YNT-Eligible Next Pro Players: 2023 In-Season Thread

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by Dave Marino-Nachison, Mar 17, 2023.

  1. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    Since the previous Next Pro thread is getting long, and the in-and-offseason thread concept seems to make sense, why don't we start a new thread for the 2023 season. There's a schedule and TV info now:

    MLS NEXT Pro today announced its 2023 regular season schedule, with matches beginning Friday, March 24. The League’s second season will feature 27 clubs, including seven new MLS affiliates. Joining MLS NEXT Pro in 2023 will be Atlanta United 2, Austin FC II, Crown Legacy FC (Charlotte FC), Huntsville City FC (Nashville SC), LA Galaxy II, Los Angeles Football Club 2 and New York Red Bulls II.

    The majority of regular season matches, plus all Decision Day matches, playoffs matches and MLS NEXT Pro Cup, will be available to watch live and on-demand on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app. The remainder of regular season matches will stream live on mlsnextpro.com. MLS Season Pass is the subscription service from Apple and Major League Soccer that is home to all MLS and Leagues Cup matches and hundreds of MLS NEXT Pro and MLS NEXT matches.​

    https://www.mlsnextpro.com/news/mls-next-pro-announces-2023-schedule-and-new-playoffs-format

    The old thread is here:

    https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/mls-next-pro-league.2119299/

    Is there a non-Next Pro lower-division in-season YNT thread? If so, please put it here!
     
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  2. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    My first question, will they be using the AI cameras for the Next Pro dot com broadcasts this year? Very hard to follow and enjoy the games (plus the zoom cut off many key moments). I’m going to assume that Apple won’t go in that direction.
     
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  3. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But MLS is responsible for all the infrastructure right, not Apple?
     
  4. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
    Apple definitely has a standard of production they require for (most of) their content. That said, given the number of people who will watch Next Pro, I don't know that it will be worth the investment for anyone.
     
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  5. MuchoTakeItEasy

    MuchoTakeItEasy Member+

    LAFC
    United States
    May 16, 2015
    Land of the Free
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are most teams releasing rosters for this or is it essentially academy all star teams and first team reservists? LAFC2 has only announced 2 players so I am confused about the squad makeup.
     
  6. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    There is a roster deadline for teams to submit to MLS Next Pro. Probably Thursday night prior to the opening game on Friday. I believe last year all teams released their rosters to local media by that time. Right now many are looking at trialists and rosters aren’t set.
     
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  7. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Inter Miami 2 has signed Haitian-American F Bryan Destin (06) and American D Tyler Hall (06) to MLSNP contracts. Both recently played in the CONCACAF U17 championship, the latter for Haiti, making him provisionally cap-tied.

    https://www.intermiamicf.com/news/inter-miami-cf-ii-signs-bryan-destin-to-professional-contract
    https://www.intermiamicf.com/news/inter-miami-cf-ii-signs-tyler-hall-to-professional-contract

    Atlanta 2 has signed forward Luke Brennan (05) to a deal that will make him homegrown for the first team in 2024.
    https://www.atlutd.com/2/news/atlanta-united-2-signs-forward-luke-brennan

    Austin has signed F Jona Santillian (04), formerly of LAG's academy, to an MLSNP deal.
    https://www.austinfc.com/austinfcii/news/austin-fc-ii-signs-joe-hafferty-jonathan-santillan

    Last month Rapids 2 signed 04 Logan Batiste, a fullback from Florida.
    https://www.coloradorapids.com/rapids2/news/colorado-rapids-2-sign-right-back-logan-batiste

    Columbus 2 signed D Xavier Zengue, an 01 who was a 4-year player at Dayton that it took late in the first round of the SuperDraft.
    https://www.columbuscrew.com/news/columbus-crew-2-signs-defender-xavier-zengue

    Earlier this month, Minnesota 2 signed Britton Fischer (04), a big CB from North Carolina who was with North Carolina FC in USL League One the past couple of years.
    https://www.mnufc.com/news/mnufc2-signs-defender-britton-fischer

    New England 2 signed an 04 GK from, of all places, Vermont this week named Max Weinstein.
    https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/ne...keeper-max-weinstein-to-professional-contract

    NYRB2 signed M Dylan Sullivan, an 01 who spent 4 years at Clemson. Notably, he is the stepbrother of Tyler Adams.
    https://www.newyorkredbulls.com/2/n...product-dylan-sullivan-to-an-mls-next-pro-con

