United Soccer Coaches announces Youth All-Region and All-America Teams
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Nov. 15, 2018) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the association’s Youth All-Region and Youth All-America Teams, headlined by the 2018 Youth Players of the Year.
New York City FC’s Giovanni Reyna (Bedford Corners, N.Y.) has been named the 2018 United Soccer Coaches Youth Boys Player of the Year and San Jose Earthquakes’ Sophie Jones (Menlo Park, Calif.) receives recognition as the 2018 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls Player of the Year. Both players were named USSDA Conference Players of the Year and saw action with the U-17 U.S. men’s and women’s national teams this year.
The duo are among a total of 94 players (47 boys, 47 girls) honored as United Soccer Coaches Youth All-Americans. These players, along with their families and coaches, will be formally acknowledged for their accomplishments at the United Soccer Coaches All-America Ceremony & Reception on Jan. 12, 2019 at the McCormick Place West Building in conjunction with the 2019 United Soccer Coaches Convention in Chicago.
2018 United Soccer Coaches Youth Boys All-America Team
Player of the Year: Giovanni Reyna (Bedford Corners, N.Y.), New York City FC
*Asterisks indicate number of previous All-America selections
| Name | Club | Hometown |
| Adrian Aguilar | LA Galaxy | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Axel Alejandre | FC United | Chicago, Ill. |
| Julian Araujo* | LA Galaxy | Lompoc, Calif. |
| Adam Armour | North Carolina FC | Cary, N.C. |
| Josh Atencio | Seattle Sounders FC | Bellevue, Wash. |
| Ousseni Bouda | Black Rock FC | Millbrook, N.Y. |
| Khai Brisco | Seattle Sounders FC | Tukwila, Wash. |
| Andres Cardenas | Weston FC | Doral, Fla. |
| Jackson Conway | Atlanta United FC | Leeds, England |
| Mauricio Cuevas | LA Galaxy | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Cameron Duke | Sporting Kansas City | Overland Park, Kan. |
| Kendall Edwards | Atlanta United FC | Lilburn, Ga. |
| Tyler Freeman | Sporting Kansas City | Shawnee, Kan. |
| Gilbert Fuentes | San Jose Earthquakes | Tracy, Calif. |
| Azriel Gonzalez | Seattle Sounders FC | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Tayvon Gray | New York City FC | Bronx, N.Y. |
| Justin Haak | New York City FC | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Nathan Harriel | Chargers SC | Oldsmar, Fla. |
| Kobe Hernandez | LA Galaxy | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Jorge Hernandez* | LA Galaxy | Riverside, Calif. |
| Julian Hinojosa | FC Dallas | Garland, Texas |
| Matthew Hoppe | Barca Academy | Yorba Linda, Calif. |
| Andres Jasson | New York City FC | Greenwich, Conn. |
| Mason Judge | Chargers SC | Tampa, Fla. |
| Damian Las | Chicago Fire | Norridge, Ill. |
| Richard Ledezma | Real Salt Lake | Casa Grande, Ariz. |
| Daniel Leyva | Seattle Sounders FC | Burien, Wash. |
| Ulysses Llanez* | LA Galaxy | Lynwood, Calif. |
| Blake Malone | Seattle Sounders FC | Mercer Island, Wash. |
| Alfonso Ocampo Chavez | Seattle Sounders FC | Kent , Wash. |
| David Ochoa* | Real Salt Lake | Oxnard, Calif. |
| Marcelo Palomino* | Houston Dynamo | Houston, Texas |
| Joshua Penn | Sockers FC | Naperville, Ill. |
| Giovanni Reyna | New York City FC | Bedford Corners, N.Y. |
| Daniel Robles | Seattle Sounders FC | White Center, Wash. |
| Adam Saldana | LA Galaxy | Panorama City, Calif. |
| Joe Scally | New York City FC | Lake Grove, N.Y. |
