Despite the U.S. national team’s absence, Major League Soccer will have plenty of representatives at the World Cup, especially on the Costa Rican team. Costa Rica has six active MLS players on its roster who are slated to go to Russia. Panama has seven current MLS players on its 35-man provisional roster, which will be whittled down. It’s my second World Cup — I worked very hard and expected to be called in and earn a spot on the final list,” Urena said. It’s going to be a big test for us, but we have a group with a lot of World Cup experience and that will help us.

Source: National Post May 16, 2018 23:45 UTC