YNT-eligible lower division-pro players: 2020 In-season thread

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  1. ckajMonet

    ckajMonet Member

    Spurs
    United States
    Jun 8, 2017




     
  2. don Lamb

    don Lamb Member+

    mine
    United States
    Aug 31, 2017
    Gallegos was electric. Huge things coming from him.

    The Nyeman, Garay, Paredes midfield was very solid, but they didn't create much danger -- will be interesting to see how these guys stack up against teams with more grown men. Hopefully Lundegard keeps getting starts. All of those guys are 16 (have there ever been four 16 year olds start in the USL?)

    De Vries has very high upside and worth watching over the next couple of years.

    Carleton was ok playing as a classic 10 with two forwards in front of him -- there are still no signs of him being able to deal with physicality, which is where his game has really stalled.
     
  3. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    U20 pool player and '01 Harriel played the first half for P2. I haven't looked into it but it may have been an offense-defense sub. As far as I can tell, he's still an amateur. Meanwhile, P2 recently signed '03 Jack McGlynn, who got into the Loudoun game, along with other relevant players for the Union, as partly noted above.

    https://www.uslchampionship.com/philadelphiaunionii-loudoununitedfc-2047008
     
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  4. Brotheryoungbuck

    Jan 24, 2015
    parts unknown
    Harriel is an interesting one, he sure plays enough to be on a pro contract. Maybe they haven’t given him one because he’s only giving up his NCAA eligibility for a 1st team contract. I’ve always thought it would be interesting if a player spent 2 years getting his associates while at a USL team.
     
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    Luksarus Member

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  6. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Okay, here's what I have for the 2020 USL Championship YNT Player Catalogue. I've probably missed a player or two, so please let me know.

    I'm not including amateur players right now, nor am I including MLS-contract players on MLS2 teams or affiliates, though I have included some who (subjectively) seem to be shipped off for the season to a non-affiliate. I'm also going to split it across two categories.

    The first category is 97s-00s — i.e. players who basically have no chance of ever playing in a YNT tournament because the only thing left is the Olympics and none of them are going to make it. Nonetheless, it's the YNT forum and we like our lists. Plus, some of these guys (esp from the younger half of this group) will turn into good players.

    Atlanta United 2
    GK Gabe Rosario 99
    AM Amir Bashti 97
    AM Daniel Steedman 00
    FW Phillip Goodrum 97

    Austin Bold
    CB Brecc Evans 99
    FW Roberto Avila 00

    Birmingham Legion
    RB Jonathan Dean 98

    Charleston Battery
    GK Paul Lewis 99
    GK Darian McCauley 97
    CB Kyle Nelson 97
    FW Jesus Ibarra 97

    Charlotte Independence
    Casey Penland 97

    Hartford Athletic
    CB Alex Lara 98
    AM Noah Paravicini 97
    FW Dre Deas 97

    Indy Eleven
    CM Cam Lindley 97
    AM Andrew Carleton 00
    FW Jeremy Rafanello 00

    LA Galaxy II
    CM Adrian Vera 97
    AM Jorge Hernandez 00
    AM Kai Koreniuk 98
    FW Augustine Williams 97

    Las Vegas Lights
    GK Angel Alvarez 97
    GK Edward Delgado 98
    AM Grant Robinson 98

    Loudoun United
    RB EruMuse Momoh 97
    CB Jake Dengler 99
    CM Brandon Williamson 98
    FW Josh Fawole 98
    FW Christian Sorto 00

    Louisville City
    RB Akil Watts 00

    Memphis 901
    DF Jackson Morse 97
    AM Pierre da Silva 98
    AM Matt Hundley 00

    NYRB II
    GK Wallis Lapley 97
    CB Joe Fala 97
    LB Samad Bounthong 97
    CM Barry Sharifi 97
    CM Kyle Zajec 97
    FW Sebastian Elney 97

    North Carolina FC
    RB D.J. Taylor 97
    AM Manny Perez 99

    Orange County SC
    CM Daniel Crisostomo 97
    AM Edson Alvarado 98
    FW Kevin Coleman 98

    Philadelphia Union II
    RB Issa Rayyan 00
    CB Ben Ofeimu 00

    Phoenix Rising
    AM Lagos Kunga 98

    Pittsburgh Riverhounds
    FW Lukas Fernandes 98

    Portland Timbers 2
    RB Harold Hanson 99
    CB Aedan Stanley 99
    AM Carlos Anguiano 99
    AM Gio Calixtro 00
    AM Ryan Sierakowski 97

    Real Monarchs
    GK Jimmy Slayton 98
    RB Steve Jasso 00
    CB Michael Wetungu 98
    CM Jordan Pena 00
    AM Christopher Bermudez 99
    AM Arturo Rodriguez 98
    FW Joe Gallardo 98

    Reno 1868
    LB Yosimar Hernandez 97
    CM Jared Timmer 97
    CM Emilio Ycaza 97
    FW Benji Kikanovic 00

