The New York Red Bulls were still involved in the MLS playoffs when Brad Friedel named his final US U-19 Men's National Team squad of 2016, but the 17-year-old RBNY midfielder would seem to have been a late addition to the group once it was clear his club no longer had any soccer to play for the year.
Per the official US Soccer website, the U-19 MNT played a friendly against a Miami FC selection on November 13. Adams played the full 90 minutes, scoring the second goal of a 5-0 rout for the U-19s.