The accelerated pace at which 16-year-old Efrain Alvarez has climbed through the LA Galaxy system has caught the attention of Gregg Berhalter, and the U.S. men’s national teamcoach weighed in for the first time on the accelerated pace at which Alvarez might have to make a decision about his international future.

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