Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie sat shoulder-to-shoulder for the media conference Wednesday afternoon, and you could almost see the social media post where the photos dissolve into shots of them in the same ZIP code when they were 13 years old.

Both players have come a long way to get to the same place, and they’re not alone this week in U.S. men’s national team training camp in Chester.

Put one way, Mauricio Pochettino’s camp contains 26 contestants for spots at next summer’s World Cup, training ahead of a friendly Saturday afternoon against Paraguay at Subaru Park, then against Uruguay on Tuesday in Tampa Bay.

Put another, the week is a chance for Union Homegrowns 5, 8, 9 and 10 to fight their way onto what many may have once posited as the ultimate soccer achievement: Representing

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