The two most well known names on this team are Cavan Sullivan and Maximo Carrizo, both attacking midfielders with great pedigrees. Many are also aware of the 2009 born player on the roster not named Cavan Sullivan, Mathis Albert. He recently moved from LA Galaxy to Borussia Dortmund, where he has already featured for their U19 team. These are not the only big talents on the roster. Jude Terry showed that he still must be considered a blue chip talent and Landon Emenalo looks like a very good midfield prospect. While these players look like the highest ceiling players, there are many others that have intriguing potential and this group looks like one of the better classes the United States has seen in a while.

The structure of this team’s midfield became a lot more clear after this tournament. This group has been heavily reliant on Jude Terry at the six, but Landon Emenalo showed that he is an extremely talented defensive midfielder and partners really well with Terry. He allows Terry to play a more free role where he can leverage his ball progression ability. The two of them are both very good ball winners and disruptors and can control the central areas of the pitch. 

With these two players in midfield, it allows either Maximo Carrizo or Cavan Sullivan to play a free attacking role where they can cause a lot of problems for the opponent's defenses. 

The full-back position group in this class isn’t very deep, but the top end of the class is starting to settle in and look like a solid group for this team. Pedro Guimaraes isn’t flashy, but he gets the job done on both sides of the ball and isn’t going to hurt the team. 

High potential left backs Jordan Griffin or Zach Molomo could make a push this season, but for now, Guimaraes sets an acceptable floor. 

Gio Villa had an excellent defensive showing in this tournament. He might be the best 1v1 defensive full-back prospect in the United States youth pool. He is tenacious, has great feet and discipline, and even though he is undersized, he rarely gets taken advantage of on the wing. 

Oliver Tan has been the newer addition to this team and I thought he had a really nice set of games. He is known as an attacking full-back and oftentimes plays as a winger for his club, but in this tournament he showed that he is also an above average 1v1 defender. He has the best physical profile of the three and probably the highest ceiling. 

I think the two right-back options are set, unless England Youth International and dual-national, Wesley Okoduwa, from Wolves, decides to join the group. I would not count on that. It is more likely that he continues on with England.

The United States got next to zero production from the center-forward position in this tournament. The only true number nine, Chase Adams, was very quiet and the other players that deputized there, Vitaliy Hlyut and Chance Cowell, did not do much when playing as a nine. 

There are two highly rated dual-national strikers that are U.S. eligible, but both are unlikely to play for the United States anytime soon. Those two are Alexander Staff, who plays for Germany and Austyn Jones who plays for Holland. 

Chase Adams is the top domestic option, but he struggled to be effective in this camp and I think a few other options need to be explored. I would like to see highly acclaimed attacker Julian Hall there if he is ever released by New York Red Bulls, and I wouldn't mind seeing Anisse Saidi and Tanner Rosborough back with the group to see how they mesh with the other attackers. 

As of right now, I still believe that the center-back position is the biggest weakness within this class. Martinez, Cupps and Sanders outperformed my expectations. They were solid defensively, but they were not very dynamic on the ball and had a few mishaps in distribution. I would like to see Ian James and Ramiz Hamouda back with this group. I think they provide a little more upside at this position. 

This team is building towards the U17 World Cup Qualification tournament in February of 2025. They will likely have one to two more camps before that tournament. During that time they need to experiment with the center-back, midfield and center-forward positions to see if they can strengthen the group.

Overall, this group has looked strong since it began its USYNT journey two years ago and they should be the overwhelming favorite to win the U17 Concacaf Championship in February. If they have the majority of their top talent available, they should also be competitive at the U17 World Cup. This should continue to be a really fun group to evaluate.