IF YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON who resents young, talented, overachieving people, you may not want to read Jack McBean's ASN Questionnaire. He's all of those things—and somehow the Newport Beach, Calif., still has head on straight, too.

We asked him to name the one soccer skill he wants to improve. He gave us three:

"First off, my fitness and my first touch," he said. "My runs in the box can get a lot better, too." We also asked him about his early heroes, his closest friend in the game, and his biggest disappointments so far in his young career. The teen was forthcoming in all of his answers, and demonstrated the sort of poise all good strikers need.

Click here for Jack McBean's ASN Questionnaire.