Jay Rodriguez
Burnley
Mark Anthony Kaye
Los Angeles FC
Romaine Sawyers
West Bromwich Albion
Tom Edwards
Stoke City
Harlee Dean
Birmingham City
Lewis Morgan
Inter Miami CF
Harry Toffolo
Huddersfield Town
Daniel Iversen
Leicester City
Luke Woolfenden
Ipswich Town
Jonathan Bond
West Bromwich Albion
Adam Davies
Stoke City
Alfie Doughty
Charlton Athletic
Adrian Mariappa
Bristol City
Ben Purrington
Charlton Athletic
Joe Bursik
Stoke City
Matt Polster
New England Revolution
Dillon Phillips
Cardiff City
Jack Price
Colorado Rapids
Cameron Harper
Celtic
Liam Feeney
Blackpool
Kyle McCallister
St Mirren
Anton Walkes
Atlanta United
Dominic Gape
Wycombe Wanderers
Chituru Odunze
Leicester City
Jonathan Osorio
Toronto FC
Lasse Sorensen
Stoke City
Jake Forster Caskey
Charlton Athletic
Charlie Lakin
Birmingham City
Tom Elliot
Salford City
Aaron Lewis
Lincoln City
Owain Fon Williams
Dunfermline Athletic
Peter Kioso
Luton Town
Jake Eastwood
Sheffield United
Harry Paton
Ross County
Jack Stevens
Oxford United
Alex Macdonald
Gillingham
Andy Fisher
MK Dons
Jamille Matt
Forest Green Rovers
Patrick Seagrist
New York Red Bulls
Jack Bonham
Gillingham
Harry Burgoyne
Shrewsbury Town
Jay Chapman
Inter Miami CF
Simon Eastwood
Oxford United
Rhys Bennett
Carlisle United
Aidan Stone
Mansfield Town
James Clarke
Mansfield Town
Nick Hayes
Salford City
Hayden White
Mansfield Town
Hayden Campbell
Salford City
Matthew Wright
Ross County
Greg Ranjitsingh
Minnesota United
Jake Dunwoody
Derry City
Ryan Campbell Gordon
Port Vale F.C
Liam Fraser
Toronto FC
Thomás Chacón
Minnesota United
Jose Aja
Minnesota United
Rocco Romeo
Toronto FC
Eric Dick
Sporting Kansas City
Clement Bayiha
Montreal Impact
Michael Azira
Chicago Fire
David Norman JR
Inter Miami CF
Jay Rodriguez
Jay is an English striker who came through the academy at Burnley as the only player to be given a professional contract under Steve Cotterill. He went on to make his first team debut in the Championship on 29 December 2007.
In the summer of 2012 he was subject to significant interest from Premier League clubs after finishing the 2011 season as Burnley’s top scorer and earning a place in the Championship Team of the Year. A £7 million move to Southampton followed where he made his Premier League debut on the opening day of the season against Manchester City.
On 2 July 2017 Jay signed for West Bromwich Albion for £12 million scoring 33 goals for the club over a two year period including 22 goals in the 2018/19 Championship season. A return to Burnley followed in July 2019 when Burnley paid his £10 million release clause.
Jay played for England U21s before going on to make his senior debut on 15 November 2013 against Chile at Wembley Stadium.
Mark Anthony Kaye
Mark is a Canadian midfielder who began his career at college with York before leaving to join Toronto Academy in 2013.
Mark moved to Louisville ahead of the 2016 season where he became a key figure in the side. In the 2017 season he got his first taste of silverware when Louisville went on to win the USL Championships with victory over Swope Park Rangers in the final.
After two seasons in the USL, Mark transferred to Los Angeles FC for their inaugural season making his debut in the season opener.
He received his first international call up in May 2016 with the Canadian U23s before making his senior debut on 13 June 2017 against Curacao. Since his debut he has become a regular in the squad and has played a vital part in both the 2017 and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cups.
Romaine Sawyers
Romaine is a midfielder who was an academy graduate at West Bromwich Albion. He earned his stripes through a string of loan moves before achieving a permanent move to Walsall in 2013.
Romaine went on to earn various awards for the club over his three years with the Baggies including being named in the League One Team of the Year and finishing as runner up in Player of the Year Awards.
