CHICAGO (May 5, 2008) -- U.S. Under-15 Boy's National Team head coach Jim Barlow has named 20 players who will travel to Madrid, Spain from May 9-19. The team will take on youth squads from La Liga’s Real Madrid (May 13) and Athletico Madrid (May 14), third-division club Rayo Majadahonda on May 16 and second-division club Rayo Vallecano on May 18.

Of the players who will travel to Spain, 12 took part in the team's first training camp of the year which took place in February at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Three players, midfielders Luis Gil and Alex Shinsky and defender George Fradenburg, will join Barlow’s squad from the Under-17 Men’s National Team Residency Program, where they are two of the youngest players.

In addition to the trio of U-17s, 10 players are part of U.S. Soccer’s Development Academy. Concorde Fire (Atlanta, Ga.) is the only Academy club to send two players as the club’s U-15/16 team will be represented by midfielders Robert Botchway and Jordan McCrary.

Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate	Hometown	Club/School
Botchway, Robert	M	6-3	165	03/04/93	Bacula, Ga.	Concorde Fire/Marist
Caban, David	D	5-5	125	03/30/93	Kenosha, Wis.	Chicago Wind/Lake Forest
Coleman, Jack	M	5-9	140	04/14/93	Norman, Okla.	Celtic/Norman North
Ebanks, Darvin	M	6-0	165	05/05/93	Macon, Ga.	Cobb Premier/Mount De Sales
Eggleston, Nathanael	M	6-3	165	01/30/93	Chevy Chase, Md.	Potomac/Georgetown Prep
Fradenburg, George	D	5-9	135	03/26/93	Belden, Miss.	Tupelo FC
Gil, Luis	M	5-7	135	11/14/93	Garden Grove, Calif.	Pateadores/Santiago
Iverson, Cole	F	5-10	170	01/06/93	Decatur, Ala.	Huntsville SC
Kurtzman, Max	GK	5-10	135	02/12/93	Haverford, Pa.	FC DELCO/The Haverford School
Lopez, Miguel	M	5-5	120	02/20/93	Austin, Texas	Lonestar / St. Stevens
McCrary, Jordan	M	5-6	120	07/28/93	Marietta, Ga.	Concorde Fire/Lassiter
Medina, Jon-Paul	D/M	5-4	125	07/27/93	Fresno, Calif.	Cal Odyssey/Buchanan
Mosqueda, Uly	F	5-8	155	03/18/93	Fontana, Calif.	Arsenal SC/Kaiser
Okwuonu, Boyd	D	5-8	150	02/24/93	Edmond, Okla.	Tulsa Thunder/Edmonds Santa Fe
Pineda, Victor	M/D	5-9	130	03/15/93	Boilingbrook, Ill.	Chicago Fire/Lake Forest
Rios, Henry	F	5-8	140	08/12/93	Norwalk, Calif.	Gulf Stream/John Bosco
Shinsky, Alex	M/F	5-8	120	04/02/93	York, Pa.	Super Nova/West York Area
Thomsen, Scott	D	5-7	120	12/31/93	Brick, N.J.	PDA/Veterans Memorial
Trapp, William	M	5-4	120	01/15/93	Gahanna, Ohio	Premier Soccer Academy/Amherst
Whiddon, William	GK	5-10	150	02/03/93	Carlsbad, Calif.	Surf/Rancho Buena Vista

U.S. Under-15 Boy’s National Team Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Max Kurtzman (FC DELCO), Wil Whiddon (San Diego Surf)
DEFENDERS (5): David Caban (Kenosha, Wis.), George Fradenburg (Belden, Miss.), Jon-Paul Medina (Cal Odyssey), Boyd Okwuonu (Edmond, Okla.), Scott Thomsen (PDA)
MIDFIELDERS (10): Robert Botchway (Concorde Fire), Jack Coleman (Norman, Okla.), Darvin Ebanks (Macon, Ga.), Nathanael Eggleston (Potomac), Luis Gil (Pateadores), Jordan McCrary (Marietta, Ga.), James Petruccelli (Seacoast United), Victor Pineda (Chicago Fire), Alex Shinksy (York, Pa.), Wil Trapp (Gahanna, Ohio)
FORWARDS (3): Cole Iverson (Decatur, Ala.), Uly Mosqueda (Arsenal SC), Henry Rios (Nowalk, Calif.)


U.S. Under-15 Boy’s National Team Coaching Staff:

Head Coach:	Jim Barlow	Princeton, N.J.
Assistant Coach:	Tony Lepore	Madbury, N.H.
Goalkeeper Coach:	Rob Vartughian	Bowie, Md.
Team Physician:	Michael Osten	Schaumburg, Ill.
Athletic Trainer:	Forrest Pecha	Atlanta, Ga.
Equipment Coordinator	Mathell Vazquez	Los Angles, Calif.
Team Coordinator:	Rachel Grushkin	Portland, Ore.