Two teens were chosen by Marko Mitrovic to be on his 18-person USMNT squad for the Paris Olympics 2024 this summer. The youngest player on the roster is 14.
There will be an Olympic Games for the first time since 2008 for the U.S. Men’s National Team. In a long history of success at the Olympics, the U.S. Women’s National Team has won four gold medals. But the USMNT has never even brought home a prize.
The USMNT hasn’t had a good summer so far. The Stars and Stripes were shocked to lose in the group stage of the Copa America 2024. Their manager, Gregg Berhalter, was fired a few weeks later. There is now a lot of hope in Mitrovic’s team to bring some foreign glory back to the United States.
Here is a list of the USMNT’s Paris 2024 team, which includes some young stars who will be getting their first real chance to shine on a world stage.
Our team guide for the 2024 Olympics in Paris
Who is the youngest player on the USMNT?
Ricardo Pepi is the youngest player on the present senior USMNT team. The forward is only 21 years old. He was born on January 9, 2003.
Even so, Pepi has already played 28 times for his country and scored 10 goals. In 2021, when he was 18, he played his first game for the Stars and Stripes. That same year, he was named the U.S. Soccer Young Male Player of the Year.
Pepi was picked for the USMNT’s Copa America 2024 team, but he won’t be going to France to play in the Olympics.
Who is the youngest player on the USMNT at the 2024 Olympics in Paris?
Ben Cremaschi is the youngest USMNT player at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. He is only 19 years old, making him one of only two teenagers on Marko Mitrovic’s 18-player squad.
As of now, Cremaschi has played 55 times for Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer (MLS) and scored six goals for the team. For the USA, his record isn’t as good. The 19-year-old has only played one adult game for the USMNT and five games for the U-23 team.
Who debut USMNT at the youngest age ever?
The youngest player to ever play for the USMNT is still Freddy Adu. Adu played his first game for the Stars and Stripes on January 22, 2006, against Canada. He was 16 years old at the time.
A few years ago, when he played for D.C. United at age 14, the midfielder was the youngest player to ever make his MLS start. But now that 14-year-old Cavan Sullivan has signed with Philadelphia Union, his MLS record might finally be broken.
FAQ’s
Q1: Who is the oldest player on the USMNT?
Ans: Tim Ream, an experienced defender, will be 36 years, 263 days old when the USMNT plays Bolivia in the first game of the Copa América. He is older than Fernando Clavijo, who was 36 years, 145 days old at the start of that tournament.
Q2: Who is the 15 year old on the US women’s soccer team?
Ans: Chloe Ricketts, a midfielder who is 15 years old and a junior in high school, signed a three-year deal on Thursday. The team said they could extend it after 2026.
Q3: What age did Pulisic go pro?
Ans: Pulisic started his professional career at Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he quickly moved through the team’s youth school and played in just 15 youth games. He was a graduate of the U.S. Soccer Development school. Then, in January 2016, when he was 17, he was moved up to the main team.
Q4: Does anyone on USMNT play in MLS?
Ans: Only nine of the 26 players were from the top league, and only Walker Zimmerman of Nashville SC played more than 45 minutes. This doesn’t mean that MLS and the USL Championship don’t have an impact on the US senior team.
Q5: How good is USMNT soccer?
Ans: FIFA ranked the U.S. 13th with 1653 points, and Elo ranked it 23rd with 1819 points at the end of 2022. Twenty-eight months later, FIFA was ranked eleventh with 1677 points, and Elo was ranked twenty-first with 1790 points.
