Rhinos signings, Tampa’s Hall on Red Bulls camp

Posted Feb 16, 2010 by Nick Murray

Updated Feb 16, 2010 at 10:09 PM

As promised on Monday, the Rochester Rhinos announced a pair of new signings on Tuesday in the shape of forward Anthony Hamilton and midfielder Isaac Kissi.

Hamilton played in 2009 with the Ventura Fusion of the USL’s Premier Development League, and scored eight goals in 16 games for the side. Kissi, a native of Ghana, was a third-round pick of Chivas USA in this year’s SuperDraft, 42nd overall.

In other domestic news, the New York Red Bulls are among the MLS teams currently in Bradenton for training camp. The club’s official blog, the Red Bulls Reader had this summary of their second day of workouts at the facility that is also the home to the U.S. Under-17 Residency Program, and a short interview with Tampa’s Jeremy Hall.

Hall played for Hillsborough County United before being drafted into the Residency Program, and then went on to the University of Maryland before being selected in the first round of last year’s MLS Draft. It appeats he’ll have a chance to blossom in a more attacking role in his sophomore season with the Red Bulls after spending most of his rookie season at full back.

Internationally, the news isn’t great on Benny Feilhaber who is expected to be out for a few, unspecified, weeks after the scan on his ankle came back. That could rule him out of the U.S. Exhibition against Holland, but with Feilhaber’s experience, the concensus appears is it is doubtful it will put his spot for South Africa in jeopardy.

Elsewhere, the U.S. Men’s National Team is expected to arrive in Tampa on Sunday ahead of their game against El Salvador next Wednesday, and it will have some reinforcements as defender Clarence Goodson was added to the squad and goalkeeper Kevin Hartman was also brought in after an injury to GK Zack Thornton.

And finally, the U.S. Men’s final game before they head to South Africa will be against Turkey in Philadelphia on May 29.