The 2023 U-20 Player Pool Thread

In concert with the regular January camp or are they going to be completely separate?

 

I'm not 100% sure but I think separate

 

So not during an International Break? I think the first break is in March.

 

There is typically always a U-20 camp in January (especially during a WC year). Usually U.S U-20 teams mostly consist of players based domestically as 18-19 year olds so it’ll be an important camp

 

Columbus Crew interviewed US U20 manager Mikey Varas in their search for a head coach, per sources. Wilfried Nancy always top choice but good experience/recognition for Varas.

Also: Nancy expected to add to coaching staff soon. Talks ongoing.https://t.co/SwjzpP2giJ

— Tom Bogert (@tombogert) December 8, 2022

 

Varas is doing a good job. When asking around, the players love him.

 

That also was the best coached American team.

 

Always good to see reminders that coaches typically see YNT gigs as stepping stones to bigger things, not the other way around. I remember years ago there were complaints when a then-out-of-work Gerard Houllier wasn't given such an opportunity.

 

He has been outstanding. I was hoping he would stick around and lead the U20s in the 2023 WC.

 

Depends on how much he's paid. I understand that our federation is poor. but if MLS added something like $300K to his salary ( $5K per club), they would make a few millions in profit easily.

 

Tab Ramos at least when he was U20 coach, was paid $460,772 in his last year on the job. He was also youth technical director so I’m sure that contributed to his salary. Now I’m sure Varas doesn’t get paid as much (and in prior years Ramos got paid less), but I’m sure he’s getting paid decently at least.

 

Not sure if this has been seen already, but I came across this article about Mikey Varas that I thought was insightful. If has already been posted, then I apologize. I did not go through all of the pages (read:none of them ) of this thread to see if it has already been posted.

https://glenncrookssoccer.com/blog/a-conversation-with-usmnt-u-20-head-coach-mikey-varas-part-i

 

That's a great article.

 

That's the guy we want to run camps, and not only for U-20.

 

Hopefully he gets to coach the Olympic team.

 

Weren't the 20s supposed to have a camp this month? Did I miss it? Did it get cancelled?

 

Jan 19-28th

 

Is that roster also expected Wednesday too?

 

I would assume so, but who knows

 

I didn't realize until yesterday that Tyler Freeman signed with Nashville a couple of weeks ago. DC wanted him, but he apparently wasn't interested.

He's the type of player who could jump into consideration for the U20 roster if he has a strong start to the MLS season. I'm not sure if he'll actually get minutes at Nashville, but it's something to watch for.

 

It's 10:08. Fire the coach!

 

And here it is

GOALKEEPERS (2):
Antonio Carrera (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Emmanuel Ochoa (San Jose Earthquakes; Salinas, Calif.)

DEFENDERS (8):
Brandan Craig (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.), Mauricio Cuevas (Club Brugge/BEL); Marcus Ferkranus (LA Galaxy; Santa Clarita, Calif.), Alexander Freeman (Orlando City SC; Plantation, Fla.), Michael Halliday (Orlando City SC; Apopka, Fla.), Caleb Wiley (Atlanta United FC; Atlanta, Ga.), Thomas Williams (Orlando City SC; Titusville, Fla.), Joshua Wynder (Louisville City FC; Louisville, Ky.)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Alejandro Alvarado Jr. (Vizela/POR; Los Angeles, Calif.), Daniel Leyva (Seattle Sounders FC; Las Vegas, Nev.), Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake; Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union; Middle Village, Pa.), Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes; Saratoga, Calif.), Owen Wolff (Austin FC; Braselton, Ga.)

FORWARDS (6):
Jackson Hopkins (D.C. United; Fredericksburg, Va.), Roald Mitchell (Wake Forest; Montclair, N.J.), Korede Osundina (Orange County SC; Redmond, Wash.), Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.), Tyler Wolff (Atlanta United FC; Austin, Texas)

 

No Chris Brady and no Benjamin Cremaschi is surprising, but could have been a release issue.

 

Out of curiosity where did you find this? I didn't see anything online.