U-15s at Vlatko Marković International Tournament, May 2026 (Tournament Thread)

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...-markovic-international-tournament-in-croatia

Our group matches will be May 19 (Korea Republic), May 20 (Switzerland), and May 22 (Portugal). Placement match will be on May 24. All 3 group stage matches will kick off at 5:30 am ET. I'll keep an eye out for any streaming options.

 

I really don’t like this roster and I think we need to reckon with the same things we have before that Ross Brady and Garrett Biller are setting this very talented generation back. They will be at a deficit when they hit the U-16’s due to how poorly things were managed at U-15. https://t.co/R5xecDycYo

— USMNTProspects (@ProspectsUsmnt) May 13, 2026

A few positives:

-GK’s are fine
-Interested about two new players from Europe
-Washington finally given a chance
-ZLR, Ros, Tristani, Flowers, Osagie, Fitanidis, Welch all reasonable selections. https://t.co/R5xecDycYo

— USMNTProspects (@ProspectsUsmnt) May 13, 2026

 

Very interesting that Keyrol Figueroa's younger brother, Keyvan, gets called into his first USYNT camp days after his brother announced he is switching to Honduras. https://t.co/43oP3mIdPy

— Marcus Chairez | US/SC (@USSoccerColl) May 13, 2026

 

Another important piece of context is that this tournament directly competes with MLS Next Playoffs which starts next week in Salt Lake City. It's possible that some of the players will travel back to compete, but also likely some players were not released.

— Marcus Chairez | US/SC (@USSoccerColl) May 13, 2026

 

Good roster analysis write-up here from Marcus.

https://www.ussoccercollective.com/us-youth-national-teams/u15-usynt-april-2026-roster-analysis

 

Here's the Japanese squad:

https://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u15_2026/20260524/news/00036318/

And Brazil's side:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/b...P029XfDKL--0fQmU2rLVZ_K6iIRfOuE1YFTHfjmwYvPD1

 

Sofascore page for the tournament:

https://www.sofascore.com/football/...nal-tournament-vlatko-markovic/22479#id:94654

 

Unofficial channel (and I have no idea if they will be streaming this year), but there are full matches from 2024 available on this YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@hns.family1/

 

Reminder that our 1st group match is tomorrow morning, 5:30 ET, versus Korea Republic. Still not sure on streaming and/or if the matches will be available for viewing later.

 

Me neither!

 

Haven't seen anything yet about the match this morning. Not a thing.

 

The #U15BNT kicked off the Vlatko Marković Tournament with a 1-0 win over Korea Republic! 👏 pic.twitter.com/OUQ0cgLIKG

— U.S. Soccer YNT (@USYNT) May 19, 2026

EDIT: To add the goalscorer.

Kenzynton Pierre,second half

— SlaviBay (@BaySlavi) May 19, 2026

 

GK: Bayraktarov
RB: Carlos
RCB: Leone (C)
LCB: Figueroa
LB: Alvarez
DM: Ros
RCM: Tristani
LCM: Gonzalez
RW: Levkovsky
CF: Schlotterbeck
LW: Flowers

Those were the 11 starters. Pretty confident on most of those positions. Who started at the 9 is a mystery because there’s no 9. https://t.co/KRSwaX9JrU

— USMNTProspects (@ProspectsUsmnt) May 19, 2026

 

I was told there was no stream for the U-15 game against Korea Republic.

— USMNTProspects (@ProspectsUsmnt) May 19, 2026

 

The MAXSport YouTube channel is live-streaming, but it looks like only the Croatian team matches.

https://www.youtube.com/@max-sport/streams?app=desktop&ra=m

 

Playing Switzerland at 5:30 am ET tomorrow (May 20.) Looking like the only way we get a stream is if we play Croatia in the placement match.

 

The #U15BNT earn a 3-0 win over Switzerland and get their second-straight win at the Vlatko Marković International Tournament 💪

⚽️ Mason Washington
⚽️ Zamir Loyo Reynaga
⚽️ Benjamin Flowers pic.twitter.com/cYyzA8oyEZ

— U.S. Soccer YNT (@USYNT) May 20, 2026

 

Impressed with the 2 clean sheets so far.