    RGVFC
    RB Andrew Samuels 97
    CB Robert Castellanos 98
    AM Nico Lemoine 00
    AM Christian Lucatero 97
    AM Isidro Martinez 97
    AM Luka Prpa 98
    FW Garrett McLaughlin 97
    FW Juan Carlos Obregron 97

    Saint Louis FC
    AM Nichi Vlastos 00

    San Antonio FC
    GK Carlos Mercado 99
    AM Jesus Enriquez 97

    San Diego Loyal
    LB Edwin Lara 99
    CM Morgan Hackworth 97

    SKC II
    GK Remi Prieur 97
    CB Danny Barbir 98
    CB Sam Raben 97
    AM Will Little 98
    AM Jaret Townsend 98
    FW Wilson Harris 99
    FW Enoch Mushagalusa 99

    Tacoma Defiance
    CB Sam Rogers 99
    LB Nick Hinds 97
    CM Collin Fernandez 97
    AM Shandon Hopeau 98
    AM Jesus Perez 97
     
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  7. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And here's the players from 01 and beyond. It's actually a fairly small list, as many of the interesting players to follow are already on MLS contracts, or are still on amateur contracts.

    Atlanta United 2
    FW Jackson Conway 01

    LA Galaxy II
    RB Mauricio Cuevas 03
    CM Adam Saldana 02

    Loudoun United
    AM Ted Ku-DiPietro 02

    Louisville City
    LB Jonathan Gomez 03

    NYRB II
    CM Caden Clark 03

    Orange County SC
    GK Aaron Cervantes 02
    CB Blake Malone 01
    CM Francis Jacobs 05
    FW Diego Lopez 02

    Philadelphia Union II
    CM Jack McGlynn 03
    AM Selmir Miscic 03

    Sacramento Republic
    CB Hayden Sargis 02
    AM Mario Penagos 02

    San Antonio FC
    AM Jose Gallegos 01
    AM Leo Torres 04

    Sporting Kansas City II
    GK Brooks Thompson 02
    CB Kaveh Rad 01

    Tacoma Defiance
    CM Josh Atencio 02
    AM Azriel Gonzalez 01
    AM Danny Robles 02
    AM Ray Serrano 02
    AM Marlon Vargas 01
     
  8. dougtee

    dougtee Member+

    Feb 7, 2007
    anyone watching bello?
     
  9. ielag

    ielag Member+

    Jul 20, 2010
    Really hope Sacramento is playing the youngsters to groom them for MLS in 2022.
     
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  10. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
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    I thought Nyeman and Paredes both had good games. Moses continues to be played out of position in this reserve team, but he did manage to still have a good performance.

    The Union team had a lot of young Americans. I thought the two best were Ofeimu and Huckaby. They struggled a little at the end with the pace of the back up striker for Loudoun, but barely put a foot wrong aside from that. Freese was good, as well, but he didn’t have that much work. Those were the Union youngsters that I thought stood out, although I wasn’t watching their team that closely. I was watching more to see how Nyeman would play.
     
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  12. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  13. ShaftBrewer

    ShaftBrewer Member+

    Jul 18, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dunbar with a goal and an assist. Cuevas with a free-kick goal and played a key part of the build-up to the third goal. And Perez subbed on had an assist, drew the foul for Cuevas' goal and was otherwise excellent.
     
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  14. ckajMonet

    ckajMonet Member

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    Jun 8, 2017
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  15. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
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    Reminds me a lot of KHF. I like his crossing/set piece ability slightly more and passing slightly less, but similar players.

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  16. ShaftBrewer

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  17. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
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    #17 ussoccer97531, Mar 9, 2020
    Last edited: Mar 9, 2020
    Some comments on a few of the players from first week games.

    Sacramento:

    Hayden Sargis ('02): I've never rated this guy's game, but I realize that he's highly rated, so I wonder what specifically I wasn't seeing. I hadn't even watched his play closely when watching Sacramento a few times in the past because I never got the impression he was a real prospect and he didn't stand out. However, he's definitely made his way onto the radar.

    In this game, he showed some good and some bad. I liked his ability to play out of the back (with both feet). He hit some very good passes, but he also didn't make the best decisions playing out of the back. Some passes were telegraphed and some were bad decisions to play passes that were very hard to complete. Defensively, he was over-matched physically. He lost a lot of headers and was slow to 50/50 balls. I think he projects well in this area of the game, so I wouldn't be concerned, but in this game he struggled in that aspect. The biggest weakness appears to be his mobility, which I'd suggest is below-average, but not terrible.

    Mario Penagos ('02): Not the best game either, similar to Sargis. It was a mixed bag. He had a few nice sequences offensively. He's a very smooth offensive operator. I've commented before that he reminds me of Mihailovic. What I liked most in this game and I think is the most underrated part of his game is his defensive contribution. He was playing as a #10 in this game, but I think he can play as a #8 because he's very good defensively for a finesse central midfielder with creativity and good passing ability. He could've been more active in the game offensively. He looked a step slow offensively, so that's something he can work on is adjusting to the pace of the faster game.

