With a failed World Cup qualifying campaign fresh in the rearview mirror, the US national team will use the Nov. 14 friendly vs. Portugal to launch a youth movement, as caretaker head coach Dave Sarachan selected plenty of fresh faces among the 21 players called into training camp on Tuesday in advance of the USA’s final match of 2017. Eight of the players hail from MLS.
The New York Red Bulls' 18-year-old standout Tyler Adams, FC Dallas goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez, Schalke's Weston McKennie (like Gonzalez, an FCD academy product), Sheffield United's Cameron Carter-Vickers and US Under-17 forward Josh Sargent headline the battalion of young newcomers on Sarachan's list.