U20 callup data now online and viewable

Thanks for this. I'd last spotted Bashti on trial in Germany, and didn't see that news.

I confess I'm confused about Borges. I think the NISA is professional, but I'm not sure if Borges is part of that effort. Then there's the NPSL stuff. I'm guessing he wasn't a pro, but that is just a guess, and I'd love to be corrected.

 

Here's my list of 2017 U20 callups (mainly 97/98 YOBs) who aren't pros yet:

Bell Jonathan -- Sr., UMBC
Borges Marcello -- finished school at Michigan in 2019
Burns David -- ??
Jones Malcolm -- ??, does not appear to have played Sr. season at UCLA in 2018
Kelly Jeremy -- Sr., UNC
Lopez Leonardo "Leo" -- ??
Martin Henry -- finished school at Princeton in 2019, may be working out of soccer
Morris Jake -- So., Tyler JC
Pelaez Pablo -- RS-Sr., San Diego State
Pineda Mauricio -- Sr., UNC
Popovic Nebojsa "Nash" -- playing as a graduate student at U-Mich.
Salas Martin -- Sr., UNC
Silva Diego -- Thought he would be a Sr. at Utah Valley, but not on roster
Suddoth Toni -- ??, lower-division Germany but I would guess did not ever sign a pro contract
Terwege Brandon -- Jr., SMU
Wilson Sean -- RS-Sr., Xavier
Winter Abu -- Thought he would be a Jr. at York, but not on roster​

@Sandon Mibut, Silva appears (after seemingly turning up at UVU) to have un-turned up there. I would guess most of the guys currently in D1 soccer will at least have a chance to continue their careers if they choose to, but who knows.

 

I count 10 pros of the guys called up for the current U20s, having just added Rittacio and Sepulveda to my list. Anybody with confirmed pro contracts missing here?

Boateng Kwabena
Bonilla Jose Kevin
De la Fuente Konrad
Harper Cameron
Harriel Nathan
Hawkins Jalen
Hoffmann Ian
Palomino Marcelo
Ritchie Stuart
Schulte Patrick
Tessmann Tanner
Vassilev Indiana​

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lfMvt087D65kHEJtitNuODh4dPgpKCQTi6Ae9VJ2c0g/edit?usp=sharing

 

Presumably he will be but there's only been one camp for the 01/02 group so far and he wasn't there. With that said, do we know if he has a pro contract yet?

 

One can certainly be in a club's academy without being professional. Dest, for example, signed a pro deal with Ajax last December, though he had been with the club for years. I'm sure there are YNT-relevant German examples too, I'm just too lazy to think of one... and in any case, I just try to be careful for tracking purposes, though I guess it's also pertinent in the sense that without a pro contract, first-team (and perhaps certain other) appearances are unlikely.

 

Following the Costa Rica match, 11 members of the 2019 U20 pool have received at least one cap. That doesn't include Adams (who does however count for 2017); I do count Ferreira, however, since he got a callup while not yet a citizen but is one now.

The pool obviously includes several guys who seem very close and a few others who are maybe not quite as close but are on their way. And it's worth noting that Aaronson wasn't called in but now has been capped. (That's not something I track unless someone makes a World Cup roster but I figure someone else does...)

And Llanez is the first member of the current cycle to get a cap, though he has't technically been called up for the new U20s yet.

 

Did I miss any outdoor pro contracts (at any level) from this group?

Bell Jonathan
Borges Marcello
Burns David
Jones Malcolm
Lopez Leonardo "Leo"
Martin Henry
Morris Jake
Pelaez Pablo
Popovic Nebojsa "Nash"
Salas Martin
Suddoth Toni
Terwege Brandon
Wilson Sean
Winter Abu​

 

Herrera's cap brings the number of guys from the 2017 (97/98) pool to get MNT appearances to 15 (out of 87 total guys called up). One could certainly see this number rising, with Mauricio Pineda seemingly next in line, but there are a few other guys out there who might also get in.

 

If he played for them in the NISA, I think that by definition is a pro deal -- pretty sure the NISA is fully professional across the board. Have you seen a signing announcement or box score?

 

These are the only guys I have with 2021 cycle callups who I'm not sure have pro contracts -- maybe the Europe-based ones do, but it's not clear to me. Anyone know?

Benalcazar Nico
Boateng Kwabena
Pierre Kurowskybob "Bobby"
Ritchie Stuart
Schulte Patrick
Stojanovic Stefan​

 

Separately -- are there any missing pro contracts among these guys from the 2019 U20s? I believe Salas was drafted but not sure he signed:

Becher Simon
Davis Gideon
Marks George
Mendoza Glademir
Nicola Chris
Tracey Greg
Vom Steeg Carson
Garces Justin
Morris Jake
Salas Mark
Stiebel Seth
Zarris Aristotle
Zawadski Sean​

 

A pro deal for Salas was announced the day after I posted this:

https://www.fcdallas.com/news/north...north-carolina-and-fc-dallas-academy-product-

 

Becher Simon -- rising senior at SLU, led team in goals last season
Davis Gideon -- rising junior at Gonzaga, starter last season
Marks George -- rising senior at Clemson, starter last saeson
Mendoza Glademir -- rising senior at NAIA Ottawa (Ariz.), starter last season
Nicola Chris -- DNP last season at Va. Tech for reasons I didn't look into, but seems to be a rising junior
Tracey Greg -- rising senior at Portland, frequent starter last season
Vom Steeg Carson -- RS-Jr. at UCSB in 2019; team played only exhibitions last season and I don't know if he played in them
Garces Justin -- rising senior at UCLA, starter last season
Morris Jake -- rising senior at UCLA, contributing reserve last season
Stiebel Seth -- was a freshman at SLU for 2018 season, appears to have been hurt
Zarris Aristotle -- rising junior at Wake Forest, DNP last season
Zawadski Sean -- rising senior at G'town, starter last season​

 

Sorry, mistyped. Morris is at Campbell, not UCLA.

 

Now that we're through the first three matches of WCQ, I can update the U20 callup tracker -- which, you might recall, attempts to follow the progress of players called into U20 pools as they advance through the system. Covid and a, let's say, gradual restart of the YNTs has kind of broken the data a bit, but there are bigger things to worry about.

Anyway -- Pepi has not yet been called into a U20 program, but he's now capped at the WCQ level, despite still being age-eligible for one. That's, at a minimum, rare if not unprecedented, certainly in the post-90s era, certainly x2 for U.S.-born/raised/based players.

Among other things, the 99/00 group is starting to rack-up WCQ appearances -- there are now several who have them, with many likely contributors not yet involved.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lfMvt087D65kHEJtitNuODh4dPgpKCQTi6Ae9VJ2c0g/edit?usp=sharing

 

Updating my tracker through the latest round of WCQs, the 99/00 U20 pool continues to be massively consequential to the program; 7 guys with U20 callups during that cycle now have WCQ appearances, and that doesn't include Adams, who wasn't called up for that one but was previously. The two previous "classes" have 10 players with WCQs combined.

Meanwhile, those 99/00s who don't yet have WCQ appearances include both a number of players who could certainly figure during this or the next cycle, and some quality players who have switched out. (Araujo played with these guys though he was playing up.)

 

Carson vom Steeg signed with Loudoun. That's one more pro for the 2019 U20 class, with more boxes to be checked soon...