Tema: U20/U17 - Soccer

I wanted to create this thread in order to get the discussion going about the U20 and U17 teams. As some of you know I have thrown my hat into the ring for candidacy and in so doing I would like to make team a collaborative effort. This means that I'd like all of your input on the teams make up/construction/and tactic. I've always been of the opinion that if a company uses the collective talents and intelligence of its parts it can create an unbeatable product. We have the skill among our nations players; it simply will take the RIGHT players combined with the precise implementation.

Thus, I'd like your input; we'd ALL like your input. If you have a player or series of players that you believe would be good for the U-20 or U-17 team, list them here and give you input on why those players should be included and in what capacity.

So far, I have these guys in mind. Additions to follow....

# Name Team
1 Kirk Spicer Boilermakers
2 Ed Crenshaw Boilermakers
3 Thomas Ashcraft 1.FC Corona
4 Matt Henne 1.FC Corona
5 John Rasmussen Arlington Betamax
6 Leon Romo Arlington Betamax
7 Ricky Schoenknecht Arlington Betamax
8 Lewis Merchant FC Bazanti
9 Jedidiah Petersen Charles House
10 Santo Locklear Eboracum United
11 Sean Bronson Arlington Betamax
12 Phillip Woody Arlington Betamax
13 Randolph Pelletier MFK Košice ml.
14 Hobey Adams Bleeding Wildcats
15 Vincent Sharrard Ontario Alpha Particles
16 Kenneth Shipp Bombsville Atomics

Spicer, Merchant, Woody, Locklear, Bronson, and Petersen are all currently 20 and will not be eligible for the U20 team when it starts next season (i.e. they'll be 21).

In addition, I expect some of the other players to be kept on the senior NT for another season (there's a news article mentioning this).

When I get some free time, I'll see if I can put a list together as well.

I have several decent 19 year olds and 2 pretty good 16 year olds.

To save you some time, my decent players are as follows:

U20 - SD Cale Dyson , Clark Schilling , Dave Eaton , CM Charles Dougherty , Norman Chester , SF Vernon Brand .

U17 - CD TJ Wesley , SF Collin Gaertner

I have no clue if this is the website the U.S. national team is currently using, but it would be helpful to have the link in this thread.

http://nt-soccer.czechppm.cz/usa/

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[http://nt-soccer.czechppm.cz/usa/]

nt-soccer.czechppm.cz/usa

Hopefully it will work this time.

Too bad I can't delete the unnecessary posts.

In any case, I have quite a few respectable players worth at least considering for the u17 and u20 teams (though they are mostly 15 year olds and 18 year olds right now). I probably have borderline facilities (13,12) and staff (332,222). In particular, I recommend:

u17: Norris Nicholson (LM - very good qualities), Dustin Christensen (CM - good relevant qualities and very high OR for a 15 year old), and Scott Bench (LF - probably not good enough but would be perfect for the bench).
u20:Lewis Branham (CD - good qualities), Jeff Leclair (G - mostly very good qualities, might soon take over as my starting goalie and gain more experience).

Just a quick list of guys I've come up with thus far -- completely disregarding NT participation -- I've just thrown names in there as they seem to fit my loose criteria, and happen to be in the highest league. I haven't ventured into other countries teams that may or may not have US players that would fit the bill, but will.

Tim Hammons Boilermakers
Ed Crenshaw Boildermakers
Chester Holmes Boilermakers
Ben Keen Boilermakers
Thomas Ashcraft 1. FC Corona
Matt Henne 1. FC Corona
Leon Romo Arlington Betamax
Ricky Schoenknecht Arlington Betamax
Lenny Cosby Arlington Betamax
Matt Sisk Arlington Betamax
Kenneth Shipp Bombsville Atomics
Leonard Stamper Bombsville Atomics
Colt Diaz Bombsville Atomics
Parker Ledbetter High Headerz
Peter Varney High Headerz
Cale Dyson The Fakeballers
Landon Cavanaugh

Goalie
Ron Ward High Headerz
Monty Hauser Mouth Breathers

Defense
Steven Gates Phenomenon FC (Left Side Defender)
Cale Dyson The Fakeballers (Side Defender)
Clark Schilling The Fakeballers (Side Defender)
Dave Eaton The Fakeballers (Side Defender)
Maximillian Beltz (Side Defender)
Tony Strauss (Side Defender)
Brian Bow (Left Side Defender)

MidField
Charles Dougherty (Center Mid)
Norman Chester The Fakeballers (Center Mid)
Irving Rush (Center Mid)
Bill Elliott Psychos (Center Mid)
Shaun Watson (Center Mid)

Forward
Vernon Brand The Fakeballers (Side Forward)
Del Crouch Phenomenon FC (Center Forward)
Rufus Benedict (Center Forward)

I've got a bunch of younger guys with reasonably good qualities that might merit looking at, but whoever takes on the U17's will almost definitely want to consider:

Alexander Culver : 15yo RF, 512 OR
Rudy Pitts : 16yo universal SM, 711 OR.

U20:
Steven Gates (LSD)
Del Crouch (SF/CF)
Woodrow Murry (CD)
Karl Enriquez (CD)

U17:
Gary Brown (CM)
Erik Howell (CF)

Oscar Bussinger 1.FC Corona
Jude Lott 1.FC Corona
Arch Ward 1.FC Corona
Darrin Braxton 1.FC Corona
Marshall Stallings FC Corsairs
Ralph Durkee FC Corsairs
Donny Stevens Arlington Betamax
Rudy Pitts Arlington Betamax
Wes Stanley Arlington Betamax
Alexander Culver Arlington Betamax
Max Wilkins High Headerz
Thomas Cruz High Headerz
Collin Gaertner The Fakeballers
Kristopher Westfall Team USA
Gary Brown Phenomenon FC
Javiar Douglas Psychos
Byron Tucker Arsenal F.C
Daniel Brewster Bleeding Wildcats
James Brinkley Bleeding Wildcats
Josef Lilly Bleeding Wildcats
Shawn Bridges Bleeding Wildcats
Vinnie Bresler Grisons United
Lee Dubose Grisons United
Daryl Wright Grisons United
Vincent Rosario Magic Kicks FC
Jayson Kidd Montana Miners
Otis Cianek Chicago Firehoses
JC Huston Ewok's
Kent Pemberton Chicago Fire
Eddie Brady Boilermakers
Matt Hernandez Boilermakers
Rob McDowell Boilermakers
Hyman Gulliver Boilermakers
Russ O'Connell Boilermakers
Oscar Colburn Boilermakers
Julius Mendez Boilermakers
Quentin Coates Bombsville Atomics
Jack Arnett Bombsville Atomics
Elvin Christensen Bombsville Atomics
Nicholas Rangel Bombsville Atomics
Willoughby Feinhaur Mouth Breathers
Jonathan Munger Mouth Breathers

These are the 42 players I've found that are either 15 with 500+ OR or 16 with 600+ OR in the US. If you have a player that fits that criteria but is not on the above list let me know. I'll have all of them scouted by the end of the season. If you have a player that does not meet the OR requirement but has very high qualities, let me know as well, but he's going to have to beat out 8 or more of the above players.

Dustin Christensen has 475 OR but will have 500+ OR in a few weeks (he grows by about 1.4 per day and has good qualities except for speed as a CM). He's probably still a longshot but worth considering.