Call Ups for Former Players - Former Sporting Player Update

We’ve reached the first international break of 2017, and while there are three MLS games this weekend, most eyes will be focused on national team games. Sporting Kansas City themselves have three players on national team duty with Matt Besler and Graham Zusi with the US team and Roger Espinoza with Honduras, but a number of former players have also received call ups to national teams.

Espinoza is joined by two former Sporting players, Ever Alvarado and Jorge Claros for Honduras’ games against the United States and Costa Rica. In other World Cup qualifiers, Daneil Cyrus was called up by Trinidad for their qualifiers against Panama and Mexico. Mechack Jerome was called in to Haiti’s team for their Gold Cup qualifying playoff against Nicaragua in a home-home series this coming week. In Asia, two former players were called up for their national teams as Sunil Chhetri and India and Martin Steuble and the Philippines each play a friendly before playing an Asian Cup qualifier (India against Myanmar and the Philippines against Nepal). In Europe, Krisztian Nemeth had been called up by Hungary for their World Cup qualifier against Portugal and friendly against Russia but had to withdraw. Finally, Swope Park defender, Amer Didic, is with the Canadian U23 team for a pair of games in Qatar this coming week.

Here is the rest of this week’s update.

MLS

Jalil Anibaba - Houston - Dressed but did not play in Houston's 4-2 loss to Portland.

Bernardo Anor - Minnesota - On injured reserve.

Teal Bunbury - New England - Came off the bench and played 6 minutes in New England's 2-1 loss to Dallas.

Servando Carrasco - Orlando City - Started and played 71 minutes in Orlando's 2-1 win over Philadelphia.

Aurelien Collin - New York - Dressed but did not play in New York's 3-1 loss to Seattle.

Marcel de Jong - Vancouver - Dressed but did not play in Vancouver's 2-0 loss to Toronto.

Michael Harrington - Chicago - Started and played 90 minutes in Chicago's 4-0 loss to Atlanta.

Kei Kamara - New England - Started and played 90 minutes in New England's 2-1 loss to Dallas.

Alec Kann - Atlanta - Started and played 90 minutes in Atlanta's 4-0 win over Chicago.

Jon Kempin - Los Angeles - Dressed but did not play in LA's 2-1 win over RSL.

Eric Kronberg - Montreal - Did not dress in Montreal's 1-1 draw with NYC.

Mikey Lopez - NYCFC - Recovering from offseason surgery.

Yura Movsisyan - Salt Lake - Started and played 66 minutes, scoring a goal in RSL's 2-1 loss to LA.

Chance Myers - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 4-2 win over Houston.

Amobi Okugo - Portland - Dressed but did not play in Portland's 4-2 win over Houston.

Lawrence Olum - Portland - Started and played 90 minutes in Portland's 4-2 win over Houston.

Jacob Peterson - Atlanta - Came off the bench and played 21 minutes in Atlanta's 4-0 win over Chicago.

Tony Rocha - Orlando - Did not dress in Orlando's 2-1 win over Philadelphia.

CJ Sapong - Philadelphia - Started and played 90 minutes, scoring a goal in Philadelphia's 2-1 loss to Orlando.

Sal Zizzo - New York - Started and played 90 minutes in New York's 3-1 loss to Seattle.

NASL

Mechack Jerome - Jacksonville - No game until 4/2.

Michael Kafari - Puerto Rico - Started and played 81 minutes in Puerto Rico's 1-0 win over SV Transvaal. Started and played 90 minutes in Puerto Rico's 1-0 loss to Portmore United. Did not play in Puerto Rico's 4-0 win over Scholars United.

Chris Konopka - Edmonton - No game until 4/2.

James Marcelin - North Carolina - No game until 3/25.

Alex Molano - North Carolina - No game until 3/25.

Jordi Quintilla - Puerto Rico - Came off the bench and played 9 minutes in Puerto Rico's 1-0 win over SV Transvaal. Started and played 90 minutes in Puerto Rico's 1-0 loss to Portmore United. Started and played 90 minutes in Puerto Rico's 4-0 win over Scholars United.

USL

Omar Bravo - Phoenix - No game until 3/25.

Amer Didic - Swope Park - No game until 3/25.

Christian Duke - Swope Park - No game until 3/25.

Tomas Granitto - Portland - No game until 3/25.

David Greczek - Swope Park - No game until 3/25.

Cyprian Hedrick - San Antonio - No game until 3/26.

