Manchester United Squad for North America Tour 2010

Manchester United will kick off their tour of North America on 16 July with a match against Scottish club Celtic in Toronto, Canada. There will be five matches (including a reported match against Mexican club Chivas) in the tour. The 23-man squad has already reached Chicago, USA where the players are now preparing at a training camp for the upcoming matches.

The squad includes a number of star players like Edwin van der Sar, veteran duo Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, striker Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Nani, and some other young but talented players like Federico Macheda, Jonny Evans and Danny Welbeck.

Manchester United fans would be able to see the two new signings Chris Smalling and Javier Hernandez in action for the first time on their North America tour. Smalling put pen on paper last January, but spent the second half of the season at his former club Fulham. The England U-21 international is a physically strong defender with a height of 6 feet 4 inches.

Javier Hernandez, who recently joined Manchester United this summer from Mexican club CD Guadalajara, popularly known as Chivas, has just returned from South Africa after representing Mexico in the World Cup Football 2010. The 22-year-old striker would join the squad on 27 July in Houston.

Here is the Manchester United squad for the North America tour 2010:

Manchester United Squad

Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Chris Smalling, Nani, Fabio, Federico Macheda, Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez (will join in Houston on 27 July), Mame Biram Diouf, Tom Cleverley, Ritchie De Laet, Corry Evans, Ben Amos, Gabriel Obertan.

Though there are some star players Manchester United squad is carrying in North America, a number of high-profile Red Devils stars are missing the tour. Some of them are injured, while some have been rested after returning from international duty.

Manchester United’s biggest star Wayne Rooney has been given rest to get back his full rhythm and fitness by the time next season kicks off. Michael Carrick and Nemanja Vidic, two other Untied’s World Cup players, have also been granted rest.

Captain Gary Neville is recovering from his calf problem picked up during a training session, while center back Rio Ferdenand is busy nursing his injured knee. Midfielder Antonio Valencia is suffering from ankle injury, while Anderson has been ruled out of the tour with a knee problem. Striker Michael Owen is missing the tour with a hamstring injury, while Owen Hargreaves is out of action after picking up a new injury.