I don't have any news on this but there is supposedly a U20 camp later this month and it will need a thread to I figured I'd start one for any news that trickles out about it and then to keep it going once the formal roster announcement comes. Be curious to see if any new college/academy kids are brought in, if any kids are asked to play up and if any 00s who weren't part of the U17 WC are included. Speculate away....
These players were called up for the summit: U-20 Men’s National Team: GOALKEEPERS (4): Eric Lopez (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), George Marks (North Carolina FC; Raleigh, N.C.), Trey Muse (Indiana University; Tukwila, Wash.), Brady Scott (FC Köln/GER; Petaluma, Calif.) DEFENDERS (12): Gedion Davis (JMG Association Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain), Jaylin Lindsay (Sporting Kansas City; Charlotte, N.C.), Jack Maher (St. Louis FC; Caseyville, Ill.), Mark McKenzie (Wake Forest; Bear, Del.), Glademir Mendoza (Real Salt Lake; Phoenix, Ariz.), Manny Perez (North Carolina State; Garner, N.C.), Matthew Real (Bethlehem Steel FC; Drexel Hill, Pa.), James Sands (New York City FC; Rye, N.Y.), Aedan Stanley (Saintt. Louis FC; Columbia, Ill.), Angel Uribe (Club Tijuana/MEX; San Diego, Calif.), Sam Vines (Charlotte Independence; Charlotte, N.C.), Carson Vom Steeg (Stanford; Santa Barbara, Calif.) MIDFIELDERS (12): Christian Cappis (FC Dallas; Katy, Texas), Andrew Carleton (Atlanta United FC; Powder Springs, Ga.), Jose Carranza (Unattached; Manassas, Va.), Chris Durkin (D.C. United; Glen Allen, Va.), Anthony Fontana (Bethlehem Steel FC; Newark, Del.), Chris Goslin (Atlanta United FC; Atlanta, Ga.), Brian Perez (Club Tijuana/MEX; San Diego, Calif.), Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas; Highland Village, Texas), Brandon Servania (Wake Forest; Birmingham, Ala.), Greg Tracey (Colorado Rapids Academy; Arvada, Colo.), Juan Pablo Torres (Lokeren/BEL; Lilburn, Ga.), Noah Verhoeven (Vancouver Whitecaps FC/CAN; Surrey, B.C) FORWARDS (8): Jonathan Amon (FC Nordsjaelland/DEN; Summerville, S.C.), Simon Becher (Oakwood Academy; Brooklyn, Conn.), Shaft Brewer (RB Leipzig/GER; Sacramento, Calif.), Griffin Dorsey (Indiana University; Evergreen, Colo.), Justin McMaster (Wake Forest; Atlanta, Ga.), Chris Nicola (Pateadores; Vancouver, Wash.), Nebiyou Perry (AIK/SWE; New York, N.Y), Justin Rennicks (Indiana University; Hamilton, Mass.) U-19 Men’s National Team: GOALKEEPERS (4): Alex Budnik (Sockers FC; Arlington Heights, Ill.), Sam Fowler (Seattle Sounders FC; Issaquah, Wash.), Justin Garces (Atlanta United FC; Miami, Fla.), Johan Penaranda (New York City FC; Long Beach, N.Y.) DEFENDERS (8): Charlie Asensio (Atlanta United FC; Roswell, Ga.), Sergino Dest (Ajax/NED; Almere-Stad, Netherlands), Jean-Julien Foe Nuphaus (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.), Chris Gloster (Unattached; Montclair, N.J.), Aboubacar Keita (Columbus Crew SC; Columbus, Ohio), Rayshaun McGann (Atlanta United FC; Palm Beach, Fla.), Chris Richards (FC Dallas; Hoover, Ala.), Akil Watts (Portland Timbers; Fort Wayne, Ind.) MIDFIELDERS (6): Brenden Aaronson (Philadelphia Union; Medford, N.J.), Franuel Amaya (Pateadores; Santa Ana, Calif.), Blaine Ferri (Solar Soccer Club; Southlake, Texas), Richard Ledezma (Real Salt Lake; Casa Grande, Ariz.), Isaiah Parente (Columbus Crew SC; Cleveland, Ohio), AJ Seals (Orlando City SC; Orlando, Fla.) FORWARDS (6): Ayo Akinola (Toronto FC; Brampton, Ontario), Matt Hundley (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), Zyen Jones (Atlanta United FC; Clarkston, Ga.), Josh Penn (Sockers FC; Naperville, Ill.), Jeremy Rafanello (Philadelphia Union; Delran, N.J.), Sebastian Soto (Real Salt Lake; Casa Grande, Ariz.)
