Wake Forest Athletics
Parkhurst on Latest USMNT Training Camp Roster
5/17/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
May 17, 2013
By Steven Wright, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMSoccer)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Former Wake Forest soccer player Michael Parkhurst has been invited to training camp for the U.S. Men's National Team in advance of a five-game stretch in May and June, as announced by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Thursday.
The team will meet in Cleveland on May 26 with the first game coming against Belgium on May 29 at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland. The Americans will then play the Centennial Celebration Match against Germany on June 2 at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.
World Cup Qualifying resumes shortly after on June 7 when the U.S. heads to Kingston to play Jamaica. On June 11, the team will head back to the United States to host Panama on June 11 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The final contest of this three-match set will be at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, on June 18 against Honduras.
The U.S. Men's National Team is currently in second place in the Final Round of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and is riding a 21-0-2 unbeaten streak at home in World Cup qualifying.
Parkhurst, who is in his first season playing for FC Augsburg in the German Bundesliga, is one of eight defenders who have been called into training camp. Parkhurst has 15 international caps and was last on the roster on February 6, 2013 for the Honduras qualifier.
U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (6): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (8): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg)
MIDFIELDERS (10): Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Maurice Edu (Bursaspor), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Brek Shea (Stoke City), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC)
