Booth, native of the Ogden Valley locale Eden, was named Monday to the 18-player roster for the U.S. men’s soccer team, which is making its first appearance in the Olympics since 2008.

Booth, 23, is one of five forwards who will play for the U.S. in Paris. Men’s Olympic soccer players must be born on or after Jan. 1, 2001; each team can roster up to three exception players older than that.

For the group stage, the United States is in Group A with France, Guinea and New Zealand.

The U.S. takes on France on July 24, New Zealand on July 27, and Guinea on July 30.

The 16-team field is trimmed to a bracket of eight for knockout play. The men’s quarterfinals are on Aug. 2, semifinals on Aug. 5 and the gold medal match is Aug. 9.

“What makes the Olympics so special is just Americans will watch the games even if they’re not fans of soccer,” Booth told the Deseret News. “I think having our families there, having everyone back home supporting us, it’ll be special, and it will give us extra motivation as well.”

Wayment, a Layton native and Davis High alum, qualified to represent the United States in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase by finishing second at the U.S. Trials on June 27.

With three qualifiers, Wayment finished fourth in 2021 and missed going to Tokyo but will head to Paris after running at time of 9:06.50 at the trials.

Preliminary rounds of the women’s steeplechase begin Aug. 4.

Other athletes with Utah ties who will wear the red, white and blue in Paris are below, according to the Utah Sports Commission.

Basketball 3×3: Jimmer Fredette

Mountain bike: Haley Batten

Rugby: Stephanie Rovetti, Alex “Spiff” Sedrick, Maka Unufe

Shooting: Lexi Lagan

Sport climbing: Colin Duffy, Natalia Grossman, Jesse Grupper, Brooke Raboutou, Zach Hammer, Emma Hunt, Piper Kelly, Sam Watson

Track and field: Grant Fisher, Whittni Orton Morgan, Chari Hawkins, Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, James Corrigan, Kenneth Rooks

Alternative athletes in their events: Patrick Hoopes (artistic gymnastics), Ruben Padilla (trampoline)