LIMA, Peru – Orlando City’s Pedro Gallese led a set of six Major League Soccer (MLS) players from Peru who are training in their homeland.
The players came to the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) headquarters this week to get fit for both the MLS preseason and preparing for international duty with World Cup qualifiers coming up in South America.
Sessions started with a physical evaluation which was posted on the FPF official website on Monday.
Gallese will be looking to continue as the main netminder for Peru with competition from Jose Carvallo who plays for Universitario locally.
Joining Gallese are Alexander Callens (New York City FC), Andy Polo (Portland Timbers), Marcos Lopez (San Jose Earthquakes), Edison Flores and Yordy Reyna (both DC United).
The sextet will all be hoping to represent Peru in the March World Cup qualifiers which begins on March 25th. Peru’s first match will be against Bolivia in La Paz and backed up by a home match against Venezuela. The three teams are currently the bottom teams in the confederation’s qualifying standings so the two matches will be vital for Peru to back up its qualification for 2018 and send the country to its second consecutive world cup for the first time since Spain 1982.
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