HARRISON, N.J. (January 22, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Red Bull New York midfielder\u00a0Paul Sokoloff\u00a0has been called up to the U-17 USYNT for 2026 CONCACAF U-17 Qualifiers in St. Vincent and The Grenadines, US Soccer announced today.<\/p>\n
Sokoloff signed his first professional contract with Red Bull New York II on December 23, 2025. The Red Bull Academy product inked a two-year MLS NEXT Pro contract through the 2027 season and will join the first team on an MLS contract as a homegrown player starting in 2028 through the 2030 MLS season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old made his MLS NEXT Pro debut on August 15, 2025, subbing on in the 80th\u00a0minute against New England Revolution II at Gillette Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn, N.Y native has four appearances for the U-16 USYNT scoring three goals. He scored the tying goal in a 1-1 draw against Mexico on November 18, 2024, and the second goal in a 4-0 win over Uruguay on May 27, 2025.<\/p>\n
The midfielder also has seven appearances for the U-15 USYNT and has scored three goals. He made his international debut on November 30, 2023 in a 2-1 victory over Portugal. His most notable performance with the U-15s was his two-goal match in a 4-2 win over Morocco on May 17, 2024.<\/p>\n
Sokoloff captained the 2024 U-15 USYNT Vlatko Markovic Tournament winning team.<\/p>\n
The New York native most recently was called into November U-17 USYNT International Training Camp in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 10, 2025 to November 18, 2025<\/p>\n
The midfielder began his time with Red Bull New York at a 2017 Youth Programs Summer Camp in New York City at eight years old. Ever since, he worked his way up the Pre-Academy and Academy system from the U-10 to the U-18 levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sokoloff and the USYNT were drawn into Group E and will host a pre-camp in West Palm Beach, Florida beginning on January 27 before transitioning to St. Vincent on February 2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The group kicks off their qualifying campaign against St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday, February 5 at 6 p.m. ET. After, they will matchup against St Kitts and Nevis on Saturday, February 7 at 7 p.m. ET. The group will complete the competition against the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, February 10 at 1 p.m. ET. All three matches will be played at Arnos Vale Stadium in Kingston, St Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISON, N.J. (January 22, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Red Bull New York midfielder\u00a0Paul Sokoloff\u00a0has been called up to the U-17 USYNT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5075,9,24,55,54,5076,56],"class_list":["post-108856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-mls-next-pro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-red-bulls-ii","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}