Teenager Erasmus added to South Africa squad

Teenager Erasmus added to South Africa squad

Published Mar. 4, 2010 6:55 a.m. ET

South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has included 19-year-old Kermit Erasmus in his 29-man squad for the World Cup training camp in Brazil.

Parreira named Erasmus and Daylon Claasen, who both play in the Netherlands, as the only two foreign-based players in the traveling party on Thursday.

He added there's no need to panic following the 1-1 draw with lowly Namibia on Wednesday.

The Brazilian coach leads South Africa on a monthlong training camp in his home country next week. Bafana Bafana also will have camps in Germany in April and South Africa in May ahead of the World Cup kickoff on June 11.

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