Pulisic Back For US Friendlies V England, Italy

Los Angeles, Nov 6 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th Nov, 2018 ) :Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic was named in the United States squad to face England and Italy in friendly internationals later this month but there was no place for veteran midfielder Michael Bradley.

Pulisic, 20, missed last month's friendlies against Colombia and Peru but has been recalled to the squad along with fellow Bundesliga-based player Weston McKennie for the games on November 15 and 20.

Pulisic has only played 89 minutes of international football in the last 13 months but has enjoyed a good run of form with Dortmund.

US interim manager Dave Sarachan has been in charge of the national side for just over a year following the team's shock failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.

With Major League Soccer into its postseason, Sarachan has named an expanded training squad of 28 players for the international break. The squad will be whittled down to 24 on November 11.

As well as Pulisic's recall, Sarachan's squad also sees call-ups for Fulham midfielder Luca de la Torre and Malmo's Romain Gall. Gall, 23, has scored 14 goals in 30 games during his career in Sweden.

Sarachan said he wanted to use the games to give younger US players the opportunity of playing in "big games." "With the availability of some players that we didn't get to see in the last fixture window due to injury, the thinking is this roster gives us depth with young players that still need the experience of big games, especially games abroad," Sarachan said.

Former captain Bradley had been omitted in order to give the 31-year-old a break.

"After having earned 142 caps, his need for these games is far less important than it would be for players with less experience," Sarachan said.

"Michael's schedule the past two years with Toronto FC has been virtually non-stop and he has largely played without a break.

"At this stage, it made sense to give him some extra time off and also allow these games to be a platform for players that lack that kind of experience." The USA face England at Wembley on November 15 before playing Italy on neutral territory in Genk, Belgium five days later.

Squad (MLS unless stated): Goalkeepers Brad Guzan (Atlanta United), Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge/BEL), Zack Steffen (Columbus Crew) Defenders John Brooks (Wolfsburg/GER), Reggie Cannon (FC Dallas), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea City/ENG), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls), Matt Miazga (Nantes/FRA), Shaq Moore (Reus Deportiu/ESP), Antonee Robinson (Wigan Athletic/ENG), Jorge Villafa�a (Portland Timbers), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle/ENG), Walker Zimmerman (LAFC) Midfielders Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids), Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls), Luca de la Torre (Fulham/ENG), Marky Delgado (Toronto FC), Romain Gall (Malmo/SWE), Julian Green (Greuther Fuerth/GER), Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy), Weston McKennie (Schalke/GER), Darlington Nagbe (Atlanta United), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Kenny Saief (Anderlecht/NED), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew), Tim Weah (PSG/FRA)ForwardsJosh Sargent (Werder Bremen/GER), Bobby Wood (Hannover 96/GER)