STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford redshirt freshman goalkeeper Andrew Thomas has been called by U.S. Soccer for a combined preparation camp with players from the Senior and U-23 Men's National Teams from May 26-June 2 in Annapolis, Md.
The initial group will include senior National Team players who are eligible for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup along with a number of U-23 internationals, of which Thomas is one, who are getting ready for their own training camp to be held from June 10-16 in Salt Lake City. The roster for the full U-23 camp in Utah will be announced at a later date.
Thomas had a superb first season in goal for the Cardinal, which finished eighth in the nation in team goals against average (0.625) in 2018. He was ninth individually in that category with a conference-leading 0.626 goals against average and also was third in the country in save percentage (.854), sixth in solo shutouts (11) and 13th in total saves (82).
Thomas made a career-high 11 stops in Stanford's third-round scoreless draw at Saint Mary's on Nov. 25 and stopped the Gaels' first penalty kick in the shootout, which the Cardinal eventually won 4-2. He earned spots on the Top Drawer Soccer Freshmen Best XI first team and College Soccer News All-Freshman first team at season's end in addition to landing on the All-Pac-12 first team.
An engineering physics major raised in England, Thomas was born in Moscow and holds triple citizenship (United Kingdom, United States, Russia).
The nation's most successful collegiate men's soccer program over the last half-decade, Stanford has won three of the last four NCAA titles, five consecutive Pac-12 championships and posted a 77-14-18 (.789) overall record since 2014. The Cardinal returns nine starters to a team that went 12-4-5 in 2018 and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament.