The U.S. U-17 boys national team is spending 10 days in Finland, which will host the 2003 FIFA Under-17 World Championship (Aug. 13-30).
The Americans will play three games there in a quest to acclimate to the Scandinavian country in case they qualify for the world championship. Qualifying takes place in March in Guatemala.
U.S. U-17 roster for Finland trip:
PLAYER (HOMETOWN) Club/High School
GOALKEEPERS
Marfuggi, Phil (West Windsor, N.J.) PDA United/West Windsor
Westberg, Quentin (Saint Cloud, France) Institute National de Football
DEFENDERS
Owens, Brandon (Murrieta, Calif.) La Jolla Nomads/Murrieta Valley
Helton, Kyle (Alpharetta, Ga.) Atlanta Fire/Milton
Harrison, Drew (Roanoke, Va.) Roanoke Premier/Cave Spring HS
Oot, Brandon (Lafayette, N.Y.) Blitz Samba Beat/Manlius Pebble Hill
Spector, Jonathan (Arlington, Heights, Ill.) Sockers FC/St. Viator
Ogunsola, Tomiwa (Woodbridge, Va.) Potomac Cougars/CD Hylton
MIDFIELDERS
Wileman, Chase (Dallas) Solar FC/Grand Prairie
Germani, Chris (Yardley, Pa.) FC Delco/Pennsbury Chevannes, Adrian (Ft. Worth, Texas) Club Dallas/Fossil Ridge
Grazier, Brian (Edwardsville, Ill.) Metro FC/Edwardsville
DiRaimondo, John (St. Louis, Mo.) Busch SC/St. Louis Univ.
Gaven, Eddie (Hamilton, N.J.) Hibernians FC/Steinert
Gonzalez, Guillermo (Paramount, Calif.) Irvine Strikers/Materdei
Szetela, Daniel (Clifton, N.J.) World Class Olympic/Clifton
FORWARDS
Ashe, Corey (Virginia Beach, Va.) Beach FC Impact/Kellam HS
Harrington, Michael (Greenville, N.C.) CASL Elite/JH Rose
Peterson, Jacob (Portage, Mich.) Michigan Wolves/Portage Northern