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Khiry Shelton Named to United States Under-23 National Team

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New York City FC forward Khiry Shelton has been called up to the United States Under-23 men's national team for their first training camp of 2015.


The second overall pick of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft joins 17 other call-ups in Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina as the national team begins qualifying preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


The U.S. U-23 team will train from March 23-26 and then face Bosnia’s U-23 National Team on Friday in Tuzla, before travelling to face Denmark on Tuesday, March 31.


Shelton, a rookie out of Oregon State University, has seen action in all three matches of New York City FC's inaugural season.


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