Three players from Sounders Academy – Homegrowns Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez and Danny Leyva, as well as U-19 standout Ethan Dobbelaere – have been called up to the United States U-17 Men’s National Team for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil later this month.
“It’s not a huge surprise,” said Sounders FC Director of Player Development and Academy Director Marc Nicholls. “In this U-17 cycle, we’ve had seven of our guys with the national team at some point. We all know the World Cup is the best of the best, so we’re all really excited about that.