Youth Yanks Abroad, '01-'04 YOBs (and Younger): 2018/19 Thread

They’ve specifically targeted areas that don’t belong to any club’s HG territory such as North Carolina.

If MLS ever gets rid of the dumb territory rule, SKC will no doubt be recruiting everywhere.

 

IIRC, this kid is from Boston. I would think that is NE territory. Maybe they have traded some GAM behind the scenes.

 

Are you talking about Patrick Leal? He signed for a team in Lisbon.

 

Haha, too much time on too many different threads! Also, dumb copy cat MLS names. Never would have read that wrong if they were still called the Wiz.

Belenese to Sporting is obviously a step up.

 

I guess 18 yr old Americans to Germany is now officially a wave. Mendez to Frieberg, Llanez and Edwards to Wolfsburg in the last day.

Didn't Ledezma get the memo?

Interesting that Tyler Adams hasn't caused anyone to go his route. These kids just want to go over there. Brave.

Another question, why are they all so spread out? Dortmund, Munich, Schalke, Freiberg, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg, Hannover, Darmstadt, G. Furth, Hertha, Karlsruher, and maybe a couple I've missed. It seems every German team wants Americans (free and young).

 

MLS academies are losing a lot of good prospects, but it's not like the number of kids signing MLS/USL deals has dried up. Seattle alone signed a half-dozen 01s and 02s to USL contracts in the last six months.

Quite a few U17s are under contract in MLS or USL including some pretty prominent ones: Bello, Busio, Fuentes, Scally, Ocampo-Chavez, Serrano, Lopez.

 

One thing about the 3+2 HG contract is that it keeps the clubs from really churning those spots. So, if you sign a bunch of '99s, there might not be any room for '02s because you still have the '99s. I think the development ranks in Europe are much more cutthroat. A whole roster of U19 will graduate but only a few will be kept.

There might be a transition where most of the HG kids are 18-22 to a point 3 years from now where they are mostly 15-18. Since limited roster sizes in MLS has forced some HG kids to get minutes here and there, we might see more and more 16-17 yr olds getting spot appearances like Bello.

 

Check out @FutureUsmnt’s Tweet:

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I was wondering what became of Xuxuh, who at one time was perhaps the most hyped '01. Well, let's see how his trial goes.

 

I still don’t think I’ve ever seen him play and remain skeptical of his existence

 

I've seen him play and I dont think he is anything special.

 

Saw him play at Dallas Cup a few years back to see what all the internet buzz was about on him. He looked good but definitely benefited from being bigger, faster and physically dominate over the kids he was playing with. Hope he gets on in Europe somewhere.

 

I remember watching him about a year ago with the U16s and having no prior experience watching him and being extremely impressed. He played right back but was clearly extremely two footed, was great defensively, and moved really well on the ball. That's a lot more than I can say for most of our fullback prospects.

That, and yeah, he was still a tremendous athlete at that point in terms of both speed and acceleration, which is quite useful for a fullback.

 

Offensively, he plays some like Bello with a touch less pace. Looked a little better defensively than Bello. He can play both sides, but does better on the right because it allows him to attack better as an inverted fullback. His speed didn't look to be a problem, but he doesn't motor past players whenever he wants. He's better cutting in than running the line.

 

I'm pretty sure he's the Lennay Kukuah of soccer.

 

Konrad scored today.

🎥 [HIGHLIGHTS] 👍 Així ha estat la victòria del Juvenil A davant de l’Europa amb gols de Marqués, Konrad, Ilaix i Ansu (4-0) / 👍 Así ha sido la victoria del Juvenil A ante el Europa (4-0)#FCBMasia #ForçaBarça🔵🔴 pic.twitter.com/Oy4Vpi4Deo

— FC Barcelona - Masia (@FCBmasia) October 20, 2018

 

The other highlights are more impressive than the goal.

If Barcelona releases him, he needs to be on the U-20 WC team.

 

He was #11 on the right wing, right? If so, he had some filthy moves on runs not connected to his goal.

 

Yes, #11.

 

Another goal for Arce for Morelia. Believe that puts him up to 6 goals for this Apertura so far, which would presumably be among the most in U17 Liga MX. And he's done it in less than 400 minutes; he's been in and out of their lineup presumably because of being away for international duty. In last season's Clausura he was the third-leading scorer in U15 Liga MX.

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'01 California-born striker Jordan Adebayo-Smith was on the bench for the first time in EFL League Two, after being on the bench a couple of times for cup matches. His team Lincoln City are the League Two leaders and possibly more of a League One-caliber side, so this is impressive. Hope he is on the USSF's radar.

📝 TEAM NEWS:

Matt Rhead©️@wharton_scott keeps his place, and @EllisChapman_12 makes his second league start of the season.

1️⃣ change to the starting line-up from last Saturday. #ImpsCamb pic.twitter.com/CuSXidBOLY

— Lincoln City FC 🇺🇦 (@LincolnCity_FC) October 20, 2018

 

This '03 Spanish goalkeeper is purportedly US-eligible, although this is not confirmed. The typically accurate O When the Yanks site had listed him as an eligible prospect before it was shut down.
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foo...s-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-Alejandro-Iturbe
https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2018/08/31/5b891fe7268e3ef2138b457d.html

 

Do we know if he has Spain YNT caps? If not, why the hold up in calling him into the '03 age group?