A dozen players with ties to the Philadelphia Union are among the 153 players heading to Florida next week for a United States youth international camp for players across the U16 through U20 teams.
Philadelphia Union Academy grads Anthony Fontana (Philadelphia Union / Newark, Del.), Matthew Real (Bethlehem Steel FC / Drexel Hill, Pa.), Mark McKenzie (Wake Forest / Bear, Del.) and Justin McMaster (Wake Forest / Atlanta, Ga.) lead the list of the older players called up.
Current academy players Brenden Aaronson (Medford, N.J.), Jeremy Rafanello (Delran, N.J.), Kris Shakes (Austin, Texas), Axel Picazo (Austin, Texas), Julian Anderson (Ocean, N.