The United States U-14 boys national team has called in Seattle Sounders Academy product Sota Kitahara for its first camp of the year.
The young Sounder will travel to Carson, Calif., for a week-long camp from Nov. 13-20 at U.S. Soccer’s national training center. Kitahara is one of 48 players called in by head coach Clint Peay, and will look to take his excellent form for the Rave Green to the international level.
Kitahara is just the latest product of the Sounders Discovery Program to make a name for himself on the national stage. Danny Robles, an attacking midfielder for the U-16s and fellow SDP alum, won the Youdan Trophy MVP in the summer and recently traveled to Bradenton, Fla.