Next came a move to Brentford where more awards followed including Players’ Player of the Year and Community Player of the Year. Romaine was named club captain in 2018 before an undisclosed transfer bid from West Bromwich Albion was accepted in the 2019 summer transfer window.
Romaine has represented Saint Kitts and Nevis U23s in the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championships before being called up to the senior national team where he went on to make his debut later in 2012.
Tom Edwards
Born in Stafford, Tom joined Stoke City’s academy at the age of eight. He progressed through the ranks to win the U18 player of the year twice before making his Premier League debut on 14 October 2017 against Manchester City. His home debut followed against West Bromwich Albion where he was named man of the match in their 3-1 victory.
The English right back has since established himself as a key member of the Stoke City side and is a regular in the England U20 squad.
Harlee Dean
Harlee is an English central defender who began his career at Dagenham and Redbridge, making his professional debut on 31 October 2009.
Harlee went on to play for various clubs before a move to Brentford gave him the opportunity to establish himself, making 224 appearances for the club in his six years.
He won various awards at the club ranging from Players’ Player of the Year in 2012/13 to Supporters’ Player of the Year in 2016/17 – the season he was named captain.
On 30 August 2017 Harlee signed with Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee and was named captain for the 2019/20 season.
Lewis Morgan
Lewis is a Scottish winger who started his career in the Rangers youth system before joining St Mirren on a two year contract, making his debut for the club in 2014.
After helping St Mirren achieve promotion to the SPL, Lewis was bought by Celtic signing a four-and-a-half year contract with the club on 5 January 2018.
Lewis made his debut for Celtic in the away leg of the 2018/19 Champions League match against Armenian side Alashkert in the first qualifying round and has represented Scotland nine times at U21 level before making his senior debut against Peru on 29 May 2018.
In January 2020 Celtic accepted an offer from new MLS side Inter Miami CF where Lewis made his debut for David Beckham’s side on the opening week of the 2020 MLS Season on 1st March.
Lewis won the MVP Award for his Inter Miami side in their Inaugural MLS season.
Harry Toffolo
Harry is an English left back who progressed through the academy at Norwich City where he won the 2013 FA Youth Cup before signing his first professional contract. In August 2015 he made his senior debut for the club away at Rotherham United aged 20. On 12 June 2018 Harry signed for Lincoln City playing every game in the side that guided Lincoln to League One promotion. He also won a place in the PFA League Two team of the year. Harry signed for Huddersfield Town on 17th January 2020 for an undisclosed fee.
Harry is eligible to play for both England and Italy but received his first international call up for England in February 2013 making his debut against Belgium. The following year Harry was with the U19 side in Slovenia for the UEFA Qualifying Tournament where they finished as group winners. In 2015 he was with the England U20 squad for the first time including being involved in the Mercedes Benz Cup Tournament.
Daniel Iversen
Daniel is a Danish goalkeeper who began his career in the Danish Superliga with Esbjerg before his move to Leicester City in January 2016. He made his professional debut on the first day of the 2018/19 season for Oldham Athletic where he went on to make 42 appearances during a loan spell.
Daniel has played for Denmark in every age group from U16s through to U21s and received his first call up to the senior team in September 2019 for Denmark’s UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches.
Daniel is a player who has come from our long term relationship with our partners First Touch in Scandanavia.
Daniel is currently on loan at Rotherham United
Luke Woolfenden
Luke is an English central defender who has spent his entire career at Ipswich Town since he joined the club when he was 11. He signed his first professional contract ahead of the 2017-18 season when he made his debut in a 2-0 win against Luton Town. He enjoyed a loan spell at Swindon Town for the 2018-19 season where he played 32 games before returning to Ipswich ahead of the 2019-20 season where he has become a regular.
Jonathan Bond
Jonathan Bond is a 27 year old English Goalkeeper with 7 caps for England at U21 & U20, however he previously played for Wales at U17 and U19 level before changing his international allegiance in 2013. He famously scored an equalising goal for Wales U17s in their UEFA Qualifying match against Russia in October 2009.
Bond began his career at Watford coming through the youth and reserve teams at Vicarage Road. He made his first team debut for on 2nd January 2012. In 2015 he moved on to sign for Reading for an undisclosed fee before loan spells for Gillingham and Peterborough.
