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BY ADAM SERRANO
Bob Bradley's annual January camp does not open until next week, but the U.S. national team will now know who it will be facing come January 22nd.
Chilean head coach Marcelo Bielsa announced Chile's roster for the January match-up with the United States at the Home Depot Center. There was some doubt that Bielsa would coach the Chilean national team after announcing that he was quitting the position last November.
Bielsa's roster is composed entirely of 16 domestic players mostly from the top two Chilean teams, Colo Colo and Universidad Católica. The roster includes just one veteran from the World Cup, forward Esteban Paredes, who appeared in three matches in the World Cup.
Here is the complete Chile roster:
GOALKEEPERS: Paulo Garces(Universidad Católica), Raúl Olivares (Colo Colo)
DEFENDERS: Lucas Dominguez(Audax Italiano), Luis Pedro Figueroa (Unión Española), Carlos Labrin(C.D. Huachipato), Paulo Magalhaes(Colo Colo), Eugenio Mena (Universidad Católica), Sebastian Toro (Colo Colo)
MIDFIELDERS: Jose Pedro Fuenzalida (Colo Colo), Felipe Gutierrez (Universidad Católica), Fernando Meneses(Universidad Católica), Francisco Silva (Universidad Católica), Felipe Seymour (Universidad Católica)
FORWARDS: Daud Gazale (Colo Colo), Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo), Edson Puch (Universidad Católica)
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What do you think of the roster? Expected a bit more from the man affectionately known as "Loco" Bielsa? Still expect the competition to be better than the traditional Scandinavian opponent?
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