Homegrown History

  1. Crew has signed fifteen (15) Academy alumni to First Team "homegrown" MLS contracts
  2. 11 homegrown players have appeared for the Crew in an MLS regular season match
  3. First MLS homegrown captain – Will Trapp, 2018-2019)

2018-2019 Academy Season

  1. USSDA 3rd place overall finish for our U19 Academy team
  2. Only club in U.S. to have U17 & U19 Academy teams qualify for USSDA Playoff Quarterfinals
  3. U15 Central Conference Division Champions
  4. U19 Central Conference Coach of the Year
  5. Fourteen (14) Academy players have trained with the First Team
  6. Four (4) Academy players featured in 2018 First Team preseason
  7. Two (2) U19 Central Conference Best XI Selections

2019-2020 Academy Season

  1. First Team signed Academy homegrown player Aboubacar Keita
  2. U19 Academy Coach, Ben Cross, promoted to First Team Assistant Coach
  3. Eighteen (18) Academy players have trained with the First Team
  4. Five (5) Academy players featured in 2019 First Team preseason
  5. Generation Adidas Cup Premier Division Semi-Finalist

Youth National Team Invitations

35 Youth National Team call-ups since August 2017

  • Josiah Benjamin (2005) – U14 NT Camp (March 2019)
  • Caleb Borneo (2005) – U14 NT Camp (Trinidad and Tobago; April 2019)
  • Nico Briones (2003) – U14 NT Camp (Aug 2017)
  • Juan Castilla (2004) – U15 NT Camp (Jan 2019)
  • Elton Chifamba (2003) – U16 NT Camp (Jan 2018, Mar 2018, Sept 2018, May 2019)
  • Giorgio De Libera (2005) – U14 NT Camp (March 2019)
  • Noah Hall (2003) – U14 NT Camp (Nov 2017); U16 NT Camp (Mar 2018, May 2019)
  • Anthony Hernandez (2003) – U14 NT Camp (May 2017)
  • Aboubacar Keita (2000) – U17 NT Camp (Mar 2017); U19 NT Camp (Jan 2018); U20 NT Camp (July 2018, December 2018, March 2019)
  • Aidan Morris (2001) – U16 NT Camp (Nov 2017); U18 NT Camp (Jan 2018, Feb 2018, Aug 2018)
  • Isaiah Parente (2000) – U19 NT Camp (Jan 2018, May 2018)
  • Jose Rivas (2001) – U16 NT Camp (Nov 2017); U18 NT Camp (Feb 2018)
  • Sam Sarver (2003) – U14 NT Camp (Nov 2017); U16 NT Camp (Sept 2018, May 2019)
  • Aidan Wolf (2003) – U14 NT Camp (Aug 2017, Nov 2017)
  • Sean Zawadzki (2000) – U17 NT Camp (Jan 2017); U19 NT Camp (May 2018); U20 NT Camp (July 2018, December 2018)