U.S. U-17 boys roster: Five newcomers to audition for World Cup spots

Coach Raphael Wicky‘s 26-player roster includes FC Dallas central defender Nico Carrera, who earlier this month traveled with Mexico’s U-17 squad to Japan. Carrera,who was born in Pachuca, raised in Texas, and recently became a U.S. citizen, is one of five newcomers — four of which are Texans — invited to the July 26-Aug. 7 training camp Carson, Calif. TheUSA, which finished second to Mexico in Concacaf U-17 Championship in May, is preparing for 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil(Oct. 26-Nov. 17), where it will face Senegal, Japan and the Netherlands in group play.