6. YOUTH: U-17 boys off to Central America

The U.S. under-17 boys national team is headed to Central America, where it continues its preparations for this spring’s CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2007 Under-17 World Cup in South Korea.

The U-17s will leave Thursday for a 10-day trip to Honduras and Guatemala that includes two matches against Honduras U-17s and matches against the reserve teams of Guatemalan powers Municipal and Comunicaciones. This past weekend, the U-17s fell, 3-2, to the University of Virginia, while the U-17s ’91defeated the Florida ODP ’91s, 3-0, behind a hat trick from Ryan Finley.

UNDER-17 ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Josh Lambo (Middleton, Wis.), Zac MacMath (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
DEFENDERS: Mykell Bates (Roseville, Calif.), Chris Klute (Grand Prairie, Texas), Nick Millington (Raleigh, N.C.), Aubrey Perry (Ocoee, Fla.), Sheanon Williams (Boston, Mass.), Brandon Zimmerman (Pasco, Wash.).
MIDFIELDERS: Eder Arreola (Chino Hills, Calif.), Greg Garza (Grapevine, Texas), Jared Jeffrey (Dallas, Texas), Axel Levry (Fort Washington, Md.), Kirk Urso (Lombard, Ill.), Daniel Wenzel (Federal Way, Wash.).
FORWARDS: Bryan Dominguez (Atlanta, Ga.), Abdus Ibrahim (Richfield, Minn.), Ellis McLoughlin (Seattle, Wash.), Alex Nimo (Portland, Ore.), Billy Schuler (Allentown, N.J.).