The USMNT youth surge has been incredible and the number of young players flooding into Europe and MLS Academies has been incredible. Below we rank the very best in the pool Under 20 years old.
The Top 50 u20 Eligible Prospects (Spring 2021 Update)
- Gio Reyna – Winger, Borussia Dortumund, 2002
- Yunus Musah – Winger, Valencia, 2002
- Folarin Balogun – Striker, Arsenal, 2001
- Malick Sanogo – Stiker, Union Berlin, 2004
- Caden Clark – Attacking Mid, New York Red Bulls, 2003
- Bryan Okoh – Center Back, Red Bull Salzburg, 2003
- Alex Mighten – Winger, Nottingham Forrest, 2003
- Malik Tilmann – Center Mid, Bayern, 2002
- Moses Nyeman – Center Mid, DC United, 2003
- Jonathan Gomez – Left Back, Louisville City FC, 2003
- Ricardo Pepi – Striker, FC Dallas, 2003
- Gianluca Busio – Defensive Mid, Sporting Kansas City, 2002
- Hassan Ayari – Attacking Mid, Sheffield United, 2002
- Konrad De La Fuente – Winger, FC Barcelona, 2001
- Bryan Reynolds – Right Back, Roma, 2001
- Uly Llanez – Winger, Wolfsburg, 2001
- Tanner Tessmann – Center Mid, FC Dallas, 2001
- Justin Che – Center Back, Bayern, 2003
- Aidan Morris, Center Mid, Columbus Crew, 2001
- Julian Araujo – Right Back, LA Galaxy, 2001
- Reed Baker-Whiting – Defensive Mid, Seattle Sounders, 2005
- Owen Otasowie – Center Back, Wolverhampton, 2001
- Bryang Kayo – Center Mid, Wolfsburg, 2002
- George Bello – Left Back, Atlanta United, 2002
- Paxten Aaronson – Attacking Mid, Philadelphia Union, 2003
- Brooklyn Raines – Center Mid, Barca AZ, 2005
- Felipe Valencia – Winger, Inter Miami, 2005
- Cade Cowell – Winger, San Jose Earthquakes, 2003
- Efrain Alvarez – Attacking Midfielder, LA Galaxy, 2002
- Diego Lopez – Center Mid, Philadelphia Union, 2005
- Taylor Booth – Defensive Mid, Bayern Munich, 2001
- Zach Booth – Center Mid, Leicester City, 2004
- Evan Rotundo – Attacking Mid, Schalke 04, 2004
- Kobe Hernandez-Foster – Left Back, Wolfsburg, 2001
- Brandan Craig – Center Back, Philadelphia Union, 2004
- Mauricio Cuevas – Right Back, LA Galaxy, 2003
- Matt Hoppe – Striker, Schalke 04, 2001
- Nati Clarke – Center Back, Sporting Kansas City, 2005
- Cole Bassett – Center Mid, Colorado Rapids, 2001
- Santiago Munoz – Striker, Santos Lugano, 2002
- Kevin Paredes – Winger, DC United, 2003
- Fede Oliva – Winger, Athletico Madrid, 2004
- Marcos Zambrano – Striker, Philadelphia Union, 2005
- Sebastian Carbajal – Striker, San Jose Earthquake, 2005
- Antonio Leone – Center Back, LAFC, 2004
- Jose Gallegos – Attacking Mid, San Antonio FC, 2001
- Julio Benetiz – Center Mid, Real Salt Lake, 2005
- Dante Sealy – Winger, FC Dallas, 2003
- Cam Harper – Winger, New York Red Bulls, 2001
- Jack McGlynn – Center Mid, Philadelphia Union
Honorary mentions
- Jonathan Perez – Attacking Mid, LA Galaxy, 2003
- Johnny Cardoso – Defensive Mid, Internacionale, 2001
- Leon Flach – Center mid, Philadelphia Union, 2001
- Nico Carerra – Center Back, Holstein Kiel, 2002
- Aethan Yohannes – Center Mid, AZ Alkmaar, 2004
- Joseph Scally – Right Back, Mönchengladbach, 2002
- Matko Milijevic – Winger, Argentinos Juniors, 2001
- Kenan Hot – Defensive Mid, New York Red Bulls, 2004
- Daniel Leyva – Defensive Mid, Seattle Sounders, 2003
Previous rankings
2001-2005 Age Groups by Year
We’ve create a series created that breaks down the 2001-2005 age groups. The top players for each class are highlighted and a ranking of the top players for each group are listed by year. Rankings are as of April 2020.
MLS Academy Rankings
The MLS academies have come along way since the league began, some have done exceptionally more than others. As MLS Commissioner Don Garber desires to lead the league into becoming more of a selling league the academies development will become more critical. Rankings as of March 2020.
USYNT
These players will be among the leaders to have an impact on our USYNTs in the U20 FIFA World Cup and U17 FIFA World Cup in 2021.
USMNT U20 – Coach Anthony Hudson
USMNT U17 – Coach TBD