Zendejas, Gressel among 13 who could make US soccer debuts
Associated PressCHICAGO — Alejandro Zendejas, a 24-year-old forward who played twice for Mexico, is among 13 players who could make their U.S. national team debuts under interim coach Anthony Hudson in exhibitions against Serbia on Jan. 25 and Colombia three days later. Hudson called in five of the players from the U.S. World Cup roster picked by coach Gregg Berhalter, who is being investigated by the U.S. Soccer Federation following an allegation of domestic violence in 1991. Others who could make debuts include goalkeepers Roman Celentano and Gabriel Slonina; defenders DeJuan Jones, Jalen Neal, Sam Rogers and John Tolkin; midfielders Paxten Aaronson, Aidan Morris and Alan Soñora; and forwards Emmanuel Sabbi and Brandon Vazquez. Because the matches are not on FIFA international dates, the only holdovers from the World Cup roster are goalkeeper Sean Johnson, defenders Aaron Long and Walker Zimmerman, midfielder Kellyn Acosta and forward Jesús Ferreira. The roster: Goalkeepers: Roman Celentano, Sean Johnson, Gaga Slonina Defenders: Joanthan Gómez, Julian Gressel, DeJuan Jones, Aaron Long, Jalen Neal, Sam Rogers, John Tolkin, Walker Zimmerman Midfielders: Paxten Aaronson, Kellyn Acosta, Aidan Morris, Paxton Pomykal, Alan Soñora, Eryk Williamson Forwards: Paul Arriola, Cade Cowell, Jesús Ferreira, Matthew Hoppe, Emmanuel Sabbi, Brandon Vazquez, Alejandro Zendejas ___ AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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