North American U-17 Players to watch in World cup
List of North American to watch at the U-17 FIFA World cup 2017
Jairo Torres
Jairo Torres is a
Mexican footballer who plays forward. He won the 2017 CONCACAF U-17
Championship with the Mexico national under-17 football team. Jairo was named
best player in the tournament and awarded with Golden Ball in the 2017 CONCACAF
U-17 Championship. As Mexico is playing in Group F along with Chile, England
and Iraq he will be the key player to watch.
Carlos Mejia
Carlos Mejia is Honduras
football player who plays as midfielder. He scored 7 goals in 2017 CONCACAF
Under-17 Championship including hat trick goal against Cuba where Honduras won
by 7:1. Jersey no 14 is awarded with Golden Boot in the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17
Championship. Honduras will join the Group E along with New Caledonia, France
and Japan. The Golden boot winner will play an important role in India for
Honduras.
Justin Garces
Justin Garces is United
States goal keeper, who won the “Golden Glove” award 2017 CONCACAF Under-17
Championship. He is also included in the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Best XI. United States is in
Group A along with India, Colombia and Ghana. Justin will be the key player to
be noted if the opposition team wanted to score.
Josh Sargent
Josh Sargent is United
States football player who plays as a forward. He scored five goals in the 2017
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, including two goals in a victory over Mexico.
Josh led the United States as they reached the final, and qualified for the
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He scored 18 goals in 30 appearance for the USA.
Sargent could potentially be the second U.S. player (after Freddy Adu) to play
in the U-17 and U-20 World Cups in the same year. He became the youngest U.S.
player to score at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
