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Former Union, Union II and Academy Players Who Turned Pro

Brenden Aaronson Academy, Union II, First Team Leeds United
Paxten Aaronson Academy, Union II, First Team Colorado Rapids
David Accam First Team Without Club
Sam Adeniran First Team LASK
Freddy Adu First Team Retired
Leo Afonso Academy Rhode Island FC
Bolu Akinyode Union II Loudoun United
Roland Alberg First Team Without Club
Chris Albright First Team Retired – FC Cincinnati GM
Brandon Allen Union II Without Club
RJ Allen First Team Retired
Pedro Álvarez Union II Zamora FC
Don Anding First Team Retired
Aidan Apodaca Union II Retired – Cal Baptist Assistant Coach
Abasa Aremeyaw First Team Without Club
Fernando Aristeguieta First Team Retired – Caracas Manager
Cristian Arrieta First Team Retired
Brandon Aubrey Union II Retired. – Dallas Cowboys Kicker
Obafemi Awodesu Academy Helsingborgs IF
Eric Ayuk First Team Without Club
Samir Badr Union II Retired
Daniel Barbir Academy San Antonio FC
Tai Baribo First Team D.C. United
Tranquillo Barnetta First Team Retired
Ryan Becher Academy Without Club
Joe Bendik First Team Retired – Chicago Fire Assistant Coach
Jamir Berdecio First Team, Union II Oriente P
Austin Berry First Team Retired – FC Cincinnati Organization
Nick Bibbs Union II Retired – Sporting AC Coach
Eric Bird First Team Without Club
Daniel Bloyou Academy Without Club
Anges Patrick Kader Bohui Academy New York Cosmos
Corben Bone First Team Retired
Shanyder Borgelin Union II Without Club
Amoy Brown Union II Retired
Brian Brown First Team Without Club
Cory Burke First Team Without Club
Lukas Burns Academy Brooklyn FC
Micah Cain Academy TSV Meerbusch
Danny Califf First Team Retired
Brian Carroll First Team Retired
Francis Castillo Academy, Union II CA Antoniano
Juan Castillo Union II Pari NN
Mike Catalano Union II Retired
Dzenan Catic First Team Retired
Danny Cepero First Team – Emergency Loan Retired – Nashville SC Goalkeeping Coach
James Chambers Union II Retired – Colorado Springs head coach
Prosper Chiluya UnionII Zanaco FC
Andrei Chirila Academy FC Cincinnati 2
Stefan Chirila Academy FC Cincinnati
Aurélien Collin First Team Retired – Houston Dynamo Assistant Coach
Anderson Conceição First Team Boavista
Seku Conneh Union II Without Club
Lamine Conte Academy, Union II Without Club
Carlos Miguel Coronel First Team São Paulo
Walter Cortés Union II Herediano
Eduardo Coudet First Team Retired – Internacional Head Coach
Brandan Craig First Team, Union II, Academy CF Montreal
Warren Creavalle First Team Retired
Danny Cruz First Team Retired – Louisville City FC Head Coach
Michael Daly Unioin II Retired
Keon Daniel First Team Retired
Bajung Darboe Academy, Union II FC Bayern II
Charlie Davies First Team Retired – TV Commentator
Matheus Davo First Team Maccabi Netanya
Devon Decorte Academy RSCA Futures
Jack de Vries Academy, Union II, First Team FC Den Basch
Joey DeZart Academy, Union II Without Club
Boubacar Diallo Union II FC Tulsa
Saed Diaz Union II SD Atlético Nacional
Borek Dockal First Team Retired
Chris Donovan First Team Louisville City
CJ dos Santos Academy San Diego FC
Maurice Edu First Team Retired – TV Commentator
Yann Ekra First Team Retired
Kalil ElMedkhar Academy FC Tulsa
Sebastian Elney Academy Without Club
Marcus Epps First Team, Union II Lexington SC
Marco Fabian First Team Empire Strykers
Fabinho First Team Retired
Gabriel Farfan First Team Retired
Michael Farfan First Team Retired
Leo Fernandes First Team Retired
Stuart Findlay First Team Heart of Midlothian FC
Luis Flores Academy, Union II Vancouver Whitecaps 2
Anthony Fontana Academy, Union II, First Team Colorado Springs Switchbacks
Fred First Team Retired – Union II Assistant Coach
Matt Freese First Team New York City FC
Ray Gaddis First Team Retired
Gilberto First Team Atlético de Alagoinhas
