FC Dallas Homegrown striker Ricardo Pepi and FCD Academy center back Nicolas Carrera have been called into the US U17 23-player roster for the 4 Nations Tournament in Assen, Netherlands, from September 5th to the 9th. The USA will face Mexico, Netherlands, and Denmark at the competition, which will serve as the team's final official international matches before the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Jonathan Tomkinson formerly of Solar SC and currently with Norwich City was also named to the team.

The 2019 U17s World Cup is scheduled to take place from October 26th to November 17th. The US has been drawn into Group D against Senegal, Japan, and the Netherlands.

Ricardo Pepi has played for the U17s before and was a large part of the USA's 2nd place finish in the 2019 Concacaf U17 Championships. The 16-year-old Pepi has already seen action in MLS including starting two US Open Cup games for FC Dallas.

This will not be the first U17 camp for 17-year-old Nico Carrera who was in a U17 camp back in late July. Carrera, who plays for the FCD U19s, recently received his US citizenship and is eligible for both the US and Mexico. He also recently took part in a U17 camp with Mexico but with the World Championships around the corner, both countries are holding camps during this upcoming window.

Carrera will officially remain untied to either country until he plays in a FIFA sanctioned championship. But by choosing to go to US camp over Mexico this week, Carrera is effectively making his final choice to represent the USA going forward.

(PHOTO TAKEN 8/27/19) In a few days Nicolas Carrera from Frisco will announce whether he will represent the Mexico Team or the United States Team. (FOTO ESPECIAL PARA AL DIA/MARIA OLIVAS) (Maria R. Olivas)

U.S. U-17 MNT ROSTER BY POSITION

(CLUB; HOMETOWN; CAPS/GOALS)

GOALKEEPERS (3): Aaron Cervantes (Orange County Soccer Club; Chino Hills, Calif.; 3/0),

Damian Las (Unattached; Norridge, Ill.; 18/0), Chituru Odunze (Leicester City/ENG; London,

England; 6/0)

DEFENDERS (8): Sebastian Anderson (Colorado Rapids; Highlands Ranch, Colo.; 0/0), Adam

Armour (North Carolina FC; Cary, N.C.; 16/0), George Bello (Atlanta United; Douglasville, Ga.;

6/1),(FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas; 0/0), Mauricio Cuevas (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles,

Calif.; 5/0), Tayvon Gray (New York City FC; Bronx, N.Y.; 15/0), Kobe Hernandez (LA Galaxy; Los

Angeles, Calif.; 20/2),(Norwich City/ENG; Plano, Texas; 0/0)

Maximilian Dietz (Freiburg/GER; Frankfurt, Germany; 0/0), Ethan Dobbelaere

(Seattle Sounders FC; Seattle, Wash.; 0/0), Gilbert Fuentes (San Jose Earthquakes; Tracy, Calif.;

19/0), Bryang Kayo (D.C. United; Poolesville, Md.; 5/1), Adam Saldana (LA Galaxy; Panorama

City, Calif.; 23/2)

FORWARDS (7): Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City; Greensboro, N.C.; 13/7), Andres Jasson

(New York City FC; Greenwich, Conn.; 8/0), Noah Jones (RB Leipzig/GER; Berlin, Germany; 0/0),

Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (Seattle Sounders FC; Kent, Wash.; 21/9),(FC Dallas;

McKinney, Texas; 12/4), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER; Bedford, N.Y.; 14/7), Griffin

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup Group D - USA Schedule

Yow (D.C. United; Clifton, Va.; 12/7)