Update: Now official, see roster and schedule at the bottom of this post. "Talent Identification" training camp from Sept. 19-23 at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.

Fifty-nine players from U.S. Soccer's three main scouting regions (East, Central and West) will make up three teams at the camp. The teams will play games against each other as well as youth squads from Club Tijuana and LA Galaxy. On the camp's last day, the squads will be reshuffled and will play against each other in two intra-squad games.

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FC Dallas has had an astounding number of US youth and senior call ups this last week and there are a few more just around the corner. According to our sources, four FC Dallas players are heading to a short US U16 camp from September 19th to the 23rd. FC Dallas Homegrown Dante Sealy as well as FCD Academy U17s Justin Che, Jonathan Gomez, and Collin Smith have all been tapped for the camp.

Dante Sealy signed with FC Dallas as a Homegrown back in February and was loaned to FCD's development side North Texas SC for the 2019 season. Sealy just returned from a training stint at Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, a.k.a. PSG, but did come off the bench for NTX in their playoff-clinching 3-0 win at Orlando City B. Sealy has made 8 starts in 16 appearances for North Texas registering 3 assists, 11 chances created, and 1 goal.

Justin Che has received US call ups before. He frequently shows up listed as a striker but was converted to center back by FCD and played all of last year in the FCD U17s next to Nico Carrera. Che is coming off an injury that kept him out of the Liga MX tournament and the U17s DA opener so it is unclear if he will be fit in time to participate in this U16 camp.

#43 Jonathan Gomez holds off a Tormenta FC attacker in USL League One action. #25 Callum Montgomery of FC Dallas runs back into position as he watches the battle. (North Texas SC)

Jonathan Gomez is natural left back and is one of the highest priority signing targets for FCD in their Academy. Gomez started six games for North Texas SC before he turned 16 on September 1st. Gomez went to the Liga MX Sub International Tournament with the FCD U17s and also played with the U19s in their season opener against Houston Dynamo. Gomez, who is also eligible for Mexico, has recently been in camps with their U16s as well.

Collin Smith, a forward and captain for the FCD U17s that participates in the numeric absurdity of wearing #1 as a field player, joined FC Dallas from Solar SC prior to the 2018-19 DA season. Overshadowed by Ricardo Pepi, Smith scored 5 goals in 28 games for the U17s last year in his first season at that level. Smith is a hardworking, direct type striker with pace who can play as a 9 or a wing.

U-16 BNT TALENT ID CAMP ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB)

GOALKEEPERS (6): Andrew Cordes (Colorado Rapids), Lucas Hatsios (Charlotte Independence), Gavin Krenecki (Sporting Kansas City), Andrew Noel (New York Red Bulls), Anthony Ramos (LA Galaxy), Andres Zuluaga (Inter Miami CF)

DEFENDERS (19): Adrian Aguilar (LA Galaxy), Prince Amponsah (New York City FC), Justin Che (FC Dallas), Kyle Genenbacher (Saint Louis FC), Jonathan Gomez (FC Dallas), Jacob Greene (D.C. United), Noah Hall (Columbus Crew SC), Sebastian Hernandez (LA Galaxy), Issac Homer (Portland Timbers), Dylan Hooper (Sporting Kansas City), Dante Huckaby (Philadelphia Union), Eric Kinzner (Seattle Sounders FC), Adam Lundegard (D.C. United), Jalen Neal (LA Galaxy), Ralph Orquin (Club America/MEX), Kayden Pierre (Sporting Kansas City), Anthony Sorenson (Philadelphia Union), Kobe Stoup (Atlanta United FC), Casey Walls (San Jose Earthquakes)

MIDFIELDERS (16): Paxten Aaronson (Philadelphia Union), Alejandro Alvarado (LA Galaxy), Javier Casas (Chicago Fire), Elton Chifamaba (Columbus Crew SC), Gerardo Duran (Portland Timbers), Daniel Edelman (Players Development Academy), Jeremy Garay (D.C. United), Brian Gutierrez (Chicago Fire), Anthony Hernandez (Columbus Crew SC), Sota Kitahara (Seattle Sounders FC), Jack McGlynn (Philadelphia Union), Abel Mendoza (Real Salt Lake), Moses Nyeman (D.C. United), Nicholas Pariano (Philadelphia Union), Daniel Rios (Houston Dynamo), Edgar Serrano (Seattle Sounders FC)

FORWARDS (18): Ronald Arevalo (Cedar Stars Academy - Bergen), Caden Clark (Barca Academy), Christopher Garcia (Real Salt Lake), Arnold Giron (Los Angeles Football Club), Mauricio Gutierrez (Beach FC), Agnes Patrick Kader (Philadelphia Union), Selmir Miscic (Philadelphia Union), Alex Monis (Chicago Fire), Kevin Paredes (D.C. United), Matthew Roou (Shattuck-Saint Mary's), Samuel Sarver (Columbus Crew SC), Dante Sealy (FC Dallas), Collin Smith (FC Dallas), Thomas Tulgar (New York Red Bulls), Aidan Wolf (Columbus Crew SC), Tyler Wolff (Atlanta United FC), Darren Yapi (Colorado Rapids), Brandon Zelaya (San Jose Earthquakes)

Technical Staff: Medhi Ballouchy (New York City FC), Garrett Biller (TID Manager - Central), Henry Brauner (TID Manager - West), Cris da Silva (TID Manager - East), Landon Donovan (YNT Coach), Gene Klein (YNT Network Scout - Mid-America), Ian Mork (YNT Network Scout - Northern Calif.), Cristiano Scapolo (YNT Coach), Larry Sunderland (FC Cincinnati)

Friday, Sept. 20

East Select vs. Central Select - 3 p.m.

West Select vs. Club Tijuana U-19 - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21

East Select vs. West Select - 3 p.m.

Central Select vs. LA Galaxy U-19 - 4:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23

Intra-Squad Game - 9:30 a.m.

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Intra-Squad Game - 10:30 a.m.