If you're not employed by an MLS team, good luck finding a name you recognize for the next U.S. friendly

The U.S. training camp roster for their friendly against Chile on January 22 in Carson, California was named today and I must say, it's a random one.

Los Angeles Galaxy defenders A.J. DeLaGarza and Sean Franklin were among 12 players with no international experience selected Tuesday for a U.S. national team training camp ahead of the Americans' exhibition against Chile.

Six of the 24 players on the roster for the Jan. 22 game at Carson, Calif., have played just one game for the national team, all in the second half of 2011. Orebro midfielder Alejandro Bedoya is the senior player on the roster with six international appearances.

Others with no international experience include goalkeepers Dominic Cervi of Glasgow Celtic, Sean Johnson of Chicago, Matt Pickens of Colorado and Anthony Wallace of Colorado; defender Zach Loyd of Dallas, Ryan Miller of Sweden's Halmstads; midfielders Eric Alexander of Dallas and Jeff Larentowicz of Colorado; and Chivas USA forward Justin Braun and San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski.

Among those with just one appearance are defenders Omar Gonzalez of Los Angeles and Tim Ream of New York; midfielders Brek Shea of Dallas and Mikkel Diskerud of Norway's Stabaek; and forward Juan Agudelo of New York and Teal Bunbury of Kansas City.

San Jose midfielder Bobby Convey, a member of the 2006 U.S. World Cup roster who revived his career in 2010, was among the veterans not picked.

Twenty of the players are from Major League Soccer and three from Scandinavian teams on winter break. Players are scheduled to report to the Home Depot Center on Jan. 4. The average age is just over 23, and veterans will be mixed in later in the spring as the U.S. prepares for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The U.S. is likely to host Argentina on March 26 at a site still being negotiation and probably will play another match three days later.

"We have some younger players that we think, with time, can grow into important roles with our national team," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. "We also understand going forward that it's an opportunity to at least begin the process of looking at some under-23 players, players that will be able to play for our Olympic team in qualifying. We really tried to focus on players that have not been in January camps so that we could see what some of these new faces are all about and get to see them in this situation."

The roster:
Goalkeepers: Dominic Cervi (Glasgow Celtic, Scotland), Sean Johnson (Chicago), Matt Pickens (Colorado), Nick Rimando (Salt Lake)

Defenders: A.J. DeLaGarza (Los Angeles), Sean Franklin (Los Angeles), Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles), Ugo Ihemelu (Dallas), Zach Loyd (Dallas), Ryan Miller (Halmstads, Sweden), Tim Ream (New York), Anthony Wallace (Colorado), Marvell Wynne (Colorado)

Midfielders: Eric Alexander (Dallas), Alejandro Bedoya (Orebro, Sweden), Sam Cronin (San Jose), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabaek, Norway), Jeff Larentowicz (Colorado), Dax McCarty (D.C.), Brek Shea (Dallas)

Forwards: Juan Agudelo (New York), Justin Braun (Chivas USA), Teal Bunbury (Kansas City), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)

Bedoya is the former Boston College star that Shimer wrote about this past summer. He's a young player to keep an eye out for. For once, I like Bob Bradley's thinking for this camp. It's the obvious time to bring in a bunch of new names and see what they can do. No matter what, a few are bound to stick out that they didn't know much about previously.