CHICAGO (Nov. 8, 2019) – U.S. Men’s Beach Soccer National Team head coach Eddie Soto has selected a 12-player roster that will represent the USA at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Asuncion, Paraguay from Nov. 21 to Dec. 1.

The team includes five players who return from the USA’s last FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup appearance in 2013 in Tahiti, including captain Nick Perera and goalkeeper Chris Toth, who were recently named among the Top 50 Beach Soccer players in the world for a third consecutive year. Also returning are Alessandro Canale, Jason Leopoldo, and veteran Ryan Futagaki, who has the unique distinction of having also played for the USA at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.

2019 U.S. MEN’S BEACH SOCCER NATIONAL TEAM WORLD CUP ROSTER:

GOALKEEPERS (2): Juan Cervantes (Los Angeles, Calif.), Chris Toth (Fallbrook, Calif.),

DEFENDERS (4): Adriano Dos Santos (Baltimore, Md.), Ryan Futagaki (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Oscar Reyes (Santa Ana, Calif.), Jason Santos (Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.)

FORWARDS (6): Alessandro Canale (Venice, Calif.), Jason Leopoldo (Scottsdale, Ariz.), David Mondragon (Santa Cruz, Calif.) Nick Perera (Carlsbad, Calif.), Lucas Roque (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Gabriel Silveira (San Francisco, Cali.)

“We’ve been fortunate enough to have a lot of events and training camps, so we were able to evaluate our guys in game situations,” said Soto, who also coached the USA’s 2013 Beach Soccer World Cup team. “We’re going to be looking to these veterans. They’re experienced; they’ve been in a lot of World Cup qualifiers and in the last World Cup in Tahiti, so we’re going to be leaning on them to come up big for us in games. And the young guys, they’ve shown really well this year. It’s a good mix, and I’m excited for the group to come together, compete and focus on getting three points in our first match against Switzerland.”

The team will hold a pre-camp in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Nov. 7-17 before departing for Asuncion, Paraguay. The USA was drawn into Group A at the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and will face Switzerland on Nov. 21, Japan on Nov. 23 and Paraguay on Nov. 25.

Fans can follow the team on Instagram at @ussoccer_beach and twitter at @ussoccer.

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