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U-16 Boys’ National Team Heads to Georgia for 24-Player Training Camp

Head Coach Alex Aldaz Calls 24 Players Born in 2009 from April 27-May 4 to Hometown of Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center
April 25, 2025
Black and white soccer balls on field text april training camp
Black and white soccer balls on field text april training camp

ATLANTA (April 25, 2025) – With the ongoing objective to expand and improve the Men’s Youth National Team player pool, U.S. Soccer will hold a U-16 Boys National Team domestic training camp from April 27-May 4 at McCurry Park South in Fayetteville, Georgia.

U-16 BNT head coach Alex Aldaz has selected 24 players to participate in the week-long camp in the hometown of the under-construction Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center.

All players are age-eligible for this year’s 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar. The USA earned its berth for the 2008-birth year world championship last month by topping Group F at the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers. Starting in 2025, the U-17 World Cup is now an annual event. This group of 2009-birth year players will form the core of the group that will compete at the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers and FIFA U-17 World Cup.

A total of 23 of the 24 players represent MLS clubs, with the Columbus Crew contributing a roster-leading four players. Chicago Fire send three players, while FC Dallas, Inter Miami, New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union provide two each.

U.S. UNDER-16 BNT ROSTER BY POSITION:

Goalkeepers (3): Keller Abbott (Columbus Crew; New Albany, Ohio), James Donaldson (Atlanta United; Woodstock, Ga.), Eamon Schorzman (Houston Dynamo; The Woodlands, Texas)

Defenders (8): Hugo Berg (Chicago Fire; Chicago, Ill.), Eddie Chadwick (Los Angeles Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Nash Dearmin (Inter Miami; Hobe Sound, Fla.), Gianmarco Di Noto (Columbus Crew; Rochester Hills, Mich.), Tyson Epsy (LAFC; Dana Point, Calif.), Prince Forfor (Columbus Crew; Des Moines, Iowa), Astin Mbaye (New York Red Bulls; Jersey City, N.J.), Liam Vejrostek (FC Dallas; Little Elm, Texas)

Midfielders (7): Steel Cook (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Peter Molinari (NYCFC; Bayside, N.Y.), Xander Newstead (Ajax Amsterdam/NED; San Francisco, Calif.), Roko Peha (Chicago Fire; Glenview, Ill.), Jacob Ramirez (Orlando City; Orlando, Fla.), Paul Sokoloff (New York Red Bulls; Brooklyn, N.Y.), Kaedren Spivey (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.)

Forwards (6): Immanuel Ewing (Columbus Crew; Merced, Calif.), Tyler Gladstone (Philadelphia Union; Grandby, Mass.), Omar Hassan (Seattle Sounders; Bellevue, Wash.), Darris Hyte (Chicago Fire; Streamwood, Ill.), Malik Jakupovic (Philadelphia Union; Sterling Heights, Mich.), Matthias Vieux (Inter Miami; Miami, Fla.)

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • San Francisco native Xander Newstead is the only player competing outside the U.S., now at Ajax Amsterdam in the Netherlands
  • The players come from 12 states, led by five players from California
  • Eight players return from the U-16s’ February training camp in West Palm Beach, Fla.: Hugo Berg, Eddie Chadwick, James Donaldson, Immanuel Ewing, Malik Jakupovic, Peter Molinari, Roko Pehar, Liam Vejrostek
  • Four players have been called to all four U-16 BNT training camps under Aldaz, starting with the team’s September gathering in Georgia: Berg, Donaldson, Ewing and Pehar.