The Club Leon defender took part in his first U.S. youth national team camp since making the decision to leave Mexico and play for his birth country
Edwin Lara might have felt a little unease heading into his first camp with the U.S. Under-20 national team, but the feeling was quickly replaced by relief.
The former Mexican Under-17 World Cup defender reached out to Tab Ramos last fall and let him know that he wanted play for the United States. While the California native fell short of making the U.S. Under-20 team that eventually won the Concacaf Championship over Mexico last November, Lara remained on Ramos' radar, and he earned a call for the recently-concluded January camp for the U-20s.