Sporting KC Academy quartet Gage Akalu, Nati Clarke, Kelly Kipruto and Misael Mena have ventured south for the U.S. Soccer Youth National Team’s Under-14 Talent Identification Central Region Mini-Camp, which runs Thursday to Monday at the Toyota Soccer Center in Frisco, Texas.
Akalu, Clarke, Kipruto and Mena are four of 80 players from the Central Region who will make up 20-player teams based on the region’s four defined scouting areas (North Central, South Central, Midwest and Southeast). In addition, Sporting KC Academy U-15 head coach Chris O’Neal will serve as a coach for the North Central team during the five-day camp.