Early last week the U.S. advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF U-17 Championships, which qualified them for the 2011 U-17 World Cup, but they still had to play out the rest of the tournament and try to win the crown as CONCACAF’s best. They went on to win the tournament, defeating Canada in the final 3-0, and while that is nice an all, what we really learned is that Nathan Smith is going to be one of the world’s best players before long. Check out his game-winning goal against the Canadians.
U.S. U-17 Player Scores Wonder Goal, Ready For Superstardom
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↵Yes, that’s a 16-year-old American pulling off a stunning strike like that. When you see that type of quality you have to wonder how much longer before Bob Bradley gives him a call up to the senior team. Even bigger, how long before he moves on from the Bradenton Academy in Florida with the rest of the U.S. U-17 players to a professional club? It won’t just be some small, little professional club coming after him either. You can bet that the Manchester United, Chelsea, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid’s of the world come after this kid. He’s the future of American soccer. It’s not that hard to figure that out after watching one entire YouTube clip of him.
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