U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team head coach Caleb Porter has named a 20-player training camp roster to convene March 13 to begin final preparations for the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament.

The 19-player roster will be finalized March 20, the due date for all participating teams to submit their rosters to CONCACAF.

Name: Houston Dynamo Head Coach: Dominic Kinnear 2011 Record: 12-9-13, 2nd Eastern Conference, 7th overall Twitter Hashtag: #HoustonDynamo The Dynamo are the defending Eastern Conference champions, but all the talk this offseason has been about other teams. That's not to say ...
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There was a moment just the one, mind you where I thought this one might go south. And it was this: a clear handball on the line to deny United a goal. Should have been a penalty. Should have been a red card. Given just how fragile TFC must be after their terrible start to 2012, that would have been a death warrant for them.

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The 21-year-old Bill Hamid and 22-year-old Sean Johnson are prime examples of young talent hoping to get noticed during the U.S. MNT's January camp. Both have taken on significant roles with their respective MLS teams and also trained abroad during the offseason in Premier League environments.

Jon Levy The national team hasn't even suited up in 2012, but it's already been an encouraging year for American soccer. Dempsey and Donovan (for two months, at least) are both leading the line of attack for their respective English Premier League teams, the Women's National Teamers avoided a would-be tragedy in their Vancouver hotel [.

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For nearly 45 minutes, the United States under-23 national team forgot who they were.

US soccer has been making up for a shortage of on-the-ball talent by developing tough, athletic, and hard-working players for a long, long time. The defining moment of the 2010 World Cup was Landon Donovan's lung-bursting downfield run to score the winner over Algeria.

Team: D.C. United Coach: Ben Olsen Last Season: 9-13-12, 7th Eastern Conference, 13th Overall Hashtag: #DCU There is a sense of anticipation around the DC United fan base this season, a sense of anticipation that fans have not had for a few years. ...
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Who says you can't go home? Manassas, VA native C.J. Sapong headed a corner kick into the net in the 93rd minute to help Sporting Kansas City notch a 1-0 road victory over DC United. While KC had a majority ...
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C.J. Sapong's header off of a corner kick in the 92nd minute gave visiting Sporting Kansas City a 1-0 win over D.C. United tonight in the season opener for both teams at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Sporting Kansas City ...

Bill Hamid was seconds away from a shutout, but instead his team lost the season opener to visiting Sporting KC. Join the guys and special guest Chris Riordan of MajorLeagueSoccerTalk.com as they dissect the match against Sporting KC. (Photo Martin Fernandez)

Speed & Versatility. These are the key points highlighted in Caleb Porter's roster for CONCACAF's Olympic qualifying tournament, which begins later this month in Nashville. With a heavy MLS & Bundesliga influence, the US will look to be one of the two teams qualifying out of our region for the London games this summer.

Joe Corona is an interesting guy. Interesting because of his convoluted national team history. Interesting because he commutes across the US / Mexico border every day. Interesting because of his ready-for-endorsements last name. But mostly, interesting because in the 11th minute last night, he chested down the rebound of a Freddy Adu free kick, and without settling the ball, drove it into an empty net to give the US a 1-0 lead.

Red Bull Arena should be lively on Sunday. (Getty Images)

Looking at this weekend's schedule a couple things jump out to you. For one it is a lot of East v. West with the Eastern clubs hosting the majority of the games (4 of 6). Second of all, it is a lot of good team against bad team. Oh boy.

With a little help from Cuba, the United States had a great shot to win the Olympic Qualifying group. All we had to do was win against El Salvador in the group finale from Nashville.Canada failed to defeat Cuba, who entered the game in Nashville with a -10 goal differential with 0 goals scored and 10 against in two previous matches, a 6-0 loss to the United States and a 4-0 loss to El Salvador.

Brek Shea and the US crashed out last night to El Salvador. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Soccer is a cruel sport sometimes. Make no mistake about it.

Yes it was a total collapse in a way by the US U-23 team last night against El Salvador in Nashville. Having a 3-2 lead late into extra time, with just seconds away from being able to move on to the semifinals, the unthinkable happened as El Salvador found a way to get by keeper Sean Johnson for the 3-3 draw.

Brad Davis' 67th-minute goal was enough to help the Houston Dynamo to their first win in their inaugural game at BBVA Compass Stadium over D.C. United this afternoon in Houston, Texas. The loss was the second in three road matches for United over the course of 10 days. United (5-4-3 18 pts) remains in third place in [.

Dwayne De Rosario (right) and Hamdi Salihi scored on either side of halftime to help D.C. United to a comfortable 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids at RFK Stadium tonight. With the win United (6-4-3 21 pts) jumped into a tie for second place with idol Sporting Kansas City, just behind Eastern Conference leaders New York Red Bull (22 pts).

Dwayne De Rosario continued his torrid scoring pace against his former teams by bagging a brace to help lead D.C. United (7-4-3 24pts) to a 3-1 win tonight over still win less Toronto FC (0-9-0 0pts). De Rosario has scored five goals in TFC's past two visits to RFK Stadium.

Don't think you were alone if you went into the half shaking your head and wondering how United were 2 0 up. Some combination of luck, Boskovic free kicks, and Hamid's reflexes opened a margin that didn't seem so pronounced on the field, particularly after the Guy injury forced Heaps to move Feilhaber inside where he belongs.

For at least the next three weeks, a new team will be sitting in first place in the Eastern Conference, as DC United took down the New England Revolution 3-2 tonight at RFK Stadium. The win moves DC a point ...
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Maicon Santos' (above) go-ahead goal in the 61st minute helped D.C. United to a 3-2 win tonight over the visiting New England Revolution at RFK Stadium. With the win United vaulted over idle New York Red Bull and into first place in the Eastern Conference. Photo: Martin Fernandez.