Llanez, 19, who plays for Heerenveen in the Netherlands, is one of four roster players based overseas. The Galaxy’s Efraín Álvarez did not make Mexico’s roster, but LAFC goalkeeper Tomas Romero was named to El Salvador’s team.Īraujo, 19, is one of 11 players on the qualifying roster who also has played for the senior national team and one of 16 currently playing in MLS. The top two teams in each four-country group will advance to the semifinals, both of which qualify for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The second group consists of Canada, Haiti, El Salvador and Honduras. It also will face the Dominican Republic (March 21) and Mexico, the 2012 Olympic champion (March 24), in group play. “Our players are hungry for the opportunity to compete.
“We’ll need all 20 players on this roster to contribute for us to achieve our ultimate goal of qualifying for the Olympics. “We know that qualifying will be a challenge, but it’s a challenge that we’re ready for,” U.S. The Olympic soccer competition for men is a U-23 event, one the U.S. The qualifying tournament, originally scheduled for March 2020, was delayed a year because of COVID-19. roster for next week’s CONCACAF Olympic qualifying soccer tournament in Guadalajara.
Galaxy defender Julian Araujo and midfielder Ulysses Llanez, a former Galaxy academy player, were both named Thursday to the final 20-man U.S. Galaxy defender Julian Araujo has made the USMNT roster for the Olympics qualifying tournament.
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