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Union Academy has fourth most players in national team pool

18 current and former members of the Union Academy have been called into U.S. youth national teams over the past year.

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Youth national team call-ups seemingly happen every couple weeks for players in the Philadelphia Union Academy so it only makes sense that the club would have one of the largest pools of U.S. youth players in the Development Academy.

According to a recent article in SoccerWire.com, the Union have the fourth largest collection of players with U.S. team call-ups behind LA Galaxy, New York Red Bulls and FC Dallas.

The Union have had 18 current and former players called into U.S. youth national teams over the past year. Five other current players have been called into national team camps for other countries in the past year.

The list of players with national team call-ups in 2015-16 is below:

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now / Brotherly Game. He's covered soccer at all levels for many years in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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