Players · Best young American footballers
Nationality · USABest young American footballers
The ScoutChefAI radar has 267 young American players with at least 90 minutes in the last 12 months, dual nationals included. Of these, 43 play abroad and 224 play in the USA. They play in 19 leagues, led by MLS (224 players), 2. Bundesliga (5) and Danish Superliga (5). Ranked by ScoutChefAI score, the leaders are Red Bull New York's Dennis Nelich (80), San Jose Earthquakes' Beau Leroux (80) and Orlando City SC's Justin Ellis (80).
JD
52
Jake Davis
Age 24 · Right-Back · Sporting Kansas City
Started 20 of 24 games
24apps
1769mins
20starts
€1.8Mvalue
LI
52
Lasse Ikonen 
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Turun Palloseura
Value up 4x in 12 months
33apps
1873mins
1+1G+A
€100Kvalue
MM
51
Marcus McCoy 
Age 21 · Right-Back · Odense Boldklub
Value up 5x in 12 months
23apps
1368mins
14starts
€1Mvalue
51
Jackson Hopkins
Age 22 · Attacking Midfielder · D.C. United
Started 25 of 28 games
28apps
1891mins
2+1G+A
€1.8Mvalue
JT
51
Joshua Torquato 
Age 19 · Left-Back · FC Dallas
Started 12 of 13 games
13apps
1053mins
12starts
€200Kvalue
OP
51
Owen Presthus
Age 20 · Right-Back · Nashville SC
Started 14 of 16 games
16apps
1094mins
14starts
€50Kvalue
JT
51
Jackson Travis
Age 22 · Left-Back · Colorado Rapids
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
21apps
1239mins
15starts
€800Kvalue
EM
51
Efraín Morales 
Age 22 · Centre-Back · CF Montréal
Started 16 of 20 games
20apps
1403mins
16starts
€600Kvalue
SH
51
Stuart Hawkins
Age 20 · Centre-Back · Seattle Sounders FC
Senior debut at 15
19apps
1347mins
15starts
€175Kvalue
AJ
51
Andrew Johnson
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Charlotte FC
Started 24 of 25 games
25apps
2043mins
24starts
—value
AF
51
Ajani Fortune 
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Atlanta United FC
Senior debut at 17
19apps
921mins
3+1G+A
€1.2Mvalue
50
Jonathan Shore
Age 19 · Central Midfielder · New York City FC
Value up more than 3x in 12 months
28apps
1179mins
1+0G+A
€2Mvalue
50
Chris Brady 
Age 22 · Goalkeeper · Chicago Fire FC
Started 35 of 35 games
35apps
3150mins
35starts
€2.5Mvalue
KR
50
Kayne Rizvanovich 
Age 18 · Goalkeeper · Minnesota United FC
Age 18, 990 minutes in the last 12 months
11apps
990mins
11starts
€100Kvalue
AA
50
Agustín Anello 
Age 24 · Left Winger · Philadelphia Union
Value up 80% in 12 months
25apps
1107mins
3+2G+A
€1.8Mvalue
RM
50
Roald Mitchell
Age 23 · Striker · Viborg FF
A goal or assist every 96 minutes
18apps
765mins
6+2G+A
€150Kvalue
CG
50
Colin Guske
Age 19 · Defensive Midfielder · Real Salt Lake City
Value up more than 3x in 12 months
21apps
1114mins
0+1G+A
€400Kvalue
RD
50
Riley Dalgado 
Age 20 · Left-Back · Los Angeles Galaxy
Started 20 of 24 games
24apps
1778mins
20starts
—value
EN
50
Enzo Newman
Age 20 · Right-Back · FC Dallas
Started 22 of 24 games
24apps
1981mins
22starts
—value
IJ
50
Ian James 
Age 18 · Centre-Back · Sporting Kansas City
Age 18, 1066 first-team minutes
15apps
1066mins
11starts
€800Kvalue
NC
50
Nico Cavallo
Age 24 · Left-Back · New York City FC
Started 21 of 23 games
23apps
1823mins
21starts
€600Kvalue
DP
50
David Poreba 
Age 23 · Attacking Midfielder · Chicago Fire FC