    In an intriguing move, North Texas signed 01 attacker Tomas Pondeca earlier this month. He had been a star with the US national futsal team and was named the best young player at the last CONCACAF futsal championship.
    https://www.fcdallas.com/northtexas...deca-to-an-mls-next-pro-professional-contract

    NYCFC2 signed D Klevis Haxhari, an 05. He's from the Bronx but is provisionally cap-tied to Albania, whose chief export is chrome.
    https://www.nycfc.com/news/new-york...cademy-product-klevis-haxhari-to-professional

    Last month, Royal Monarchs signed MF Griffin Dillon, 03, formerly of the RSL academy, after his sophomore season at Maryland.
    https://www.rsl.com/monarchs/news/real-monarchs-add-former-rsl-academy-midfielder-griffin-dillon

    Similarly, Kansas City II signed 01 MF Enzo Mauriz, a former academy player who spent three college seasons at Kentucky.
    https://www.sportingkc.com/skcii/ne...demy-product-and-college-standout-enzo-mauriz

    Portland 2, which rarely seems to give a shit about player development, signed GK Carver Miller (04), who'd been toiling in a lower level in Germany and Blake Pope (03), a winger who was with North Texas last year.
    https://www.timbers.com/t2/news/tim...er-signings-ahead-of-2023-mls-next-pro-season
     
  8. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
  9. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    Apple Season Pass has added a Next Pro section that lists the first 6 broadcasts for each team. Hopefully the quality of the camera work is improved over last year.
     
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  10. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    Anyone figures out how to watch replays of Next Pro games on Apple’s Season Pass let me know.
     
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  11. NoHammiesAltidore

    United States
    Jun 28, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've probably missed a few but here's what I have for all YNT-eligible pros:
    Austin II:
    '02 David Rodriguez
    '03 Emmanuel Johnson
    '04 Leo Torres
    '04 Jonathan Santillian
    '05 Anthony De Anda
    '06 Micah Burton

    STL2:
    '01 Larsen Hackworth
    '02 Christian Olivares
    '02 Michael Wentzel
    '02 Eric Walker

    SKCII:
    '01 Mo Abualnadi
    '01 Enzo Mauriz
    '01 Jahon Rad
    '01 Andrew Draper
    '01 Ethan Bryant
    '03 Coby Jones
    '03 Mikey Lenis

    Inter Miami II:
    '01 Owen Finnerty
    '01 Lawson Sunderland
    '02 Braxton Taghvai-Najib
    '04 David Ruiz
    '06 Tyler Hall
    '06 Bryan Destin

    ATL2:
    '01 Nick Firmino
    '03 David Mejia
    '03 Vincente Reyes
    '05 Jonny Villal
    '05 Luke Brennan
    '05 Alan Carleton

    OCB:
    '04 Gonzalo Augustoni
    '06 Alejandro Granados

    NE Revs II:
    '01 Jordan Adebayo-Smith
    '01 Victor Souza
    '01 Jacob Akanyirige
    '04 Brandonn Bueno
    '04 Max Weinstein
    '05 Santi Suarez
    '05 Malcolm Fry

    TFCII:
    '04 Adisa De Rosario

    Dynamo 2:
    '01 Isaiah Reid
    '02 Diego Gonzalez
    '02 Isaiah LeFlore
    '02 Jathan Juarez
    '03 Joyner Castillo
    '03 Iffy Udanoh

    Tacoma Defiance:
    '01 Travian Sousa
    '04 Cody Baker
    '05 Antonio Herrera
    '06 Chris Aquino
    '06 Stu Hawkins

    Crew II:
    '01 Xavier Zengue
    '01 Thomas Roberts
    '01 Stuart Ritchie
    '01 Ariel Mbumba
    '01 Gibran Rayo
    '02 Coleman Gannon
    '03 Aidan Wolf
    '04 Zion Scarlett

    NTXSC:
    '01 Thomas Pondeca
    '02 Andre Luque
    '03 Ale Araneda
    '04 Pablo Torre
    '06 Ale Urzua
    '06 Diego Garcia

    Crown Legacy:
    '02 David Poreba

    Huntsville:
    '01 Perrin Barnes
    '01 Sean Suber

    Portland 2:
    '01 Jaden Jones-Riley
    '03 Selmir Miscic
    '03 Blake Pope
    '04 Carver Miller

    SJ 2:
    '01 Roberto Hategan
    '01 Eric De La Cerda
    '01 Jerry Ayon
    '01 Lalo Blancas
    '02 Aaron Edwards
    '04 Alejandro Cano

