LOS ANGELES – Former UCLA defender Reggie Cannon has been named to the US Men's National Team roster by interim head coach Dave Sarachan for the upcoming Kickoff Series in Tampa, Fla. This is Cannon's first appearance with the senior national team.
The 24-player USMNT roster has been called to Tampa to train ahead of clashes against Colombia and Peru in the coming weeks. The US will play Colombia on Oct. 11 at Raymond James Stadium (home of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers) and then Peru on Oct. 16 at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.
Cannon has been a mainstay for FC Dallas of the MLS this season, leading the team with 30 starts at 2,651 minutes to this point of the year. He notched his first professional goal earlier this year and has contributed three assists.
The Grapevine, Tex. Native was a standout for UCLA as a freshman in 2016, starting in all 20 matches and making the College Soccer News All-Freshman Third Team. He was listed as the No. 5 player on Top Drawer Soccer's Preseason Top-100 Freshmen rankings and was also selected to the TDS Preseason Freshman Best XI.
He has previous experience with the national team, earning caps with the U-17 and U-19 teams. Cannon is one of three players making their debuts with the USMNT.
ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3): Brad Guzan (Atlanta United FC; 58/0), Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge/BEL; 2/0), Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew SC; 6/0)
DEFENDERS (8): John Brooks (Wolfsburg/GER; 34/3), Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas; 0/0), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City/WAL; 5/0), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls; 0/0), Matt Miazga (Nantes/FRA; 9/1), Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic/ENG; 4/0), Ben Sweat (New York City FC; 0/0), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United/ENG; 54/0)
MIDFIELDERS (10): Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids; 19/1), Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls; 7/1), Jonathan Amon (Nordsjælland/DEN; 0/0), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC/CAN; 140/17), Julian Green (Greuther Fu¨rth/GER; 12/4), Weston McKennie (Schalke/GER; 6/1), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 21/9), Kenny Saief (Anderlecht/BEL; 2/0), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew SC; 8/0), Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain; 5/1)
FORWARDS (3): Andrija Novakovich (Fortuna Sittard/NED; 2/0), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen/GER; 3/1), Bobby Wood (Hannover 96/GER; 41/12)