Wake Forest Athletics
Three Deacons to Train with U-20 National Team
5/15/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
May 15, 2014
By Currie McFayden, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeMSoccer)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest sophomores Ian Harkes and Jacori Hayes and incoming freshman Kris Reaves have been selected to attend training camp with the U-20 U.S. National Team in Raleigh, N.C. next week.
The three Demon Deacons will join 21 other players on the campus of NC State from May 17-25 for the camp, which will be overseen by U.S. Under-20 National Team assistant coach Brian Bliss. During the session, the team will play friendly matches against the Carolina RailHawks (May 20), the RailHawks U-23s (May 22) and the Wilmington Hammerheads (May 24).
Harkes and Hayes each had significant contributions on the field for the Demon Deacons during the 2013 season. Harkes, a native of Fairfax, Va., dished out a team-high seven assists and added a goal of his own against Syracuse on Nov. 8, while Hayes, from Bowie, Md., appeared in 18 contests and notched one goal and one assist. Both were named to the ACC All-Freshman Team following the season.
Reaves, hailing from Duluth, Ga., has spent a significant amount of time training with overseas teams, including Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, as well as with the U.S. development program. He traveled with the U-18 National Team to France and Romania in 2013 and was ranked the ninth-best defender in the nation in the 2014 signing class.
Harkes and Hayes have already seen time with the U-20 squad, having been called up in January to attend training camp with the team, while Reaves will be seeing his first experience with the team.
Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Jeff Caldwell (Virginia; Todd, N.C.), Evan Louro (New York Red Bulls; Ridgefield, N.Y.)
DEFENDERS (8): Conor Donovan (RailHawks Academy; Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Caleb Duvernay (RailHawks Academy; Cary, N.C.), Chris Odoi-Atsem (Maryland; Mitchellville, Md.), Miguel Polley (Temple; Woodridge, Ill.), Kristoffer Reaves (FC Dallas; Duluth, Ga.), Robert Sagel (Temple University; Las Vegas, Nev.), Jesus Vazquez (UANL Tigres; San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Travis Wannemuehler (N.C. State; Evansville, Ind.)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake AZ; Escondido, Calif.), Ian Harkes (Wake Forest; Fairfax, Va.), Jacori Hayes (Wake Forest; Bowie, Md.), Christopher Lema (New York Red Bulls; Ridgefield, N.J.), Eric Lickert (SC Freiburg; Glottertal, Germany), Alex Muyl (Georgetown; New York, N.Y.), Adam Najem (Akron; Clifton, N.J.), Jake Rozhansky (Bethesda-Olney; Tahoma Park, Md.)
FORWARDS (6): Kainoa Bailey (Bayer 04 Leverkusen; Henderson, Nev.), Louis Bennett (Marquette; Shorewood, Wis.), Andrija Novakovich (Reading FC; Muskego, Wis.), Ahinga Selemani (CSA Wolves; Ann Arbor, Mich.), Jaime Villarreal (LA Galaxy; Inglewood, Calif.), Alan Winn (Solar Chelsea SC; Garland, Texas)
