Houston Dynamo defender DaMarcus Beasley has been called in to the United States Men’s National Team ahead of next week’s FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, U.S. Soccer announced today.
Beasley is the fifth Dynamo player to be called in for national team duty, after defender Adolfo Machado was called by Panama and forwards Alberth Elis and Romell Quioto and midfielder Boniek García were called by Honduras.
Beasley will join the Stars and Stripes following the Dynamo game on Saturday night. Houston travels to Portland for its first away game of the season this weekend to face the Portland Timbers at 9:30 p.m. CST. That game will be televised live on KUBE TV Ch. 57, with the pregame show starting at 9:00 p.m.
The United States will host Honduras on Friday, March 24 in San Jose, California and will face Panama on Tuesday, March 28 at Estadio Rommel Fernádez in Panama City, Panama. The USMNT is seeking to qualify to their eighth consecutive World Cup.
Beasley is the only American man to have played in four FIFA World Cups and ranks on seventh in USMNT history with 124 caps, while being tied with Earnie Stewart in ninth place among goalscorers with 17 goals. His most recent appearance with the USMNT was last month, coming on as a sub for defender Jorge Villafaña in a 1-0 win vs. Jamaica on February 3.
USMNT Roster
Goalkeepers (3): Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough/ENG; 13/0), Tim Howard (Colorado Rapids; 33/0), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake; 0/0)
Defenders (8): John Brooks (Hertha Berlin/GER; 2/0), DaMarcus Beasley (Houston Dynamo; 33/6), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City/ENG; 19/2), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca/MEX; 12/0), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana/MEX; 6/1), Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG; 2/0), Jorge Villafaña (Santos Laguna/MEX; 0/0), Walker Zimmerman (FC Dallas; 0/0)
Midfielders (9): Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas; 1/0), Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union; 6/0, Michael Bradley (Toronto FC/CAN; 31/5), Jermaine Jones (LA Galaxy; 16/0), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; 15/1), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy; 0/0), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers; 3/0), Dax McCarty (Chicago Fire; 0/0), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER; 5/2)
Forwards (4): Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC/CAN; 33/16), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders FC; 36/13), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC; 3/0), Bobby Wood (Hamburg/GER; 8/3)
Following this round of World Cup Qualifying matches, the Dynamo will return home to face the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, April 1 at BBVA Compass Stadium at 7:30 p.m. CST. Tickets for that game all regular season games start at $25 and are on sale now at HoustonDynamo.com, by phone at 713-276-GOAL and at the BBVA Compass Stadium box office. Season tickets for the entire 2017 home campaign are also available online at HoustonDynamo.com/2017 or by phone at 713-276-GOAL.
