Berhalter announces a composition of 24 players for the March matches against Ecuador and Chile

New & # 39; old & # 39; faces

At the same time, Berhalter has the opportunity to work in person with many MNT veterans based outside of the United States. After visiting almost all of these players on previous trips abroad, 10 in total will now have their first experience of the new era. Of the 10, eight are based in Europe and one in Mexico and one in the MLS.

Prepare to prepare

One of the challenges for any national team coach is to impact his players during the long periods between games. Now add a new coach and a new game model, and it becomes more important to bridge this gap. The coaching staff has spent the last six weeks doing this.

"We have worked hard to prepare this camp," said Berhalter. "It involved meetings with players, videoconferencing with players, conversations with players, evaluating their games … it's a very important time to keep working and be productive. to meet the players and communicate what we are trying to do at the next camp. "

ALIGNMENT NOTES

• Fifteen players play in Major League Soccer, while nine play for foreign clubs in Germany (4), England (3), Belgium and Mexico (1 each).
• The training has an average age of 25 years, 265 days and 21 caps.
• According to appearances, the oldest players on the list are Michael Bradley (143), DeAndre Yedlin (57), Omar Gonzalez (48), Gyasi Zardes (42) and John Brooks (36).
• On the other hand, 13 players hold nine or fewer selections.
• After successfully recovering from an injury to the ACL player injured last February with Seattle Sounders FC, forward Jordan Morris returns to the team for the first time since January 2018. L & # 39; 25-year-old striker scored two goals at the opening of the 4-1 season in Seattle's victory against FC Cincinnati on March 2.
• Veteran defensemen Omar Gonzalez and Tim Ream make their first appearance in the camp since 2017.
• Fourteen players from the January MNT camp team have won two consecutive victories against Panama (3-0) and Costa Rica (2-0), while 10 players will play in their first camp under the coach MNT leader, Gregg Berhalter.
• Midfielder Tyler Adams will come to the camp for the first time as a member of the German club RB Leipzig. The 20-year-old has regained regular playing time with the Bundesliga team, helping the club to record a 5-0-3 record in the eight competitive matches he's been playing since his debut at the end of January.
• Christian Pulisic has just finished a weekend where he scored the assist and goal of the insurance in the 3-1 victory of Borussia Dortmund against Stuttgart.
• Also in Germany, Weston McKennie contributed to Schalke's 4-2 loss to Werder Bremen.
• Striker Gyasi Zardes scored his first double of the season in Columbus Crew SC's 2-0 win at New England Revolution on Saturday.
• Zack Steffen took a penalty kick and kept his first clean sheet of the season for Columbus in this match. Steffen's other goalkeepers, Ethan Horvath (4-0 win over Eupen) and Sean Johnson (0-0 draw against D.C. United) were also cleared by their teams this weekend.
• Christian Ramirez opened his 2019 account, scoring the winning goal of LAFC's 4-1 victory against Portland Timbers on Sunday.
• After scoring the second goal in the 2-0 win against Costa Rica in February, Paul Arriola started the season by recovering the back of the net in a 2-0 win against Atlanta United FC on 4 March.
• Three players from the formation have already made their debut against Chile. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson played the second half of the 1-1 draw of the United States against La Roja January 22, 2011, while Wil Trapp and Gyasi Zardes lost their seat in a 3-2 defeat at Rancagua on January 28, 2015.
• Zardes is also the only player in the lineup to score against either opponent, scoring the goal of the United States 2-1 win over Ecuador in the Copa America Centenario quarter-final on June 16. 2016 in Seattle.