For the third time in under a month, several Seattle Sounders Academy prospects have been called-up to a U.S. youth national team. Three standouts from the Sounders U-15 squad — Danny Leyva (CM, pictured below), Sota Kitahara (CM) and Eric Kinzner (CB) — were recently named to the U.S. U-16 roster by Head Coach Shaun Tsakiris for a training camp in Chula Vista, Calif., running from March 10-16. Included in the programming are a pair of friendlies against youth sides for the LA Galaxy and Club Tijuana.
This is Leyva’s third call-up to a USYNT since signing with the club ahead of the 2017-18 USSDA season.