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Stuart Holden joins USMNT for training

Stuart Holden's path back to playing soccer again will include some training with the United States. The midfielder who has battled a slew of injuries for years is practicing with the team at January training camp and while he will not play in either of the Americans' upcoming friendlies, he is a participant in training after Jurgen Klinsmann invited him as a guest.

Holden suffered a broken femur in March 2011 on a tackle from Jonny Evans. That set off a string of injury problems. Microfracture surgery followed that original injury and then he tore his ACL while playing for the U.