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That is awesome. I remember indicating on this board in the past year that I didn't think he ever had a chance at a National Team call-up, and I am very pleased to be wrong. I watch all the US Men's National Team games, so I am excited to see an Anteater on the squad.

Granted this a "B-team" at best, but it would appear that the makeup of the Gold Cup roster is designed to see what our young kids can do. This is the first step. A good performance here may lead to more time in the future. Make the best of it kid!

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Evans is in a tough spot. He is being played out of position at right back because it is an area of relative need for the US Men's National Team at the time. Unfortunately, he is not very good at all at that position. On the other hand, Evans' natural position of defensive midfielder is perhaps the position where the US has more depth than anywhere else (Bradley, Edu, Clark, and the incoming Jones.)

Anyway, as you said, I also expect this to be his last game in a while, unless he gets called in for sub duty at the end of one of the remaining Gold Cup games. To be honest, as much as I enjoyed seeing him out there, I don't expect him to get many more call ups at all unless he improves greatly. This year's Gold Cup was a rather unique situation, where the US first team had just played in a major tournament, and so they decided to construct a roster of players with almost nobody from the "A team." Not only that, but the roster was decidedly young and aimed at looking at future players.

Given the fact that US rarely sends a pure "B team" to situations like this and that Evans did not seem to do too well in his time on the field, I don't expect to see him much more. At this time, it does not look like he belongs on the international stage, even against teams like Haiti. He is a fine MLS-level player, and I enjoy watching him with the Sounders, but I just don't think he has much of a future on the international level. There is no shame in that, really.