YNT-Eligible MLS homegrowns / potential homegrowns / MLS Next Pro - 2025 Thread

Brotheryoungbuck · Apr 28, 2025

He has the same name as Mr beast

xbhaskarx · Apr 28, 2025

First pro start ✅
First goal ✅
First assist ✅@atlutd2's Gabriel Wesseh is your Rising Star of Matchweek 7!

🔗: https://t.co/nmjBZ20nGz pic.twitter.com/QluxZ8gmtL
— MLS NEXT Pro (@MLSNEXTPRO) April 28, 2025

Rahbiefowlah · May 3, 2025

The pass 😱
The finish 🥶@OrlandoCityB takes the lead on the road!

📺 #MLSSeasonPass: https://t.co/Y3rDNT4X8Y pic.twitter.com/04F0Z0LDP8
— MLS NEXT Pro (@MLSNEXTPRO) May 3, 2025

Justin Ellis nice pass

xbhaskarx · May 14, 2025

Adri Mehmeti

FALMOUTH SCOUT | Interview with Adri Mehmeti 🇺🇸🇦🇱

[THREAD]🧵 pic.twitter.com/7ggbUgSH3m
— Falmouth Scout (@falmouthscout) May 13, 2025

xbhaskarx · May 18, 2025

Orlando City

Justin Ellis ➡️ Gustavo Caraballo@OrlandoCityB strike first for the opener! pic.twitter.com/iQmQqLPs3p
— MLS NEXT Pro (@MLSNEXTPRO) May 17, 2025

A Lion since day one 👏

We have signed @OCSCAcademy and @OrlandoCityB product @ZTaifi to a First Team contract as a Homegrown Player ✍️
— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) May 17, 2025

xbhaskarx · May 18, 2025

🇺🇸 Justin Ellis (‘07) caps off a MOTM performance with a penalty goal 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/orD7b0XymL
— American Ultras Talk (@usmntaut) May 18, 2025

I don't know when this was but more Justin Ellis

Just look at this magnificent assist from Ellis that I'm quoting, along with the one I'm posting in this tweet.. that's enough to say that for me, he might be the best playmaker in MLS Next… and yet he's a number 9 https://t.co/40nmIP8z0Q pic.twitter.com/BT3B1ukfTt
— natsuø 〽️ (@natsuovz) May 18, 2025

xbhaskarx · May 19, 2025

Habroune

Cole serves it up and Taha hammers it home 💪#Crew96 | 1-0 pic.twitter.com/u5iBK32pjU
— Columbus Crew 2 (@ColumbusCrew2) May 18, 2025

xbhaskarx · May 20, 2025

This starting XI is embarrassing. You have so many solid prospects like Adyn Torres, Dominik Chong-Qui, Cooper Sanchez, and Gabriel Wesseh... and yet ATL2 chooses to go with a lineup with an average age of 23.8 years old. Disgraceful. https://t.co/GFl53CMHr1
— USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 (@USMNTReport) May 20, 2025

Thundering165 · May 21, 2025

I've been impressed with Julien Lacher ('07) this season for NYCFC II. He first popped on my radar watching Generation Adidas last year, where his technical skill was really evident on that terrible dry and bumpy pitch.

He's carried it through to 2025 as one of his team's most important players. He's aggressive and direct in his carrying and consistently gets into dangerous positions. I think he's a strong candidate for a homegrown contract, especially because NYCFC first team doesn't really have any young attackers like him.

Thundering165 · May 23, 2025

Carrizo looked great in the first half against Chicago Fire II, scored a banger, and then was subbed presumably to keep him fresh for a bench spot on Sunday.

xbhaskarx · May 23, 2025

Carrizo

Máximo Carrizo ('08) scores a really nice goal with a an assist from Jacob Arroyave ('07)!

Carrizo is now up to 6 goal contribution in 7 MLSNP matches this season!pic.twitter.com/szxXBke2U0
— USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 (@USMNTReport) May 23, 2025

xbhaskarx · May 23, 2025

Eric Klein

✍️ Eric Klein signs Homegrown contract!

The 2024 Academy Player of the Year joins the first team 💙❤️#NERevs pic.twitter.com/UBkPpaqufE
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) May 23, 2025

xbhaskarx · May 23, 2025

Mykhi Joyner with 4 goals in this one lol

JOYNER COMPLETES THE HAT-TRICK FROM DISTANCE! 😱@STLCITY2 jumps in front!

