United States Olympic training camp squad: Walker Zimmerman the first over-aged player included in roster

Before the Olympics, which begin on July 24 with a tough match against the host country FranceUnited States under-23 coach Marko Mitrovic has named his final training camp lineup for a match against Japan in Kansas City on June 11. In this list, an aged player was included in Walker Zimmermann who could look to bring stability to a young defense and needed USMNT experience for the team as they look to embark on a journey to advance to the knockout stages after not having participated in the Olympics since 2008.

Nineteen players are on the roster with USMNT caps, but the decision to only include Zimmerman as an older player is interesting, as Mitrovic could use up to three. That doesn’t stop him from including more names like Brandon Vazquez in his final Olympic lineup, but this is something that would need to be clarified with his club, as they don’t have to release players for the Olympics in the same way that players have to be released for the Olympics. international FIFA windows, such as Euro and Copa América.

O Venice The duo of Tanner Tessman and Gianluca Busio will be key to this team’s performance as they exit the group, but first they need to focus on getting their club back to Serie A. Facing Cremonese on May 30th and June 2nd, the pair have the chance to arrive at this camp on a high, after an impressive season controlling the midfield of the Italian second division. This experience will only help with such a young squad, made up mostly of national players, although the Colombo Crew duo of Patrick Schulte and Aidan Morris can achieve something similar if they win the Concacaf Champions Cup on June 1 against Pachuca.

On defense, Jalen Neal’s return to health is also a boost for the team along with Benjamin Cremaschi returning to midfield. Neal has already made five MLS appearances for Galaxy since returning to health while Cremaschi is produced in deep International Miami midfield. Two players with very high ceilings couldn’t have gotten healthy at a better time.

List

GOALKEEPERS (2):Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew; St. CarlosMissouri), Gaga Slonina (Chelsea/ENG; Addison, Illinois)

DEFENDERS (7):Nathan Hariel (Philadelphia Union; Oldsmar, Florida), Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy; Lakewood, California), Bryan Reynolds (KVC Westerlo/BEL; Fort Worth, Texas), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls; Chatham, New Jersey), Jonathan Tomkinson (Norwich City/ENG; Plano, Texas), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United FC; Atlanta, Georgia), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC; Lawrenceville, Georgia)

FIELD MEDIA (7):Cole Basset (Colorado rapids; Littleton, Colorado), Gianluca Busio (Venezia/ITA; Greensboro, NC), Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF; Key Biscayne, Florida), Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union; Queens, NY), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew; Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Rokas Pukstas (Hajduk Split/CRO; Stillwater, Oklahoma), Tanner Tessmann (Venice/ITA; Birmingham, Alabama)

ADVANCED (9):Paxten Aaronson (Eintracht Frankfurt/ALE; Medford, NJ), Esmir Bajraktarevic (New England Revolution; Appleton, Wisconsin), Taylor Booth (Utrecht/NED; Eden, Utah), Cade Cowell (Guadalajara/MEX; Ceres, California), Damian Downs (Cologne/ALE; Schwebenried, Germany), Johan Gomez (Eintracht Braunschweig/ALE; Keller, Texas), Duncan McGuire (City of Orlando SC; Omaha, Nebraska), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg/ALE; South Riding, Virginia), Griffin Hey (KVC Westerlo/BEL; Clifton, Go.)