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).
JS
45
Jason Shokalook
Age 24 · Striker · Real Salt Lake City
A goal or assist every 66 minutes
22apps
730mins
11+0G+A
€250Kvalue
44
Matija Mitrović 
Age 21 · Central Midfielder · Vitória Guimarães SC 
21-year-old Liga Portugal player
23apps
907mins
1+0G+A
€2Mvalue
LR
44
Luis Rivera
Age 18 · Left-Back · Real Salt Lake City
Started 12 of 14 games
14apps
768mins
12starts
€50Kvalue
LB
44
Luke Brennan
Age 21 · Right Midfielder · Atlanta United FC
Senior debut at 16
23apps
867mins
1+2G+A
€400Kvalue
JO
44
Jaziel Orozco 
Age 22 · Right-Back · St. Louis CITY SC
Started 17 of 21 games
21apps
1423mins
17starts
€500Kvalue
TK
44
Tarun Karumanchi 
Age 23 · Defensive Midfielder · Columbus Crew
Started 16 of 20 games
20apps
1380mins
1+1G+A
€500Kvalue
TE
44
Troy Elgersma
Age 22 · Left Winger · Los Angeles Galaxy
Value up 3x since his first valuation
18apps
1088mins
3+1G+A
€300Kvalue
GW
44
Gabriel Wesseh 
Age 18 · Attacking Midfielder · Fredrikstad FK 
Senior debut at 16
9apps
372mins
1+1G+A
€700Kvalue
NR
44
Nicolás Ramos 
Age 21 · Centre-Back · Cerro Largo FC
193 cm tall
23apps
1046mins
10starts
€250Kvalue
MB
43
Michael Bresser 
Age 19 · Centre-Back · PSV Eindhoven U21
Senior debut at 17
11apps
797mins
9starts
€350Kvalue
VV
43
Victor Vandenbroucke 
Age 18 · Centre-Back · Jong KAA Gent 
Senior debut at 17
8apps
474mins
4starts
€350Kvalue
JR
43
Justin Reynolds
Age 22 · Right-Back · Sporting Kansas City
Senior debut at 17
19apps
973mins
12starts
€200Kvalue
LM
43
Luca Moisa 
Age 18 · Central Midfielder · Real Salt Lake City
Started 21 of 22 games
22apps
1549mins
0+0G+A
€600Kvalue
JA
43
Josh Atencio
Age 24 · Defensive Midfielder · Colorado Rapids
Senior debut at 16
26apps
1684mins
1+1G+A
€2Mvalue
GD
43
Griffin Dillon
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Real Salt Lake City
Value up 3x since his first valuation
14apps
668mins
1+2G+A
€600Kvalue
RM
43
Reese Miller
Age 22 · Left-Back · Houston Dynamo FC
22-year-old MLS player
17apps
878mins
13starts
—value
DP
42
Devin Padelford
Age 23 · Left-Back · Red Bull New York
23-year-old MLS player
26apps
1143mins
10starts
€500Kvalue
AR
42
Andrew Rick
Age 20 · Goalkeeper · Philadelphia Union
Started 14 of 14 games
14apps
1260mins
14starts
€300Kvalue
CD
42
Connor Dale
Age 16 · Goalkeeper · FC Cincinnati
Senior debut at 15
7apps
630mins
7starts
—value
AB
42
Adam Beaudry
Age 20 · Goalkeeper · Colorado Rapids
Senior debut at 17
11apps
990mins
11starts
€200Kvalue
AS
42
Alexander Shaw 
Age 18 · Central Midfielder · Inter Miami CF
Senior debut at 17
10apps
386mins
1+1G+A
€100Kvalue
JA
41
Jacob Arroyave
Age 18 · Central Midfielder · New York City FC
Senior debut at 15
13apps
397mins
1+1G+A
—value
AL
41
Ayoub Lajhar 
Age 22 · Left Midfielder · FC Cincinnati
Value up 50% since his first valuation
23apps
1499mins
0+4G+A
€150Kvalue
AM
41
Alex Mighten 
Age 24 · Left Winger · San Diego FC
Senior debut at 17
20apps
809mins
1+3G+A
€700Kvalue
MT
41
Mikah Thomas
Age 21 · Left-Back · Charlotte FC
3 assists in his last 5 games
18apps
1038mins
10starts
—value
TW
41
Thomas Williams
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Nashville SC
Started 15 of 15 games
15apps
1277mins
15starts
€175Kvalue
41
John Tolkin
Age 24 · Left-Back · Holstein Kiel 
Started 26 of 28 games
28apps
2143mins
26starts
€1.8Mvalue
AL
40
Antino Lopez
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Seattle Sounders FC
Value up more than 2x since his first valuation
22apps
1341mins
15starts
€600Kvalue
LP
40
Luka Popovic 
Age 21 · Midfielder · NK Rudes
21-year-old Croatian HNL player
12apps
629mins
1+1G+A
€100Kvalue
RR
40
Rubén Ramos Jr.