On 16 July 2018 Bond joined West Bromwich Albion and was part of the 2019/20 squad that got the Baggies back promoted to the Premier League.
Adam Davies
Adam is a Welsh goalkeeper who began his career at Everton where he played regularly for the reserves and was named Academy Player of the Year in 2009/10.
On 13 June 2014 Adam joined Barnsley making his first team debut in the opening match of the season against Crawley Town. The 2018/19 season was an impressive one for Adam who won the Golden Glove and was also named in the EFL Team of the Season.
Adam left Barnsley at the end of the season and signed for Stoke City on 25 June 2019.
He made his international debut for Wales on 20 March 2019 in a 1-0 win against Trinidad and Tobago.
Alfie Doughty
Alfie is an English winger who’s versatility has allowed him to slot in at left back when required. He joined Charlton Athletic’s Academy at U9 and his impressive performances helped him progress very quickly through the ranks.
He made his Championship debut for the club against Cardiff City on 23rd November and scored his first goal on 26th December scoring the winner in the 82nd minute for the Addicks.
Adrian Mariappa
Ben Purrington
Ben is an English left back who played a key role in Charlton Athletic’s promotion to the Championship in the 2018/19 season. He joined Charlton on loan in January 2019 before the move was made permanent.
Ben began his career in the youth academy at Plymouth Argyle in September 2005 at the age of nine. His first professional contract came in May 2013 and he made his professional debut in a League Two match against Oxford United seven months later. On 30 January Ben completed a move to the Championship to join Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee signing a three-and-a-half year contract.
Joe Bursik
Josef Bursik is an England Goalkeeper who currently plays for Stoke City. Joe began his career at AFC Wimbledon before he joined The Potters on 1 July 2017.
His first loan in the football league was to Accrington Stanley for the 2019/20 season making his debut on 29 October in the EFL Trophy making 20 appearances over the season. Joe is currently on loan to Doncaster Rovers as he joined the side for the 2020/21 season.
Joe was the starting keeper for the England U17 side that lost on penalties in the final of the 2017 UEFA European U17 Championships and was involved in the squad that won the World Cup the same year. He has represented England at U17,18,19,20 and U21 levels after making his debut and keeping a clean sheet for the 21s on 17th November 2020 in a 5-0 win over Albania.
Matt Polster
Matt signed for Rangers on 30 January 2019 from Chicago Fire in the MLS. He was selected with the #7 pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft before going on to win the Chicago Fire Goal of the Season for his strike against New York Red Bulls.
Since signing for Rangers Matt has gone on to make his European Debut playing in the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League. The American International made his senior debut against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018 after making 11 appearances for the USA U23s.
He returned to the MLS after Rangers accepted an undisclosed fee from the New England Revolution on 8th July 2020.
Matt made his debut for the USA National Team in January 2018 against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dillon Phillips
Dillon is an English goalkeeper who progressed through the academy at Charlton Athletic before signing his professional contract in 2013.
He made his debut for Charlton in the 2016 season after spending the 2015/16 season on loan at Cheltenham Town. Dillon was a vital member of the Charlton team who won the 2019 EFL League One Playoffs.
Dillon signed for Cardiff on 16th October 2020 for an undisclosed fee.
Jack Price
Jack is an English midfielder who began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers progressing through the academy from 2001-11 before signing a professional contract.
The central midfielder made his professional debut on 10 August 2013 in a 4-0 win against Gillingham where Kenny Jacket praised Jack as ‘the team’s best player’.
In January 2018 the club accepted a transfer offer from Colorado Rapids in the MLS where he signed a four year contract. Since then Jack has gone on to make himself a vital member of the team and has been named as the club’s captain going forward.
In his impressive 2019 season Jack broke David Beckham’s 2010 record for the most set piece assists in a single MLS season when he finished with 11.
Jack has won MVP in all 3 seasons since he has joined the Colorado Rapids.
Cameron Harper
Cameron Harper is an American/Scottish forward who joined Celtic’s Academy in August of 2018 at the age of 16. Since then he has featured for the Celtic U-18s and Reserves while also representing the US at U-16, U-17 and most recently playing for Tab Ramos and the US U-20 team.
Cameron as he made his Celtic debut on 11th January against Hibernian in a 1-1 draw. Cameron started the match and played 60 minutes at Celtic Park. He became the first American to make a competitive appearance for Celtic since Timothy Weah’s final appearance for the Hoops in a 3-0 win over Aberdeen in May of 2019.
