The 2025 version seemed to work okay, so now we can continue with the 2026 discussion of Yank (or likely Yank) players who draw interest from other YNTs (excluding the obvious Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. YNTs). The 2025 thread: Yanks on Foreign YNTs 2025 | BigSoccer Forum
ChuckMe92 Soccer on X: "Four -eligibles at U16/U17 camp in to face U17: Philipp Eckle U16: Kevin Baldwin, Max Gordon, Will Recupero (latter is born/raised in & former U15) Leonard Prescott was presumably invited to U17s and not released -- he's in Bayern's senior squad for friendlies" / X
Nicholas Simmonds, who has caps with the Jamaican U17s & U20s, is in camp with the US U20s: Rosters Named for U-18, U-19 and U-20 Men’s National Team January Combined Domestic Training Camp in Mesa, Arizona H/T to DMN.
Mateo Clark (son of Ricardo) is also in the U20 camp, but also was in camp for Nicaragua: Lucas Aguirre on X: "I'm glad to see Darius Randell here, it's his first call-up to a youth national team. In my opinion, he's an interesting prospect. An interesting fact is that Mateo Clark was with the Nicaragua U20 team a few months ago." / X
Miles Aalbersberg called in for the Dutch U16s: Ajax Youth Academy @AjaxYA | International call-ups 7 Ajax talents are called up for the Netherlands U16 squad. They train 2 days next week. » Aalbersberg, Cloos, Deniz, Van Loon, Martis, Owolabi & Tatuh!
Max Gordon, Will Recupero and Kevin Baldwin started for German U16s: USA Ballers Abroad ⚽️ on X: "Max Gordon (Bayer Leverkusen), Will Recupero (VfB Stuttgart), and Kevin Baldwin (Mainz 05) started for U16 in a 2-2 draw with Baldwin captained and scored https://t.co/RYKoBk9ybN" / X
The rosters for the Concacaf U17 qualifiers are out. https://www.concacaf.com/en/under-17s-men/article/2026-concacaf-u-17-qualifiers-rosters-confirmed/ Here are the US-based players, excluding those already listed for Canada, Mexico & Dominican Republic above (and Puerto Rico, of course). I can't confirm US citizenship for players this young, so buyer beware. I have omitted those attending private schools as those are usually imported players. BELIZE JORDAN GLENN BARBADOS REUBEN GARNES-ALLEYNE DOMINICA JAH-MAL ALEXIS PEYTON JAMES GUATEMALA JEFFREY INTERIANO LEANDRO RIVAS JOSHUA PEREZ DANIEL GONZALEZ TROI PANNIEL GUYANA TAMER UNVER HONDURAS LEANDRO PADILLA JAMAICA JALANI BRADSHAW JAHEEM BENNETT KEMAL MATTOCKS LUKAS ANDERSON JUDE ROYES KAI WILLIAMSON ST. KITTS & NEVIS VICTOR HART JR EL SALVADOR ROBERTT HEREDIA DAVID SIBRIAN RUBEN ANDRADE MAYSON BARILLAS ANDREW SORTO MAYSON BARILLAS GIOVANNI SALAZAR EDWIN ORTIZ AIDEN COLOCHO XAVIAIR GRAHAM ROBERT HERNANDEZ SNIEJDER SALAMANCA T&T KENAI RICHARDSON LEVI WILLIAMS