DC United's Chris Durkin helps US U-17 team win international tournament

After big wins over Portugal and Turkey, the US U-17 national team continued its strong run of play with a 3-0 victory over Brazil on Sunday to win an international friendly tournament in Florida.


And MLS players once again played a key role as D.C. Unitedā€™s Chris Durkin had a great assist on the Americansā€™ opening goal, floating a long ball to set up Toronto FC IIā€™s Ayo Akinola. Durkin inked a Homegrown contract with D.C. United in June as one of the youngest signings in MLS history.


Josh Sargent (St. Louis Scott Gallagher) and Timothy Weah (Paris Saint-Germain) also scored and Justin Garces (Kendall Soccer Club) earned the shutout to win the Golden Glove as the tournamentā€™s best goalkeeper.


The kids, coached by former Philadelphia Union manager John Hackworth, were pretty excited about it, as you can see:

And they kept the celebration going:

Atlanta United's prized Homegrown signing Andrew Carleton led the way in the previous two matches of the tournament with four goals and an assist.