Liam Feeney
Liam is an English midfielder who began his career playing for Hayes before joining AFC Bournemouth for an undisclosed fee in 2009. Feeney went on to make 109 appearances for ‘The Cherries’ before a move to Millwall followed in 2011.
Bolton Wanderers announced that Feeney would join the club in 2014 where he went on to make 78 appearances in his two years at the club. Liam was part of the Cardiff City squad in 2017-18 which won promotion to the Premier League when they finished as the EFL Championship runners-up. Feeney is currently playing for Blackpool in League One who he joined on 23 August 2018.
Kyle McCallister
Kyle is a Scottish winger who came through the youth system at St Mirren making his first team debut in February 2013. Kyle signed for Derby County in January 2017 for an undisclosed fee. He returned to St Mirren on loan for the second half of the 2018-19 season, helping the side to stay in the Scottish Premiership. In August 2019, McCallister left Derby and signed a long-term contract with St Mirren.
Having played for the U17 side in 2015-16 Kyle made his debut for Scotland U21s in March 2019 against Sweden before being involved in the UEFA European U21 Championship Qualifying matches.
Anton Walkes
Anton is an English right back who began his career at Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 making his first team debut three years later in the EFL Cup. He was a key part of each academy side he was involved in, including captaining Spurs in the 2016 UEFA Youth League.
In January 2017, Anton joined Atlanta United ahead of their MLS Season, making 20 appearances in front of 70,000-strong crowds. The following January he headed to Portsmouth where he scored on his debut for the club against Doncaster Rovers. At the end of the 2017-18 season Anton returned to Spurs before his move to Portsmouth was made permanent in July 2018, leading to him winning the EFL Trophy with the club.
Dominic Gape
Dominic Gape is an English central midfielder who joined Southampton when he was 8 years old. He progressed through the academy where he went on to captain the U18 side before signing his first professional contract in May 2013. Dom made his Premier League debut on 20 December 2014 in a 3-0 victory against Everton.
He originally went to Wycombe on loan in August 2016 before signing permanently in January 2017 and has been at the club ever since where he played a vital part in their promotion to the EFL Championship via the League One Playoffs in 2020.
Chituru Odunze
Chituru Odunze is a player we brought over to the UK from Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS with Remington Ellis Management.
The 6’8 goalkeeper is a regular with the USA National sides with a rapidly expanding CV with his country.
He has played for the USA at September’s 4 Nations Tournament in the Netherlands
Helped the USA qualify for a record 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup at the 2019 Concacaf U-17 Championship, starting two matches … Recorded a shutout vs. Barbados
Brings a 0.67 goals against average this year into the World Cup
Kept a clean sheet vs. Turkey at the 2018 Nike International Friendlies
Represented the U.S. at October 2018’s U17 International Youth Tournament in England
Made his international debut vs. Costa Rica in August 2018
Earned his first Youth National Team call-up with the U-17 MNT at a June 2018
Chituru is also eligible to represent Canada, England and Nigeria at the international level.
Jonathan Osorio
Jonathan is a Canadian midfielder who began his career in Uruguay with Nacional’s academy in 2010 before moving back to Canada to join Toronto FC.
He made his first appearance for the club in the MLS on 9 March 2013 and went on to make 28 appearances over the 2013 season helping them secure the MLS Cup.
Jonathan was a key member of Toronto’s roster that won the MLS Eastern Conference in 2016, 2017 and 2019, as well as winning the Canadian Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018. During this time he also added various individual awards to his collection of accolades and was involved in the CONCACAF Champions League Best X1 after winning the Golden Boot in 2018.
Jonathan made his debut with the Canadian national program at 18 representing Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF U20 Championships and followed up with his first appearance for the senior side on 28 May 2013 against Costa Rica at the Commonwealth Stadium. He has gone on to be named in four CONCACAF Gold Cup squads in 2013,2015,2017 and 2019.
Lasse Sorensen
Lasse is a Danish midfielder who was born in Vejen and began his career with Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga before moving to Stoke City in January 2016.
He made his professional debut for Stoke City on 13 May 2018 in their Premier League match against Swansea City, providing the assist for the winner from his free kick.
