U.S. under-20 national team coach Sigi Schmid called up 30 players for the team's training camp Dec. 12-23 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

This will be the last camp before Schmid selects his final roster to compete in Group A of the CONCACAF Under-20 Qualifying Tournament, which will also be held at The Home Depot Center Jan 12-16, 2005. The U.S. will be attempting to qualify for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, which will be held in the Netherlands June 10-July 2, 2005.

Of the 30 players named to camp, 24 are in college while six are professional players, four of which play in Major League Soccer รป- Freddy Adu (D.C United), Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes), Craig Capano (Chicago Fire) and Danny Szetela (Columbus Crew). The final two professional players are goalkeeper Quentin Westberg and midfielder Jay Denny, who played for the reserve teams of France's Troyes and England's Stoke City, respectively.

The players will be divided into two teams that will play games against Canada's U-20s (Dec. 16 and Dec. 18) and Necaxa of Mexico (Dec. 18). An intrasquad game will be played Dec. 20.

Midfielder Eddie Gaven (MetroStars) and defender Jonathan Spector (Manchester United), the two U-20 players who have been capped on the senior national team are not available for this camp. Gaven is still recovering from hernia surgery he underwent after the MLS season, and Spector is in season with Manchester United. It is still unclear whether either player will be available for the qualifying tournament in January.

Of the 24 college players, five played at UCLA and three at Virginia. Two played on teams in the Men's College Cup: Duke's Michael Videira and Indiana's Jacob Peterson.

ROSTER:

Goalkeepers — Justin Hughes (Univ. of North Carolina), Andrew Kartunen (Stanford Univ.), Quentin Westberg (Troyes/FRA).

Defenders — Greg Dalby (Notre Dame Univ.), Hunter Freeman (Univ. of Virginia), Kiel McClung (UCLA), Mike Ordonez (Dartmouth Univ.), Patrick Phelan (Wake Forest Univ.), Steve Purdy (Univ. of California), Karl Schilling (Univ. of Connecticut), Nathan Sturgis (Clemson Univ.), Tim Ward (Saint Louis Univ.), Marvell Wynne (UCLA).

Midfielders — Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes), Craig Capano (Chicago Fire), Nico Colacula (Univ. of Virginia), Jay Denny (Stoke City/ENG), Benny Fielhaber (UCLA), Patrick Ianni (UCLA), Sacha Kljestan (Seton Hall Univ.), Danny Szetela (Columbus Crew), Michael Videira (Duke Univ.).

Forwards — Freddy Adu (D.C. United), Ely Allen (Univ. of Washington), Chad Barrett (UCLA), Adam Christman (Univ. of Virginia), Charlie Davies (Boston College), Will John (Saint Louis Univ.), Randi Patterson (UNC Greensboro), Jacob Peterson (Indiana Univ.).