Rapids center back Shane O’Neill. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
, Colorado Rapids center back, has been called up to the first U.S. Under-23 camp of 2015.
The U-23s will train from March 23 to 26 and play a friendly against Bosnia’s U-23 National Team on Friday, March 27, in Tuzla. The team then heads to Denmark on Tuesday, March 31 for another friendly.
“We are about six months away from the Olympic qualifying tournament, and I think, for every single player, itap a great chance and for every one of us on the staff a great opportunity. It starts right now with the first game in Bosnia,” coach Andy Herzog stated in a release announcing the call-ups.
The timing of the camp means O’Neill will miss the Rapids next match against the Dynamo in Houston on March 28.
Dillon Serna and Marlon Hairston have received call-ups for U.S. youth national teams within the last year, but both have recently suffered injuries.
U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Charlie Horton (Cardiff City; Cleveland, Ohio), Tyler Miller (Zweibrücken; Woodbury, N.J.)
DEFENDERS (5): Christian Dean (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Alebrijes de Oaxaca; Riverside, Calif.), Shane O’Neill (Colorado Rapids; Boulder, Colo.), William Packwood (Birmingham City; Concord, Mass.), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes; Northville, Mich.), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), Benji Joya (Chicago Fire; San Jose, Calif.), Ariel Lassiter (LA Galaxy II; Temecula, Calif.), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew; Gahanna, Ohio)
FORWARDS (6): Alonso Hernandez (Monterrey; El Paso, Texas), Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart; Berlin, Germany), Alfred Koroma Shams (Southlake Carol, Texas), Jordan Morris (Stanford; Mercer Island, Wash.), Mario Rodriguez (Borussia Mönchengladbach; North Hollywood, Calif.), Khiry Shelton (New York City FC; Leander, Texas)
