Who do you consider the top youth prospects in the United State's Youth Programs? What players in the 23u, 21u, 17u, club's academies, etc What players do you see developing and making the national team in 2014? Just a thread dedicated to top prospect talk!
I dont know where to post this but I just wanted to see if someone can clear things up for me. Is Mexico doing some recruiting in California and other states in the US for kids born after 1989?? I was watching the Mexico vs Uruguay game and I think that is what I heard.
Best prospects of the U23 and under.. I won't really go too much into the U17s since it is so hard to predict a that level but here you go Jozy Altidore U23 Gale Agbossoumonde U20 Sebastian Lletget U20 Michael Hoyos U20 (also considering Argentina) Luis Gil U18 Juan Agudelo U20 Tristian Bowen U20 Eric Lichaj U23 Mix Diskerud U23 Jack McInerney U20 Amobi Okugo U20 Danny Williams U23 (still has to get his US passport but is American) Samir Badr U20 Michael Stephens U23
Hamid turns 20 later this year so doesn't count as a U20 for this cycle. How could anyone miss Adu U23, yeah I know his club situation sucks but he still among the best U23's we have.
I was hoping that someone could answer my question but anyways I would like to add that Moises Orozco has been doing very well at youth level.
You're right, my bad. I was going by years given in the 2008 YNT eligibility thread. Didn't check the date...
Lester Dewee over in France Gale Agboussomonde in Portugal Tony Taylor in Portugal Ill also go ahead and say Amobi Okugo too
Charles Renken and Joseph Gyau. Both, I believe, are in the attacking mid/striker role and are U20s. Signed with Hoffenheim now. Dewee, Gil, and Agboussomonde are the ones mentioned that I'm most excited for. Also, he's not on any youth teams, but Charlie Davies is still 23. Should be in his prime for 2014
The original poster is new so he doesn't know who these guys are. You have to specify which clubs they are at to be somewhat relevant. I put them in bold
Michael Stephens is at the LA Galaxy U23 Omar Gonzalez is also at the Galaxy and he is a U23 Samir Badr is at Porto Danny Williams is at Freiburg
My Top 20 1. Jozy Altidore; Villareal 2. Danny Williams; SC Freiburg 3. Omar Gonzalez; LA Galaxy 4. Tristan Bowen; LA Galaxy 5. Michael Hoyos; Estudiantes de la Plata 6. Michael Stevens; LA Galaxy 7. Bill Hamid; DC United 8. Brek Shea; FC Dallas 9. Eric Lichaj; Aston Villa 10. Freddy Adu; FC Ineedajob 11. Blair Gavin; Chivas USA 12. Ike Opara; San Jose Earthquakes 13. Danny Cruz; Houston Dynamo 14. Francisco Navas Cobo; Houston Dynamo 15. Miguel Angel Ponce; CD Chivas 16. Gale Agbossoumonde; Sporting Braga 17. Sebastian Lletget; West Ham 18. Juan Agudelo; NY Red Bulls 19. Anthony Wallace; FC Dallas 20. Jack McInerney; Philadelphia Union I feel like Felix Garcia will show us that he belongs in the top 20 provided he gets his head on straight and gets back with the Dynamo. Here's a list of pros eligible for the youth national teams(credit mike4066 for the list): GK Sean Johnson Chicago Fire Josh Lambo FC Dallas Brian Perk Philadelphia Union Bill Hamid DC United Samir Badr Porto Cody Cropper Ipswich Town DF Anthony Wallace FC Dallas Kyle Davies FC Dallas Jorge Flores Chivas USA Ike Opara San Jose Earthquakes Greg Eckhardt VPS Vaasa Fabian Irigoyen Centro Atlético Fénix Zachary Herold Toronto FC Miguel Angel Ponce CD Chivas Dallas Moore Grimsby Town Alfredo Morales Hertha BSC Giuseppe Nazzani AS Figline Gale Agbossoumonde Sporting Braga Gregg Garza Sporting Lisbon Blake Robinson Werder Bremen Parker Walsh Karlsruher SC MF Alex Nimo Real Salt Lake Gerson Mayen Chivas USA Michael Stephens Los Angeles Galaxy Danny Cruz Houston Dynamo Brek Shea FC Dallas