Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman was the only over-age player selected on Wednesday for the match USA‘ 25-man training camp squad ahead of the final pre-Olympic friendly, against Japan on June 11 in Kansas City, Kansas.
The United States qualified for its first men’s Olympic soccer tournament since 2008 and will play host France on July 24 and play New Zealand three days later, both in Marseille, which then finished the first round on July 30 last Guinea in Saint-Étienne.
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Olympic men’s soccer is limited to players under the age of 23, with each team allowed three players over the age limit on its 18-man roster.
Zimmerman, 31 years old, has 42 international appearances and played for the US team at the 2022 World Cup.
19 of the 25 players selected by coach Marko Mitrovic have appeared for the national team, including the defender Bryan Reynoldsmidfielder Gianluca Busio And Tessmann tannerand transition Pasten Aaronson, Cade Cowell And Kevin Paredes.
Ten players are from Major League Soccer.
Among those absent is the Chicago goalkeeper Chris BradySalt Lake midfielder Diego Luna and Dallas winger Bernard Kamungo.
List:
Goalie: Patrick Schulte (Columbus), Gaga Slonina (ChelseaEngland).
defender: Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia), Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy), Bryan Reynolds (Westerlo, Belgium), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls), Jonathan Tomkinson (Norwich, England), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville).
Midfielder: Cole Bassett (Colorado), Gianluca Busio (Venezia, Italy), Benjamin Cremaschi (Miami), Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia), Aidan Morris (Columbus), Rokas Pukstas (Hajduk Split, Croatia), Tanner Tessmann (Venezia, Italy).
Striker: Pasten Aaronson (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Esmir Bajraktarevic (New England), Taylor Booth (Utrecht, Netherlands), Cade Cowell (Guadalajara, Mexico), Damion Downs (Cologne, Germany), Johan Gomez (Eintracht Braunschweig, Germany), Duncan McGuire (Orlando), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg, Germany), Griffin Yow (Westerlo, Belgium).
