Series Overview
This is this first article in a series of articles that looks at the landscape of United States eligible youth soccer players. Notice I used the term US eligible. I am defining this as a player, that…
Overview Version 11 of the American U21 impact rankings in MLS was one of the biggest movement weeks in recent memory with a lot of players that are solidifying roles with their clubs, most notably: Aidan Morris, Caleb Wiley,…
There wasn’t a ton of movement the last two weeks as we reach the halfway point in the 2022 MLS Season. We have seen two American U21 transfers to Belgium. Griffin Yow secured a permanent transfer to 1st tier…
After an International Window and the Concacaf U20 Championships still in progress, many players on this list saw little to no action since our last update. We have a new number one in John Toklin who continues to have…
Gideon Sutherland (@GideonSuth), Alex Calabrese (@amcalabrese12) & Marcus Chairez (@chai_asc) put their combined youth national team brainpower together to develop the Spring 2022 Top 50 U20 edition. Rank
Player
Position
Club
Birth Year 1
Ricardo Pepi
CF
Augsburg
2003 2
Kevin Paredes
WF
Wolfsburg
2003 3
Justin Che
CB
Hoffenheim
2003 4
Axel Perez
AM
Lyon
2007 5
Cruz Medina
CM
San Jose
2006 6
Jonathan Gómez
FB
Real Sociedad
2003 7
Obed Vargas
DM
Seattle
2005 8
Adrian Gill
CM
Barcelona
2006 9
Pedro…
Tournament Overview The U-20 USYNT are preparing for a massive summer where they will play in a Concacaf competition to qualify for the 2023 U20 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics which will take place from June 18 -…
Trending Up Aidan Morris is becoming more of an important piece to the Columbus Crew midfield Tayvon Gray’s steady play has brought him back into the top 10. Cameron Harper enters the top 25 after a very good first…
After 8 weeks of play in the 2022 MLS season, we’ve seen a lot of consistency at the top of this list. Cade Cowell continues to move up the list after his first assist of the season, becoming the…
Jogo In San Sebastián - A Look Into The Numbers
Jonathan Gómez has had an expectedly rocky start to life at the Reale Arena, but no one expected him to cement himself into the starting XI for Real Sociedad…
There are many paths to take towards a successful soccer career for young U.S. players. While many take their talents to the MLS, other options are available. Louisville City FC, playing the USL, is fortunate enough to be a…
David Kerr's Top 50 Spring 2021 edition of the best U20 players is here. This was an extremely challenging year for YNT players due to covid disrupting seasons and transfers around the world. Many YNT players in Europe…
The failure of the mostly MLS based U23 team to qualify for the Olympics, much has been said about the quality of USMNT U23 players in Europe versus MLS YNT. No doubt, players like Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler…