Seattle Sounders defender DeAndre Yedlin leads the group of nominees for the U.S. Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year, announced on Thursday.
Yedlin, 21, appeared in three matches during the World Cup in Brazil and finished with 10 appearances in 2014, his first year on the radar for US head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
Dallas-born teenager and Fulham midfielder Emerson Hyndman is also among the nominees after a breakthrough year in England that also featured his first career international appearance in August.
The other nominees are Pennsylvania native and Dortmund target Christian Pulisic, Los Angeles native and former LA Galaxy academy member Haji Wright and Mukwelle Akale, a 17-year-old from Minnesota who has been linked to a potential move to Spanish side Villarreal.
