ATLANTA (May 14, 2025) – The U.S. Under-16 Boys’ National Team will travel to Argentina and Uruguay from May 17-27. The group will square off with Argentina in Buenos Aries on Thursday, May 22, before traveling to Montevideo to face off with Uruguay on Tuesday, May 27. U-16 BNT head coach Alex Aldaz has called up 20 players for the event, all born in 2009.
All players are age-eligible for this year’s 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar. The USA earned its berth for the 2008-birth year world championship by topping Group F at the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers in February. Starting in 2025, the U-17 World Cup is now an annual event. This group of 2009-birth year players will form the core of the group that will compete at the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers and FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The roster features players from 12 Major League Soccer clubs, led by three each from Chicago Fire FC, Houston Dynamo FC, and LA Galaxy. The Columbus Crew and Philadelphia Union have two players each.
U-16 BOYS’ NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER – MAY TRAINING CAMP
Goalkeepers (2): James Donaldson (Atlanta United FC; Woodstock, Ga.), Eamon Schorzman (Houston Dynamo FC; The Woodlands, Texas)
Defenders (7): Hugo Berg (Chicago Fire FC; Chicago, Ill.), Eddie Chadwick (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Nash Dearmin (Inter Miami CF; Hobe Sound, Fla.), Gianmarco Di Noto (Columbus Crew; Rochester Hills, Mich.), Tyson Espy (Los Angeles FC; Dana Point, Calif.), Prince Forfor (Columbus Crew; Des Moines, Iowa), Liam Vejrostek (FC Dallas; Little Elm, Texas)
Midfielders (5): Lukas Bruegmann (Houston Dynamo FC; Houston, Texas),Roko Pehar (Chicago Fire FC; Glenview, Ill.), Jacob Ramirez (Orlando City FC; Orlando, Fla.), Paul Sokoloff (New York Red Bulls; Brooklyn, New York), Kaedren Spivey (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.)
Forwards (6): Mattheo Dimareli (Houston Dynamo FC; Houston, Texas), Tyler Gladstone (Philadelphia Union; Granby, Mass.), Darris Hyte (Chicago Fire FC; Streamwood, Ill.), Malik Jakupovic (Philadelphia Union; Sterling Heights, Mich.), Aaron Medina (Los Angeles Galaxy; Long Beach, Calif.), Max Steelman (Los Angeles Galaxy; Carlsbad, Calif)
ADDITIONAL NOTES
- The players come from nine states, led by five players from California and four players from Texas.
- Sixteen players return from the U-16s’ April training camp at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center: Hugo Berg, Eddie Chadwick, Nash Dearmin, Gianmarco Di Noto, James Donaldson, Tyson Espy, Prince Forfor, Tyler Gladstone, Darris Hyte, Malik Jakupovic, Roko Pehar, Jacob Ramirez, Eamon Schorzman, Paul Sokoloff, Kaedren Spivey, and Liam Verjostek.
- Two players have been called to all five U-16 BNT training camps under Aldaz: Berg and Pehar.
