Reed Baker-Whiting called into USA U19s as a right back

Reed Baker-Whiting has been called into the upcoming United States U19 training camp in preparation for the 2023 U20 men’s World Cup. The camp opened on Friday in Slovenia and will run through Sept. 28. They’ll compete in a tournament against national teams from Malta, Croatia and Scotland.

Notably, Baker-Whiting is listed as a defender. That’s a role he has never played with the Seattle Sounders or Tacoma Defiance, but he was used as a right back during his last youth national team call-up, even picking up an assist.

Defiance head coach Wade Webber said the Sounders never really thought of Baker-Whiting as anything other than a midfielder until relatively recently, but the organization now…