Lasse is a player who has come from our long term relationship with partners First Touch in Scandanavia.
Jake Forster Caskey
Jake is an English midfielder who began his youth career at Brighton and Hove Albion in 2007 before signing his scholarship deal in 2010. He became the youngest player to feature in the Brighton first team when he featured as a substitute in their final game of the 2009-10 season. Various loans followed before on 5 January 2017 he joined Charlton Athletic and was part of the playoff winning side in 2018-19.
Jake has represented England at various youth levels. After progressing from the U16s he was announced in the Nordic U17 tournament where he captained the side. In April 2011 Forster-Caskey was a regular in the England side at both the 2011 UEFA European U17 Football Championships and the 2011 FIFA U17 World Cup before he finished the year with the U18 national side. Jake received his first call up for the U21 side in May 2014 for the Toulon Tournament making his debut for the side against Wales.
Charlie Lakin
Charlie is English midfielder who joined Birmingham City’s Academy at U9 before gaining a scholarship with the club in July 2015. He made his professional debut in Birmingham City’s FA Cup match with Huddersfield Town.
Charlie joined Stevenage on loan ahead of the 2019/20 season going straight in to the starting 11 to make his debut.
Tom Elliot
Tom Elliot is an English striker who came through Leeds United to earn his first professional contract in 2007. He made his first team debut at the age of 16 against Norwich City on 3 February 2007 becoming the first schoolboy to appear for Leeds first team.
Tom had made 331 appearances over his career before his move from Millwall to Salford City on 9th January 2020 where he scored the winning goal on his debut against Accrington Stanley in the EFL Trophy.
The 6’4 striker has represented England at U16 and U18 levels.
Aaron Lewis
Aaron Lewis is a 21 year old Welsh right back who began his career at Swansea City making his debut during the 2016-17 season playing in the EFL Trophy. In January 2019 he moved on loan to Doncaster Rovers making his professional debut on 2nd February away at Portsmouth. In July 2019 he signed for Lincoln City making his debut in a 1-0 win against Huddersfield in the EFL Cup.
Aaron has played for Wales at U19,20 and U21 level including taking part in the 2017 Toulon Tournament for the Welsh U20s.
Owain Fon Williams
Owain is a Welsh goalkeeper who completed his youth career at Crewe Alexandra signing his scholarship with the club in 2003.
He made 271 appearances in the Football League including 161 for Tranmere Rovers, as well as representing Stockport County, Bury and Rochdale. Owain moved to Scotland on 16 July 2015 signing for Inverness and making his debut the same day in their UEFA Europa League Qualifying match with Astra Giurgiu of Romania.
A loan move to Indy Eleven occurred ahead of the USL Championship 2018 season where he made 34 appearances playing every minute for his side. Owain played for Hamilton Academical in the 2019/20 season before signing for Dunfermline on a 2 year deal on 3 August 2020.
Owain is a Welsh Youth International who made his debut for the U17 side in November 2003 during a 4-0 win over Azerbaijan in a UEFA European U17 Championship Qualifying match. After four appearances for the U19 side he moved up to the U21s playing almost every minute of the 2009 UEFA European U21 Championship Qualifiers. He was first called up to the senior Wales team in February 2009 and was a member of the Wales squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016.
Peter Kioso
Peter Kioso is an Irish fullback who currently plays for Luton Town having signed for the club on 22nd January 2020 for an undisclosed fee.
Peter was was a former MK Dons academy player before a move to Hartlepool occurred where he went on to play over 40 games during the 2018/19 season and becoming a vital member of the squad.
On 15th October 2020 he joined Bolton Wanderers on loan making his debut two days later where he got an assist on his debut.
Jake Eastwood
Jake is an English goalkeeper who is currently on loan at Scunthorpe United for the 2019-20 season.
He joined Sheffield United at the age of 10 progressing through the academy before signing his first professional contract in April 2016. His senior debut followed the next year in August 2017 at Bramall Lane.
Harry Paton
Harry Paton is a Canadian midfielder who currently plays for Ross County in the SPL. Harry originally came over to the UK to join Fulham before he headed to Scotland in 2016/17 to join Hearts.
Paton joined Ross County in 2018 where he where he went on to win his first pieces of silverware with The Stages as they won both the Scottish Championship and the Scottish Challenge Cup in the 2018/19 season.
