For many years now, it’s been apparent that the top American soccer players have been turning professional out of high school instead of playing college soccer. This has been especially true ever since the creation of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy in 2007. Every MLS team, except Toronto FC, fields youth academy teams in this league at several different age groups.
I was curious how many recent United States Men’s National Team players attended college for at least one full soccer season before turning professional. I was also interested to see which programs produced the most USMNT players.