A goal or assist every 103 minutes
13apps
719mins
2+5G+A
€100Kvalue
SP
50
Santiago Pita 
Age 19 · Attacking Midfielder · Atlanta United FC
Senior debut at 17
17apps
888mins
1+2G+A
—value
MM
49
Malachi Molina 
Age 20 · Right-Back · Nashville SC
3 goals in his last 5 games
27apps
1660mins
16starts
—value
KC
49
Kieran Chandler
Age 21 · Left-Back · Minnesota United FC
21-year-old MLS player
11apps
919mins
10starts
€50Kvalue
SS
49
Sam Sarver
Age 23 · Right Winger · FC Dallas
A goal or assist every 68 minutes
23apps
684mins
6+4G+A
€800Kvalue
FS
49
Finn Sundstrom
Age 19 · Centre-Back · Philadelphia Union
Started 28 of 32 games
32apps
2337mins
28starts
€200Kvalue
RT
49
Riley Thomas
Age 24 · Right-Back · Austin FC
Started 12 of 12 games
12apps
859mins
12starts
—value
48
Duran Ferree
Age 20 · Goalkeeper · San Diego FC
Value up 10x in 12 months
18apps
1449mins
16starts
€1.5Mvalue
OM
48
Omar Marquez 
Age 18 · Right Winger · Real Salt Lake City
Age 18, 1028 minutes in the last 12 months
18apps
1028mins
2+1G+A
—value
RR
48
Rohan Rajagopal 
Age 19 · Defensive Midfielder · San Jose Earthquakes
Started 23 of 27 games
27apps
2018mins
0+2G+A
—value
GV
48
Gio Villa
Age 18 · Right-Back · Real Salt Lake City
Started 15 of 18 games
18apps
1269mins
15starts
—value
BK
48
Bernard Kamungo 
Age 24 · Right Winger · FC Dallas
Started 21 of 24 games
24apps
1936mins
0+4G+A
€1Mvalue
PS
48
Pedro Soma
Age 20 · Defensive Midfielder · San Diego FC
1 goal, 2 assists in his last 5 games
14apps
626mins
1+2G+A
€800Kvalue
CD
48
Christian Díaz
Age 20 · Centre-Back · Los Angeles FC
Started 13 of 15 games
15apps
987mins
13starts
—value
KP
48
Kayden Pierre
Age 23 · Right-Back · Jong Genk 
Started 27 of 27 games
27apps
2391mins
27starts
€300Kvalue
SS
47
Slade Starnes
Age 23 · Centre-Back · FC Dallas
Started 24 of 24 games
24apps
2106mins
24starts
—value
AG
47
Adrian Gill
Age 20 · Central Midfielder · Atlanta United FC
Started 19 of 22 games
22apps
1685mins
1+1G+A
€400Kvalue
MJ
47
MyKhi Joyner
Age 20 · Left Midfielder · St. Louis CITY SC
A goal or assist every 101 minutes
14apps
608mins
5+1G+A
€200Kvalue
TS
47
Tobias Szewczyk
Age 17 · Goalkeeper · Red Bull New York
Started 17 of 17 games
17apps
1477mins
17starts
—value
JJ
46
Jack Jasinski
Age 22 · Right-Back · San Jose Earthquakes
Senior debut at 16
21apps
1246mins
13starts
€400Kvalue
OA
46
Owen Anderson
Age 19 · Attacking Midfielder · Real Salt Lake City
Senior debut at 15
25apps
1654mins
2+1G+A
€125Kvalue
KM
46
Kaiden Moore
Age 19 · Centre-Back · Philadelphia Union
Senior debut at 16
19apps
1036mins
10starts
—value
AJ
46
Aron John
Age 20 · Central Midfielder · Charlotte FC
Senior debut at 17
9apps
721mins
0+2G+A
€75Kvalue
GG
46
Gage Guerra
Age 23 · Striker · Portland Timbers
A goal or assist every 125 minutes
15apps
624mins
2+3G+A
€400Kvalue
JD
46
Jack de Vries 
Age 24 · Right Winger · FC Den Bosch
Senior debut at 16
22apps
1493mins
2+2G+A
€250Kvalue
DB
45
Daniel Baran
Age 20 · Left Winger · FC Dallas
Senior debut at 17
18apps
792mins
2+2G+A
—value
EK
45
Ethan Kohler
Age 21 · Centre-Back · New England Revolution
Value up 4x in 12 months
27apps
2073mins
23starts
€800Kvalue
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