FRISCO, Texas (Mar. 13, 2025) – North Texas SC defenders Isaiah Kaakoush and Zach Molomo have been called up to the U.S. U17 Men’s Youth National Team by head coach Gonzalo Segares for a training camp in Costa Rica from March 18-25.
Kaakoush earns his fourth U.S. Youth National Team call-up. He previously received U.S. U15 National Team call-ups in 2023 and played in three friendly matches against England, Spain and Japan. The 17-year-old made his professional debut on Sept. 29, 2024, as a substitute and scored his first professional goal. He appeared in the 2025 season-opening match on March 9 against St. Louis CITY2.
Molomo signed with North Texas on Jan. 24, 2025. The FC Dallas Academy product made his professional debut with North Texas SC as a substitute on July 21, 2024, against Houston Dynamo 2. He was called up to the United States U15 training camp in October 2022.
The U.S. U17 Men’s Youth National Team will play Costa Rica on March 22 and 24.
U-17 MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER – MARCH TRAINING CAMP
Goalkeepers (2): William Lodmell (Sporting CP/POR; Lisbon, Portugal), Aidan Stokes (New York Red Bulls; Totowa, N.J.)
Defenders (8): Miguel Alvarado (Colorado Rapids; Commerce City, Colo.), Micah Harris (Houston Dynamo FC; Houston, Texas), Ian James (Sporting Kansas City; St. Paul, Minn.), Enrique Martinez (LA Galaxy; Compton, Calif.), Zach Molomo (North Texas SC; McKinney, Texas), Oliver Tan (FC Famalicao/POR; Piedmont, Calif.), Gio Villa (Real Salt Lake; Chicago, Ill.), Bennett Wilp (Union Berlin; Berlin, Germany)
Midfielders (5): Isaiah Kaakoush (North Texas SC; Chandler, Ariz.), Kellan LeBlanc (Philadelphia Union; Royersford, Pa.), Evan Lim (New York City FC; Cedar Grove, N.J.), Jack Mize (Borussia Dortmund/GER; New York City, N.Y.), Logan Moniz (FC Boston Bolts; Assonet, Mass.)
Forwards (5): Mathis Albert (Borussia Dortmund/GER; El Segundo, Calif.), Lionel Gitau (Houston Dynamo FC; Houston, Texas), Vitaliy Hlyut (Chicago Fire FC; Roselle, Ill.), Eric Preston (LA Galaxy; Richmond, Calif.), Tanner Rosborough (New York Red Bulls; McDonald, Pa.)
