The Perils of Ball-Watching: Musah vs Aaronson

During the June 2022 international window, we got to see the US play against Morocco(3-0 win), Uruguay(0-0 draw), Grenada(5-0 win), and El Salvador(1-1 tie). This window gave us a chance to see both Brendan Aaronson(Leeds) and Yunus Musah(Valencia) operate…

MLS NEXT Cup 2022

The MLS NEXT Cup marks the end to the 2022 MLS NEXT academy season. MLS broadcasted a selection of games from the U19, U17, U16 and U15 age groups. I watched the broadcasted games and took note of the…

Top 50 u20 Spring 2022 Edition

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…

USYNT U20 Concacaf Tournament Preview

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 -…

Joshua Wynder – Louisville’s USMNT Hopeful

Soccer has experienced phenomenal growth in the US in recent years with the number of professional clubs growing year over year. Following the inception of many of these clubs has been the development of youth academy systems, providing aspiring…