Two Seattle Sounders Academy alums, winger Marlon Vargas and center back Blake Malone, have been called up to the United States U-20 Men’s National Team by new head coach Anthony Hudson for a domestic camp, running from Jan. 7-19 in Bradenton, Fla.
The young Yanks will compete in a pair of friendlies against Mexico on the 16th and 18th.
Vargas and Malone were key contributors to the Sounders U-17 side that won the 2017-18 USSDA national championship. Traveling different developmental pathways, Vargas has become a consistent presence with the Tacoma Defiance, while Malone was a breakout performer with the University of North Carolina as a freshman this past fall.