Age 19 · Attacking Midfielder · Sporting Kansas City
Senior debut at 16
13apps
434mins
3+1G+A
€175Kvalue
CO
40
Christian Olivares
Age 24 · Goalkeeper · St. Louis CITY SC
Value up more than 12x in 12 months
18apps
1620mins
18starts
€125Kvalue
BC
40
Brandan Craig
Age 22 · Centre-Back · CF Montréal
Senior debut at 16
19apps
1142mins
10starts
€400Kvalue
IL
39
Isaiah LeFlore
Age 23 · Left-Back · Nashville SC
Started 12 of 14 games
14apps
1013mins
12starts
€25Kvalue
KH
39
Kobi Henry 
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Real Salt Lake City
Started 15 of 18 games
18apps
1263mins
15starts
€100Kvalue
TP
39
Tyson Pearce
Age 19 · Right-Back · St. Louis CITY SC
Started 12 of 13 games
13apps
859mins
12starts
€100Kvalue
AJ
39
AZ Jackson
Age 24 · Attacking Midfielder · Minnesota United FC
A goal or assist every 144 minutes
20apps
720mins
1+4G+A
€1.5Mvalue
JC
38
Juan Castilla
Age 22 · Central Midfielder · Llaneros FC
Senior debut at 17
15apps
948mins
1+0G+A
€350Kvalue
JN
38
Jalen Neal
Age 23 · Centre-Back · CF Montréal
Started 20 of 22 games
22apps
1628mins
20starts
€800Kvalue
AG
38
Alejandro Granados 
Age 20 · Central Midfielder · Club NXT
Started 16 of 20 games
20apps
1265mins
0+2G+A
€400Kvalue
AA
38
Alejandro Alvarado
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · San Diego FC
Senior debut at 16
19apps
614mins
1+1G+A
€200Kvalue
ME
38
Matthew Edwards
Age 23 · Centre-Back · Atlanta United FC
Senior debut at 17
21apps
1056mins
11starts
€450Kvalue
TR
37
Tahir Reid-Brown
Age 20 · Left-Back · St. Louis CITY SC
Senior debut at 16
19apps
1122mins
13starts
€200Kvalue
JK
37
Jack Kortkamp 
Age 18 · Goalkeeper · Sporting Kansas City
Started 12 of 12 games
12apps
1080mins
12starts
—value
SO
37
Sal Olivas
Age 20 · Striker · Philadelphia Union
Senior debut at 17
19apps
782mins
0+1G+A
€100Kvalue
AH
36
Aiden Harangi 
Age 20 · Right-Back · Zalaegerszegi TE FC
Value up more than 3x in 12 months
8apps
421mins
5starts
€350Kvalue
CB
36
Cody Baker
Age 22 · Right-Back · New England Revolution
Senior debut at 17
21apps
883mins
9starts
€200Kvalue
DS
36
Daniel Sumalla
Age 19 · Centre-Back · Inter Miami CF
Started 13 of 13 games
13apps
1164mins
13starts
—value
JG
36
Jackson Gilman
Age 22 · Centre-Back · Toronto FC
Started 17 of 19 games
19apps
1534mins
17starts
€75Kvalue
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