U-23 MNT has 24 called up for training (olympics)

U.S. U-23 schedule:

U.S. vs. Cuba
March 11
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
8 p.m. ET, ESPN Deportes, ESPN360


U.S. vs. Panama
March 13
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
8 p.m. ET, ESPN Deportes, ESPN360



U.S. vs. Honduras
March 15
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.
7 p.m. ET, ESPN Deportes, ESPN360


U.S. vs. TBD
March 20
LP Field, Nashville, Tenn.




http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=515226&root=us&cc=5901

U.S. Olympic team head coach Peter Nowak has never been one to care much about reputations. This is a man who in 2004 resisted the siren call of throwing Freddy Adu immediately into the deep end of MLS. And with the release of the Olympic team's roster Sunday, that point was driven home once again.

Players like the Columbus Crew's Robbie Rogers and FC Dallas' Arturo Alvarez were hoping that successful MLS campaigns in 2007 would help them secure spots on Nowak's 20-man roster. Instead they achieved the dubious distinction of being among the final cuts.

But the biggest surprise was the exclusion of Derby County midfielder Benny Feilhaber. The UCLA product's lack of playing time in England has superglued rust to his 5-foot-9 frame, but such inactivity didn't prevent him from being called in to the full national team for the friendly versus Mexico. In that match, Feilhaber showed his value in coming off the bench, giving the U.S. better possession at a time when they desperately needed it.