Gabe Gissie Union II Without Club
Ian Glavinovich First Team Newell’s Old Boys
Jakob Glesnes First Team LA Galaxy
Gabriel Gómez First Team Retired
Juan Diego González First Team Retired – Died in 2020
Kemali Green Academy Portland Hearts of Pines
Pedro Guimaraes Academy Eintracht Frankfurt
Morgan Hackworth Academy Retired
Chase Harrison First Team Retired
Jordan Harvey First Team Retired
Aaron Heard Academy Bayer Leverkeusen
Josh Heard Union II Pacific FC
Fabian Herbers First Team CF Montreal
Kai Herdling First Team Retired
Cristhian Hernández First Team Retired
Chandler Hoffman First Team Retired.- NISA Commissioner
Thorne Holder First Team Retired
Omar Holness Union II Without Club
Brian Holt First Team Retired
Antoine Hoppenot First Team Retired – Playing Amateur Soccer for Vereinigung Erzgebirge
Antonios Horozoglou Union II Without Club
Levi Houapeu First Team Without Club
Chidi Iloka Academy Jägersfreude
Ilsinho First Team Retired – Skilsinho Academy
Andrew Jacobson First Team Retired
Jamir Johnson Academy Orange County SC
Derrick Jones Academy, Union II, First Team Without Club
Aaron Jones Union II, First Team Sutton United
Matt Jones First Team Retired – Quinnipiac Assistant Coach
Greg Jordan First Team Retired
Matt Kassel First Team Retired
Steve Kingue Union II Radomiak
Kléberson First Team Retired – NYCFC assistant
Brad Knighton First Team Retired
Chris Konopka First Team Retired
Kevin Kratz First Team Retired – Atlanta United U16 coach
Dylan Lacy Academy West Chester United
Michael Lahoud First Team Retired – TV Analyst, Commentator
Morgan Langley First Team Retired
Isaiah LeFlore First Team Nashville SC
Hugo Le Guennec Union II Without Club
Sébastien Le Toux First Team Retired – Commentator, High School coach
Raymond Lee First Team Without Club
Adam Lenges Academy Without Club
Chad Letts Academy Without Club
Darius Lewis Academy Without Club
Diego Lopez Union II Without Club
Porfirio López First Team Retired
Favian Loyola Academy Audax Italiano
Damion Lowe First Team Without Club
Jamie Luchini Union II Retired
Raïs M’Bolhi First Team ES Mostagenem
Zac MacMath First Team Without Club
Matt Mahoney Union II Colorado Springs Switchbacks
Cristian Maidana First Team Arg. de Quilmes
Justin Mapp First Team Retired
Leon Maric Academy Without Club
Richie Marquez First Team Retired
Josué Martínez First Team Escorpiones de Belén
Benjamin Martino Academy, Union II Without Club
John McCarthy First Team New York Red Bulls
Dawson McCartney Academy, Union II Birmingham Legion
Rayshaun McGann Academy Without Club
Jack McGlynn First Team, Union II, Academy Houston Dynamo
Jake McGuire First Team, Union II Without Club
Jack McInerney First Team Retired
Mark McKenzie Acadey, Union II, First Team Toulouse
Jimmy McLaughlin First Team Retired
Justin McMaster Academy, Union II Without Club
Haris Medunjanin First Team Retired
Randy Meneses Union II Orense SC
Stefani Miglioranzi First Team Retired
Selmir Miscic Academy, Union II Without Club
Cole Missimo Union II, First Team Retired
Santi Moar Union II Without Club
Faryd Mondragón First Team Retired
Jamiro Monteiro First Team PEC Zwolle
Massimo Morabito Academy New York Cosmos
Alejandro Moreno First Team Retired
Todd Morton Union II Retired
Faris Pemi Moumbagna Union II Cremonese
Danny Mwanga First Team Retired
MD Myers Academy Tampa Bay Rowdies
David Myrie First Team Retired
Adam Najem First Team Without Club
Kyle Nakazawa First Team Retired
Chris Nanco Union II Without Club
Sanders Ngabo First Team, Union II Häcken
Michee Ngalina First Team Hartford Athletic
Oka Nikolov First Team Retired – LAFC Assistant Coach
Nathan Nkanji Union II Without Club
Vincent Nogueira First Team Retired – Strasbourgh women’s manager
JT Noone First Team Retired
Richard Odada First Team, Union II UTA Arad
Benjamin Ofeimu Academy, Union II Las Vegas Lights
Amobi Okugo First Team Retired
