When your USL affiliate (OKC) has more youth callups than you do (FCD)!! I like seeing so many LAFC youngsters in the camp. Competition in Southern California for these youngsters should lead everybody to raise their game..
Two @Oklahoma_FC players, Daniel Gutierrez-Jaime and Rokas Pukstas, begin U-15 @ussoccer_ynt camp today! Good luck, boys! 🇺🇸https://t.co/l2rQy0p03T#ForCityAndClub#AndCountry pic.twitter.com/pqlB1qC2fy— Energy FC (@EnergyFC) March 4, 2018
FCGS vs 2004 YMNT. What a pleasure to play them. FCGS_Academy @cb3performance @UplandArena pic.twitter.com/fVSxUpdSrU— Jimmy Nordberg (@jimmynordberg) March 7, 2018 2-0 for US in the first game. Evan had an assist. Second game 3-1 for the US. FCGS are very good though. They play some good football.— Dom Rotundo (@domrotundo) March 8, 2018 Games against Club Tijuana up next
Training camp being held in Croatia running from May 5-16 Roster: GOALKEEPERS (2): Mikah Seger (D. C. United) Gabriel Slonina (Chicago Fire) DEFENDERS (7): Noah Allen (Weston FC) Brandan Craig (Philadelphia Union) Antonio Leone (Los Angeles Football Club) Ryan Quintos (Sockers FC) Justin Reynolds (Chicago Fire) Levi Stephens (Internationals) Devan Tanton (UE Cornelia/ESP) MIDFIELDERS (8): Juan Alvarez (Seattle Sounders FC) Zach Booth (Real Salt Lake) Cesar Elizalde (FC Dallas) Kenan Hot (Players Development Academy) Brendan Lambe (North Carolina FC Youth) Rokas Pukstas (Oklahoma City Energy FC) Allan Rodriguez (Indiana Fire Academy) Evan Rotundo (San Diego Surf) FORWARDS (3): Austin Brummett (Seattle Sounders FC) Rafael Jauregui (Sacramento Republic FC) Korede Osundina (Crossfire Premier)
Is Mexico playing at the same tournament? Alcala is with the Mexican U-15's this week. Less than half of these players are playing in MLS academies. Usually its a much higher percentage. Only two of these players who've played beyond the U-15 level for their clubs are Lambe and Rotundo. Osundina is averaging nearly two goals per game, although he's playing in his own age group. Dantouma Toure is also from this birth year.
🎥Conoce a Evan Rotundo, un chico de los EEUU que ya ha entrenado con la academia del @Arsenal y del @ManCity . (Vía @COPA90 ) pic.twitter.com/HXYQ7ytkJa— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) September 14, 2017
Which tournament are you referring to? The roster release mentions it's an international camp so I assume we'll be playing a couple friendlies against Croatia and maybe a couple other neighboring countries/clubs. I think for the time being Alcala is sticking with Mexico. Leone is highly rated and was called up by Mexico as well but I'm unsure if he attended or not, he's been in 3 or so camps with us at this point
I'm on my phone so I can't link it, but Alcala is on a Mexico U-15 roster released today. I'm assuming it's a tournament if USA and Mexico are releasing U-15 rosters the same day, but you would know better than I would.
I like seeing so many from so many varied places. It looks like the academies and the scouts are picking up their game all over the country. I know it's way too early to proclaim the US is an emerging big power but I always wondered if the US in soccer could do what they did in gymnastics and cycling - two other global sports that we were non-existant in then a real power (no fair piling on cycling with illegal stuff jokes as everyone did that and it just proves we knew how to play the game like the big boys ).
I absolutely love that our team pictures look like they could have been taken at the 'United Nations' Bring Your Kid to Work Day'. This sort of team diversity represents a lot of what I love about our country and what I believe to be a real strength when it's being properly appreciated and supported.
It was HNK Gorica. CB Leone scored and Rotundo had an assist. @ussoccer_ynt U15's 1 - 3 Bosnia U15's pic.twitter.com/QS6xV6dRPG— James Parry (@jrpsoccer) May 10, 2018 Hearing it wasn't the Bosnia U15s (04s) - (instead a mixture of 02/03 players from what I'm told). https://t.co/PhRjdTNm4J— Dom Rotundo (@domrotundo) May 10, 2018
From what I’m told Evan had 2, Rafa had 1, Kerede had 1 and Devan had 1— Dom Rotundo (@domrotundo) May 15, 2018
Here's links to the starting XI's for the two B&H games, I believe both B&H teams were '03s - U-15 BNT loss 3-1 https://t.co/aoMb5Chdfd— Dallas Cup ⚽️ (@dallascup) May 10, 2018 U14 USYNT loss 2-1 https://t.co/4IfxHT7WSS— Dallas Cup ⚽️ (@dallascup) May 12, 2018