Souter, Marquess Win Beep Tests

Souter celebrates winning the beep test by trying to stay warm.

Adam Cristman does some individual ballwork today.

Training started this morning, with midfielder Kevin Souter and defender Matt Marquess winning their heats of the infamous "beep test" fitness test. Jimmy Conrad came in second during the first heat, while Kurt Morsink was second in the second heat. Great job to you four for coming in at top conditioning. After the beep test, the players competed in several half-field matches. Practice lasted about two hours in the cold weather.

New draft pick Matt Besler made his first appearance in front of the local media, and recently acquired forward Adam Cristman was also available for the first time. Cristman is still re-habbing a foot injury, so he did mostly individual work and wasn't a part of the beep test or mini games. Training will be at Swope again tomorrow, starting at 11 a.m. CT now. Originally practice was scheduled for 10 but will be bumped back an hour to help find some slightly warmer weather.

We just got word today that Roger Espinoza has been retained by the Honduras National Team for the upcoming UNCAF Cup, which kicks off Thursday. We'll get you more info on that when we get it. As you know, Jack Jewsbury is still with the U.S. squad. Hopefully he'll make the gameday roster for this Saturday's match against Sweden at the Home Depot Center. We'll let you know when we hear.