| Dante Sealy | FC Dallas | Frisco, Texas |
| Gabe Segal | Bethesda SC Academy | Bethesda, Md. |
| Leonardo Sepulveda* | LA Galaxy | Corona, Calif. |
| Ray Serrano | Seattle Sounders FC | Graham, Wash. |
| Heriberto Sota | Houston Dynamo | Houston, Texas |
| Stefan Stojanovic | Sockers FC | Chicago, Ill. |
| Kobey Stoup | Atlanta United FC | Montgomery, Ala. |
| Peter Stroud | New York Red Bulls | Chester, N.J. |
| Dantouma Toure | Players Development Academy | Trenton, N.J. |
| Casey Walls | San Jose Earthquakes | Mill Valley, Calif. |
| Griffin Yow | DC United | Clifton, Va. |
2018 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-America Team
Player of the Year: Sophie Jones (Menlo Park, Calif.), San Jose Earthquakes
*Asterisks indicate number of previous All-America selections
| Name | Club | Hometown |
| Michela Agresti* | FC Stars of Massachusetts | Swampscott, Mass. |
| Ainsley Ahmadian* | Eclipse Select SC | Naperville, Ill. |
| Abby Allen | Lonestar SC | Austin, Texas |
| Angelina Anderson | Mustang SC | Danville, Calif. |
| Hannah Bebar* | Eclipse Select SC | Naperville, Ill. |
| Maycee Bell* | Sporting KC | Wichita, Kan. |
| Croix Bethune** | Concorde Fire Soccer Club | Alpharetta, Ga. |
| Trinity Byars | Solar Soccer Club | Dallas, Texas |
| Ryan Campbell | So Cal Blues | Dana Point, Calif. |
| Jordan Canniff** | Washington Spirit Academy | California, Md. |
| Isabella D’Aquila* | So Cal Blues | Orange, Calif. |
| Talia DellaPeruta* | Tophat SC | Cumming, Ga. |
| Summer Denigan | Cincinnati Development Academy | Union, Ky. |
| Julia Dohle* | New York SC | Scarsdale, N.Y. |
| Maya Doms* | Davis Legacy | Davis, Calif. |
| Coriana Dyke* | Colorado Rush | Littleton, Colo. |
| Mia Fishel* | San Diego Surf | San Diego, Calif. |
| Sunshine Fontes* | Honolulu Bulls | Wahiawa, Hawaii |
| Tatiana Fung | Arsenal FC | Fullerton, Calif. |
| Carlee Giammona | Heat FC | Henderson, Nev. |
| Samar Guidry | FC Dallas | McKinney, Texas |
| Tori Hansen* | CASL | Raleigh, N.C. |
| Smith Hunter* | Seattle Reign Academy | Seattle, Wash. |
| Sophie Jones | San Jose Earthquakes | Menlo Park, Calif. |
| Abbie Kotter | La Roca Premier | Providence, Utah |
| Payton Linnehan* | FC Stars of Massachusetts | Douglas, Mass. |
| Samantha Meza* | Dallas Kicks | Irving, Texas |
| Alexis Missimo | Solar Chelsea | Southlake, Texas |
| Makenna Morris* | Bethesda SC | Germantown, Md. |
| Amber Nguyen | Tophat SC | Snellville, Ga. |
| Jenna Nighswonger* | Slammers FC | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Barbara Oliveiri | Albion Hurricanes FC | Katy, Texas |
| Kellie Pagador | Palacer United | Roseville, Calif. |
| Neeku Purcell | Seattle Reign FC | Seattle, Wash. |
| Lilly Reale* | South Shore Select | Hingham, Mass. |
| Trinity Rodman* | So Cal Blues | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Lindsey Romig | IMG Academy | Midlothian, Va. |
| Allyson Sentnor* | South Shore Select | Hanson, Mass. |
| Jillian Shimkin* | Albertson SC | Rockville Centre, N.Y. |
| Natalia Staude* | Tophat SC | Marietta, Ga. |
| Reilyn Turner | So Cal Blues | Laguna Beach, Calif. |
| Kalyssa Van Zanten* | Eclipse Select SC | Buffalo Grove, Ill. |
| Mackenzie Vance | United Soccer Alliance | Fleming Island, Fla. |
| Kennedy Wesley | So Cal Blues | Rossmoor, Calif. |
| Astrid Wheeler* | Concorde Fire | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Amelia White | Fort Wayne United | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Kate Wiesner** | Slammers FC | Monrovia, Calif. |