The United States Soccer Development Academy has named two NYCFC Academy players in its U-15/16 Eastern Conference Best XI for the 2016-2017 season.
Gio Reyna and Nico Benalcazar headline a Best XI that features eight other MLS Academy players. This is yet another accolade for the NYCFC Academy this season, during which the U-15 squad won the Generation Adidas Cup, beating Mexico's Tigres in the final by a score of 1-0.
The team also featured at the Development Academy playoffs earlier this summer, and put multiple players on United States Youth National Teams. Most recently, Benalcazar and Reyna featured for the United States U-16 squad that competed in a tournament in Japan earlier this summer.