SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake has announced that three players have joined various U.S. National Teams in a busy year at all levels on the international calendar.
The U-23 National Team will feature MF Luis Gil and DF Boyd Okwuonu, while FW Jordan Allen joined up with the U-20 National Team in Austria in a camp that already started on Saturday.
U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team Head Coach Andi Herzog called 20 players to Carson, Calif., for the U-23’s first domestic training camp of 2015 as the team continues its preparations for qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The team already began training on Sunday and will face Mexico’s U-23 National Team on Wednesday at the StubHub Center. The match will be broadcast live at 9 p.m. MT on UniMás and Univision Deportes Network.
Gil and Okwuonu both started in two friendlies last month against Bosnia and Denmark, with Gil captaining the squad in both matches. Gil has started in four of his five appearances with Real Salt Lake this season while Okwuonu has started four matches for Real Monarchs in the USL.
Meanwhile, U.S. U-20 National Team Head Coach Tab Ramos has called in 20 players for the U-20’s second foreign training camp of the year in Linz, Austria. During camp, the U-20s will play friendly matches against Qatar on Tuesday and Croatia on Saturday.
Allen has started in two of his six appearances for RSL this season, scoring his first MLS goal on March 29, a game-winner against Toronto FC at Rio Tinto Stadium.
Both Gil and Okwuonu are expected to be available for Real Salt Lake in its next match on Saturday against the New England Revolution.
The full U-23 roster by position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Cody Cropper (Southampton; Maple Grove, Minn.), Jon Kempin (San Antonio Scorpions; Leawood, Kan.)
DEFENDERS (8): Christian Dean (Vancouver Whitecaps; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Alebrijes de Oaxaca; Riverside, Calif.), Boyd Okwuonu (Real Salt Lake; Edmund, Okla.), Shane O’Neill (Colorado Rapids; Boulder, Colo.), Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids; Brighton, Colo.), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif), Sam Strong (UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.), Walker Zimmerman (FC Dallas; Lawrenceville, Ga.)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes; Northville, Mich.), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), Alejandro Guido (Club Tijuana; Chula Vista, Calif.), Benji Joya (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), Daniel Metzger (New York Red Bulls II; Holmdel, N.J.)
FORWARDS (5): Alonso Hernandez (C.F. Monterrey; El Paso, Texas), Alfred Koroma Shams (Unattached; Southlake Carol, Texas), Jordan Morris (Stanford; Mercer Island, Wash.), Mario Rodriguez (Borussia Mönchengladbach; North Hollywood, Calif.), Jose Villarreal (LA Galaxy; Inglewood, Calif.).
The full U-20 roster by position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Jeff Caldwell (University of Virginia; Todd, N.C.), Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg; Downington, Pa.)
DEFENDERS (6): Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur; Westcliff on Sea, England), Conor Donovan (Orlando City SC; Fuquay-Varina, N.C.), Matthew Miazga (Clifton, N.J.; New York Red Bulls), Shaquell Moore (Unattached; Powder Springs, Ga.), Erik Palmer-Brown (Sporting Kansas City; Lee’s Summit, Mo.), John Requejo (Club Tijuana; Carpinteria, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Jordan Allen (Real Salt Lake; Rochester, N.Y.), Marco Delgado (Toronto FC; Glendora, Calif.), Junior Flores (Borussia Dortmund; Manassas Park, Va.), Romain Gall (Columbus Crew SC; Herndon, Va.), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders FC; Pico Rivera, Calif.), Ethan Sonis (SC Freiburg; Coral Springs, Fla.), Joel Sonora (CA Boca Juniors; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
FORWARDS (4): Amando Moreno (Club Tijuana; Morganville, N.J.), Zach Pfeffer (Philadelphia Union; Dresher, Pa.), Maki Tall (Red Star; Washington, D.C.), Tommy Thompson (San Jose Earthquakes; Loomis, Calif.)
