YNT-Eligible MLS Players, 2025 In-Season Thread

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by Clint Eastwood, Feb 19, 2025.

  1. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Gozo has looked better. I agree, end product not there, but he hasn't looked out of place starting MLS games, which I feel is a difference from his prior MLS appearances. He's making strides.
     
  2. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think Pareja and Arena have played enough youngsters that when they don't we need to look closer and not assume they deserve lots of minutes and instead try and figure out if they aren't as good as we think or have a clearly better player in front of them. They get to see them every day and while I know for sure coaches make bad decisions each of those two clearly do play young players ate times.
     
  3. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah Arena isn't playing Niko Tsakiris (or Noel Buck who he just acquired) much but he is certainly playing Beu Leroux... who has 2 goals 3 assists and just made the MLS team of the week vs Miami. We'll see if he was right about Oscar Verhoeven, who they sent on loan to San Diego after playing him for just 5 minutes, he already has around 35 minutes for San Diego who are higher up in the standings.
     
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  4. Pegasus

    Pegasus Member+

    Apr 20, 1999
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Didn't realize that was a loan. Might be pretty smart if he gets playing time in MLS and SD takes all of the lumps a young defender might have and then once the loan is over he's ready to start.
     
  5. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Verhoeven got his first start at RB yesterday and helped SD keep a clean sheet.
    It's not even clear that Arena sees Verhoeven at RB, his 5 minutes for the Quakes before being loaned to SD were in the midfield and after the game Arena said that's where he's best suited.
    So far it seems pretty clear that Arena prefers college draft picks (a half dozen guys from Leroux to Munie) to Quakes homegrowns (Tsakiris sidelined, Verhoeven loaned out)...
     
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  6. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    That was at least what happened when he was LAG coach. Not using the teenage homegrowns as much but providing an opportunity to young draft picks like Omar Gonzalez.

    It makes sense. He's in WIN NOW mode.

    What you do like is that if they're not going to provide an opportunity to a kid like Verhoeven, that they loan him out some place that will. They're not just using him as bench filler.
     
  7. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    They initially didn’t even want to send him to San Diego FC. The deal might’ve been done in preseason if they were initially open to the idea.
     
  8. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  9. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Most U23 minutes from Inter Miami (3.5k) to Charlotte FC (0)

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  10. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is actually pretty bonkers.... even Toronto FC has given American U-23s more minutes than St Louis, Columbus, and Charlotte.

    6. CF Montréal - 2798
    20. Vancouver Whitecaps - 1122
    27. Toronto FC - 340

    28. St. Louis City SC - 245
    29. Columbus Crew - 161
    30. Charlotte FC - 0
     
  11. McKenniesWeah

    McKenniesWeah Member

    New England
    United States
    Feb 12, 2024
    I would have expected Columbus to produce and integrate more talent beyond Morris over the last 5 years. Yea places like Portland and Minnesota probably are the furthest places from soccer hotbeds in the US but you’d think between the 2 of them they’d do better than just Farfan.

    I would have expected Nashville to do better than spotty minutes for a 19yr old Corcoran by now. Cincinatti is another whose had enough time to develop their academy to do better than someone like Valenzuela. A year ago I’d complain about Orlando, but Freeman and the 16yr old prove they can now contribute to potential US NT players.

    Generally things are much much better than they were 5+ years ago and especially 10+ years ago, but the additional player development probably needs to come from teams that don’t/rarely play young US players. I wouldn’t expect a team like Philly likely who tends to have 2-3 young HGs to start 4-5 season to season.
     
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  12. Thundering165

    Thundering165 Member+

    North Carolina FC
    United States
    May 1, 2017
    Raleigh
    Really no excuse from the Crew here aside from being really good and chasing trophies. I wish Habroune had been given more of a shot in the last two seasons. There's definitely talent there between Adams, Brown, Habroune, Mrowka, etc.

    St Louis and Charlotte are both newer teams, and it takes years to get academies up to speed to produce youth players. Especially true since youth development is a numbers game.
     
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  13. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Habroune really should be playing more. He does well almost every sub appearance.

    Presthus is the other Crew youngster I'd really like to see get more minutes.
     
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  14. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Zavier Gozo goal
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  15. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    I was totally impressed with Luca Bombino yesterday. I'll grant you that it was against the Galaxy, but he really strong defensively against some good Galaxy wingers. Just another teenage fullback in MLS playing well. Ho hum.

    San Diego's starting right back looked to suffer a significant muscle injury in the 2nd half. Verhoeven came on and is perhaps now in line for even more playing time.
     
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  16. xbhaskarx

    xbhaskarx Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    debut
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  17. McKenniesWeah

    McKenniesWeah Member

    New England
    United States
    Feb 12, 2024
    Miller had the opening goal and an assist on the 3rd goal for NE last night. Also had another assist that was called back on a pass that could have been delivered to Miller sooner.
     
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  18. McKenniesWeah

    McKenniesWeah Member

    New England
    United States
    Feb 12, 2024
    I feel like Rick has been pretty solid for Philly. Without having seen much of guys like Kochen at Barcelona or another at Leicester’s academy, Rick could be the most promising young GK around this age group.
     
  19. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Westfield has to do better defensively here. But Zaha is quality, so it was a tough assignment

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  20. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After that mistake, Westfield gets an assist on Anderson’s winner (Anderson’s first MLS goal)

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  21. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Peyton Miller went 90 minutes for the Revs in a 1-0 loss to Cincy. Miller played left wing, played well despite the result
     

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