{"id":30412,"date":"2015-01-09T13:47:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=30412"},"modified":"2015-01-09T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:00:36","slug":"nguyen-jones-get-call-for-winter-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=30412","title":{"rendered":"Nguyen, Jones Get Call for Winter Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Revolution midfielders Lee Nguyen and Jermaine Jones were called\u00a0into U.S. Men’s National Team camp on Friday. The camp kicks off on Monday at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. and will run through Feb. 8.<\/p>\n

Nguyen and Jones are among 28 players who were invited to the annual January camp by coach Jurgen Klinsmann. The U.S. has two friendlies scheduled against Chile on Jan. 28 (Rancagua, Chile)\u00a0and Panama on Feb. 8 (Carson, Calif.).<\/p>\n

The call-up for Nguyen is his second in three months after waiting over seven years in between invites. The 28-year-old midfielder came on in the 76th minute of the U.S.’s 2-1 loss to Colombia on Nov. 14, a match in which he showed\u00a0the same flair and creativity that made him\u00a0an MLS MVP finalist in\u00a02014.\u00a0Incidentally, Nguyen’s previous cap also came against Colombia\u00a0during the\u00a02007 Copa America tournament.<\/p>\n

Jones went the full 90 against Colombia\u00a0in his second straight start at center back, a position that\u00a0could allow the Revolution midfielder, who\u00a0shined during\u00a0World Cup\u00a0competition last year,\u00a0to extend his\u00a0National Team career. \u00a0Jones will be 36-years-old when Russia 2018 arrives.<\/p>\n

The call-ups will likely delay the duo’s arrival for Revolution preseason camp, which kicks off on Jan. 22 in Foxborough, Mass.<\/p>\n

The U.S. is currently ranked 27th in the FIFA standings. The squad enters camp looking to\u00a0quiet\u00a0its critics following\u00a0a four-game winless streak (0-2-2)\u00a0marked by\u00a0the leaking of late-game goals.<\/p>\n

U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

GOALKEEPERS (4): Alex Bono (unattached), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Jon Kempin (Sporting Kansas City), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)<\/p>\n

DEFENDERS (8): Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), Christian Dean (Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution)<\/strong>, Perry Kitchen (D.C. United), Shane O\u2019Neill (Colorado Rapids), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy)<\/p>\n

MIDFIELDERS (10): Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Mix Diskerud (out of contract), Dennis Flores (Club Leon), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Miguel Ibarra (Minnesota United FC), Lee Nguyen (New England Revolution),<\/strong> Marc Pelosi (Liverpool), Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids), Brek Shea (Orlando City SC), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC)<\/p>\n

FORWARDS (6): Tesho Akindele (FC Dallas), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC), Julio Morales (Tepic), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich), Gyasi Zardes (LA Galaxy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lee Nguyen and Jermaine Jones were called into USMNT camp, which kicks off on Jan. 12 in Carson, Calif. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[891,892],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lee-Jermaine-1.png?fit=600%2C415","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30412"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30412"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30449,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30412\/revisions\/30449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}