As the Generation adidas Cup got underway Friday in Dallas, one member of the Chicago Fire Academy U-16 side received advanced plaudits from MLSsoccer.com's Will Parchman.
Fire goalkeeper Damian Las was among Parchman's picks of 10 MLS Academy players to watch at the elite tournament, which features 19 MLS club academies and 13 top international club youth sides. Las, of Norridge, Ill., has been called up on more than one occasion to the U.S. U-15 squad, representing the side at camps in Argentina and Croatia. He also was called into a domestic-based camp last November.