Toronto FC Striker Ayomide Akinola Invited To United States Camp

Published: January 17, 2016

United States Under 17s coach, John Hackworth, has named Ayomide Akinola to his roster for the upcoming 2016 Spring Semester camp.

The Nigerian - American, who will celebrate his 16th birthday on January 20, is one of the eight strikers included in the squad list .

The USA Under 17 national team will compete in their first tournament of this year, the Aegean Cup, and Akinola is in line to feature in the tourney as well as the CONCACAF U-17 Championship in 2017.

Born in Brampton, Ontario, Akinola can represent the senior national teams of Nigeria, United States and Canada though he has caps for the Under 14 and Under 15 teams of the Yankees.

The Aegean Cup will hold in Turkey from January 14 to January 24.

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