Jurgen Klinsmann, still seeking his first victory as US national coach, tabbed German-born Danny Williams and World Cup defender Oguchi Onyewu among 22 players for a pair of upcoming friendlies.
Williams, a 21-year-old midfielder for Hoffenheim, is now eligible to play for the Americans after certifying his US citizenship with the US consulate in Germany, although whether he will play next month is uncertain.
The Americans, with Onyewu back in the lineup, will face Honduras on October 8 at Miami and play Ecuador on October 11 at Harrison, New Jersey.
Most of the players have been the same group that has been in training camp since Klinsmann took over two months ago. Since then, the Americans have drawn 1-1 with Mexico and lost 1-0 to Costa Rica and Belgium.
"We would like to continue seeing our players develop through these initial couple of months," Klinsmann said. "One important thing is to see continuity in the build-up of our national team and also in the way we work as coaches.
"We'd like to see new faces as well but we also don't want to shake up the core structure of the team too much."
Klinsmann would like to net his first triumph since replacing the fired Bob Bradley, especially with the first stage of North America's qualifying for the 2014 Brazil World Cup on the horizon in 2012.
"The results with Costa Rica and Belgium didn't work in our favor but we saw clearly that the team started to understand what we demand from them in terms of pace, playing style and how to play," Klinsmann said.
"We are definitely on the right path, and what we now need to focus on in this get together is the eagerness to finish things off up front."
The US forward lineup will include Landon Donovan of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Puebla's DaMarcus Beasley, New York Red Bulls' Juan Agudelo and AZ Alkmaar's Jozy Altidore.
Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard, defender Carlos Bocanegra and midfielder Maurice Edu of Rangers, Onyewu of Sporting Lisbon and Fulham midfielder Clint Dempsey are among the players back in the fold for the Americans.
The Americans are 11-3-3 all-time against Honduras and 2-4-4 against Ecuador.
Source: AFP
