The 2023 U-16 Player Pool Thread

My first thought was "a USYNT roster with a Patrick Los from the Chicago Fire, that must be Damian Las' younger brother..."

 

neither Las or Los are typical Polish surnames. A lot of Polish in Chicago change the spelling of their name so it doesn’t have 8 consonants in a row

 

That is almost a possible ringing endorsement of the potential great talent of this U16 team.

 

Eh. I don't want to get carried away.

 

Hearing from sources Sean Petrie is with the USYNT U16. He will fly to Japan directly from Portugal. He was not included on the list due to his trial with Sporting CP pic.twitter.com/7t9xhKZMQe

— Youth Soccer Central (@yscentral) May 25, 2023

 

Axel Perez is at least 5'7 and he is still young to grow.
Caden Glover is out with an injured.

 

Yeah. I noticed that about Axel.

 

Any remember the old Chicago Fire supporter's group made up of Eastern Euro's? They wore orange and were in the first few years. Wonder if their kids are now prospects.

 

The JFA is livestreaming 3 matches from the tournament:

Netherlands vs. Nigeria (5/31 12pm JST)


USA - Netherlands (6/2 12pm JST)


Nigeria - USA (6/4 12pm JST)

 

So every match that doesn't involve Japan?

 

right, looks like they sold the rights to the Japan games only to a paid service.

 

anyone got a linkto the game?

 

The US U-16s take the opener 2-1 over Japan. They looked relatively toothless until the 2nd half when Berchimas switched from RW to LW and started creating problems with his pace and dribbling, culminating in a combination resulting in Santi Morales finishing neatly in the box. Later on, substitute Petrie bundled in from close range after Japan failed to clear a corner. Japan’s consolation at the death was a rebound off a FK.

Overall not a super interesting game though the US defense looked pretty solid.

 

You know no one in that Japan team was going to push that 6'5 CB Neil Pierre special not in the U16.
Hopefully we can see and hear what players have done in the next few games.

 

If people are gonna watch these games, since it's apparently possible to watch them, should we try a PBP thread?

 

Highlights:

 

Berchimas the standout judging from the highlights.

 

Big Soccer classics:
'from the highlights'
'from the score'
'A- team'

 

I think it was just because of his size. Ball skills and finishing, weren't as good as our other players.

 

Father of U.S. Youth International, Santi Morales, currently playing for the U16s in Japan. https://t.co/gbcEu5pl8Z

— Marcus Chairez (@chai_asc) June 1, 2023

 

USYNT U-16 Starting XI vs. Netherlands U-16 👇

Z. CAMPAGNOLO
J. WHITE
N. PIERRE
N. ALMEIDA
J. SANTIAGO
A. TORRES
A. PEREZ
E. TORRES JR
M. CARRIZO
B. OUTMAN
S. PETRIE

Match will be streamed on JFATV: https://t.co/Cwj2A1Ophv

— Footy Access (@footy_access) June 2, 2023

 

Anyone have roster with numbers?

 

You were able to see the full game?

 

You'll be able to tell by positions and physical characteristics.