Rating the YNT: Top 5 men's forwards
May 16, 2017 by Will Parchman (Club News)
Our four-part series on the best of the best in the U.S. men’s youth national team pool at every position reaches its final waypoint today. Forwards. The glamor position.
Rating the YNT: Top 5 men's midfielders
May 12, 2017 by Will Parchman (Club News)
We’ve seen what the un-capped U.S. youth international pool has to offer between the posts. And we’ve seen what the defender cache looks like. Next up? The engine room. It’s time to talk midfielders.
Rating the YNT: Top 5 men's defenders
May 11, 2017 by Will Parchman (Club News)
The assessment of our YNT system’s best players at every position continues. And today, it’s the defenders’ turn.
Rating the YNT: Top 5 men's goalkeepers
May 10, 2017 by Will Parchman (Club News)
These five keepers are, in my estimation, the next in line. Don’t be surprised to see a few of these wrestling for full national team minutes in the coming years. Of any position, the U.S. has not struggled to develop world class goalkeepers. Expect that reputation to fire back up again soon.

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Boys Commitments
Jayden Puna ・2026
Defender (North Carolina)
Gianluca Balestrieri ・2025
Midfielder (MIT)
Thomas McNiff ・2026
Midfielder (Washington (Mo.))
Nathaniel Dunlop ・2026
Forward (Middlebury)
Kaz Seyhoon ・2026
Forward (Lafayette)
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Girls Commitments
Fiori Morin ・2026
Midfielder (California Lutheran)
Hayden Blaney ・2026
Goalkeeper (Omaha)
Emerson Rogers ・2026
Defender (Elon)
Anna Wilson ・2026
Forward (UCLA)
Gloria Luo ・2026
Midfielder (James Madison)
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