Congratulations to the players who have been selected for the Full-time and Developmental Player rosters for the 201-2014 Season.

2013-2014 Player Pool Rosters

Soccer America selects the top 30 clubs based on success of their teams in national youth competitions over the last three years (2010-12) and the selection of their current players to national youth teams and other national youth events in 2012.

2012 Top 30 Boys Rankings
1. New York Red Bulls
2. FC Dallas
3. Los Angeles Galaxy
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24. South Carolina United Battery

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The SCU Battery 14 Academy team competed in the National Premier League Champions Cup in Waukegan, IL, on July 27-31, 2012.  The team went 2-2 in the tournament (lost 0-2 to National Champions FC Dallas, lost 0-1 to Chicago Fire, then won 2-0 over HBC New York and 2-0 over Chicago Sockers), finishing 5th in the Nation.

South Carolina United Battery’s Pre-Academy and Developmental Academy teams achieve lofty goals for 2011-12 season

Charleston, SC  The 2011-12 season will be remembered for firsts as South Carolina United and the Charleston Battery joined forces to raise the level of elite boy’s soccer in the state of South Carolina.

SCU Battery 14 Pre-Academy team wins the first ever Southeast Pre-Academy League Championship in Raleigh.  The team will represent the region in the National Premier Leagues Champions Cup in Chicago on July 27-31.  Go Battery!

After receiving overwhelming support from the Development Academy membership, the Academy is moving to a schedule beginning in the fall of 2012 that runs from September through June (or July based on postseason play). This creates a format that is similar to those followed by the elite soccer playing nations around the world as the Development Academy and U.S. Soccer continue their goal of closing the performance gap with the top soccer nations.Complete article http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Development-Academy/2012/02/Development-Academy-Moves-to-10-Month-Season.aspx

The under-15/16 and under-17/18 South Carolina United Battery squads scored 22 goals in four combined matches to dispatch representatives from the Richmond Kickers and the Virginia Rush A.J. Auxerre last Saturday and Sunday in U.S. Soccer Development Academy action. Click to read more.

Nico Rittmeyer, SC United Battery U18 player, sets National HS Mark for most consecutive hat tricks. Rittmeyer, a Class of 2012 prospect from Savannah, Ga., scored hat tricks in a national record 10 straight high school contests this past season en route to a school record-setting 50-goal year. Read the article on ESPNHS Soccer Recruiting:http://rise.espn.go.com/boys-soccer/articles/Prospects/Commitment-Articles/Class-of-2012/08/05-Nico-Rittmeyer_GA_North-Carolina.aspx?pursuit=GirlsOther#.TjwzfQ3Lh0k.email

SC United’s Joe Amon makes U17 World Cup team headed for Mexico. Congrats Joe! Coach Wilmer Cabrera named the 21 players who leave Friday for the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico and begin play June 19 with a game against the Czech Republic (TV: ESPN2, live, 7 pm ET). The U.S. roster features 18 players who took home the regional crown at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in February. Read article at http://www.socceramerica.com/article/42510/cabrera-names-team-for-mexico-11.html

[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] Coach Wilmer Cabrera named the 21 players who leave Friday for the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico and begin play June 19 with a game against the Czech Republic (TV: ESPN2, live, 7 pm ET).

The U.S. roster features 18 players who took home the regional crown at the 2011 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in February. Only leading scorer Andrew Oliver, who left the residency program, and midfielder Jordan Allen are not headed to Mexico.

The three additions to the team are goalie Wade Hamilton, defender Alessandro Mion and midfielder Nico Melo.

The USA, which returns to the finals for a record 14th straight time, will also face Uzbekistan on June 22 and New Zealand on June 26. It was one of six teams seeded ahead of the draw along with host Mexico, Argentina, England, Germany and Brazil.

“These are the 21 players who earned the right to represent their country in the World Cup,” said Cabrera. “It’s not us, the coaching staff picking them. They make the decision for us by competing every day. They know they have to compete every day, and every day there is someone challenging for their spot. The roster was open until the last day and these players demonstrated that they were the top in the country, but they also showed the commitment, sacrifice and mentality to represent the United States at this important tournament.”

U.S U-17 Roster:
GOALKEEPERS (3): 21-Wade Hamilton (Arsenal FC; Murrieta, Calif.), 1-Kendall McIntosh (San Jose Earthquakes Academy; Santa Rosa, Calif.), 12-Fernando Pina (Houston Dynamo; Houston, Texas)
DEFENDERS (6): 16-Kellyn Acosta (FC Dallas Academy; Plano, Texas), 4-Joe Amon (South Carolina United; Summerville, S.C.), 2-Zach Carroll (Vardar; Grand Blanch, Mich.), 6-Mobi Fehr (Tokyo Verdy 1969; Tokyo, Japan), 15-Alessandro Mion (Kendall SC; Miami, Fla.), 3-Nathan Smith (Cal Odyssey; Clovis, Calif.),
MIDFIELDERS (8): 5-Matt Dunn (FC Cologne; Dallas, Texas), 10-Alejandro Guido (Aztecs Premier; Chula Vista, Calif.), 13-Nico Melo (Florida Rush; Kissimmee, Fla.), 11-Marc Pelosi (De Anza Force; Sunnyvale, Calif.), 8-Esteban Rodriguez (Cosmos Academy West; Palmdale, Calif.), 14-Tarik Salkicic (Strictly Soccer; Pinellas Park, Fla.), 17-Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids Academy; Brighton, Colo.), 20-Andrew Souders (Crew Soccer Academy; Amherst, Ohio)
FORWARDS (4): 18-Paul Arriola (Arsenal FC; Chula Vista, Calif.), 7-Alfred Koroma (Solar SC; Arlington, Texas), 19-Jack McBean (Los Angeles Galaxy; Newport Beach, Calif.) 9-Mario Rodriguez (Central Aztecs; North Hollywood, Calif.)