Ryan James - Rochester - No game until 4/1.

Alex Martinez - Charlotte - No game until 4/1.

Nansel Selbol - Swope Park - No game until 3/25.

Kris Tyrpak - San Antonio - No game until 3/26.

Christian Volesky - Saint Louis - No game until 3/25.

Yomby William - Richmond - No game until 3/25.

Indoor

Jamar Beasley - Cedar Rapids - Offseason.

Pat Healey - Baltimore - Had a goal and two assists in Baltimore's 7-4 win over Harrisburg. Played in Baltimore's 4-1 win over Harrisburg. Had two assists in Baltimore's 8-7 OT win over Milwaukee. Played in Baltimore's 8-4 loss to Milwaukee and their 2-1 win over Milwaukee.

Mike Jones - Dallas - Offseason.

Boris Pardo - San Diego - Did not play in San Diego's 7-3 loss to Sonora.

International

Korede Aiyegbusi - Shakhter Karagandy - Kazakhstan - Started and played 90 minutes in Shakhter's 1-0 loss to Kaisar.

Ever Alvarado - Olimpia - Honduras - Did not dress in Olimpia's 3-1 win over Social Sol.

Scott Angevine - YPA - Finland - Offseason.

Stefan Antonijevic - Lillestrom - Norway - No game until 4/2.

Federico Bessone - AE Prat - Spain - Did not dress in Prat's 2-1 loss to Villarreal II.

Claudio Bieler - Belgrano - Argentina - Started and played 73 minutes in Belgrano's 2-0 win over Racing Club.

Reinaldo Brenes - Belen Siglo XXI - Did not dress in Belen's 2-1 loss to San Carlos.

Sunil Chhetri - Bengaluru - India - No game until 4/1.

Jorge Claros - Real Espana - Honduras - Started and played 90 minutes in Espana's 2-0 win over Juticalpa.

Nuno Coelho - GD Chaves - Portugal - Started and played 90 minutes in Chaves' 3-2 loss to Feirense.

Daneil Cyrus - W Connection - Trinidad - Offseason.

Toni Dovale - Rayo Vallecano - Spain - Did not play in Rayo's 2-0 win over Real Oviedo.

Pablo Escobar - Real Cartagena - Colombia - Did not dress in either of Cartagena's games.

Luis Gil - Queretaro - Mexico - Did not dress in Queretaro's 3-0 win over Pachuca.

Faik Hajderovic - Vinograder - Croatia - Tied Krk 0-0.

Will John - RoPS - Finland - No game until 4/12.

Peterson Joseph - Sudeva Moonlight - India - Offseason.

Igor Kostrov - Slavia-Mozyr - Belarus - No game until 4/1.

Luis Marin - CD Temuco - Chile - Started and played 90 minutes inTemuco's 1-1 draw with Audax Italiano.

Michal Mravec - Senica - Slovakia - Did not dress in Senica's 1-1 draw with Trencin.

Krisztian Nemeth - Al-Gharafa - Qatar - No game until 3/31.

Akeem Priestley - Harbour View - Jamaica - No game this week.

Pablo Punyed - IBV - Iceland - Lost 4-0 to KR.

Oriol Rosell - Belenenses (Sporting Club de Portugal)(loan) - Portugal - Did not dress in Belenenses' 2-1 loss to Sporting Braga.

Peter Schmetz - Wuppertaler SV - Germany - Started and played 90 minutes in Wuppertaler's 1-0 win over Borussia Dortmund II.

Yann Songo'o - Plymouth Argyle - England - Came off the bench and played 9 minutes in Plymouth's 1-0 win over Morecambe.

Kevin Souter - Deveronvale FC - Scotland - Dressed but did not play in Deveronvale's 1-0 loss to Formartine United.

Martin Steuble - Ceres-La Salle - Philippines - Came off the bench and played 56 minutes in Ceres' 0-0 draw with FELDA United.

Milos Stojcev - Veria - Greece - Started and played 71 minutes, scoring a goal in Veria's 4-0 win over Kerkyra.

Matt Taylor - Kickers Offenbach - Came off the bench and played 7 minutes in Kickers' 2-1 loss to Waldhof Mannheim.

Active without a club or unknown

Emmanuel Appiah

Vicente Arze

Amadou Dia

Connor Hallisey

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Benji Joya

Justin Mapp

Neven Markovic

Rauwshan McKenzie

Victor Munoz

Brendan Ruiz

Michael Thomas

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