Harry has represented Canada at youth level when he was a vital part of the U17 side who participated in the 2015 CONCACAF U17 Championships and then also progressed to play for his county at U20 level.
Jack Stevens
Jack Stevens is an English goalkeeper who current plays for Oxford United. He progressed through the academy before he went on his first loan to Oxford City in the National League South on a youth loan in 2016. In January 2018 he headed to Tamworth on a one month loan before returning and signing a new contract with Oxford United.
Jack made his debut for Oxford United in 2018 in a 2-1 win against Charlton Athletic coming on as a substitute in the 54th minute.
Alex Macdonald
Alex is a Scottish midfielder/forward who signed a scholarship deal at Burnley 2006. He impressed early and was voted Youth Team Player of the Year the following season when he was offered his first professional contract. He made his debut for Burnley on 26 April 2008 and was part of the squad that won promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs in 2009.
Various loans followed until Alex established himself at Burton Albion in 2013 and made 56 appearances for the club before joining Oxford United in 2015. In 2017 Alex joined Mansfield and is still currently playing for the Stags.
Alex signed for Gillingham on 14th August 2020.
Alex was born in England but qualifies to play for Scotland. He scored in his second appearance for the U19s on 20 October 2008. He captained the U19 Scotland side the next year before progressing and making his U21 debut on 17 November 2010.
Andy Fisher
Andy Fisher is an English goalkeeper who currently plays for Milton Keynes Dons. He began his youth career at Blackburn Rovers where he signed his first professional contract in January 2016 with a two and a half year deal. He made his first team debut a few months later keeping a clean sheet in a 1-0 win against Stoke City in the EFL Trophy.
Andy joined MK Dons on loan in January 2020 before the 6’2 keeper made the move permanent on 16 October 2020.
Jamille Matt
Jamille Matt is a Jamaican striker who currently plays for Forest Green Rovers.
Matt began his career playing non league football for Sutton Coldfield Town before moving to Kidderminster Harriers in 2010. He made 62 appearances until in 2013 he joined Fleetwood Town as they broke their club transfer record to sign the striker. Matt was part of the 2013/14 side that beat Burton Albion 1-0 in the 2014 Football League Two Playoff Final at Wembley where the club were promotion to League One for the first time in their entire history.
In 2016 Jamille signed for Blackpool and was unfortunately injured during his first season with The Seasiders. However he returned in 2017 where Blackpool went on to beat Exeter City 2-1 in the 2017 EFL League Two Playoff Final.
He returned to Wembley Stadium for a third time in 2019 with Newport County but unfortunately lost on 25th May 2019 in extra time.
On 20th July 2020 Matt signed for Forest Green Rovers.
Patrick Seagrist
Patrick Seagrist is an American left back who attended Marquette University between 2016-19 making 65 appearances for the Golden Eagles.
Seagrist was selected 10th overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls before signing his professional contract on February 27th. He made his debut in the opening game of the 2020 MLS Season for NYRB at home playing 90 minutes in a win 3-2 against Cincinnati.
Jack Bonham
Jack is an English goalkeeper who is a product of the Watford academy system signing his scholarship deal in June 2010. He signed his professional contract just three months later and various loans followed before he signed for Gillingham on 4 June 2019.
Although Jack was born in England he represented the Republic of Ireland at U17 level making his debut in 2009.
Harry Burgoyne
Harry Burgoyne is an English goalkeeper who joined Wolverhampton Wanderers at 12 before signing his professional contract in March 2015. The 6’4 keeper made his debut for Wolves on 10th December 2016 getting Man of the Match against Fulham.
Harry signed for Shrewsbury Town on 31 January 2020.
He was also called up to the England Under-21 squad for their Friendly against Romania on 24 March 2018. It was the shot-stopper’s first international call-up.
Jay Chapman
Jay Chapman is a Canadian midfielder who played his college soccer at Michigan State before signing a Homegrown contract with Toronto FC on 15 January 2015.
He made his professional debut for their USL side in March of the following season before making his Toronto FC debut in the 2015 Canadian Championships. Jay’s impressive performances during that season resulted in his inclusion in the 2016 MLS Homegrown team.
On 13 November 2019 Jay was traded to Inter Miami CF after 79 appearances for Toronto FC in exchange for $100,000 in General Allocation Money.
