ROSTER: U.S. U-15 Men’s Youth National Team set to open training camp in Georgia

CHICAGO – The U.S. Under-15 Men’s Youth National Team will hold a training camp in Fayetteville, Ga. from Nov. 14-20. U-15 MYNT head coach Tom Heinemann has called 24 players to Fayetteville, the future home of the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center.

Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2010 are age-eligible for this one-year U-15 MYNT cycle, which culminates in next summer’s Concacaf U-15 Championship. All 24 players selected for camp were born in 2010. As one of U.S. Soccer’s youngest Youth National Teams, the U-15s serve an important role in the Federation’s mission to develop winning teams by helping build the foundation of the MYNT player pool.

Fifteen MLS clubs are represented on the roster, led by three players each from Chicago Fire FC, the Columbus Crew and the Philadelphia Union. Two players each come from the LA Galaxy, New York City FC and St. Louis City SC.

U.S. UNDER-15 MEN’S YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER – NOVEMBER TRAINING CAMP

GOALKEEPERS (3): Olumuyiwa Ajayi (New York City FC; New York, N.Y.), 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.), Orion Jolliff (San Jose Earthquakes; Ceres, Calif.), Owen Jorgensen (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Mo.), Brenden Leon (Portland Timbers; Gates, Ore.), Richmond Luong (Columbus Crew; North Royalton, Ohio), Finn McCraney (Chicago Fire FC; Darien, Ill.), Landon Mulvenna (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Vinny Garcia (LA Galaxy; West Covina, Calif.), Javier Linares (Philadelphia Union; Philadelphia, Pa.), Noe Santillan (Atlanta United FC; Lawrenceville, Ga.), Nathan Tchoumba (Colorado Rapids; Aurora, Colo.), Lisandro Torres (Los Angeles FC; Long Beach, Calif.), Robert Turdean (Chicago Fire FC; Niles, Ill.), Niccolo Vafiades (New York City FC; Pelham, N.Y.)

FORWARDS (6): JD Adigun (Columbus Crew; Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ikenna Chidebe (LA Galaxy; Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Jamil Danjaji (Columbus Crew; Columbus, Ohio), Timoni Gbalajobi (Philadelphia Union; Cherry Hill, N.J.), Kane Kraus (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Mo.), Eric Lodge (New York Red Bulls; Valley Cottage, N.Y.)

Ten players return from the U-15s’ first training camp of the cycle, an October gathering in West Palm Beach, Fla. Twenty-three of 24 players were a part of national identification camps in 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 scouting regions- East, Central, South and West. For this camp, nine players come from the Central region, seven from the East, five from the West and two from the South.