GOALKEEPERS (4): Keith Cardona (New Red Bulls Academy; Glen Rock, N.J.), Earl Edwards (Nomads SC; San Diego, Calif.), Fernando Piña (Houston Dynamo Academy; Houston, Texas), Spencer Richey (Crossfire Premier; Seattle, Wash.)
DEFENDERS (14): Michael Ambrose (Texas Fire; El Paso, Texas), Andrew Chang (Sockers FC; Highland Park, Ill.

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U.S. U-20 star Vincenzo Bernardo has left Italian side Napoli. According to an ESPNSoccernet source, Bernardo is seeking to sign with Major League Soccer. Bernardo has been with Napoli since 2006, playing primarily for the youth team.

Here's the fun part now folks. We haven't received any word on which club has filed a discovery claim on the young forward/midfielder.

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Weston's own Donovan Henry will be part of the U.S. U-17 Men's National Team that will be in Miami from August 6th to the 15th. Wilmer Cabrera will bring 26 players into a week-long training camp that will include two international friendlies matches against Colombia on August 12th and the 15th. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, we learned the First XI for the MLS All Star Game versus Everton on July 29th. Everton has lost its two most recent matches against MLS sides in Chicago last year and Salt Lake the year before. (I bet you never read that in the British press). David Moyes team features American keeper Tim Howard and recent signing Anton Peterlin formerly of the Ventura County Fusion in the USL/PDL.

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For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Soccer's Development Academy season will finish on a high note during Finals Week with the championship match in both age groups being broadcast live on ESPN Classic. Both matches will be played at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

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Remember the promising Haitian striker Johnny Exantus from Red Bull New York's youth academy? The same one Ives Galarcep said that Red Bull might sign in a year or two because he was not yet "ready for MLS?"
Well like another young prospect who Steve Goff said was "not yet ready for MLS", Bryan "Mookie" Arguez who made the jump from DC United's reserves to German club Hertha Berlin, Johnny X has also made the jump to European football. Click to continue reading...

In two weeks, viewers in the U.S. will be able to tune in to ESPN and watch the future of American soccer. Almost a year after its founding, the US Soccer Development Academy -- consisting of 64 teams from across the country -- will showcase its best eight teams at U-18 and U-16 levels in front of the television cameras for its inaugural national finals. Click to continue reading...