The United States youth internationals that played this weekend gave us some great moments and wonderful performances. Let’s highlight some of them:
Keaton Parks - Central Midfielder, SL Benfica
Parks made headlines this week as Rui Vitoria (the Benfica coach) spoke about him in hopes that he can be the next Nemanja Matic. Vitoria reportedly likes Keaton’s ability on the ball and feels like his skill would be best-suited to build attacks from the back. Parks has usually featured as an attack-minded 8 and to this point, his outstanding skill has mostly been utilized to drive the attack going forward. But Vitoria feels like he could play as a 6 where he can use his unique frame (he’s 6’4”) and…
