Zimmerman, Paredes, Cremaschi headline USMNT Olympic roster for June friendly

The U.S. Olympic Men’s National Team has one final preparation match coming this June and Marko Mitrovic named his roster on Wednesday for that showdown with Japan.

Walker Zimmerman, Kevin Paredes, and Ben Cremaschi headlined Mitrovic’s 25-playe roster for June 11th’s friendly vs. Japan at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. This will be the final tune-up match for the Americans before heading to Paris, France this summer.

A total of 15 players on the final Olympic roster will be under the ages of 23-years-old, while three players can be over that age range. Nashville SC defender Zimmerman is currently the lone player on June’s roster that is over the age of 23.

A total of 19 players on this current roster have earned senior caps with the USMNT.

Nine players have been a part of all four Men’s Olympic Team training camps held thus far: including Nathan Harriel, Bryan Reynolds, Tanner Tessmann and Esmir Bajraktarevic.

Tessmann, Griffin Yow, and Gianluca Busio are among the American players that enjoyed strong club campaigns in Europe. Both Tessmann and Busio are currently still involved with their club season with Italian Serie B side Venezia, who are in the promotion playoff final.

Diego Luna, Chris Brady, and Brian Gutierrez were among the American players not included in the roster despite past U.S. youth national team involvement.

Here is a closer look at the full USMNT Olympic roster for June’s friendly vs. Japan:

GOALKEEPERS: Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew; St. Charles, Mo.), Gaga Slonina (Chelsea/ENG; Addison, Ill.) 
 
DEFENDERS: Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union; Oldsmar, Fla.), Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy; Lakewood, Calif.), Bryan Reynolds (KVC Westerlo/BEL; Fort Worth, Texas), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls; Chatham, N.J.), Jonathan Tomkinson (Norwich City/ENG; Plano, Texas), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United FC; Atlanta, Ga.), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC; Lawrenceville, Ga.) 
 
MIDFIELDERS: Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), Gianluca Busio (Venezia/ITA; Greensboro, N.C.), Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF; Key Biscayne, Fla.), Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union; Queens, N.Y.), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Rokas Pukstas (Hajduk Split/CRO; Stillwater, Okla.), Tanner Tessmann (Venezia/ITA; Birmingham, Ala.) 
 
FORWARDS: Paxten Aaronson (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER; Medford, N.J.), Esmir Bajraktarevic (New England Revolution; Appleton, Wisc.), Taylor Booth (Utrecht/NED; Eden, Utah), Cade Cowell (Guadalajara/MEX; Ceres, Calif.), Damion Downs (Köln/GER; Schwebenried, Germany), Johan Gomez (Eintracht Braunschweig/GER; Keller, Texas), Duncan McGuire (Orlando City SC; Omaha, Neb.), Kevin Paredes (Wolfsburg/GER; South Riding, Va.), Griffin Yow (KVC Westerlo/BEL; Clifton, Va.)