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Stanford MSoc players get national team call-up - washingtonismoney - 07-28-2015

US Soccer is making call-ups for its u-23 team, which will (if it qualifies) go to the Olympics. Several Stanford players got call-ups: Tomas Hillard-Arce; Brandon Vincent; and Corey Baird.

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015/07/28/09/28/150728-u23mnt-herzog-calls-28-players-for-college-id-camp

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Re: Stanford MSoc players get national team call-up - ColoradoTree - 07-29-2015

In addition to those guys, it's a stone cold lock that Jordan Morris will be a part of that Olympic team as well, since he'll still be under 23 and the summer of 2016 will be something of a dead spot in the men's international soccer calendar otherwise, so duties with the senior USMNT wouldn't keep him from being on that team.  It's been a lot of fun to see him step into his role with the senior USMNT and not miss a beat. 

Our men's Olympic team could be pretty solid, given that a few players from the senior roster/player pool will still be age-eligible: Morris, DeAndre Yedlin, Julian Green, and John Anthony Brooks.  Add in three over-age players at key positions (like Howard/Guzan at GK, maybe Bradley in MF to keep things calm), and this team could be capable of a deep run.  I don't think too many other of the men's Olympic rosters can boast that many senior national team players. 

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Re: Stanford MSoc players get national team call-up - ColoradoTree - 07-29-2015

It'll be interesting to see if any of these other Stanford guys can fight their way onto the U-23 team and displace some of the guys from the U-23 team that just played in the Toulon tournament in France. Most of the existing roster is comprised of players playing professional soccer or who are part of a club's academy. 

The mere fact that the U-23 team is holding a camp with all of these college players is a testament to the impact Jordan Morris has had on Jürgen Klinsmann's thinking about the quality of college soccer.  And all of that started with the USMNT's pre-World Cup camp at Stanford, where Morris impressed Klinsmann and made him realize that there might be some USMNT-caliber (or future USMNT-caliber) players that he's missing out on if he's only looking at the professional ranks. 

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