North Texas SC's star 16-year-old striker Ricardo Pepi, on the heels of his inaugural game hat-trick, has been called into the US U17 team. This will be the 17s first camp under new head coach Raphael Wicky.
The U17 camp will run from April 4th to the 8th in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and serve as the final preparations for the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship in May.
Pepi's hat-trick against the Chattanooga Red Wolves earned him the first-ever USL-1 Player of the Week nod. NTXSC midfielder Alfusainey Jatta was also named to the USL-1 Team of the Week.