New York Red Bulls midfield work horse Sacha Kljestan had played a total of 46 games for the US Men’s National Team leading up to this World Cup Qualifying round. Seeing that he had made one appearance for the Red, White, and Blue in the past 3 years, it was understandable that Kljestan didn’t think he would get called into the National Team Camp.
But lo and behold, Klinsmann wanted Kljestan to come in as a replacement call up after the announcement that John Brooks wouldn’t be joining the team because of back problems. The best part of this, though, is that Kljestan didn’t believe he was actually called up.