CHICAGO (AP) — Former Major League Soccer coach Jason Kreis has been hired to run the U.S. under-23 team and tasked with the challenge of reaching next year’s Olympic tournament after the Americans failed to qualify for the London and Rio de Janeiro Games.He will coach the team for the first time in exhibitions on Friday against Egypt and Sunday versus the Netherlands Crystal Dunn Jersey , both in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.The 46-year-old is a former U.S. national team player, like new senior national team coach Gregg Berhalter. Kreis enjoyed success as coach of Real Salt Lake from 2007-13, winning the 2009 MLS Cup title and reaching the finals of the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League and 2013 MLS Cup. He had less successful tenures with New York City from 2014-15 and Orlando from 2016-18.Kreis made 14 appearances for the U.S. from 1996-2000 and was hired by U.S. national team general manager Earnie Stewart, his former American teammate. Kreis was hired in January for an unspecified role on the technical staff of David Beckham’s Inter Miami MLS team, which starts play in 2020, and Kreis will continue in that role.His contract with the U.S. Soccer Federation, announced Tuesday, runs through the 2020 Olympics.The U.S. failed to qualify for 2012 under Caleb Porter and for 2016 under Andreas Herzog, the top assistant to then-national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann. The under-23 team has not played since March 2016, when it lost a playoff to Colombia for a berth in the Olympics.The roster:Goalkeepers: Jonathan Klinsmann (Hertha Berlin, Germay) Kelley O'Hara Jersey , JT Marcinkowski (San Jose),Defenders: Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Swansea, England), Marco Farfan (Portland), Jack Maher (Indiana), MatthewOlosunde (Manchester United, England), Donovan Pines (D.C. United), Lucas Pos (Lausanne, Switzerland), Antonee Robinson (Wigan https://www.thetopsoccer.com/uswnt/lindsey-horan-jersey , England), Miles Robinson (Atlanta)Midfielders: Derrick Jones (Philadelphia), Cameron Lindley (Orlando), Djordje Mihailovic (Chicago), Keaton Parks (New York City), Eryk Williamson (Portland), Jackson Yueill (San Jose)Forwards: Jeremy Ebobisse (Portland), Josh Perez (LAFC), Emmanuel Sabbi (Hobro, Denmark), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen, Germany) Alyssa Naeher Jersey , Tim Weah (Celtic, Scotland), Haji Wright (Schalke, Germany) A lawyer representing a victim of sexual abuse by a former youth-team coach at English soccer club Crewe Alexandra said Tuesday the team has agreed to an out-of-court settlement for damages.Dino Nocivelli says his client, who was abused by Barry Bennell between the age of 11 and 14, agreed to the deal but has not received an apology from the club. The name of the victim, who is now in his 40s, has not been disclosed.Bennell was last year jailed for 30 years after being convicted of 50 child sexual offenses committed between 1979 and 1991, when he also coached at Manchester City. Two weeks ago, City said it has set up a scheme to compensate victims of child sexual abuse experienced at the club by two of its former coaches — Bennell and John Broome, who died in 2010.Nocivelli said he thought Crewe had moved to reach a deal with his client because court proceedings had been issued.“You can see that they are still kicking and screaming, and refuse to apologize Rose Lavelle Jersey ,” he told The Associated Press. “It’s a very odd approach, to settle an action but not apologize. Surely they could go hand in hand.”Asked if he expected more settlements to follow for victims of sexual abuse by Bennell at Crewe, Nocivelli said: “You would think that, logically, but then there’s lots of thing that should have happened so far which haven’t. … It should do. Will it? That’s the question, isn’t it?”A child sex abuse scandal in English soccer was triggered by the decision of a former Crewe player, Andy Woodward, to speak out in November 2016 about abuse he suffered at the hands of Bennell. That sparked many other players to break their silence.English soccer’s governing body is overseeing an independent inquiry into historical sex abuse in the game. The inquiry is due to report its findings in the coming months.