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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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An engineering physics major raised in England, Thomas was born in Moscow and holds triple citizenship (United Kingdom, United States, Russia).
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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.