CHICAGO (Oct. 10, 2024) – U.S. Men’s Beach Soccer National Team head coach Ian Carry has selected a 17-player roster for the team’s upcoming training camp to be held Oct. 15-19 in Oceanside, Calif. As part of U.S. Soccer’s mission to develop winning teams, the camp marks an important step as the squad continues preparation for the 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in March, which will serve as qualifying for next year’s FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Seychelles.
“Making a National Team roster is a huge honor and privilege and there is no denying that it was an extremely competitive process among the players which my staff and I evaluated over the past three months,” Carry said. “I am excited to work with the talented roster we have selected and look forward to forging a competitive, disciplined, energized group both on and off the sand as we prepare for a very busy World Cup year in 2025.”
The roster features 10 returnees from the squad that represented the USA at the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup earlier this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with goalkeepers Austin Collier and Chris Toth, defenders Antonio Chavez and Nico Perea, midfielders Tanner Akol and Cody Valcarcel, and forwards Alessandro Canale, Andres Navas, Conner Rezende and Gabe Silveira all headed to camp in Oceanside.
The camp also marks the return of Beach MNT all-time leading goal scorer Nick Perera, who was originally part of the 2024 World Cup roster before having to withdraw due to injury just days before the start of the tournament. Perera will serve as a player/assistant coach to Carry and will be joined on the staff by former Beach MNT defender Ryan Futagaki who moves over as an assistant coach from the Beach WNT through the shortened World Cup cycle for the Beach MNT.
Most immediately the October camp will serve as preparation for the 2024 BSWW Acapulco Beach Soccer Cup to be held Dec. 9-16 in Acapulco, Mexico. The Beach MNT will then set its sights on World Cup qualification at the 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship from March 10-16 in a location still to be determined.
U.S. MEN’S BEACH SOCCER NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER (Hometown; Caps/Goals):
GOALKEEPERS (3): Austin Collier* (Virginia Beach, Va.; 15/1), Andres Diaz (Santa Cruz, Calif.; 0/0), Chris Toth* (Fallbrook, Calif.; 100/17)
DEFENDERS (4): Antonio Chavez* (Oceanside, Calif.; 41/8), Lukas Holocher (Santa Cruz, Calif.; 7/1), Nico Perea* (Hollywood, Fla.; 41/22), Jason Santos (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.; 65/20)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Tanner Akol* (Santa Cruz, Calif.; 27/15), Alvaro Franco (Miami, Fla.; 14/6), Dillon Thompson (Santa Cruz, Calif.; 3/1), Justin Trout (Virginia Beach, Va.; 0/0), Cody Valcarcel* (Santa Cruz, Calif.; 27/6)
FORWARDS (5): Alessandro Canale* (Venice, Calif.; 96/72), Andres Navas* (Miami, Fla.; 22/6), Nick Perera (94/114), Conner Rezende* (Davie, Fla.; 36/6), Gabe Silveira* (San Francisco, Calif.; 57/44)
* Part of 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squad
ADDITIONAL ROSTER NOTES:
- The roster averages 38 caps and 20 goals.
- Ten players return from the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup roster: goalkeepers Austin Collier and Chris Toth; defenders Antonio Chavez and Nico Perea, midfielders Tanner Akol and Cody Valcarcel, and forwards Alessandro Canale, Andres Navas, Conner Rezende and Gabe Silveira.
- The camp also marks the return of Beach MNT all-time leading scorer Nick Perera, who was originally on the 2024 World Cup roster before having to withdraw due to injury days before the tournament started.
- Midfielder Justin Trout is the lone first-time call-up and joins goalkeeper Andres Diaz as the two uncapped players on this month’s roster.
- Dillon Thompson returns to Beach MNT camp for the first time since October 2023.
- The first Beach MNT player to hit 100 caps, Chris Toth is the most experienced player on the roster, followed by Alessandro Canale (96), Nick Perera (94), Jason Santos (65) and Gabriel Silveira (57).
- Seven players are from California, three are from Florida, and two from Virginia.
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