Landon Donovan among USA additions as they face Scotland

 

Landon Donovan is among 11 cast list added to Jurgen Klinsmann's United States team forward of Saturday's friendly next to Scotland.

Joining the midfielder who finished the English period on loan with Everton are AZ Alkmaar picket Jozy Altidore and Sporting Lisbon defender Oguchi Onyewu. 

The German coach will select a finishing squad of 23 on Friday for the USA's next five matches.

Rangers' Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu be in the first squad of 16.

As be Aston Villa's Brad Guzan, fellow goalkeeper Tim Howard, of Everton, and Fulham midfielder Clint Dempsey.

But present is no leave for Rangers winger Alejandro Bedoya, who endured a complex introduction season at Ibrox.

Houston Dynamo's Geoff Cameron, Brondby's Clarence Goodson and Nordsjaelland's Michael Parkhurst are the other defenders between the added 11.

They are joined by Sporting Kansas City midfielder Graham Zusi and strikers Terrence Boyd, of Borussia Dortmund, Santos' Herculez Gomez, San Jose Earthquakes' Chris Wondolowski and Juan Agudelo, who has just transferred from New York Red Bulls to Chivas USA. 

Klinsmann says he is animated by the form of some of those flourishes.

"Michael Parkhurst is live accurate now for the ability to be Danish champions," he said.

"Gooch is playing in the Portuguese Cup finishing. Herculez Gomez is live for a title in Mexico.

"Terrence Boyd won the title with Dortmund Under-23 team and they stirred up from the fourth partition to the third. 

"It would be overwhelming for these guys to come in with their chests panting out.

"The more victory they have with their club teams, the more sure they are."

Klinsmann's latest superfluities add plenty of goalscoring ability. 

LA Galaxy's Donovan, who is in the public squad for the first time as September, is the USA's all-time primary scorer, while former Hull City loan signing Altidore complete his first season at Alkmaar with 19 goals, plus four in the Europa League. 

Wondolowski's 11 goals in 12 matches for San Jose income he topped the Major Soccer League's scoring charts, though Boyd found the net 20 times for Dortmund's second team. 

Parkhurst's advent at the US teaching camp has been deferred by his side's success over Goodson's Brondby on Sunday, a answer that put Nordsjaelland two points ahead of Copenhagen at the top of the Danish table with one game left over. 

The USA go into their match next to Craig Levein's Scots on the back of four instantly victories and track Saturday's match with further friendlies next to Brazil and Canada as they plan for their World Cup qualifiers next to Antigua & Barbuda then Guatemala. 

United States squad

Goalkeeper : Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders : Carlos Bocanegra (Rangers), Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Alfredo Morales (Hertha Berlin), Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting Lisbon), Michael Parkhurst (Nordsjaelland)

Midfielders : Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Michael Bradley (Chievo Verona), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Maurice Edu (Rangers), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04), Jose Torres (Pachuca), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Forwards : Juan Agudelo (Chivas USA), Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Borussia Dortmund), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes).