Considered one of MLS’ younger dual-national prospects appears to be like to be shifting his worldwide focus away from the U.S. males’s nationwide crew.
Esmir Bajraktarevic has been referred to as as much as the Bosnia-Herzegovina squad for upcoming UEFA Nations League matches this September, the federation introduced Friday. Bosnia-Herzegovina will journey to each the Netherlands and Hungary this September in a pair of Nations League group stage matches.
The Wisconsin-born midfielder made his senior USMNT in January’s 1-0 pleasant loss to Slovenia however hasn’t featured on the worldwide degree since.
“From my first telephone name with Esmir Bajraktarevic and his dad there was no dilemma for him, the selection was at all times the Nationwide Crew of Bosnia-Herzegovina and that’s the reason it’s so nice that he’s with us now,” Bosnia-Herzegovina supervisor Emir Spahic mentioned.
Bajraktarevic, 19, joined the New England Revolution’s academy in 2021 earlier than signing knowledgeable contract with Revs II. He made his MLS debut in 2022 and has proceeded to make 36 league appearances, scoring two targets and registering three assists (in 2024).
Bajraktarevic featured for each the U.S. Underneath-19 and Underneath-23 males’s nationwide groups since 2022, being an authentic a part of Marko Mitrovic’s U-23 squad final October. Nonetheless, he didn’t make Mitrovic’s Olympic roster for the Paris Video games this summer season.
Bosnia-Herzegovina are ranked seventy fifth on this planet and have moved between Divisions A and B of the Nations League since its begin in 2018-19.