U.S. U-15 Boys National Team gathering in Arizona for training camp with 24 players

CHICAGO – The U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team will play its first international matches of the cycle against Mexico in Mesa, Ariz. on Feb. 28 and March 2. It’s the first training camp for new head coach Ross Brady and he has called up 24 players for the event, all born in 2010.

All players are age-eligible for this summer’s 2025 Concacaf U-15 Boys’ Championship. The USA won its first-ever U-15 Boys’ regional title in 2023, its third appearance in the biennial tournament.

(+U.S. Soccer appoints Ross Brady as head coach of U.S. U-15 Boys’ National Team)

The roster features players from 15 Major League Soccer clubs, led by four players from Chicago Fire FC and three from St. Louis City SC. Two players each come from the Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, LA Galaxy and the Philadelphia Union.

U-15 BOYS’ NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER – MEXICO FRIENDLIES

GOALKEEPERS (3): Emmanuel Arias (Nashville SC; Antioch, Tenn.), Connor Dale (Inter Miami CF; West Palm Beach, Fla.), Jason Nemo (Chicago Fire FC; Evanston, Ill.)

DEFENDERS (8): Jeremiah Alexander-Munoz (Charlotte FC; Concord, N.C.), Luca Antongirolami (Sporting Kansas City; Kansas City, Mo.), Jackson Bowman (Houston Dynamo FC; Spring, Texas), Christian Guillen Lopez (FC Dallas; Plano, Texas), Justus Jones (FC Dallas; Prosper, Texas), Owen Jorgensen (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Mo.), Brenden Leon (Portland Timbers; Gates, Ore.), Finn McCraney (Chicago Fire FC; Darien, Ill.)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Samuel Diaz Gallego (Philadelphia Union; Richmond, Va.), Vinny Garcia (LA Galaxy; West Covina, Calif.), Christopher Morales (Chicago Fire FC; Chicago, Ill.), Noe Santillan (Atlanta United FC; Lawrenceville, Ga.), Nathan Tchoumba (Colorado Rapids; Aurora, Colo.), Robert Turdean (Chicago Fire FC; Niles, Ill.), Niccolo Vafiades (New York City FC; Pelham, N.Y.)

FORWARDS (6): Ikenna Chidebe (LA Galaxy; Rancho Palos Verdes, CA), Timoni Gbalajobi (Philadelphia Union; Cherry Hill, N.J.), Camilo Guerrero (Orlando City SC; Orlando, Fla.), Alexander Hernandez (Colorado Rapids; Denver, Colo.), Kane Kraus (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Mo.), Blake Wilson (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Mo.)

Twenty of the 24 players called to Arizona were a part of national identification camps last March and May as part of the Under-14 Talent ID program. Those camps featured 80 players, 20 from each of U.S. Soccer’s four main scouting regions- East, Central, South and West.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• Midfielder Robert Turdean signed an MLS Homegrown contract with the Fire last month, becoming the youngest field player signing in club history and 10th youngest field player acquisition in league history.
• Turdean was also a part of the last U-15 cycle, playing up with the 2009-birth year age group.
• The players come from 13 states, led by four each from Illinois and Missouri.
• Sixteen players return from the U-15s’ last training camp, a November gathering in Fayetteville, Ga.: Jeremiah Alexander-Munoz, Luca Antongirolami, Ikenna Chidebe, Connor Dale, Vinny Garcia, Timoni Gbalajobi, Alexander Hernandez, Owen Jorgensen, Kane Kraus, Brenden Leon, Finn McCraney, Jason Nemo, Noe Santillan, Nathan Tchoumba, Turdean and Niccolo Vafiades.
• Nine players have been called to all three U-15 training camps so far this cycle: Antongirolami, Chidebe, Dale, Garcia, Hernandez, Jorgensen, Tchoumba, Turdean and Vafiades.