Amon is injured but he's not someone I'd call-up. There are others who are more talented. Fontana got some playing time with the Union but there are other players who play the same position and are younger and more talented. Also, Dest is a better RB than Manny Perez.
You mean that all seven forwards from U-20 team plus some others are more talented that Amon? Didn't realize how great we are doing.
May be, but he doesn't need to be great not to be the worst out of 6 forwards. And he is playing professionally on a team that would be above average in MLS.
Doesn't mean that he is an above average player. Last game I watched him play in, he was falling on his ass and whiffing at the ball in the box. His ball skills are very poor.
#usmnt roster for upcoming camp and friendly vs Paraguay in Cary, NC tentatively slated to come out this Sunday. Expecting about 23 players, mostly on younger side. It's during FIFA window -- all available, though some candidates at U20 camp at same time in Spain— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) March 12, 2018 Nothing really new here, but I didn't realize this camp will be in Spain.
The way Goff worded his tweet seems to suggest that some guys who will be at the U20 camp were also candidates for an MNT camp that tilts young. A gues: Maybe we'll see Tillmann after all, though if I recall there are some legitimate questions about his eligibility for this U20 cycle.
GK: Scott, Garces, Lopez DF: Hanson, Dest, Rogers, McKenzie, Araujo, Richards, Gloster, Real MF: Torres, Goslin, Booth, Fontana, Carleton, de la Fuente, Taitague, Carranza, Bwana FW: Weah, Sargent, Perez Alternates: Muse, Hoffmann, Vines, Crain, Asensio, Cappis, Acosta, Hundley, Soto A number of MLS teams play during the camp. I don't want players missing first division pro minutes for a YNT camp.
Is this the list or your guess at the list? I haven't heard anything about FCD pro kids and Dallas Cup. If this is the list then hopefully they play Dallas cup. I would expect servania or pomykol to have been invited.
My guess. With FC Dallas having a game during this window, I'd hope that Pomykal and Servania aren't called in as they could get MLS minutes.
I was hopeful too, but neither has made a roster and with 2 weeks off I don't see coaches changing their minds. Rumor has it they have both been great so who knows.
It'll be very odd if the USSF chooses to hold a U20 camp during the GenAd Cup and Dallas Cup. That week in Frisco has basically turned into a youth soccer summit with scouts, college coaches flocking to see all of these players. I mean, I'm pretty darn sure that FCD will want players like Cappis and Richards to stay with them to play in the Dallas Cup against Arsenal, etc. Same for Atlanta and TFC. I suspect that the U20 camp in Spain will be with as many foreign-based youngsters as possible with select domestic guests from MLS first teams. That's not that far from the roster that @ussoccer97531 predicted anyway. For instance, instead of calling up Justin Garces of Atlanta (who'll have the Dallas Cup), maybe this is a chance to bring in Brandon Austin of Spurs?
Amon was another of the guys I thought Goff might've been referring to. Ah well -- presumably his chance will come.
Sounds like Sam Rogers is in. It's airing again at 10:45 on Q13. One interesting bit: Rogers has been called into an upcoming two-week long U.S. U-20 camp— Joseph Mondello (@JoeMondelloFC) March 12, 2018
Interview from a couple of months ago - SFC: What’s your experience been like with the U.S. national team at the youth level? SR:“I went into [U.S.] camp when I was 16, so I haven’t been since. I want to get back there, so I got to get better here and show that I deserve to be there and make a difference. I will keep working and do what I can to get back there as soon as possible.”