New England Revolution midfielder Jermaine Jones was delighted to see teammate Lee Nguyen called up to the USA national team.
The 28-year old forward, who made his international debut back in 2007, is in Juergen Klinsmann's squad for this weekend's friendly with Colombia in London and next week's meeting with the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
Nguyen has been one of the key Revs players in 2014 and Jones was absolutely thrilled for him after getting the reward of another national team call-up.
"I'm happy for him," Jones said.
"He showed good games here in the league, scores a lot of goals and if you do that, it's normal that the national team and Jurgen Klinsmann calls you in."
Nguyen, who has scored 20 MLS goals this season, was well aware that he has to grasp this opportunity with both hands as he juggles new international commitments with the MLS play-offs.
"This is hopefully just the first," Nguyen said.
"I've still got to keep going and keep pushing. That's the main thing. As long as you keep playing well, you're going to get more chances."
Of his recall, Nguyen added: "I missed it a lot.
"Any time you can play for your country, that's the highest honor, the highest privilege you can have as a football player. You've got to go out there and represent."
