CHICAGO – Numerous players with USL experience have been named among the 153 players selected to be part of five U.S. Youth National Teams at the first ever U.S. Soccer Men’s YNT Summit Camp, running from Jan. 2-11 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. Under the leadership of U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director Tab Ramos, players will convene for the U.S. U20, U19, U18, U17 and U16 Youth National Teams to start the new year.

With the 2018-2019 player cycle officially kicking off in January, Ramos and the coaching staff will look to continue fostering a program-wide effort to develop world class players, coaches at the summit, which represents a first its kind youth training camp that will focus on integration between players, coaches and staff from the five oldest Youth National Teams, while laying the first foundational elements for qualifying the U.S. for the 2019 FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cups.

“I am looking forward to building on the success our Youth National Teams had over the last two cycles (2014-2015 and 2016-2017),” Ramos said. “This first ever Men’s YNT Summit Camp provides all of our teams the opportunity to team build and to continue the development of our style of play in one location together.”

Among the USL players leading the way are 13 players in the U20 National Team squad, with Saint Louis FC duo Jack Maher and Aedan Stanley being joined by Charlotte Independence defender Sam Vines, LA Galaxy II goalkeeper Eric Lopez, Swope Park Rangers defender Jaylin Lindsay, Richmond Kickers loanee Chris Durkin, Charleston Battery loanees Andrew Carleton and Chris Goslin and the Bethlehem Steel FC quartet of Mark McKenzie, Matthew Real, Anthony Fontana and Justin McMaster.