Tyler Polak of Lincoln has been called on to play with the United States Soccer Federation Under 15 Boys National Team yet again for a week long training camp, February 17—24 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Polak is among a 26 player roster that has been reduced from 40 from events held earlier this winter. The camp in Carson will further evaluate and help determine which players will be invited to the US National Under 17 Residency Program.  If selected, Tyler would be the first ever youth player from the state of Nebraska to be invited into the program.

Polak will also join the USYSA Region II U15 Boys team April 14—22 for a trip to play and train in England and Scotland. 

Over the past year, Polak has represented both teams at events held in Concord, Massachusetts; Guadalajara, Mexico; Austin, Texas, Los Angeles, California, Orlando and Bradenton, Florida.

Polak, a freshman at Lincoln Pius X, is one of the first players from Nebraska to reach the national stage. The youngest of four brothers, Tyler grew up learning from his older siblings and playing with Lincoln’s Capital Soccer Association. Tyler has participated in the Nebraska Olympic Development Program for the past three years which has paved the way for his opportunities with the Regional and National Teams. “Tyler is very fortunate in that he has been called into the National Team events since joining ODP at the age of 12”, says Polak’s Mother Jan.

“Good fortune may play its part, but many consider Tyler to be perhaps the finest soccer talent to ever play in Nebraska”, said Bill Koeppen, Capital Soccer’s Director of Coaching. “Tyler plays with passion, skill, class that and some of the quickest feet you will ever see…Tyler, like his brothers Nate and Aaron, is a competitor who spent countless hours in the backyard playing with and learning from those same brothers who many ODP coaches credit for Polak’s development.”