Called Up: Academy Players Tyler Hall and Santiago Morales Called Up for U.S. U-17 MYNT Training Camp

Inter Miami CF II and Academy defender Tyler Hall, and Academy midfielder Santiago Morales have been called up to the U.S. U-17 MYNT for the team’s first training camp of 2023, which is currently taking place from Jan. 5 to 13 at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 

Head coach Gonzalo Segares has called up 23 players as the USA continues preparations for February’s Concacaf U-17 Championship in Guatemala, which will qualify four teams to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru. Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2006 are age-eligible for the 2023 Concacaf U-17 Championship, which is set for Feb. 11 to 22. Segares called up 20 players born in 2006 and three born in 2007, with midfielder Morales being one of them. 

Both Hall and Morales have previous experience on the international arena. Hall has featured for the U.S. U-17 MYNT on several occasions, most recently being part of the squad that competed at the Ježek Cup held in the Czech Republic in September 2022. Notably, Hall started and captained the side in two of the team’s three matches in the tournament. 

For Morales, meanwhile, this is the fifth time he’s been summoned for international duty since he joined the Club. Most recently, he was called up by the U.S. U-16 MYNT for the Football Federations Cup U-16 in Albir, Spain that took place Nov. 16 to 28, tournament in which the USA recorded victories over Wales and England.

At club level, both Hall and Morales enjoyed stellar seasons in 2022. Hall was one of nine Academy products to make their professional debuts with Inter Miami CF II in the 2022 MLS NEXT Pro regular season. In total, the 16-year-old defender made nine appearances for Inter Miami CF II in 2022, six of them starts, including starting the team's first match of the season, a 2-0 win over Columbus Crew 2 in which he became the youngest starter in the league in its first week. He also featured for Inter Miami’s Academy U-17s at the 2022 Generation adidas Cup, contributing to the team’s run to the semifinals.

Morales, who has since made the jump to the Academy’s U-17 side, capped off a spectacular season with the Inter Miami Academy U-15 side in 2022, becoming national champions by claiming the MLS NEXT Cup title. The midfielder also scored the winner in the final of the tournament and was selected as the MVP of the U-15 MLS NEXT Cup Playoffs.

Hall and Morales are among a growing list of current and former Inter Miami CF Academy players to be called up to a national team, including: Noah Allen, Nicholas Almeida, Tyler Austin, Edison Azcona, Logan Batiste, Israel Boatwright, Benjamin Cremaschi, Justin Ellis, David Ruiz and Felipe Valencia, among others.

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