Parker Pennington, a 19-year-old from Hartford, Connecticut, is rapidly moving up the ranks in the United States. After winning the novice men's gold in 1998, he went bronze-silver-gold in juniors the next three years, before switching to seniors.
Lysacek is definitely the one to watch. Parker has potential too, IMO. Both of them will need to master at least one quad to be competitive on the international scene though.