Later that year, he was with the team at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships and the 2015 Parapan American Games.
[3][4] Abbiate was selected for the national team after San Diego Soccer Club Director Brian Quinn connected him with the right people.
[2][4] In January 2015, he was invited along with seven other youth players from around the country between the ages 14–19 to participate in a national team development camp at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center.
This camp was in preparation for the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships in June of that year in England.
[12] Abbiate was part of the 14 man squad that represented the United States at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto.
[4][5] He took part in a national team training camp in Chula Vista, California in early March 2016.
[3] In April 2016, he took part in a national team training camp in Bradenton, Florida in preparation for the May 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament.
[7] The United States finished 6th after beating Argentina in one placement match 4 - 3 and losing to Ireland 4 - 1.