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Arguably the most talented U.S. roster since the days of Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley, the U.S. will depend on its professionals and its college all-stars like Akpan to lift the team to the upper echelon of global soccer prestige...
...conference’s reigning Rookie of the Year in men’s soccer won’t be seeing familiar foes when he steps onto the soccer pitch this summer. Instead, Andre’ Akpan will swap the Bulldogs and Tigers of the Ivy League for the Seleção and the Teaguk Warriors of Brazil and Korea Republic respectively, as the rising sophomore was named to the United States U-20 National Team Roster for this summer’s Under-20 World...
...particularly tough group. No longer afforded with the opportunity of playing regional pushovers like Haiti and Guatemala as was the case during the qualifying rounds, the U.S. has to prepare for South American powerhouse Brazil, Poland, and Korea Republic. Although the squad features an outstanding number of professional soccer players—at 14, it is the highest representation of professionals the United States has ever seen—the caliber of the opposition is truly world class, featuring several players who have played significant minutes in either Copa Libertadores (The South American Club Championship) or in UEFA Champions League...
...hours of highly scrutinized training camps, practices and games have finally paid off for rising sophomore Andre' Akpan, who was recently named to the final roster of the United States' U-20 World Cup Team. The selection process took over two years and pitted Akpan against the best young soccer players the nation has to offer, both on the professional and collegiate levels...
...player team is made up of 14 athletes from professional clubs and only seven from collegiate-level soccer. Akpan, who has made four appearances with the U.S. team so far, is also the leading scorer with four goals...