International Career
Whitbread's opportunity came in August 2003 when he traveled to Spain to join the U.S. under 20s at the L'Alcudia International Tournament, where he started three of the five matches Thomas Rongen's squad played. Owing to his solid performance he was named in Rongen's side for the 2003 World Youth Championships in December. He started every match and scored his first goal for the U.S. to help the squad reach the Quarter Finals.
His play led to his inclusion with the mostly Major League Soccer based side that unsuccessfully tried to qualify the U.S. for 2004 Summer Olympics. Unfortunately, he was only able to play in one match for Glenn Myernick due to an injury he suffered during training.
He played for the United States under 20s team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, and has since been promoted to the under 23 squad.
On 16 March 2011, Whitbread was called into the United States camp for its friendlies against Argentina and Paraguay, but was unable to feature due to sustaining an injury while on club duty.
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