Jay has played for the Canadian U17s at both the 2011 CONCACAF U17 Championships and also at the 2011 FIFA U17 World Cup before progressing to the Canadian U23s. His debut for the senior side was made on 22 January 2017 against Bermuda – a 4-2 victory in which he scored.
Simon Eastwood
Simon is an English goalkeeper who signed his first professional contract in the summer of 2007 with Huddersfield Town. Various moves followed until Simon signed for Oxford United in June 2016 where he became an important member of the squad playing every game in both 2016-17 and 2017-18.
Eastwood received his first international call up in March 2007 when he played for England U18s against the Netherlands in a 4-1 win. Later that year he received a call up for the U19s and kept a clean sheet on his debut against Belarus.
Rhys Bennett
Rhys is an English central defender who has also operated as a fullback or defensive midfielder. He started his professional career at Bolton Wanderers where he would regularly wear the captain’s armband.
Rhys joined Rochdale in June 2012 making 110 appearances for the club until his move to Mansfield Town. After making 47 appearances for ‘The Stags’ between 2016-18, Bennett signed for Peterborough United in the summer of 2018.
Rhys signed a short term contract with Carlisle United ahead of the 2020/21 season before extending his contract in January until the end of the season.
Aidan Stone
Aidan signed his first professional contract with Burnley after being scouted playing internationally for England Schoolboys. He joined Mansfield in the summer of 2019 making his debut for the Stags in August 2019.
James Clarke
James Clarke is a defender who currently plays for Mansfield Town. He came through the academy at Burnley and signed his first professional contract in April 2018. The following month James was named as Burnley’s Scholar of the Year.
On 24th June 2019 James signed for Mansfield Town making his debut in the Football League on 20 August against Leyton Orient.
James has represented the Republic of Ireland at U18 level.
Nick Hayes
Nick Hayes has signed for Salford City ahead of the 2020 season where he played the full 90 minutes for his new side in the Ammies first pre-season friendly against Crewe Alexandra. He came through the youth ranks at Ipswich Town before signing for Norwich City.
The 21 year old keeper has also represented England at U17 level making his debut back on 28 August 2015.
Hayden White
Hayden is an English right back who came through the youth ranks at Sheffield Wednesday before signing for Bolton Wanderers in June 2013.
He made his professional debut against QPR in January 2014 before heading out on loan to various clubs including Bury and Carlisle. Hayden joined Mansfield on loan until the end of the 2016-17 season – a move that then became permanent.
Hayden Campbell
Hayden Campbell is a midfielder who currently plays for Salford City after spending 11 years at Port Vale. He captained Port Vale in his second year when he was completing his scholarship.
Salford City announced Hayden signing for the club on 23rd September and he made his debut for The Ammies on 10th November in a 2-1 win against Rochdale in the Football League Trophy Groupstage.
Matthew Wright
Matthew Wright is a Scottish forward who currently plays for Ross County. He was selected by North of Scotland U15 squad which is where he was originally scouted by the club. Matthew received his 2 year scholarship from Ross County when he was 15 where scored over 30 goals over the 2 year period. Matthew got offered his first professional contract in April 2020 where he has gone on to train with the first team on a daily basis ever since.
Matthew first trained with the first team when he was 15 years old before travelling to be part of the first team squad at 16. His first time on the bench during an SPL game was when his Ross County side travelled away to Livingston on 21st September 2019.
Matthew made his first team debut for Ross County against Stirling Albion on 14th November in a 3-0 win.
Greg Ranjitsingh
Greg is a Canadian goalkeeper whose college career was spent at Mercer University between 2011-14 where he ranked third nationally in total saves and finished as Mercer’s career leader in both Goals Against Average and clean sheets.
Greg joined Louisville City FC in 2015 and in August 2016 he became the first Louisville player to be called up for internationals after he was selected by Trinidad and Tobago for their 2018 World Cup Qualification.
He made a big impact in the Louisville side that won the USL Cup in consecutive seasons in 2017 and 2018 including saving two penalties in the Eastern Conference finals against New York Red Bulls 2 and winning ‘Save of the Playoffs’ in the same year.
His move to Orlando City in December 2018 reunited him with former Louisville coach James O’Connor. Greg made his debut for the club away in Seattle.
