With the recent signings of 16-year-old defender Casey Walls and 14-year-old goalkeeper Emmanuel Ochoa, the San Jose Earthquakes have now signed eight academy products to Homegrown Player contracts, including seven since December of 2016 and two in the last week.
The Quakes currently have five players on their roster 18 years of age or younger, three more than any other club in Major League Soccer. Walls and Ochoa join a talented young core that includes Jacob Akanyirige (17), Gilbert Fuentes (17) and Cade Cowell (16), with the more experienced Jackson Yueill (22), JT Marcinkowski (22), Eric Calvillo (21), Marcos Lopez (20) and Siad Haji (19) also under 23.