US turn to MLS select for Mexico friendly
First Published: Mar 30, 2002United States coach Bruce Arena has chosen 16 MLS-based players for the friendly against Mexico in Denver, Colorado next week.
Arena saw a mix of European and US players lose 4-2 at Rostock to Germany on Wednesday and only Greg Vanney of Bastia and Bayer Leverkusen defender Frankie Hedjuk make the trek to Colorado for the friendly from Europe.
Four Chicago Fire players and three from Columbus Crew lead the choices from the MLS with MetroStars striker Clint Mathis likely to start.
The squad in full -
Goalkeeepers - Tim Howard (MetroStars) and Tony Meola (Kansas City Wizards).
Defenders - Carlos Bocanegra (Chicago Fire), Frankie Hejduk (Bayer Leverkusen), Carlos Llamosa (New England Revolution), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Eddie Pope (D.C. United) and Greg Vanney (Bastia).
Midfielders - DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire), Landon Donovan (San Jose Earthquakes), Cobi Jones (Columbus Crew), Brian Maisonneuve (Columbus Crew), Richard Mulrooney (San Jose Earthquakes) and Brian West (Columbus Crew).
Strikers - Clint Mathis (MetroStars), Brian McBride (Columbus Crew), Ante Razov (Chicago Fire) and Josh Wolff (Chicago Fire).
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