U.S. MEN RELEASE ROSTER FOR NEXT WCUP QUALIFIERS

Jordan Morris, Tim Weah, Sergino Dest and Gyasi Zardes returned from injuries to make the U.S. roster ahead of the next three World Cup qualifiers. Chula Vista native Paul Arriola, a forward, is also on the roster.

Gio Reyna and Aaron Long were left off, along with defenders John Brooks and Tim Ream, and forwards Daryl Dike, Jordan Pefok and Josh Sargent.

Training starts Monday ahead of the Jan. 27 match against El Salvador in Columbus, Ohio. The Americans play Canada three days later on artificial turf at Hamilton, Ontario, and host Honduras on Feb. 2 at St. Paul, Minn., with frigid weather forecast for all three games.

“We expect to embrace the conditions and enjoy the conditions,” U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter said Friday. “All we want at the end of this window is to be in position for the March window to qualify for the World Cup,”

Second in qualifying with 15 points after eight of 14 games, the U.S. is one point behind Canada.

Mexico and Panama have 14 points each, followed by Costa Rica (nine), Jamaica (seven), El Salvador (six) and Honduras (three).

The top three nations qualify for this year’s tournament in Qatar, and the fourthplace team advances to a one-game playoff in June against the Oceania champion, likely New Zealand.

Notable

American forward Josh Sargent scored his first two Premier League goals Friday to help lift Norwich out of the relegation zone with a 3-0 win over 10-man Watford.

• Real Madrid and host Athletic Bilbao will face each other for the fourth time in two months when they meet in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals.