Sporting Kansas City Homegrown Player Gianluca Busio was named to the United States U-17 Men’s National Team on Friday ahead of the 2018 Sportchain Cup in Benicassim, Spain.
Busio and the U.S. U-17s will play a total of four games from April 16-21, facing India next Monday and Thursday and meeting Norway next Tuesday and Saturday. All matches will take place at the FACSA Sports Centre in Benicassim.
U.S. U-17 MNT head coach John Hackworth has selected 24 players for the tournament, all of whom were born in 2002. Busio is one of 11 players Included in the roster who participated in the 2017 CONCACAF U-15 Championship last August when the United States finished runners-up.