    LAG II:

    Mauricio Cuevas ('03): As I've said before, I'm definitely a big fan. He plays a more understated style of game than some other top fullback prospects, and is consistently very good. He's a good all-around player athletically and defensively. In no way am I trying to criticize the work of Watke with making these videos because he does a great job, but he missed a very important defensive play by Cuevas to throw a defender's shot off in the box. It was excellent emergency defending, and is worth highlighting. A goal and an assist from fullback isn't bad either.

    Going forward, his crossing is elite (as good as you'll find in the YNT system), and he does have very good passing. I also think he rivals KHF with taking set pieces among fullbacks. I'm not convinced by the Galaxy's ability to bring young Americans through, but Cuevas is the best of the bunch not yet integrated into the first team.

    Cameron Dunbar ('02): He had a very efficient game. A goal and an assist for a game that he had very few touches. When he did get involved in the game, he made things happen. The easiest way to describe Dunbar's game is that he makes plays. He attacks when he has the ball, and tries to create goal opportunities. With some continued development this season and proper usage, I think he could find his way onto the MLS roster later in the season and make a run at the U-20 WCQ roster and U-20 WCQ roster, although the team is deep at his position (winger).

    Eric Lopez ('99): I thought he was excellent. He had one or two shaky moments, but aside from that, he stood on his head and he turned a 4-3/4-4 game into an easy 4-0 win. It was an even game, but Lopez made numerous stellar saves. I've often been impressed by Lopez, but he never advances up the depth chart at the Galaxy. MLS isn't known for giving young keepers much of an opportunity and the Galaxy are among the worst in the league at integrating academy players, so he might be a lot better than his reputation and we wouldn't know (unless we watched him play with regularity). I think this guy is a good player that with the proper opportunity could become a breakout player at the GK position.
     
  18. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
    Manny Perez was outstanding last weekend for NCFC. It sucked that his last season was derailed by injury, he’s a constant threat with the ball. Also for NCFC, “03 Luke Hille made the bench. He’s a midfielder, don’t really have an idea of how good he is.
     
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  19. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    The match report made it look like Perez was playing as an attacker -- is that correct?
     
  20. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
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    I managed to see the last game before play was suspended, which included Tacoma.

    Leyva had an inconsistent game. He was rather anonymous for a guy regularly making the 18 for the first team during the first half, but he had a very good second half. The kid is still only 16, so while he should be good enough to put his stamp on a game like this, some inconsistency is not unexpected.

    Atencio had another very strong game. I’m not sure why he hasn’t yet signed in Europe (Turned 18 on January 31st) or with the Sounders first team yet. He’s good enough to have more leverage IMO.
     
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  21. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    From the inbox, In These Tough Times edition: "Fans of North Carolina FC and the North Carolina Courage can still get their soccer fix, as both teams will have memorable matches broadcast locally by Capitol Broadcasting Company throughout March and April. The games can also be streamed via the North Carolina FC and NC Courage YouTube channels.

    The fun begins this weekend with encore presentations of the NC Courage’s 6-1 win over the Orlando Pride from September 2019 and NCFC’s 1-0 win against Saint Louis FC from October 2019."
     
  22. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
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  23. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    I feel like there could be like - and this is no exaggeration - easily 15 USL Championship or League One/NISA teams in Florida.

    The two MLS farm teams, the new Miami team and Tampa are already there. But Jacksonville, Daytona, West Palm, Naples/Ft. Myers, Sarasota/Bradenton, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Gainesville, Panama City, Destin/Ft. Walton, Pensacola, Key West and Ocala.

    Most would probably be D3 but a few, like Jacksonville, could probably be USL Championship.

    And with so many in-state, it would keep the travel costs pretty low and make it easy for fans to travel.
     
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  24. Peter Bonetti

    Peter Bonetti Member+

    Jan 1, 2005
    1970 WC Quarterfinal
    I love these stories. This type of thing was going on all over the place in baseball in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s. By the 1920s, baseball was considered America’s pastime. I’m not saying that is what is going to happen with soccer, but these are definitely the steps that have to happen over and over again if a country is going to reach it’s potential.

    My three dream USL1 cities? Little Rock, Arkansas, Jackson, Mississippi and Boise, Idaho. If you have Pro Soccer in all three of those cities, you have turned the corner and the end result is inevitable.

    Right now the league is talking about USL1 expansion in Boise, Portland (Maine), Fort Wayne (Indiana), High Point (North Carolina). Those all look like good options to me - at least location-wise.
     
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  25. Peter Bonetti

    Peter Bonetti Member+

    Jan 1, 2005
    1970 WC Quarterfinal
    I’d like a similar set up in upstate New York at the D3 level.
     

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