Oguchi Onyewu First Team Retired
Mataj Oravec First Team Železiarne Podbrezová
Michael Orozco First Team Retired
Lionard Pajoy First Team Without Club
Jeff Parke First Team Retired
Nick Pariano First Team, Union II, Academy Huntsville City SC
Carlos Paternina Union II Internacional de Bogotá
AJ Paterson Union II Birmingham Legion
Veljko Paunović First Team Retired – Serbian National Team Head Coach
Juan Luis Perdomo Union II Dep. La Guaira
Andrés Perea First Team New York City FC
Brian Perk First Team Retired
Jorge Perlaza First Team Retired
Matt Perrella Union II Retired – Oaklyn United Player/Manager, St. Joe’s Hammont Boys Coach
Zach Pfeffer ll Retired
Fafà Picault First Team Inter Miami
Axel Picazo Academy, Union II Without Club
Nelson Pierre First Team, Union II, Academy Vancouver Whitecaps
Chris Pontius First Team Retired – Player Agent
Gino Portella Union II 1.CfR Pforzheim
Alvas Powell First Team FC Cincinnati
Kacper Przybylko First Team Odra Opole
Ramzi Qawasmy Academy, Union II Without Club
David Rabadán Union II Ourense CF
Greg Ranjitsingh First Team New York City FC
Issa Rayyan Academy, Union II Without Club
Matthew Real First Team, Union II, Academy Hartford Athletic
Walter Restrepo Union II, First Team Retired
Charlie Reymann Union II Retired
Pedro Ribeiro First Team Retired
Ryan Richter Union II, First Team Retired – Union II Head Coach
Hugh Roberts Union II Without Club
Diego Rocio Academy Real Salt Lake
Carlos Rojas Union II Kryvbas
Tomas Romero Academy, Union II New York City FC
Keegan Rosenberry First Team Colorado Rapids
Brian Rowe First Team – Emergency Loan Retired
Carlos Ruiz First Team Retired
Aziz Saidi Academy Without Club
Anisse Saidi Academy San Diego FC
Shea Salinas First Team Retired
Yosef Samuel Academy, Union II Retired
Luciano Sanchez Academy, Union II FC Elva
Sergio Santos First Team Houston Dynamo
C.J. Sapong First Team Without Club
Zion Scarlett Academy Portland Hearts of Pines
Richie Schlentz Academy Without Club
Yomi Scintu Union II Without Club
Chris Seitz First Team Retired
Oliver Semmle First Team Lexington SC
Nykolas Sessock Academy Without Club
Kris Shakes Academy New Mexico United
Jay Simpson First Team Retired
Jack Skahan Academy San Jose Earthquakes
Drew Skundrich Union II Retired
Anton Sorenson Academy, Union II, First Team Chattanooga FC
Bakary Soumaré First Team Retired
Toni Ståhl First Team Retired
Stefan Stojanovic Union II Brooklyn FC
Brian Sylvestre First Team Retired
Joe Tait First Team Retired
Shavar Thomas First Team Retired
Brooks Thompson Union II Lexington SC
Jamoi Topey Union II Mount Pleasant
Roger Torres First Team Dep. Binacional
Holden Trent First Team, Union II Died in 2024
Ken Tribbett First Team Retired
Auston Trusty Academy, Union, First Team Celtic FC
Kyle Tucker Union II West Chester United
Cole Turner Academy, Union II, First Team Loudoun United
Mikael Uhre First Team FC Midtjylland
Carlos Valdés First Team Retired
David Vazquez First Team, Union II, Academy San Diego FC
Maike Villero Union II Yaracuyanos
Steven Vitória First Team Retired
Jahmali Waite Academy, Union II Tampa Bay Rowdies
Taylor Washington First Team, Union II Retired
Johann Weatherly Academy Montego Bay FC
Andrew Wenger First Team Retired
Aaron Wheeler First Team Retired
Ethan White First Team Retired
Giliano Wijnaldum First Team Retired
Sheanon Williams First Team Retired
Chavany Willis Union II Racing United FC
Chris Wingate Union II Retired
Krystian Witkowski First Team Retired – Fairfield men head coach
Andrew Wooten First Team Mechtersheim
Joshua Yaro First Team St. Louis City SC
Isaiah Young Academy Arminia Bielefeld
Marcos Zambrano Academy, Union II Real Salt Lake
Zach Zandi Academy, Union II Colorado Springs Switchbacks
Nick Zimmerman First Team Retired – Florida Women’s Soccer Head Coach

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