U.S. Club Soccer sent its id2 National Selection team of 18 boys, born in 1997 and 1998, to a 10-day competition in Scotland.
During its stay the team played a handful of European clubs, beating Celtic F.C. and Manchester City with a 3-1 and 4-1 score, suffering a 2-1 loss at the hands of Everton F.C.
PDA coach Gerry McKeown, who led the id2 National Selection team, shared his thoughts on the boys’ performances
“I think overall the team was very good and well balanced. We had good options in every position,” he said. “We didn’t have any training before, so the kids performed exceptionally well and came together as a team very quickly. By the end of the week they were solid.”
It wasn’t the perfect start for the Selection team. In its first game, Celtic went up 1-0 after a penalty kick.
2011 id2 National Selection International Tour Videos
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2011 id2 National Selection International Tour Roster (courtesy US Club Soccer):
Chet Castellaw (Hidden Hills, Calif.; Real SoCal), Jeremy Colvin (Houston, Texas; Houstonians FC), Stephen Elias (Rye, N.Y.; Beachside SC), Cesar Farias (Santa Rosa, Calif.; Santa Rosa Atletico), Collin Fernandez (Downers Grove, Ill.; Chicago Fire Juniors), Nicholas Giordano (East Northport, N.Y.; Long Island FC), David Godinez-Chavez (Redwood City, Calif.; Juventus Forza), Malcolm Jones (Chino Hills, Calif.; Cosmos Academy West), Matt McCarthy (Armonk, N.Y.; FC Westchester), Abuchi Obinwa (Gotha, Fla.; Florida Rush), Ricardo Oliveros (Weston, Fla.; West Pines United), Logan Panchot (Wildwood, Mo.; St. Louis Scott Gallagher), Tommy Redding (Oviedo, Fla.; FC America), Shannon Seymour (Bourbonnais, Ill.; Chicago Fire Juniors), Kevin Silva (Bethlehem, Pa.; PDA), Benny Swanson (Grove City, Ohio; Columbus Crew), Sam Swanson (Charlottesville, Va.; Richmond Strikers), Sean Wilson (Bethlehem, Pa.; PDA)