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LAFC defender Tristan Blackmon is the lone newcomer on U.S. men’s national roster

Coach Gregg Berhalter has called up 38 players for a split-squad national team training camp in Bradenton, Fla., in advance of one of the busiest years ever for the U.S. soccer team.

The senior team, which played just four times in 2020, will compete in the first CONCACAF Nations League semifinals, the Gold Cup and 2022 World Cup qualifying this year while the U-23 team will play in the Olympic qualifying tournament, planned for March, ahead of this summer’s Tokyo Games.

Twenty-six of the players summoned are eligible for the Olympics, which is an age-group tournament for the men.