A 15-year-old attacking prospect who scored 20 goals last season in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy is joining the Philadelphia Union Academy this fall.
Axel Picazo is leaving Lonestar SC to join the Union Academy U16 team, according to a tweet from @USAProspects.
The Austin, Texas native who turns 16 next April was one of 58 players called into a U.S. youth national team futures camp in May 2015. Union Academy players C.J. dos Santos, Nykolas Sessock and Brendan Aaronson were also part of that camp.
He scored 20 goals in 38 appearances for Lonestar SC’s U14 and U16 teams last season.