I'm super excited that the US U-20's are coming to north Atlanta over Thanksgiving weekend for a pair of matches against Colombia and Mexico. There's a game Friday and Sunday, so bookending the GT/UGA game on Saturday, and I'm trying to get some friends together for one (probably Mexico cause FU Cruizn
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Here's a copy of the email I sent to friends:
http://www.ussoccer.com/News/U-20-MN...nnesaw-Ga.aspx
Pretty sure I want to go to at least one game depending on who's called in. 11/26 (Colombia) and 11/28 (Mexico), so the day before and after UGA/GT game. Tickets start at $14 per game.
Steve, I have no idea what your schedule is, so I'm just throwing it out there.
Would go to see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Agudelo (balllllllller)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Salgado (said "FU Mexico," about to be #1 pick in MLS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Agbossoumonde (defender also known as 'Boss')
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Gil (Arsenal tried to buy him)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Bowen (Forward of the future)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_McInerney (ATL kid on Philadelphia Union)
Zac McMath (no wiki page, keeper at Maryland for the moment, trained with Everton after shutting fools down in the 2010 Milk Cup in July)
And here is the list of players called up:
GOALKEEPERS (2):
Cody Cropper (Ipswich Town; Athens, Ga.)
Eduardo Fernandez (Real Salt Lake AZ; Casa Grande, Ariz.)
DEFENDERS (7):
Gale Agbossoumonde (G.D. Estoril Praia; Syracuse, N.Y.)
Bryan De La Fuente (Chivas USA; Bell, Calif.)
Greg Garza (G.D. Estoril Praia, Grapevine, Texas)
Korey Veeder (Crystal Palace Baltimore; St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Parker Walsh (Karlsrucher SC; Roanoke, Va.)
TBD
TBD
MIDFIELDERS (7):
Sebastian Lletget (West Ham United; San Francisco, Calif.)
Alex Molano (NK Dinamo Zagreb; Grapevine, Texas)
Amobi Okugo (Philadelphia Union; Sacramento, Calif.)
Moises Orozco (Tigres; Oxnard, Calif.)
Conor Shanosky (D.C. United, Sterling, Va.)
Alex Zahavi (Maccabi Haifa F.C.; Lisbon, Portugal)
Cesar Zamora (Chivas USA; Sylmar, Calif.)
FORWARDS (4):
Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls; Barnegat, N.Y.)
Tristan Bowen (Los Angeles Galaxy; Van Nuys, Calif.)
Fuad Ibrahim (Toronto FC; Richfield, Minn.)
Omar Salgado (Unattached; El Paso, Texas)
So yeah, basically all the forwards I wanted to see are coming. Pretty bummed that hometown kid JackMac won't be there (maybe the call him in as one of the TBD?) but I completely forgot about the Lleget kid and now I'm excited to see him.