    LAG II:
    '01 Axel Picazo
    '02 Carson Klein
    '02 Aaron Cervantes
    '03 Adrian Gonzalez
    '05 Brandon Tellez
    '05 Diego Lopez
    '05 Alex Alcala
    '06 Sergio Villalpando
    '06 Nolan Anderson

    Minnesota 2:
    '04 Britton Fischer

    LAFC 2:
    '04 Yekeson Subah
    '04 Christopher Jaime
    '04 Dustin Aguirre
    '05 Bryan Moyado
    '05 Diego Rosales

    NYRB II:
    '01 Dylan Sullivan

    Rapids 2:
    '01 Marlon Vargas
    '01 Blake Malone
    '04 Logan Batiste
    '04 Robinson Aguirre

    Real Monarchs:
    '02 Bobby Pierre
    '03 Griffin Dillon
    '05 Terron Williams
    '06 Fernando Delgado
    '07 Zavier Gozo
    '08 Luca Moisa
     
  12. ogshortstufff

    ogshortstufff Member

    Chelsea
    United States
    Aug 8, 2020
    '08 Nimfasha Berchimas started today for Crown Legacy.
     
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  13. A strong Fire II lineup with a solid 3-1 win over mostly teenage Miami II. Ben Cremaschi had an assist, but was pocketed most of the match. David Ruiz ('04) had a solid relief outing in a losing cause. Justin Reynolds ('04) played well on a veteran Fire back line and Alex Monis ('03) bagged an insurance goal.
     
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  14. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    RBNY II started '01 Jayden Reid and '05 Curtis Ofori, who both have a first team contract. Interestingly, both are left backs, so I think one played LM.

    Also, Erick Ruiz, an '05 that I know nothing about, played the 2nd half.
     
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  15. Kombucha

    Kombucha Member+

    Jul 1, 2016
    Club:
    --other--
    Also started a 18 year old CB, Jack Neely, who they signed the day prior to a HGP deal.

    Feel like Charlotte are taking Next Pro seriously...started 4 players who have played or been on the bench for the 1st Team including Ben Bender.

    Of course from the few minutes, I saw and the talking points afterwards they didn't look so great in a 2-2 draw against Huntsville, but maybe Huntsville is good as on of the few non-MLS squads.
     
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  16. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
    Not sure if anyone has noted this yet but from what I have seen the camera work is much better as are the announcers. I think it might still be an AI camera, just a better one, or a remotely operated camera.
     
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  17. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    It is much better. Still feels like a small college broadcast, but it’s watchable and they have in game replays which they really lacked last season. I get the impression announcers might be college interns looking for a sports journalism degree. I wish they would put up replays for at least a period of time. Maybe it’s the MLS owners that prefer not to leave up scouting footage.
     
  18. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
    So the funny thing is that some games are available on replay on YouTube. 4 from opening weekend if you look in the MLS channel. Super weird that those would be available for free on YT but no replays on Apple
     
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  19. jeff_adams

    jeff_adams Member+

    Dec 16, 1999
    Monterey, Ca
    Were any of the 4 Apple broadcasts or were they all from MLS Next Pro dot com? It could be MLS posts them on YouTube because they have rebroadcast rights to those games. It costs nothing to upload them, right? Why not attract more eyeballs to the league?
     
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  20. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
  21. gogorath

    gogorath Member+

    None
    United States
    May 12, 2019
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  22. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
    I watched the New England - NYCFC II game. NYCFC dominated the majority of the match and were unlucky to lose 2-1.

    Esmir Bajraktarevic came on for New England in the 50th minute and helped them get a foothold back in the game, and eventually scored the winner. Only thread eligible player for NYCFC was 2005 Klevis Haxhari, who plays for the Albania U19s. He played very well. CB with good size and excellent passing.


    New England had a 6’5” CB who is also an 05. Not great on the ball but ate up a lot of crosses
     
  23. stooviesoccer

    stooviesoccer New Member

    Bayern München
    United States
    Jul 9, 2021
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  24. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Most likely Santiago Suarez. He's already signed to a first-team deal for 2024.
     
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  25. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
    https://www.youtube.com/live/YkOpxSw4lBQ?feature=share

    Atlanta - NYCFC is on YouTube.

    Noah Cobb featured prominently in this one, but most of the young players for NYCFC weren’t on the roster for tonight. Christian McFarlane did get in at the 67th minute and looked really good. Maybe taller somehow, still very smooth on the ball and strong defensively.
     

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