United States coach Bruce Arena says March's World Cup qualifiers won't be "the right environment" for players new to the national team.
Arena brought in seven uncapped players for this month's training camp, most notably LA Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget, but there are also a number of veterans.
And Arena told ESPN's Taylor Twellman that the importance of the March qualifiers played a factor in his decision to call up players like Brad Evans, Chris Wondolowski and Demarcus Beasley.
"We need to have some balance and certainly World Cup Qualifiers aren't the right environment to bring in players that don't have any international experience," Arena said.