U20 NTC Invitational 6/29 - 7/3 (Carson, CA)

I’ve heard Akale, Redding, Sabbi, and Yueill will be there. Haven’t seen a full roster yet though.

— J.R. Eskilson (@JREskilson) June 22, 2016

 

Saucedo is in

 

Also, EPB was invited but will not attend so he can begin the preseason with Porto

 

so is he there until Dec/Jan then?

 

Busy month, as the U-20's are also playing in the COTIF Tournament in Spain in late July-early August. I wonder if this is one of those deals where the NTC will have more North American-based players while the COTIF Tournament features more Europeans.

 

I wonder if Glad will be going, seems pretty integral with RSL right now but so does Redding. But Orlando at least has other options at the spot. If he does get called in it would be interesting to see the Redding/Glad pairing, and if he doesn't it will be interesting to see who he get paired with. Almost certainly Marcelo Borges will be called in but still, should be interesting.

 

I don't like that Orlando is releasing Redding for what is essentially a meaningless tournament.

We have other guys we can invite to build the pool............................

 

I will attempt to spin this positively:

Presumably Redding will depart after Orlando's game against Toronto on June 25. If he stays for the whole camp, he'd likely not play in their next game against Dallas on July 4. However, Orlando then have a busy schedule with games on July 8, 13, 16, 23, 29 (USOC), and 31. There will likely need to be a bit of squad rotation anyway.

 

Marlon Fossey is in

 

I think Fossey would be only the second '98 to get a U20 callup who wasn't part of the last U17 setup, Young being the other.

 

It'll be interesting to see if Zendejas is there after news today that's he leaving Dallas for Chivas.

Won't necessarily mean anything definitive either way and also he's been injured so not even sure he's fit but interesting nonetheless.

 

Marco Farfan better get called up

 

De la torre also in.

Roster should be out tomorrow


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FWIW, being at Chivas seemingly wasn't an issue for Luis Martir last cycle. And Julio Morales was Chivas property when he got his MNT callup (after appearing for Mexico YNTs).

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015/01/09/11/46/150109-mnt-january-camp-roster-rel

 

Hopefully we can get the best possible players. So far, EPB won't be there. Pulisic as well. Zendejas can probably be counted out as well. We should try to get the rest of the players that we can get.

GK: Marcinkowski, Vom Steeg, Klinsi
Defenders: Fossey, Olosunde, Carter-Vickers, Redding, Glad, Miles Robinson, Barbir Antonee Robinson, Nelson
Midfielders: Scott, Zelalem, Albelo, Williamson, Yueill, DLT, Akale, Saucedo, Perez, Sabbi
Forwards: Haji, Ebobisse, Lennon

Thats 25 players. Its hard to narrow it down to 23. There are so many good players.

 

No love for Marco Farfan.

 

I don't know enough about his game. I thought about Farfan over Nelson, but I went with the known quantity.

Its just my opinion, by the way. I don't pick the roster, and for all we know, he could be picked.

 

I like Nelson but Farfan has been playing decently at a higher level.

 

chance haji goes to preseason with schalke's FT?

 

With the other event in Spain coming quickly (July) we may see a little bit of a split squad. We should still be in a little bit of "building the pool" mode. For instance I see no reason to bring all of CCV, Redding, Glad, and Barbir to this event. Two to this event and two to the other, with some other guys in the rotation to fill the pool (Kyle Gruno, etc.) Maybe EPB goes to the event in Spain............................

Probably MLS/domestic depth at this event (Craft, Mansaray, and company) and foreign-based depth at the Spain event. And hopefully there will be some new names for us from Mexico. We really haven't looked at many Mexico-based options. We know they're there................

 

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Couple Of Locals Included In The US U20 NTC Tournament Roster Will Reveal The Names In The Coming Days!

— DMV Soccer (@DMVSoccer96) June 23, 2016

Could be Ebobisse, Mendes, Robinson, Williamson, maybe others...

As a side note, Ramos has already called in 59 players through the first four camps. Last cycle, he called in 79 total. We may or may not be getting close to the bulk of the pool being seen at least once, late-blooming '98s and Euro additions perhaps aside.

 

Why? He's regarded as one of the best prospects in their academy by the fans who watch the academy games regularly and he scored at about a goal per game pace.

 

There could be some 99's that get a chance later in the cycle. I wouldn't rule out Adams, Lopez, Gruno, Tillman, Taitague.