Olympic Team Thoughts

Charlie Davies Hat Trick vs Gais

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US U-23 Manager Peter Nowak will choose the squad for this Summer’s Olympic games on Thursday.

Here are the possible U-23 players to be selected:

Players I consider locks are bolded (club releases assumed)

GK: Chris Seitz, Dom Cervi, Brian Perk, Josh Lambo, Tally Hall, Quentin Westberg

DEF: Patrick Ianni, Julian Valentin, Michael Orozco, Hunter Freeman, Blake Wagner, Kyle Davie, Eric Brunner, Mike Randolph, Marvell Wynne, Pat Phelan, Nathan Sturgis, Anthony Wallace, Tim Ward, Chance Meyers, Jonathan Leathers, Tony Beltran

Injured: Jonathan Specter

MID: Kamani Hill, Stuart Holden, Robbie Rogers, Freddy Adu, Arturo Alvarez, Benny Feilhaber, Mo Edu, Eddie Gaven, Will John, Sacha Kljestan, Dax McCarty, Greg Dalby, Brek Shea, Lee Nguyen, Corey Ashe, Michael Bradley, Sal Zizzo, Danny Szetela

ATT: Charlie Davies, Jozy Altidore, Gabe Ferrari, Sammy Ochoa, Preston Zimmerman, Johann Smith, Chad Barrett, Jacob Peterson, Robbie Findley

What are your thoughts? Who should get selected? Is there any U-23 name I forgot to mention who’d make a good Olympian?

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About Kartik Krishnaiyer

A lifelong lover of soccer, the beautiful game, he served from January 2010 until May 2013 as the Director of Communications and Public Relations for the North American Soccer League (NASL). Raised on the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the old NASL, Krishnaiyer previously hosted the American Soccer Show on the Champions Soccer Radio Network, the Major League Soccer Talk podcast and the World Soccer Talk Podcast. His soccer writing has been featured by several media outlets including The Guardian and The Telegraph. He is the author of the books 'Blue With Envy' about Manchester City FC, and 'Soccerwarz' about the MLS, USL and NASL infighting.
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