International

Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi named to final 23-player roster for USA vs. Serbia

Sporting Kansas City's Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi were named to the final 23-player roster for the U.S. Men's National Team ahead of Sunday's international friendly versus Serbia, U.S. Soccer announced today. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and UniMas at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.


ā€œI have been extremely pleased with the effort and progress we have seen throughout the January Camp,ā€ U.S. head coach Bruce Arena said. ā€œThe entire pool of players have performed well and has made our roster decisions very difficult. We are excited to take the next step and look forward to the game against Serbia in San Diego.ā€


Click here for a preview of Sunday's match, which will be Arena's first game back in charge as U.S. head coach. After facing Serbia, the Yanks will travel east to host regional rival Jamaica next Friday, Feb. 3 at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee (6 p.m. CT, FS1 & UniMas).


U.S. ROSTER BY POSITION


GOALKEEPERS (3): David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), Luis Robles (New York Red Bulls)


DEFENDERS (8): DaMarcus Beasley (Unattached), Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Greg Garza (Atlanta United FC), Chad Marshall (Seattle Sounders FC), Jorge VillafanĢƒa (Santos Laguna, MEX), Walker Zimmerman (FC Dallas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)


MIDFIELDERS (9): Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Sporting Kansas City), Jermaine Jones (LA Galaxy), Sacha Kljestan (New York Red Bulls), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy), Dax McCarty (Chicago Fire), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers), Chris Pontius (Philadelphia Union)


FORWARDS (3): Juan Agudelo (New England Revolution), Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC)