El Salvador secured qualification for the 2017 Gold Cup with a third-placed finish in January's Copa Centroamericana. Now head coach Eduardo Lara must turn attention to building a squad to compete at CONCACAF's summer showpiece, and he has let it be known he is interested in bringing three American-born players into his squad.
Defender Eriq Zavaleta, currently contracted to Toronto FC, forward Joshua Perez, attached to Fiorentina, and Tijuana's Amando Moreno are the three in question. Lara is the primary source for the story that he is courting the players, as reported by El Grafico and La Prensa Grafica,
Eduardo Lara, DT de El Salvador, tiene en la mira a 3 jugadores estadounidenses:
Eriq Zavaleta, 1992
Amando Moreno, 1995
Joshua Pérez, 1998 — Víctor Zaferson M.