📺 #MLSSeasonPass: https://t.co/0klF5Ixp4z pic.twitter.com/i7ZWPBNBiG
— MLS NEXT Pro (@MLSNEXTPRO) May 24, 2025

Mykhi Joyner ('06) in St. Louis City 2's win over Portland 2:

◉ 9.9 FotMob rating ✅
◉ Man of the match 💫
◉ 4 goals 🧢⚽️
◉ 10 touches in opposition box 👣
◉ 2 interceptions ⚡️
◉ 2/2 (100%) ground duels ⚔️

6 goals in his last 2 matches!#usmnt pic.twitter.com/5KwgtMrtp5
— USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 (@USMNTReport) May 24, 2025

Rahbiefowlah · May 30, 2025

KK Spivey (09) 🇺🇸 of course showing his quality vs Argentina U16 despite the loss pic.twitter.com/XRCNdTbunG
— Tyler (@910tylxr) May 30, 2025

60 second KK Spivey comp.

xbhaskarx · May 31, 2025

U15 ➡️ U17 ➡️ U19 ➡️ MNUFC2 ⤵️

We've signed 17-year-old Darius Randell to a First Team contract as a Homegrown player.@MNUFC_Academy | @MNUFC2 pic.twitter.com/0PlEBIdpMQ
— Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) May 31, 2025

xbhaskarx · Jun 7, 2025

Goal scorers from today's U17, U18, and U19 fixtures:

⚽️ Ramiz Hamouda (Birmingham Legion 🇺🇸)
⚽️ Julian Hall (New York Red Bulls 🇺🇸)
⚽️ Santiago Pita (Atlanta United 2 🇺🇸)
⚽️ Dino Klapija (RB Leipzig U19 🇩🇪)
⚽️ Justin Ellis (Orlando City 🇺🇸)
⚽️ Jonathan Shore (NYCFC 🇺🇸)#usmnt pic.twitter.com/u2Y8D6ubUo
— USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 (@USMNTReport) June 7, 2025

xbhaskarx · Jun 8, 2025

Gavin Turner debut

Lost in a 7-1 shellacking, highly rated homegrown Gavin Turner made his debut yesterday. https://t.co/5vTcdVzVXl
— Marcus Chairez | US/SC (@USSoccerColl) June 8, 2025

xbhaskarx · Jun 11, 2025

Turdean

Club-record homegrown signing Robert Turdean will play with the Chicago Fire U-19s at MLS Next Cup, which kicks off this week. 🔥

The 15-year-old attacking midfielder is hoping to make his Fire II Next Pro debut over the summer.#cf97 #vamosfire pic.twitter.com/dfu93oFALX
— Alex Calabrese (@amcalabrese12) June 11, 2025

xbhaskarx · Jun 12, 2025

MB90 is back

BREAKING NEWS 🚨✍🏻

Former US international captain Michael Bradley is set to become the newest head coach of New York Red Bulls II.

The Princeton, New Jersey native finally returns to where it all started 19 years ago. 👀🇺🇸#RBNY #NYRBII #USMNT pic.twitter.com/BGfoA73V4F
— Daniel Rebain 🇺🇲🇵🇱 (@pvtmcbain) June 12, 2025

A U.S. soccer legend comes home to New Jersey.

Welcome Michael Bradley as our new Red Bulls II head coach 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Foo5NirgQ1
— New York Red Bulls II (@NYRBII) June 12, 2025

xbhaskarx · Jun 19, 2025

Nate Worth

SOURCES: Former Red Bull academy midfielder Nate Worth is set to join New York Red Bulls II on loan for the rest of the season from USL Tampa Bay.

Worth, 18, has played 53 games (2037') in all comps for Tampa Bay & Tulsa since 2023.

The Chester, NJ native returns home. ⏳ #RBNY pic.twitter.com/URMYrl4Zk9
— Daniel Rebain 🇺🇲🇵🇱 (@pvtmcbain) June 19, 2025

xbhaskarx · Jun 19, 2025

Great to see so many are now solving MLS (second one is a reference to Manuel Veth)

If I was an MLS Owner:

Because I know we won’t be relegated, I would go scour the country & world for young talent between the ages of 15-19 years old.

Play them until a bigger club in Europe or South America comes to buy-them.

Then , I would cash in.

Rinse and repeat.
— Kyle Wilson (@AngrySoccerGuy) June 18, 2025

I could win MLS with an average 2. Bundesliga team. Not because of the talent level but because of the tactical schooling players receive in the first two divisions in Germany. Just look at St. Louis, they do a ton of basic things right and decoded this league in no time. https://t.co/gStkVqeILB
— ronan (@nsc_ronan) June 19, 2025

deejay · Jun 20, 2025

Funny guy. St Louis started MLS with a nice five win streak and since then crickets. More like MLS decoded St Louis.

TxEx · Jun 20, 2025

I'd be very surprised if B2 teams could physically keep up with MLS. The athletic profile here is just better and while the tactics over there are superior our are slowly catching up. That improves as coaching at all levels improve and there's still quite a ways to go at the youth coaching level.

deejay · Jun 24, 2025

It looks like this tweet was reference to a tweet from two years back. That's why it mentions to St Pauli who are now in BL1.

gogorath · Jun 24, 2025

deejay said: ↑

It looks like this tweet was reference to a tweet from two years back. That's why it mentions to St Pauli who are now in BL1.
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It was. St. Louis got off to a quick start over the first five games of MLS using a lot of foreign players and emphasizing a team concept over stars and some folks got on their high horse about how it was done with superior tactical knowledge.

As if they weren't just doing Red Bull soccer in a league with a Red Bull team.

St. Louis came a bit back down to earth at first, but finished with a good season record wise with terrible underlyings and got upset by Sporting KC in the first round of the playoffs somewhat predictably for a team who's underlyings said .500 at best.

Since then, they've been subpar and the entire basic assumption was simply someone applying an assumption to way too small of a sample.