Saw this tweet, which praises Xuxuh: Word out of England is that US U16 BNT has been very impressive. Reports suggest '01 Fullback John 'Xuxuh' Hilton has been a stellar #usynt— Joey (@USAprospects) February 16, 2016
from a couple of days ago John 'Xuxuh' Hilton, Luis Arriaga, Uly Llanez & Gabe Segal highlight 2001s as US U16s are in England this week. #usynt— Joey (@USAprospects) February 12, 2016
Geez, so this is really useless for us. They could be saying he looks good in training against his teammates. That would seem fairly useless.
USA U/16 NT preparing for tomorrow's game vs England. @AmericanOutlaws @ussoccerplayers @ColoradoRapids @jtsdad22 pic.twitter.com/fsZdUNE5e7— Marcelo Balboa (@marcelobalboa17) February 16, 2016
So Balboa is coaching this team? Or just dropping in for this trip? 1st day in England with U/16 National Team and @bguzan came by to chat with the boys.@ussoccer @AmericanOutlaws, pic.twitter.com/yjSyxzmTQL— Marcelo Balboa (@marcelobalboa17) February 13, 2016
Quick match report, based on having seen no match action and read no match reports, and knowing nothing about who played, coached or anything else, even second- or third-hand: It was a mixed performance. The U.S. wasn't able to score more than one goal on England, but the defense did hold the hosts to only one score. That said, we might have played better, generally speaking, though that said, we might have played worse.
I don't think its bad to draw with England, regardless of level or level of players that they play. England's "C" team at most levels probably has more depth than our "A" team.
US U16 - 1 :: England U16 - 1. Goal from @BethesdaOlney striker Gabe Segal. Xuxuh Hilton continues to shine. #usynt pic.twitter.com/gW3U1OdA7X— Joey (@USAprospects) February 18, 2016
U16 BNT starting lineup today vs England w/ Weston FC's Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen, Sebastian Serpa and Jose Rivas pic.twitter.com/NsIhtq9V02— Weston FC DA/USL2 (@westonfc_ussda) February 17, 2016
Any of these players Konrad? U16 BNT starting lineup today vs England w/ Weston FC's Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen, Sebastian Serpa and Jose Rivas pic.twitter.com/NsIhtq9V02— Weston FC DA/USL2 (@westonfc_ussda) February 17, 2016 U.S. U16 BNT lost to England 4-2 today. Uly Llanez scored one of the U.S. goals. (via @ULlanez) pic.twitter.com/0Zp3l6q0cs— J.R. Eskilson (@JREskilson) February 19, 2016
I'd have to check with my son to be sure--he's the one who knows most of these boys. But I think that #11 in the Weston photo might be him. He's definitely not in the Eskilson photo from the 2nd game.
Based on height, I do think that 11 is Konrad--not too tall. Bryan Reynolds from FC Dallas was there--and has a similar haircut--but he's much taller (I'm looking at a couple of twitter pics for reference). Among the boys in the photos for game day 1 (Weston photo) are Taylor Booth, Michael Pellegrino, Indiana Vasseliev, Luke Defrietas-Hansen (GK), Sebastian Serpa, Jose Rivas, Xuhxuxh, Luke Hanson, . I know Luis Arriaga, Uly Llanez, Nike Fernandez, Marcello Palomino (he was #13 on the 1st game day--but #'s seemed to move around some), and Gabe Segal were there. The other photo (from 2nd game) has Cole McNally (GK) and Gabe Findley who played in only that game.