"There's been good moments and there have been bad moments," said Kreis. "To have someone come across the world and have a one week trial is a little too difficult, so we are happy that he is going to stay on for a couple more weeks so we can truly evaluate him. Watching today, he actually looked a lot sharper than he did the whole time in Florida. We're hopeful now that he is in the same time zone and has the same eating and sleeping schedule as everyone else that we can really give him a look.

ADU, 3 RSL PLAYERS PICKED FOR U-23 TEAM: At Chicago, Freddy Adu, Benny Feilhaber and Jozy Altidore were among 24 players picked Tuesday for the U.S. under-23 team's last training camp before Olympic qualifying next month.

RSL's goalkeeper Chris Seitz, defender Nathan Sturgis and forward Robbie Findley were also tapped.

Six Europe-based players were selected. Adu plays for Benfica in Portugal and Feilhaber plays for England's Derby. Also picked were Wolfburg defender Kamani Hill, Hannover midfielder Sal Zizzo, Hammarby forward Charlie Davies and Esbjerg goalkeeper Tally Hall. One player is based in Mexico — San Luis defender Michael Orozco — and the rest come from Major League Soccer.

Ten of the players have appeared for the U.S. national team.

They will train in Bradenton, Fla., from Saturday through March 9, when the roster will be cut to 20. The United States is based in Tampa, Fla., for the first round of qualifying from North and Central America and the Caribbean and will play in Group A, facing Cuba on March 11, Panama two days later and Honduras on March 15.

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Note: Associated Press contributed.

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