ATLANTA (July 24, 2025) -U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team head coach Ross Brady has selected the 18-player roster that will represent the USA at the 2025 Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship, set for Aug. 2-10 in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The U-15 BNT's participation in this tournament reflects U.S. Soccer’s ongoing commitment to its U.S. Way philosophy, which emphasizes enhanced programming for Youth National Teams. The goal is to create more opportunities for young players to progress through the development pathway and ultimately represent the senior National Team on the global stage.
The USA seeks to defend its 2023 Concacaf Boys’ Under-15 Championship title, which was won by defeating Mexico 4-2 in the final – marking the USA's first-ever championship in the tournament. This year marksthe fifth edition of the competition and the USA’s fourth participation, previously finishingrunner-up in 2017 and makinga semifinal appearance in 2019.
The U.S. was drawn into League A, Group B and will play three group stage matches
- Aug. 4 vs. Saudi Arabia at 11 a.m. ET (9 a.m. local)
- Aug. 6 vs. Costa Rica at 1 p.m. ET (11 a.m. local)
- Aug. 7 vs. Canada at 11 a.m. ET (9 a.m.)
Tournament matches will be streamed on Concacaf platforms.
2025 CONCACAF BOYS’ U-15 CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB; HOMETOWN)
GOALKEEPERS (2):Jason Nemo Jr. (Chicago Fire FC; Evanston, Ill.), Emmanuel Arias Barrios (Nashville SC; Antioch, Tenn.)
DEFENDERS (6):Finn McCraney (Chicago Fire FC; Darien, Ill.), Jeremiah Alexander-Munoz (Charlotte FC; Concord, N.C.), Justus Jones (FC Dallas; Prosper, Texas), Christian Guillen-Lopez (FC Dallas; Plano, Texas), Owen Jorgensen (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Miss.), Luca Antongirolami (Sporting Kansas City; Kansas City, Miss.)
MIDFIELDERS (5): Nathan Tchoumba (Colorado Rapids; Aurora, Colo.), Christopher Morales (Chicago Fire FC; Chicago, Ill.), Niccolo Vafiades (New York City FC; Pelham, N.Y.), Robert Turdean (Chicago Fire FC; Niles, Ill.), Vinny Garcia (Los Angeles Galaxy; West Covina, Calif.).
FORWARDS (5):Alexander Hernandez Bautista (Colorado Rapids; Denver, Colo.), Ikenna Chidebe (Los Angeles Galaxy; Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Liam Stribling (Nashville S.C.), Blake Wilson (St. Louis City SC; St. Louis, Miss.), Timoni Gbalajobi (Philadelphia Union; Cherry Hill, N.J.)
Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2010 are age-eligible for the 2025 Concacaf Boys’ U-15 Championship. All the players that Brady has selected were born in 2010.
The roster features players from 10 Major League Soccer clubs, led by four players from Chicago Fire FC in Jason Nemo (Evanston, Ill.), Finn McCraney (Concord, N.C.), Christopher Morales (Chicago, Ill.) and Robert Turdean (Niles, Ill.). Two players each come from Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, LA Galaxy, Nashville FC and St, Louis City SC.
Five players have been called up to all four U-15 training camps that have been held since the cycle kicked off in October 2024: Vinny Garcia (West Covina, Calif.), Alexander Hernandez Bautista (Denver, Colo.), Owen Jorgensen (St. Louis, Miss.), Jason Nemo Jr. (Evanston, Ill.) and Niccolo Vafiades (Pelham, N.Y.). All 18 members of the roster have featured in at least one of the three training camps Brady has led this year, including a camp with two international friendlies against Mexico in February, a training camp in South Florida in March, and a camp with two international friendlies against Argentina in May. The tournament serves as a key stepping stone for players entering continental competition, with several future senior USMNT stars previously featuring at the U-15 Championship. In 2017, 2022 FIFA World Cup players Gio Reyna and Joe Scally helped guide the USA to a second-place finish, alongside defender George Bello and midfielder Gianluca Busio.
The 2025 Concacaf Boys’ U-15 Championship features 39 teams (38 nations from Concacaf and one guest nation in Saudi Arabia) divided into three leagues.As defending champions, the USA will compete in League A and was drawn into Group B alongside Canada, Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia.
In League A, the top two teams in each of the two groups advance to the semifinals, where they will face a team from the other group for a place in the final.
League A
| Group A |
Group B |
| Mexico |
USA |
| Panama |
Canada |
| Honduras |
Costa Rica |
| El Salvador |
Saudi Arabia |
| Nicaragua |
- |
League A will be contested at FCRF Federation Field #1 and FCRF Federation Field #2 in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
About The U.S. Way
The U.S. Way is a shared philosophy, a strategy and a practical toolkit to enable excellence at every level of the game and for us to win. The U.S. Way is intended to work in partnership between the club and National Team environment to cultivate the next generation of talent with three areas of focus: World Class Development Pathways and Environments, including scaled Talent Identification, expanded Youth National Team programming and accelerated development and foundation building across the Extended National Teams; Shared and Scaled Infrastructure, highlighted by the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center, U.S. Way digital platform and unified youth calendar;and Professional Development for the Entire Ecosystem, featuring formal courses, technical and administrative staff community building, leadership development, and best practice resource sharing. For more information, visit ussoccer.com/ourvision/us-way.
