Esmir Bajraktarević And Noel Buck Receive International Call-Ups
Bajraktarević and Buck return to the international stage!
Noel Buck and Esmir Bajraktarević are returning to the international stage, as the duo received call-ups on Friday.
Buck returns to the England Under-19 squad as he was one of 21 players selected by Will Antwi to represent England during a pair of international friendlies against Morocco and the United States later this month. The Arlington, Massachusetts native has six prior appearances for the England U-19 squad and netted his first international goal against Switzerland’s U-19s on September 9th, 2023.
Since inking a Homegrown deal on January 18th, 2022, Buck has appeared in 46 matches across all competitions, where he’s tallied four goals and one assist over 2,818 minutes.
Bajraktarević joins the U.S. Olympic Team after seeing a series of successful call-ups with the United States youth system and senior team. After notching two goals over seven appearances with the U-19 and U-23 squad, the Appleton, Wisconsin native made his senior debut on January 20th, 2024, as a substitute in the United States’ 1-0 loss to Slovenia.
Since inking a Homegrown deal on May 23rd, 2022, Bajraktarević has appeared in 27 matches across all competitions, where he tallied two goals and two assists over 1,272 minutes.
Bajraktarević and the U.S. Olympic Team will face Guinea on March 23rd before facing France on March 25th at 3:00 PM ET.