Michael Nsien, who recently turned down the chance to work as an assistant coach of the Super Eagles, has selected a squad to represent the USA at the 2024 CONCACAF U20 Championship, which is set for July 18 to August 4 in Celaya and Irapuato, Mexico.
At the tournament, the U.S. Under-20 Men’s Youth National Team will take aim at one of four berths to the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.
The USA are aiming for their fourth-straight CONCACAF title after taking home their first three championships at this age level in 2017, 2018 and 2022.
As the tournament’s top seed, the U.S. were drawn into Group A and open the competition against Jamaica on Friday, July 19 (10:06 p.m. ET), square up with Cuba on Monday, July 22 (10:06 p.m. ET) and finishe the group stage against Costa Rica on Thursday, July 25 (10:06 p.m. ET).
Nsien applied for Super Eagles top job before he later claimed that he was approached to work as an assistant coach in the national team.
2024 CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER BY POSITION (COLLEGE OR CLUB; HOMETOWN)
GOALKEEPERS (3): Adam Beaudry (Colorado Rapids; Castle Pines, Colo.), Julian Eyestone (Brentford FC/ENG; Dallas, Texas), Duran Ferree (Orange County SC; San Diego, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (6): Luca Bambino (Los Angeles FC; Saugus, Calif.), Noah Cobb (Atlanta United FC; Chattanooga, Tenn.), Aiden Harangi (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER; Reston, Va.), Stuart Hawkins (Seattle Sounders FC; Fox Island, Wash.), Ethan Kohler (Werder Bremen/GER; Campbell, Calif.), Nolan Norris (FC Dallas; Fort Worth, Texas)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew; Columbus, Ohio), Cruz Medina (San Jose Earthquakes; San Francisco, Calif.), Sergio Oregel Jr. (Chicago Fire FC; Chicago, Ill.), Brooklyn Raines (Houston Dynamo FC; Chicago, Ill.), Pedro Soma (UE Cornella/ESP; Coconut Creek, Fla.), Niko Tsakiris (San Jose Earthquakes; Saratoga, Calif.)
FORWARDS (6): Nimfasha Berchimas (Charlotte FC; High Point, N.C.), Keyrol Figueroa (Liverpool/ENG; Warrington, England), Zavier Gozo (Real Salt Lake; Eagle Mountain, Utah), Ruben Ramos Jr. (LA Galaxy; La Puente, Calif.), David Vazquez (Philadelphia Union; Los Angeles, Calif.), Marcos Zambrano (Vitoria Guimaraes/POR; Parkland, Fla.)
