#351: A draft of USMNT prospects and late-bloomers for 2026

Matt Hartman, Marcus Chairez, Alex Calabrese and Belz pick XIs of
players who were not on the World Cup roster and have fewer than
5 caps. Some surprises. Some surprising omissions. We call it the
Future Draft. Hopefully it introduces you to some names to keep
track of over the next three years.
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Here's the draft order...


Player selected


Pick #


Slonina


1


Balogun


2


Paredes


3


Trusty


4


Tillman


5


Booth


6


Gutierrez


7


Wynder


8


Cardoso


9


Brady


10


Tomkinson


11


Wiley*


12


Tsakiris


13


A. Morris


14


Craig


15


Gomez


16


Aaronson


17


Reynolds


18


Vazquez


19


Luna*


20


Cuevas*


21


Richardson


22


Akinmboni


23


Zendejas


24


Medina


25


Tolkin


26


Okoh


27


Soma


28


Mendez


29


Konrad


30


Kalesho


31


Hawkins


32


Che


33


Vargas


34


Baker-Whiting


35


Yapi


36


Hall


37


Kochen


38


Cremaschi


39


Alvarado


40


Perez


41


Burton


42


McFarlane


43


Odunze


44


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