On 25th November 2019 Minnesota United selected Greg Ranjitsingh with the 16th pick in the 2019 End Of Year Waiver Draft.
He was added to Trinidad and Tobago’s 2019 Gold Cup roster in May 2019 and followed that with his debut in June against Canada.
Jake Dunwoody
Jake Dunwoody is a Northern Irish central midfielder who has been at Stoke City since he was 16. The 21 year old is a vital member of the Stoke City U23 squad and was named captain of the side last year.
Jake signed for Derry City on 29 July 2020 ahead of their Premier Division Season and Europa League Qualifying stages.
Jake has represented Northern Ireland at U21 level making his debut when he was just 18 years old. He has made 8 appearances for Northern Ireland in the UEFA European Under 21 Championship Qualification scoring once.
Ryan Campbell Gordon
Ryan came through the Port Vale Academy and won the club’s Youth Team Player Of The Year for the 2018/19 season. Campbell-Gordon was described by Port Vale coaches as “a modern day full back”, boasting good athletic and attacking abilities as he signed his first professional contract in May 2019.
In June 2019 Ryan was highlighted as an ‘Outstanding Candidate’ by the League Football Education.
Ryan made his Football League Debut for Port Vale on 24 August 2019 against Grimsby Town.
Liam Fraser
Liam is a Canadian midfielder who was part of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency program until January 2013 when he moved to Toronto FC.
He signed his first professional contract in February 2016 and in 2017 was listed in the USL’s 20 under 20 list. Liam signed with Toronto FC as a homegrown player on 19 January 2018 making his MLS debut in April against the Colorado Rapids.
Liam has also represented Canada receiving his first call up to the U20 development camp in 2015 before being named in the squad for the 2017 CONCACAF U20 Championships. After multiple camp call-ups in 2018 and 2019 he made his debut for the senior team on 15 October in a 2-0 win against the USA.
Thomás Chacón
Thomas Chacon is a youth academy product of Danubio and he made his professional debut for the side on 23 November 2017 where he went on to score his first goal for his club against River Plate.
On 7 August 2019 he signed for Minnesota United as a Young Designated Player.
Thomas is another player who we have worked closely with from our partner Marcelo in Uruguay.
Jose Aja
Jose Manuel Aja is a Uruguayan central defender who began his career for Nacional in Uruguay before a loan to Orlando City in 2016. A permanent move followed before he was traded to Vancouver Whitecaps in exchange for $125,000 of Target Allocation Money and a Second Round MLS SuperDraft pick for 2021.
The 6’4 defender signed for Minnesota on 14 February 2020.
Jose is another player who we have worked closely with from our partner Marcelo in Uruguay.
Rocco Romeo
Rocco is a Canadian defender who joined Toronto FC Academy in 2013 before making his professional debut in 2015 for Toronto 2. A contract extension was completed in 2017 before his loan move to Denmark for the 2019 season.
Rocco then signed his MLS Homegrown contract with Toronto FC on 21st January 2020.
Eric Dick
Eric Dick is an American goalkeeper who played his college soccer at Butler University between 2013-17.
On 19th January 2018 he was selected with the 13th overall pick in the MLS SuperDraft by Sporting Kansas City making his professional debut for their United Soccer League affiliate Swope Park Rangers on March 31st.
Clement Bayiha
Clement is a Canadian defender who can also play in midfield. He began his career with Montreal Impact attending training camps with the first team in 2018 before joining Ottawa Fury for the 2018 USL Season.
On 16 November 2018 Clement signed a homegrown contract with the Montreal Impact before making his debut on 30 March 2019 against Sporting Kansas City.
Clement was called up to the Canadian U23 team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament and for the 2018 CONCACAF U20 Championships.
Michael Azira
Michael is a Ugandan international who made his debut for his home country in 2016 and played a key role in their 2017 African Cup of Nations squad.
He is a midfielder who began his professional career in the USL with the Charleston Battery in 2012 before being signed by Seattle Sounders in the MLS in March 2014.
In 2016 Azira was selected by Colorado Rapids in the 2015 MLS Waiver Draft where he went on to make 66 appearances for the club. At the beginning of the 2018 MLS season he was traded to the Montreal Impact where he made 29 appearances before joining Chicago Fire.
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