Report: John Anthony Brooks called in for the August friendly versus Bosnia

My thoughts on the potential US involvement of the talented 20 year old German-American:

2013 GOLD CUP GROUP STAGE PREVIEW

Tonight the US Mens National Team opens up their Gold Cup group stage with a game against Belize in the raucous confines of Jeld-Wen Field in Portland, Oregon. This is a guide to the group stage of the tournament with a roster breakdown, projected starters, players to watch, and my prediction. 

U-20 World Cup Player Reviews

While team success is definitely important at the youth level because it teaches the players how to win, the most important thing to look at is the individual performances and to get a sense of the player going forward. Winning the U-20 World Cup (or even advancing past the group stage) would have been awesome for US Soccer, no question about it. But it wouldn’t have been as critical as the experience that these teenagers carried away from their experience in Turkey. They got to showcase their skills on a bigger stage than they are used to, play against some of the most talented youngsters that the world has to offer, and learn what is required to succeed on an international level.

U-20 World Cup Roundup

For the 3^rd time in seven years, an American soccer team played Ghana with a chance to move on in the World Cup. And for the 3^rd time in seven years, the United States couldn’t come through. This time, however, the loss to the Black Stars did not eliminate us from the world’s biggest sporting event as it was in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. And while it was certainly a disappointment to see our lads head home from Turkey after just three games, it did not depress American soccer fans the way the losses in 2006 and 2010 did.