The United States Under-23 National Team is currently training in Costa Rica, with scrimmages
scheduled against Costa Rican clubs Saprissa and Alajuelense.
The Los Angeles Galaxy's search for Juninho's replacement has ended with Juninho himself.
The Sao Paulo central midfielder is on his way back to Los Angeles for another loan spell with
the Galaxy. Multiple reports out of Brazil say that Sao Paulo manager Emerson Leao had no plans to
use the 23-year-old Juninho, who signed a new three-year deal with Sao Paulo during the MLS
offseason.
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January is a busy month for U.S. Soccer across almost all ages, and following Jurgen Klinsmann's
roster announcement for the senior camp that kicks off today in Phoenix and Tab Ramos' roster
announcement for this week's Under-20 camp in Florida, two more sets of U.
A healthy Josh Gatt and Mexican-American midfielder Isaac Acuña are among the 22 players called
in for the next U.S. Under-23 training camp by coach Caleb Porter.
The camp will take place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., before the group departs
for Costa Rica to play friendlies against Saprissa reserves on Jan.
The U-23 Men's National Team wrapped up their January training camp with a scrimmage today against
Alajuelense of Costa Rica.
Caleb Porter's squad has been in Central American since last week as they continue to prepare for
Olympic Qualifying in March. A big part of that preparation as been acclimating themselves to the
rhythm of a qualifying tournament and that's where this trip has come in: playing two games in four
days is just the type of schedule the team will face when they take the field in Nashville for the
group stage of the competition.
The Costa Rican national team called up Porfirio Lopez to participate in the country's friendly
against Jamaica tonight, possibly receiving his second ever international cap. The game is set to
be played at The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica at 8 P.M. (as of right now there is no
legal online feed, or television channel, that is broadcasting the game for American
viewers).