Dilly Duka Columbus Crew Cesar Zamora Chivas USA Blair Gavin Chivas USA Francisco Navas Houston Dynamo Amobi Okugo Philadelphia Union Isaac Acuña Sánchez Club America Freddy Adu Aris Thessaloniki FC Bryan Arguez G.D. Estoril Praia Royal-Dominique Fennell Stuttgarter Kickers Luis Gil Real Salt Lake Armando Ochoa SCR Altach Daniel Williams SC Freiburg Mikkel Diskerud Stabaek Jared Jeffrey FSV Mainz Axel Levry Energie Cottbus Devann Yao Ipswich Town Josh Gatt SCR Altach Michael Hoyos Estudiantes de la Plata Fabrice-Jean Picault Cagliari Patrick Otte Middlesbrough Jordan Patrick Cambridge United Marcel Ramsey FC Schalke 04 Christian Castaneda Hertha Berlin Sebastian Lletget West Ham United Will Packwood Birmingham City Erik Benjaminsen Stabaek Lester Dewee Marseille Bryan Dominguez Miami FC Alex Molano Dinamo Zagreb George Pantelic Rad Moises Orozco unattached FW Peri Marosevic FC Dallas Fuad Ibrahim Toronto FC Tristan Bowen Los Angeles Galaxy Andrew Wiedeman FC Dallas Jozy Altidore Hull City AFC Steven Cabas Miami FC Juan Agudelo New York Red Bulls Jack McInerney Philadelphia Union Matt Luzunaris SK Rapid Wien Tony Taylor G.D. Estoril Praia Andrew Wooten FC Kaiserslautern Timothy Chandler Eintracht Frankfurt Michael Greenberg Maccabi Petah Tikva Kenneth Di Vita Jensen Hønefoss BK Nadav Kariv FC Wohlen Norberto Ochoa Club Brugge Ellis McLoughlin unattached Terrence Boyd Hertha BSC Bobby Wood 1860 Munich Remember this is still early in the cycle for the U20s and the Olympics are even further away. A hell of a lot more guys will be going pro who are still in college right now.
yeah, and there are guys like Bryan Arguez who's club is wrong, I just didn't feel like changing it, it's just somewhere to start.
Dont forget the dual nationals who have played for other national teams Fabian Johnson (Vfl Wolfsburg) '87 Alex Zahavi (Sporting Lisbon) '91 both could be possibilities as its unlikely they break into portugals or germanys squads.
While Omar Gonzalez and Eric Lichaj are both very promising and both currently under the age of 23, they aren't eligible for any US youth teams.
whoops, my bad, neither is Fabian Johnson who was mentioned. My(Revised) Top 20 1. Jozy Altidore; Villareal 2. Danny Williams; SC Freiburg 3. Tristan Bowen; LA Galaxy 4. Michael Hoyos; Estudiantes de la Plata 5. Michael Stevens; LA Galaxy 6. Bill Hamid; DC United 7. Brek Shea; FC Dallas 8. Freddy Adu; FC Ineedajob 9. Alex Zahavi; Sporting Lisbon 10. Blair Gavin; Chivas USA 11. Ike Opara; San Jose Earthquakes 12. Amobi Okugo; Philadelphia Union 13. Danny Cruz; Houston Dynamo 14. Francisco Navas Cobo; Houston Dynamo 15. Miguel Angel Ponce; CD Chivas 16. Gale Agbossoumonde; Sporting Braga 17. Sebastian Lletget; West Ham 18. Juan Agudelo; NY Red Bulls 19. Anthony Wallace; FC Dallas 20. Jack McInerney; Philadelphia Union
I have seen the ads on TV inviting players interested in attending a camp. They are usually associated with major clubs like Club America, Cruz Azul, etc. This is common in South America where Euro clubs do the same thing - trying to find the next Messi. Find them cheap, develop them and then sell them for big fees
Can anyone with more knowledge than me break down the defensive players into right and left sided? They seem to be big holes for us on the senior team (aside from Cherundolo and Boca playing out of position). Major thanks and rep to anyone who can provide insight.
Not many left backs are top prospects. Greg Garza at Sporting Lisbon has been converted into a LB. Tyler Polak is also a LB. One of those two will be the starter for the US U20 team this cycle At right back you have Eric Lichaj. Danny Williams at Freiburg played there a bit this season but he is naturally a central midfielder.