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German-born Jones set for USA debut

U.S coach Bob Bradley named 14 of his World Cup squad for the game and included four players who had not featured in his 23 in South Africa.

The four non-World Cup players in the squad are Schalke's Jones, Anderlecht midfielder Sacha Kljestan, Alejandro Bedoya, of Swedish club Orebro and Colombus defender Chad Marshall.

Jones' father is American and although he has played for Germany in three friendly games he opted to switch to the U.S last year but missed out on the World Cup due to a shin injury.

"This game is a great opportunity to showcase many players from the World Cup team who earned the respect and appreciation of fans across the country," said Bradley,.

"At the same time, our goal continues to be to compete and succeed against the best teams in the world. With an extremely talented group of players, Brazil will be another difficult test," he said.

Bradley's future as U.S coach remains unclear with neither he nor the U.S Soccer Federation giving any firm indication as to whether he will be offered a deal beyond his current contract which runs out at the end of December.

Dani Alves, Ramires, Thiago Silva and Robinho were the only members of Menezes' squad who were in South Africa, where Brazil lost in the quarter-finals to the Netherlands.

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