Eight Columbus Crew Players Receive National Team Call-Ups

June 7, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Columbus Crew SC News Release

COLUMBUS – Columbus Crew goalkeepers Nicholas Hagen and Patrick Schulte, defender Steven Moreira, Homegrown midfielders Aidan Morris and Taha Habroune have been called-up by their respective national teams for the current FIFA International Break. Additionally, Crew Academy forwards Chase Adams, Jamil Danjaji, and Dacian Delgado recently represented their Men’s Youth National Teams.

Morris and Schulte have been selected to the United States Under-23 side’s 25-player roster for the final training camp in Kansas City as the USA continues its preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The U.S. will face Japan on Tuesday, June 11 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan.

The U.S. Men’s Olympic Team returns to the Summer Olympic Games for the first time since 2008. Tournament teams are comprised of players under the age of 23, with an allowance for three overage players.

Both Morris and Schulte participated in the U-23 USMNT’s March training camp earlier this year, earning a 2-2 draw against France and a 3-0 win against Guinea. Additionally, both players were called up to the senior side’s January Training Camp in Orlando, Fla., and San Antonio, Texas.

Morris has five caps for the USMNT and made his senior international debut on Jan. 25, 2023, in a friendly against Serbia.

Schulte, who owns one cap, previously represented the U.S. at the U-18, U-20 (two caps) and U-23 (two caps) levels. The 23-year-old made his senior international debut on Jan. 20, earning the start against Slovenia at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas, a match that also featured Morris and Crew Homegrown midfielder Sean Zawadzki in the starting XI.

Moreira has been selected to represent Cape Verde Islands in a pair of CAF World Cup Qualifiers. Cape Verde travel to face Cameroon on June 8 at the Sate Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaounde, Cameroon, before hosting Libya on Tuesday, June 11 at the Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde in Praia, Cape Verde.

The 29-year-old was part of the Blue Sharks’ roster for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, in which the team qualified to the quarterfinals of the tournament, Cape Verde’s best result in their tournament history. Moreira made five appearances (four starts) during their run, helping Cape Verde earn three clean sheets across five matches. The defender made his senior international debut for Cape Verde in a friendly against Algeria on Oct. 12, 2023.

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