SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Gilbert Fuentes has been called up to the U.S. U-17 National Team for a domestic training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Florida by head coach Dave van den Bergh. The camp will take place January 4-13.
Fuentes, 16, has been a regular with the U.S. Youth National Teams, competing for the U-15s, U-16s and U-17s. After competing extensively with the U-15s in 2017, including at the CONCACAF U-15 Championship, Fuentes received his first call-up to the U.S. U-17s in November 2017 for the Men’s Nike International Friendlies. He also received a call-up to U.S. Soccer’s first-ever Men’s YNT Summit Camp in December 2017. Most recently, he joined the U-17s for training camp in June and was the only MLS professional in the group to receive a callup.
The Tracy, Calif. native joined the Quakes as a Homegrown Player on Jan. 28, 2018, becoming the Quakes’ youngest-ever signing. During his inaugural season, he became the youngest player to feature for the club, entering as a substitute in the 89th minute against the Colorado Rapids on Oct. 21. Fuentes made four appearances for the Quakes’ USL affiliate Reno 1868 FC in the 2018 season.
U-17 Men’s National Team Roster (Club; Hometown)
GOALKEEPERS (4): Aaron Cervantes (Orange County SC; China Hills, Calif.), Damian Las (Chicago Fire; Norridge, Ill.), Bryan Dowd (FC United; Willow Springs, Ill.), Chituru Odunze (Vancouver Whitecaps FC/CAN; Calgary, Alberta)
DEFENDERS (9): Axel Alejandre (FC United; Chicago, Ill.), Adam Armour (North Carolina FC; Cary, N.C.), Tayvon Gray (New York City FC; Bronx, N.Y.), Kobe Hernandez (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.), Mason Judge (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER; Tampa, Fla.), Antino Lopez (Shattuck-St. Mary's; Las Vegas, Nev.),Joe Scally (New York City FC; Lake Grove, N.Y.), John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls; Chatham, N.J.), Rickson van Hees (NEC Nijmegen/NED; Oss, Netherlands)
MIDFIELDERS (9): Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City; Greensboro, N.C.), Maxi Dietz (Freiburg/GER; Frankfurt, Germany), Gilbert Fuentes (San Jose Earthquakes; Tracy, Calif.), Cesar Garcia (FC Dallas; The Colony, Texas), Jack Imperato (Villarreal/ESP; San Jose, Calif.), BryangKayo (D.C. United; Poolesville, Md.), Adam Saldana (LA Galaxy; Panorama City, Calif.), Pablo Soares (Borussia Mönchengladbach/GER; Krefeld, Germany), Peter Stroud (West Ham United/ENG; Chester, N.J.)
FORWARDS (6): Jack de Vries (Philadelphia Union; Wayne, Pa.), Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez (Seattle Sounders FC; Kent, Wash.), Ricardo Pepi (FC Dallas; McKinney, Texas), Giovanni Reyna (Unattached; Bedford, N.Y.), Ray Serrano (Seattle Sounders FC; Graham, Wash.), Griffin Yow (D.C. United; Clifton, Va.)
