Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Andre Blake and Bethlehem Steel FC striker Cory Burke have been called up to the Jamaican National Team for upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Panama and Haiti, the club announced today. Blake and Burke will be away on international duty from Aug. 30 through Sept. 7.

Blake, 25, is currently in his third professional season in MLS after being selected with the No. 1 overall pick by the Union in the 2014 SuperDraft. He is the only player in MLS history to be selected No. 1 overall as a goalkeeper. Blake has started 31 career MLS matches and already amassed 109 saves. He also broke the franchise’s single-game record for saves (with 10 against New England Revolution on Sept. 26, 2015) and secured the franchise’s first ever win, both in Montreal (keeping a clean sheet over the Impact on Aug. 22, 2015), and Columbus (a 2-1 win on March 12, 2016). This season Blake was the starting goalkeeper in the 2016 MLS All-Star Game in San Jose, where he earned Sportscenter’s No. 1 play of the night with a save against English Premier League power Arsenal.

Blake’s call-up comes just months after he served as the starting goalkeeper in all three matches for Jamaica in the 2016 Copa America Centenario. He was a member of the Reggae Boyz for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where Jamaica finished as runners-up, as well as making his World Cup debut in 2018 qualifiers in September as Jamaica advanced over Nicaragua. He’s made 18 career appearances on the senior team with his first coming on March 2, 2014 against Barbados where he kept a clean sheet during a 2-0 win. Blake also backboned the team to the 2014 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup championship where they defeated Trinidad and Tobago in the finals.

Burke, 24, will be recalled to Jamaican National team, but has yet to make an appearance. Burke was a part of the club that traveled to Haiti last November. Burke joined Bethlehem Steel FC via loan on Feb. 17, 2016 from Rivoli United FC of the Red Stripe Premier League in his native Jamaica. From 2013-2015 Burke played for Rivoli United where he scored 12 goals and was the second-leading scorer in Jamaica’s Red Stripe Premier League in 2015-16 season. In 2014-15, he scored 11 goals making a total of 23 goals in the past two seasons, the third most in the league since the start of the 2014-15 campaign. Overall at Rivoli, Burke has scored 25 goals in three seasons.

The Reggae Boyz will take on Panama on Sept. 2 and Haiti on Sept. 6. in the semi-final round of the CONCACAF semi-final round World Cup qualifiers. Currently Costa Rica holds the top spot in Group B with 10 points, followed by Panama with seven, Jamaica holds the third slot with four and rounding out the group is Haiti with one point. Only two teams will advance out of Group B and into CONCACAF’s Fifth Round of World Cup Qualifying, better known as “The Hex”.