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Ramos told ussoccer.com that Steffen was brought into camp to give the coaching staff a chance to get a preview of him heading toward the next international cycle in 2015.

"He's a '95 and, even though the main concern is qualifying for the World Cup," Ramos said in ussoccer.com's Marbella Cup 2012 preview, "we also want to be looking at what's coming down the road and what the core of the next cycle is going to be.