US Roster for Switzerland

The most surprising roster spot - Freddy Adu is back on the U.S. national team roster! He will join seven players on the roster have never played for the national team: forwards Preston Zimmerman, Sal Zizzo and Robbie Findley; midfielders Maurice Edu and Danny Szetela; defender Steve Purdy; and goalkeeper Tally Hall.

Adu has player for team US before - Adu made his international debut as an 81st-minute substitute against Canada on Jan. 22, 2006.

Adu has appeared in just two matches this season since transferring to Portugal's Benfica.

Here's US Roster for next week's exhibition game at Switzerland:

Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England), Tally Hall (Esbjerg, Norway), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, England), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Dan Califf (Aalborg, Denmark), Jay Demerit (Watford, England), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege, Belgium), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock, Germany), Steve Purdy (1860 Munich, Germany)

Midfielders: Freddy Adu (Benfica, Portugal), DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), Michael Bradley (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Maurice Edu (Toronto), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburg SV, Germany), Eddie Lewis (Derby, England), Danny Szetela (Racing Santander, Spain)

Forwards: Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake), Preston Zimmerman (Hamburg SV, Germany), Sal Zizzo (Hannover, Germany).

San Jose announces GM

John Doyle was named the new General Manager of the new San Jose Earthquakes. As I'm sure you remember from the early 1990's John is a retired U.S. soccer defender who played professionally in both the U.S. and Europe. He earned fifty-three caps with the U.S. national team between 1987 and 1994 including three games with the U.S. team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Since his playing days John has worked as TV and radio color commentator for the Earthquakes. In 2004 he was hired as assistant coach for the Quakes, replacing Dominic Kinnear who was promoted as head coach after Frank Yallop's departure to coach the Canadian national team. He stayed on with the Quakes until the franchise was relocated to Houston for the 2006 season.

John Doyle's career numbers:

Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1990 1990-1994 1994-1995 1995 1996-2000	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks Örgryte IS VfB Leipzig → Atlanta Ruckus (loan) San Jose Earthquakes	007 0(0) 025 0(1) 135 (11)
National team
1987–1994	United States	053 0(3)
Teams managed
2004-2006	San Jose Earthquakes (assistant)