Coach John Hackworth has named a 20-player roster for the U.S. U-15 boys national team’s third international trip of 2015 — Aug. 11-20 in England.
The camp will include friendlymatches against England on Aug. 16 and 19.
“At the moment England is trying to do a lot of the same things that we are,” Hackworth said. “Now we’ll go there and there will be abuzz about soccer and the new season starting and at the same time we’ll be at [the FA’s] national training center, and I think both coaching staffs are very much of the mindset that thesefriendlies are an opportunity to build on the player development principles while doing it against a similar opponent.”
Last spring, the U-15s won Tournament delle Nazioni in Gradiscad’Isonzo, Italy. In their second trip abroad, they lost to South American powers Uruguay, 1-0, Argentina, 1-2, and Paraguay, 3-1.
U.S. U-15 boys nationalteam
GOALKEEPERS (2): Alexander Budnik (Sockers FC; Arlington Heights, Ill.), Hunter Pinho (PDA; Cranford, N.J.).
DEFENDERS (7): Jake Arteaga (LAGalaxy, Glendora, Calif.), Carlos Asensio (Georgia United, Roswell, Ga.), Kelee Cornfield-Saunders (LA Galaxy; San Marcos, Calif.), Rayshaun McGann (Philadelphia Union; Royal Palm Beach, Fla.), BryanPerez (LA Premier FC; Los Angeles, Calif.), Nykolas Sessock (Philadelphia Union; Holland, Pa.), Tyler Shaver (Beachside SC; Riverside, Conn.).
MIDFIELDERS (6): Brenden Aaronson(Philadelphia Union; Medford, N.J.), George Acosta (Estudiantes de La Plata; Miami, Fla.), Carlos Anguiano Diaz (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Christopher Durkin (Richmond United; Glen Allen, Va.),Blaine Ferri (Solar Chelsea SC; Southlake, Texas), Adrian Villegas (Portland Timbers; Hood River, Ore.).
FORWARDS (5): Ayomide Akinola (Toronto FC; Brampton, Ont.), NiccoloLemoine (De Anza Force; Pleasanton, Calif.), Will Sands (New York Soccer Club; Rye, N.Y.), Joshua Sargent (Scott Gallagher Missouri; O’Fallen, Mo.), Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain F.C.;Rosedale, N.Y.).