USA-Based Talent at U20 Concacaf Qualifying

by Travis Clark

February 23, 2024

The Concacaf Under-20 qualifying tournament begins this week.

With the men’s tourney set for later this year, 27 teams are battling it out for six spots at the World Cup qualifying tournament that is slated to take place for next year’s competition.

While the United States isn’t set to compete, there’s a decent list of players that were called up for other Concacaf nations from teams based here. Below is a look at some of the club, college and pro players that compete in the USA tabbed for the tournament.

Canada: Kimani Stewart-Baynes (Colorado Rapids)

Jamaica: Joshua Grant (New York Red Bulls), Ashton Gordon (Atlanta United), Nicholas Simmonds (Richmond United)

Puerto Rico: Juan Pablo Torres (Dallas Hornets), Adrián Rosario (Inter Miami CF), Brayden Barnett (Atlanta United), Adrian Biaggi (Dayton), Benjamin Donato (Inter Miami CF), Sebastian Otero (Inter Miami CF), Fabian Menendez (Wofford), Jorge Rodriguez (Bryant), Justin Blanco (Barca Residency Academy), Cristian Ortiz (Inter Miami CF), Izaiah Garza (San Antonio FC)

El Salvador: Christopher Argueta (D.C. United), Kiano Falcao (FC Cincinnati), Darwin Lopez (LA Surf)

Cayman Islands: Justin Byles (Hofstra)

Antigua: Tegan Gombs (Midwest United FC), Aiden Jarvis (New York Red Bulls), Davian Gumbs (Northern Michigan), Christopher Douglas (The Webb School)

Grenada: Jamie Kabuusu (New England Revolution)

Haiti: Jonah Mednard (Wake Forest), Darrell Etienne (Fairleigh Dickinson), Belmar Joseph (Villanova), Bryan Destin (Inter Miami), Seth Powder (Real Monarchs), Van Schmid Georges (Inter Miami), Christopher Jean Francois (Miami FC), Alex Champagne (Temple)

Trinidad & Tobago: Ailan Panton (Darlington Soccer Academy), Jeremiah Cateau (Southern Soccer Academy), Larry Noel (Salt Lake Community College), Tyrell Moore (Nashville SC)

Guatemala: Matthew Evans (LAFC), Olger Escobar (New England Revolution II), Gary Perez (Atlanta City FC), Arian Recinos (New York Red Bulls), Decarlo Guerra (LAFC)