Sporting Kansas City Academy defender Luca Antongirolami has earned another call up to the USYNT, joining the U-15s for the first international matches of the cycle against Mexico in Mesa, Ariz. on Feb. 28 and March 2. Antongirolami is one of 24 players, all born in 2010, to join new U-15 head coach Ross Brady at his first camp.
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. The roster features players from 15 Major League Soccer clubs.
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.)
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.
Antongirolami, a 14-year-old Kansas City native, has played up a year, anchoring the Sporting KC's U-16s at centerback. He was called into several camps in the past with the USYNT, most recently joining the group in November in in Fayetteville, GA.
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