The U.S. Under-17 National Team Will Travel to Hotlanta...

Thirty chosen kids born in 1990 are practicing in the latest U-17 camp. Coach John Hackworth assembled eighteen current Residency players and twelve who could be added to the 40-man Residency program. These players are looking forward to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup being held in South Korea.

Since the adidas ESP camp just ended, I thought it'd be interesting to see how many ESP kids are now training with the national program in Atlanta. Turns out 60% of the current camp roster participated in Atlanta. You can see all of these top level events are closely tied together. While it is good these kids are getting to know each other to help them play as a team, I always think it is too bad more kids can't be exposed to this high level of coaching and training.

Here is the roster for the current camp going on in Atlanta:

Position	First Name	Last Name	State	2006 ESP
F	Danny	Barerra	Calif	y
D	Brice	Carr	Wis	y
D	Alonzo	Carter	Va
F	Bryan	Dominguez	Ga	y
D	Gregory	Garza	TX	y
D	Christian	Ibeagha	Okla	y
F	Abdusalam	Ibrahim	Minn
F	Paul	Islas	Calif
M	Tevin	Jackson	Md	y
M	Jared	Jeffrey	TX	y
F	Archie	Karpeh	Minn
M	Brendan	King	Ill
GK	Josh	Lambo	Wis	y
D	Brandon	Lee	NJ	y
M	Axel	Levry	Md	y
GK	Zac	MacMath	Fla
F	Ellis	McLoughlin	Wash
GK	David	Meves	Ill
D	TJ	Nelson	Texas
M	Amobi	Okugo	Calif
M	Jesse	Paredes	Calif	y
D	Evan	Raynr	Calif	y
F	Israel	Sesay	Md
M	Dane	Shea	TX	y
D	Howard	Turk	Va
M	Kirk	Urso	Ill	y
M	Matthew	Uy	NY	y
M	Daniel	Wenzel	Wash	y
F	Sheanon	Williams	Mass	y
M	Brandon	Zimmerman	Wash	y

In the last U-17 World Cup tournament, held last summer, the US lost to The Neatherlands in the Quarterfinals, 2-0. The US was impressive in the tournament, winning their group with wins over Italy, North Korea and a draw against The Ivory Coast. Kids from the 2005 tournament are already playing in MLS and other professional leagues abroad, showing theFIFA U-17 World Cup is the way to launch your career. On the other hand, many of these players are just starting their freshman year of college. Here is the 2005 roster and where they are now. Is there is a dash under current club, I don't know:

First Name	Last Name	Pos	Club in 2005	Club (School) Currently
Bryant	Rueckner	GK	PSG California	UCSB
Amaechi	Igwe	DF	Santa Clara Sporting	Santa Clara
Kevin	Alston	DF	Potomac Cougars	Indiana
Josmer	Altidore	FW	Boca Juniors	NY Red Bulls
Ofori	Sarkodie	DF	Chicago Magic	Indiana
Quavas	Kirk	FW	Chicago Magic	LA Galaxy
Omar	Gonzalez	FW	Dallas Texans	Maryland
Kyle	Nakazawa	MF	ISC Strikers	UCLA
Preston	Zimmerman	FW	Crossfire Premier	Hamburg SV (Germany)
David	Arvizu	FW	Pateadores	NY Red Bulls
Ryan	Soroka	MF	Delco	St. John's
Gabe	Farfan	MF	La Jolla Nomads	-
Blake	Wagner	DF	HC United	FC Dallas
Neven	Subotic	DF	Manatee Magic	University of South Florida
Dan	Kelly	MF	Tennessee Futbol Club	-
Nik	Besagno	MF	Real Salt Lake	Real Salt Lake
Jeremy	Hall	MF	HC United	Maryland
Diego	Restrepo	GK	Team Boca	University of South Florida
Mike	Farfan	MF	La Jolla Nomads	-
Brian	Perk	GK	Pateadores	-

We'll keep a close eye on their freshman seasons coming up this fall.