Seems like it's as good a time as any for a thread that breaks this four-year cycle (and beyond) off from the '97-'00 group. If not, I guess it can go to the place unloved threads go... Here's one to get us started: American-born '02 Amadou van Leeuwen, currently playing in Cyprus, has been called into Mali's U20s, according to his club. https://www.facebook.com/AkrotiriFC/posts/852429132179255 He had spent time with their U17s but, I'm pretty sure, isn't cap-tied. Here's the thread for older players on foreign YNTs: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/yanks-on-foreign-ynts-1997-and-later.2030961/ Here's the YA forum thread for players on other senior NTs: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/yanks-on-foreign-nts-r.1974275/
This is what happens when you don’t have any U-17 camps for a year. Players with options might go elsewhere. Yes, I know he was supposed to be at the cancelled camp, but USSF never rescheduled a camp to call these players into. 1317505373545312262 is not a valid tweet id
https://www.instagram.com/marcos.zambrano9/ This '05 Ecuador U16 player is probably American based on his IG bio. Full name is Marcos Alberto Zambrano Delgado. Possibly born in US and raised in South America like many of the US-eligible young players there. Some sources list this player as born in Ecuador but that could very well be just a default/assumed listing that is not true.
Japan is having a short midseason training camp for their U19s. All three below are alums of the 2019 U-17 World Cup team which faced the US Taiga Hata (RB / Shonan Bellmare - withdrew / 2019 U17WC) has an American grandfather Taishi Brandon Nozawa (GK / FC Tokyo) has an American father. Zion Suzuki (GK / Urawa Reds) was born in the US and is tipped by many to be the biggest keeper prospect to date in Japan.
To be clear, having an American grandparent (only) means that the player is extremely unlikely to have US citizenship. It generally only happens when a family deliberately works the process to confirm US citizenship and has to be done before the child is 18. This is assuming that the parent never really lived in the US long enough to pass along US citizenship automatically.
'03 Edison Azcona of Inter Miami gets a full Dominican Republic call up. He has been with US U16s in the past. He isn't on a pro deal yet. #Selecciones| Estos son los convocados por el entrenador Jacques Passy (@coachpassy) para la fecha FIFA de noviembre 2020 ⚽️🇩🇴📋#Fedofútbol #FútbolRD pic.twitter.com/17OeBYO0oF— Federación Dominicana De Fútbol 🇩🇴 (@fedofutbol) October 27, 2020
Thats not good. It's a strong age group, but I think he probably does belong within the best available roster. Is this cap-tying or only friendlies? He could always switch back later on, but that would require him to currently be eligible for the USA, and he might not be yet. I believe he was born in the DR.
T'markt says that they're playing in World Cup Qualifying, so we could lose him for good. I've seen a few different sources say that he was born in the DR although the DA website says he has US citizenship. It looks like their coach just recently visited the family too. Que gusto me dio, @EdisonAzcona, compartir una cena contigo y tus papás.Que gusto me dio escuchar tus sueños, y tus objetivos ilusionan y llenan de energía. pic.twitter.com/OBlxNt3i8Q— Jacques Passy (@coachpassy) October 17, 2020
Interview with Hugo Alvarado, official scout for El Salvador, based in the US: https://getconcacafed.substack.com/p/-meet-el-salvadors-man-in-los-angeles
'03 Michael Owens gets his first Peru U20 call-up upon his pro debut for A.D. Cantolao. It's interesting to see many US youth-eligibles from South America good enough for a youth national team, about ten of them (two are with USYNTs: Johnny Cardoso and Matko Miljevic). https://t.co/WLkXKlC5Xj— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) November 1, 2020
H/T to @Dave Marino-Nachison for posting this elsewhere: https://miseleccion.mx/noticias/3258/La%20SNM%20Sub-20%20inici%C3%B3%20concentraci%C3%B3n Mexico call ups for U20s: Héctor Hipólito Holguín Pérez Efraín Álvarez Santiago René Muñóz Robles
Looks like AVL made Mali's U20 qualifying roster, which would be a cap-tying opportunity. https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/amadou-van-leeuwen-in-the-netherlands.2103539/#post-39100039
This isn't cap-tying yet, but this is part of why we need to start having YNT camps again. If Tunisia can hold YNT camps in 2020, so can we. Hearing that Hassan Ayari (18) has accepted a call-up to play for Tunisia U20's. Hasn't been in contact with US Soccer.The NY-born attacking midfielder has 11 goals & 5 assists in 10 games for Sheffield United 18's this season, and has been regularly training with the U23's. pic.twitter.com/n4S7zW2iAq— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) November 19, 2020
We are not going to fly players from all over the country/world when there are record covid rates in numerous states and the country as a whole is seeing a massive resurgence. Just let go of it now man. If other countries want to risk the health of their players then so be it but I don’t think that we should risk it
COVID is present all over the world. It’s not only in our country. If these countries can safely hold camps, why can’t we? I think you are wrong to suggest this is a safety issue. The USMNT and USWNT are playing. If it was about safety, why would they be playing friendlies? I think it’s a matter of finances. Everyone is taking a hit recently, but I believe USSF in particular has made a calculated decision to not put money into the youth programs in 2020. I think it’s going to hurt results and player recruitment a lot how they handled this. I’m not suggesting it’s easy, but completely ignoring it is not the solution IMO.
