set for a five-day training camp from Aug. 4-8 in Murida, Mexico, that will include two matches against Mexico.

CHICAGO (Aug. 3, 2011) – The U.S. Beach Soccer Team is set for a five-day training camp from Aug. 4-8 in Merida, Mexico, that will include two matches against Mexico. The two games will be a rematch of the 2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship semifinal, a game that the U.S. lost to miss out on the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Mexico will be using the two matches in Murida as preparation for that event, which is to be held from Sept. 1-11 in Italy.

The two teams most recently met in the Miami Cup held in May, where the U.S. came away with a dramatic 7-6 win behind two goals each from Francis Faberoff, and Nicolas Perera. That duo makes up two of only three players on the roster for Mexico who also participated in that Miami Cup tournament, the other being Oscar Gil.



Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Mike McAndrews (BST Zurich; Long Beach, Calif.), Chris Toth (San Diego Sockers; Fallbrook, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (4): Harry Abraham (San Diego Fusion; San Diego, Calif.), Francis Farberoff (Florida Beach Soccer; Hollywood, Fla.), Eric Meister (Doxa Italia; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Lewie Valentine (US Sand Soccer; Oceanside, Calif.)
FORWARDS (6): Oscar Gil (Florida Beach Soccer; Hollywood, Fla.), Jason Leopoldo (UCLA; Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Yuri Morales (BST Zurich; San Francisco, Calif.), Nicolas Perera (San Diego Sockers; Carlsbad, Calif.), Oscar Reyes (UCLA; Santa Ana, Calif.), Fabrizio Soto (LA Galaxy; Seal Beach, Calif.)


Beach Soccer Team Staff
Head Coach: Eddie Soto (Seal Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: German Laverde (Long Beach, Calif.)
Team Coordinator: David Gálvez, Sr. (Tracy, Calif.)
Doctor: Robert Lim (Naperville, Ill.)
Athletic Trainer: Jim Bollinger (Prospect Park, Pa.)
Equipment Manager: Andrew Dessert (Kansas City, Mo.)