Midfielder Luis Pereira (pictured) will take part in a Panama national team training camp, January 25-27, 2016. (Photo: Mexsport)
PANAMA CITY, Panama – Slightly more than two weeks after earning a berth in the 2016 Copa America Centenario, Panama will open a mini-camp on Monday in preparation for next month’s friendly against El Salvador.
Head coach Hernan Dario Gomez has called in 24 players for the three-day gathering that will be held at the Estadio Maracana, where the February 17 encounter against the Salvadorans is slated to be contested.
None of the 14 players seeing action in the 4-0 win over visiting Cuba on January 8, which sealed the Canaleros a place in June’s historic Copa America, will take part in the sessions.
All those convening are locally based, with San Francisco FC (8) and current Panamanian champion Arabe Unido (6) combining to provide 14 players.
ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS: Jaime De Gracia (Tauro FC), Orlando Mosquera (Sporting San Miguelito), Elieser Powell (Chepo FC)
DEFENDERS: Azmahar Ariano (Chepo FC), Fidel Escobar (Sporting San Miguelito), Kevin Galvan (Sporting San Miguelito), Martin Gomez (San Francisco FC), Roderick Miller (San Francisco FC), Michael Murillo (San Francisco FC), Daniel Ortiz (Arabe Unido), Angel Patrick (Arabe Unido)
MIDFIELDERS: Adalberto Carrasquilla (Tauro FC), Francisco Castañeda (Sporting San Miguelito), Josimar Gomez (Arabe Unido), Jose Gonzalez (Arabe Unido), Pedro Jeanine (San Francisco FC), Abdiel Macea (Arabe Unido), Luis Pereira (Arabe Unido), Richard Rodriguez (San Francisco FC), Justin Simons (San Francisco FC)
FORWARDS: Jorman Aguilar (Tauro FC), Yairo Glaize (San Francisco FC), Carlos Small (Sporting San Miguelito), Ervin Zorrilla (San Francisco FC)