With how we are seeing constant issues with international camps around the globe can we seriously say that other countries are doing things safely? I’d trust our doctors over the other countries that are having camps
There are some tweets, mostly from the player himself, indicating that Daniel Vicich Tarasov (2002) is getting called up by Peru. Miami United FC 🇱🇷 Pronto en Peru 🇵🇪 @SeleccionPeru @TuFPF @atvpe alianza lima @ClubALoficial @AlianzaFC_sv @peru #danielvicich pic.twitter.com/tJvOZN2cb4— Arat Hosseini Football (@arat_hosseini) November 21, 2020 🇵🇪 Reports say that 18 year-old Peruvian-Russian striker Daniel Vicich will soon be called up to the Peru national team, following some great performances in the American NPSL Vicich was part of the CSKA youth setup, and was cosigned by Paulo Guerrero recently(@vicich_daniel) pic.twitter.com/D6GWRbbHzi— Russian Football News (@RusFootballNews) November 22, 2020 We'll ignore that that's the flag of Liberia, not the USA. His profile indicates US-Peru-Russian allegiance. https://www.elitehometeamllc.com/daniel-vicich.html
'05 Atlanta United academy mid Johann Chirinos is at this Honduras U17 camp. He's been at '05 USYNT ID camps before but never made the main camps. AMISTOSO DE #LAHU17 #Guatemala 🇬🇹 Vrs #Honduras 🇭🇳🏟 "Pinula Contrera"⏱ 11:00 A.M#FENAFUTH #HONDURAS2020 pic.twitter.com/I8VP81pDeT— Selección Nacional de Honduras (@FenafuthOrg) November 28, 2020
I most recently saw him play earlier this week from a game that might’ve been a few weeks ago. It’s no loss to the pool. I don’t even consider him to be in it, but that’s only how I see it.
Bilal Hersi, a frosh at Sienna, has appeared with Somalia's U20 squad: https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2020/...t_on_somali_under_20_national_soccer_team.asp After a standout high school soccer career, Lewiston’s Bilal Hersi had plans to take his game to the next level. His freshman season for Division-I Siena College was canceled due to the coronavirus, but Hersi still found a way to compete at a high level this fall. And, he said, it was a dream come true. Hersi was selected to play for Somalia — his parents’ birth country — in the African Cup of Nations U20 qualifier tournament. He’s been selected before, but this time he started both games after not seeing the field for Somali teams during previous selections.
I haven't been able to confirm whether Amadou van Leeuwen appeared for Mali in the African U20 qualifiers (these are qualifiers to the final qualifying tournament, to be clear). They seem to have forfeited their first of two matches and lost the second on the field to Mauritania; they're eliminated. Somalia's unsuccessful campaign also included some off-field drama, with Rwanda withdrawing from the competition. Meanwhile the tournament continues. I have no idea whether there might be a few other U.S.-eligible guys mixed in as I haven't looked up the rosters, though in a scan a while back I noticed that one country has a player named Ronald Reagan.
I believe (let's call it 99% sure) he did in fact play. If that's correct, congrats to him for his appearance; he wasn't able to get on the field for Mali's U17s in an official match when chosen earlier in his career.