Forty-eight 2002-born players are in a Sept. 20-27 training camp that marks the start of a new cycle for the U.S. U-15 boys national team. They include Giovanni Reyna, the son of U.S.Hall of Famer Claudio Reyna.
Giovanni Reyna plays in the youth program of MLS club New York City, for which former U.S. World Cup captain Claudio Reyna serves as SportingDirector.
Friendly game opponents for the John Hackworth-coached U.S. U-15s include LA Galaxy 2001s, the Real So Cal 2001s and the FC Golden State 2001s.
California ismost represented on the 48-player roster followed by New York:
11 California.
6 New York.
4 North Carolina.
3Maryland, Texas.
2 Connecticut, Colorado, Illinois, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
1 Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia,Washington, Washington, D.C., Wisconsin.
U.S. U-15 boys national team
GOALKEEPERS (4): Alex Bobocea (NYRB; Glenn Oaks, N.Y.), AaronCervantes (LA Gaxay; Chino Hills, Calif.), Damian Las (Chicago Magic; Norridge, Ill.), Carlos Zuniga (San Diego Surf; Chula Vista, Calif.).
DEFENDERS (15): Sebastian Anderson(Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Noah Atanda (Bethesda-Olney; Olney, Md.), George Bello (Ambush; Douglasville, Ga.), Brian Carmona (Eastside Timbers; Portland, Ore.), Alan Enriques (LaEsperanza; Santa Barbara, Calif.), Devin Faison (TFC Alliance; Cary, N.C.), Maximilian Goeggel (Ballistic United; San Francisco, Calif.), Tayvon Gray (Cedar Stars; Bronx, N.Y.), Mukisa Kiingi(Bethesda-Olney; Bethesda, Md.), Conner Maurer (NYRB; Levittown, N.Y.), Jake O’Connor (CASL; Cary, N.C.); Danny Ramm (NYRB; Freehold, N.J.), Jose Rios (FC Golden State; San Bernardino, Calif.);Peter Stroud (NYRB; Chester, N.J.), Juan Zuniga (Storm; Bluffton, S.C.).
MIDFIELDERS (17): Masango Akale (Minnesota Thunder; Minneapolis, Minn.), Efrain Alvarez (LA Galaxy; LosAngeles, Calif.), Julian Anderson (PDA; Ocean, N.J.), Henry Bowland (SA Scorpions; San Antonio, Texas), Gilbert Fuentes Perez (Ballistic United; Tracy, Calif.), Frank Gonzalez (FC Golden State; SouthGate, Calif.), Cade Hagan (LA Galxay; Naperville, Ill.), David Hughes (Richmond United; Moseley, Va.); Takumi Ikeda (Chicago Fire; Madison, Wis.), Jack Imperato (De Anza Force; San Jose, Calif.),Bryang Kayo (Bethesda-Olney; Montgomery Village, Md.), Diego Letayf (FC Dallas; Southlake, Texas), Mikey Maunsell (Oakwood; Oxford, Conn.), Daniel Robles (Seattle Sounders; Burien, Wash.), EvanSchweikert (Oakwood; North Haven, Conn.), Benjamin Smith (Real Colorado; Centennial, Colo.), Kai Thomas (Weston FC; Coral Springs, Fla.).
FORWARDS (12): Adam Armour (CASL; Cary,N.C.), William Burnett (CASL; Fayetteville, N.C.), Jack de Vries (Philadelphia Union; Wayne, Pa.), Cameron Dunbar (Albion; Chula Vista, Calif.), Julian Gaines (Lonestar; Austin, Texas), Kayvon Gray(Cedar Stars; Bronx, N.Y.), Bryson Hankins (Central CA Aztecs; Bakersfield, Calif.), Kawika Kelii (Maui United; Waianae, Hawaii), Daniel Mangarov (Georgia United; Duluth, Ga.), Giovanni Reyna(Bedford, N.Y.; NYCFC), Kalani Takamura (Capital FC; Washington D.C.), Jackson Temple (Continental FC Delco; Millville, Pa.).
What a hack load of crap! Haven’t we had enough of find this! How any U.S. SOCCER affiliated coaches are going to keep getting there own relations to the top. So utterly disappointed to hear this. Makes me have no faith in our youth identification system. We don’t have the luxury for this kind of blatant oversight. Get it together US soccer scouting.
No offense to John Hackworth, but has he ever won anything? Seems like his limited playing experience, together with that lack of winning hardware, should preclude him from coaching/developing our next crop of national players. Isn’t there a coach out there who comes from a different mold? Or is this all about the old boy network & managing up? Also, looking through the players from California, you’d think at least one of them would be from the top-ranked team in the country (at least as ranked by gotsoccer–does anyone go by that?).