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By RYAN TOLMICH
Ahead of this week’s Panama U-17 International Tournament, U.S. U-17 Men’s National Team head coach Richie Williams has called in a roster full of familiar faces.
Midfielder Christian Pulisic and forward Haji Wright, who have each scored 11 international goals this year, headline William’s 20-man roster that is set to take on Costa Rica, Canada and hosts Panama from Oct. 1-5 at Panama City’s Estadio Maracana.
Wright and Pulisic will be joined by goalkeeping duo William Pulisic and Kevin Silva, who boasts three shutouts and a 0.87 goals-against-average this year.
The U.S. roster includes 15 players stationed at the U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida.
The U-17s most recently featured in this summer’s overlapping Nordic Open Cup Tournament in Denmark and Copa Mexico in Mexico City, where the U.S. took home sixth and fourth, respectively. The U-17s head to Panama with a 13-5-5 overall record in 2014.
Take a closer look at the roster after the jump:
GOALKEEPERS: William Pulisic (Richmond Strikers; Mechanicsville, Va.), Kevin Silva (PDA; Bethlehem, Pa.)
DEFENDERS: Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls Academy; Wappingers Falls, N.Y.), Hugo Arellano (LA Galaxy Academy; Norwalk, Calif.), Daniel Barbir (West Bromwich Albion; Allentown, Pa.), Tanner Dieterich (Real Salt Lake AZ; Nashville, Tenn.), John Nelson (Internationals; Medina, Ohio), Matthew Olosunde (New York Red Bulls Academy; Trenton, N.J.), Alexis Velela (San Diego Surf; San Diego, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS: Eric Calvillo (Real So Cal; Palmdale, Calif.), Luca de la Torre (Fulham; San Diego, Calif.), Keegan Kelly (Baltimore Celtic; Baltimore, Md.), Thomas McCabe (Players Development Academy; South Orange, N.J.), Christian Pulisic (PA Classics; Hershey, Pa.)
FORWARDS: Pierre Da Silva (New York Soccer Club; Port Chester, N.Y.), McKinze Gaines (Lonestar SC; Austin, Texas), Josh Perez (Unattached; La Habra, Calif.), Elijah Rice (Chicago Magic PSG; Highland Park, Ill.), Haji Wright (Unattached; Los Angeles, Calif.), Alejandro Zendejas (FC Dallas Academy; El Paso, Texas)
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What do you think of the U-17 roster? How do you think the team will perform in Panama?
Share your thoughts below.
Tanner? Mckinzie?
gross
Although it was never announced there was some news on the twitterverse today that Dallas may have added Zendejas as a Homegrown.
Haji Wright is now unattached? I thought he was with LA. Is this a sign he’s heading abroad?
Rumors are Shalke I believe.
he’s been unattached for awhile now and has been trialing with a number of clubs in Germany. turned down LA for now. i believe his biggest issue is he has no EU passport which means any deal would have to be similar to other US youth players where they sign a pre-contract until they’re 18 but can’t play any meaningful games until then.
i think mexico stole edwin lara from us. im sad
why do you say that? earlier this month he said he hadn’t decided.
he was called to Mexico’s U17 earlier this month.
http://miseleccion.mx/se-concentro-la-seleccion-nacional-sub17-2/
But did he say something that makes you all think he is choosing mexico?
maybe because of this?
http://owhentheyanks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10616949_1536518229915044_880686886_n.jpg
This means nothing dude. I can pull the same type of picture of him with the US. I thought maybe he said something that made it seem he decided on mexico. Because at the beginning of this month he said he was undecided.
only two guys are in mls academies
5 are, 1 was, and several others are with traditional “power” clubs which all play in the USSDA. Moreover, some are not that close to any MLS teams, and some are in areas so deeply teeming with talent that no MLS academy can accommodate the prospects!
Looks like this team is either from New York or California area.
????
looking forward to hearing how they do.