BOGOTA (Reuters) – The Colombian soccer team announced on Thursday a roster of 28 players, among whom James Rodríguez, Luis Díaz and Miguel Ángel Borja stand out, for the last two friendly matches prior to the Copa América to be played in the United States. United between June and July.
Colombia, led by Argentine coach Néstor Lorenzo, will face the United States on June 8 at the FedExField stadium in Landover, Maryland, and a week later they will play against Bolivia at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut.
From the list for the friendlies, Lorenzo will remove two players to leave the roster at the 26 allowed by the South American Football Confederation for the Copa América that will begin on June 20.
Colombia, in Group D, will face Brazil, Paraguay and Costa Rica in the oldest national team tournament in the world and the most important in America.
Among those mentioned, in addition to the experienced James Rodríguez, Camilo Vargas and Juan Fernando Quintero, the return to the national team of forward Miguel Ángel Borja stands out after a great performance with the Argentine club River Plate.
The forward and historic scorer of the Colombian team, Radamel Falcao García, was left out of the call.
The list of those summoned is the following:
Goalkeepers: Álvaro Montero (Millonarios), Camilo Vargas (Atlas, Mexico) and David Ospina (Al-Nassr, Saudi Arabia).
Defenders: Carlos Cuesta (KRC Genk, Belgium), Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace, England), Davinson Sánchez (Galatasaray, Turkey), Deiver Machado (Lens, France), Jhon Lucumi (Bologna, Italy), Johan Mojica (Osasuna, Spain ), Santiago Arias (Bahía, Brazil), Yerry Mina (Cagliari, Italy) and Yerson Mosquera (Villarreal, Spain).
Midfielders: Kevin Castaño (Krasnodar, Russia), James Rodríguez (São Paulo, Brazil), Jorge Carrascal (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), Juan Fernando Quintero (Racing, Argentina), Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace, England), Matheus Uribe (Al -Sadd, Qatar), Sebastián Gómez (Coritiba, Brazil), Yaser Asprilla (Watford, England), Richard Ríos (Palmeiras, Brazil) and Jhon Arias (Fluminense, Brazil).
Forwards: Jhon Córdoba (Krasnodar, Russia), Jhon Jáder Durán (Aston Villa, England), Luis Díaz (Liverpool, England), Luis Sinisterra (Bournemouth, England), Miguel Ángel Borja (River Plate, Argentina) and Rafael Santos Borré ( International, Brazil).
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta)
