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United States Under 20

Nickname(s)	Yanks, The Stars & Stripes, The Red, White & Blue
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Thomas Rongen
FIFA code	USA
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The United States U-20 men's national soccer team is the national under-20 soccer team of the United States of America and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team competes is the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.

The United States' best finish came in the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship when the U.S. beat Iraq in the quarterfinal before losing to Nigeria in overtime in the semifinal and Brazil in the third-place match. Steve Snow tied for second in the tournament with three goals.

The U.S. reached the quarterfinals in 1993 but lost to Brazil. After missing out in 1995, the U.S. began a run of six consecutive qualifications in 1997, reaching the second round in five consecutive tournaments. Of those tournaments, the best U.S. performance came in 2003, when the U.S. reached the quarterfinal and led Argentina 1-0 in the final minutes before falling 2-1 in extra time. The U.S. also reached the quarterfinal of the 2007 Cup before losing 2-1 in extra time to Austria.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship Record

• 1976: Third place. Won preliminary round Group 2. Finished 2nd in 2nd round Group A. Lost to Honduras in semifinal. Beat Guatemala for third place.
• 1978: Second round. Won 1st round Group B. Finished 4th in 2nd round Group A.
• 1980: Second place. Won 1st round New Jersey Group. Beat Bermuda in quarterfinal. Beat Honduras on penalties in semifinal. Lost to Mexico in final.
• 1982: Second place. Won 1st round Group A. Won 2nd round Group A. Beat Guatemala in semifinal. Lost to Honduras in final. Qualified when Honduras was disqualified.
• 1984: Fourth place. Finished 2nd in 1st round Group 2. Finished 2nd in 2nd round Group A. Lost to Mexico in semifinal. Lost to El Salvador for third place.
• 1986: Second place. Won Group B. Finished 2nd in final group.
• 1988: Third place. Finished 2nd in Group 1. Finished third in final group. Qualified when Mexico was disqualified.
• 1990: Third place. Won Group 3. Finished third in final group.
• 1992: Second place. Won Group C. Finished second in final group.
• 1994: First round. Finished second in Group C.
• 1996: Third place. Won Group 2. Finished third in final round.
• 1998:† Qualified. Won Group B.
• 2001:† Qualified. Finished 2nd in Group 1.
• 2003:† Qualified. Finished 2nd in Group B.
• 2005:† Qualified. Won Group A.
• 2007:† Qualified. Won Group A.
• 2009: Runner-up and qualified to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished first in Group 1, ahead of Honduras, Jamaica, and El Salvador. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago in a penalty shootout, 4–3, after a scoreless, 120-minute, regulation draw in the semifinals. In the finals the US team lost by a score of 3–0 to Costa Rica.

† The tournament was played with a two-group, qualification format from 1998–2007. There was no championship round.

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

• 1977: Did not qualify.
• 1979: Did not qualify.
• 1981: First round. 0-1-2 in group play.
• 1983: First round. 1-0-2 in group play.
• 1985: Did not qualify.
• 1987: First round. 1-0-2 in group play.
• 1989: Fourth place. Finished 2nd in Group C. Beat Iraq in quarterfinal. Lost to Nigeria in semifinal. Lost to Brazil for third place.
• 1991: Did not qualify.
• 1993: Quarterfinalist. Finished 2nd in Group C. Lost to Brazil in quarterfinal.
• 1995: Did not qualify.
• 1997: Second round. Finished 3rd in Group C. Lost to Uruguay in second round.
• 1999: Second round. Finished 2nd in Group E. Lost to Spain in second round.
• 2001: Second round. Finished 2nd in Group C. Lost to Egypt in second round.
• 2003: Quarterfinalist. Won Group F. Beat Côte d'Ivoire in second round. Lost to Argentina in quarterfinal.
• 2005: Second round. Won Group D. Lost to Italy in second round.
• 2007: Quarterfinalist. Won Group D. Beat Uruguay in second round. Lost to Austria in quarterfinal.
• 2009: First round. 1-2-0 in group play.

Schedule and results

The following is a list of matches played within the previous year as well as any games scheduled to take place in the future.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	U.S. Goalscorers
Mar 6, 2009	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet	Jamaica	CONCACAF U-20 Champ	3–0 W	Dilly Duka Perica Marošević Billy Schuler
Mar 8, 2009	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet	Honduras	CONCACAF U-20 Champ	0–0 T
Mar 10, 2009	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet	El Salvador	CONCACAF U-20 Champ	2–0 W	Brek Shea Tony Taylor
Mar 13, 2009	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya	Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF U-20 Champ	0–0 (W 4–3 PSO)
Mar 15, 2009	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya	Costa Rica	CONCACAF U-20 Champ	0–3 L
May 25, 2009	Sarasota Polo Grounds, Sarasota, Florida	Costa Rica	Friendly	2–1 W	Michael Stephens Jared Jeffrey
May 27, 2009	Sarasota Polo Grounds, Sarasota, Florida	Costa Rica	Friendly	3–3 D	Michael Stephens Daniel Cruz
Jun 27, 2009	Alexandria, Egypt	Egypt	Friendly	1–0 W	Mikkel Diskerud
Jun 28, 2009	Alexandria, Egypt	Egypt	Friendly	1–1 D	Tony Taylor
Jul 27, 2009	Fortín de Ludueña, Rosario, Argentina	Tiro Federal	Copa Ciudad de Rosario	2–0 W	Jorge Flores (2)
Jul 28, 2009	Fortín de Ludueña, Rosario, Argentina	Uruguay	Copa Ciudad de Rosario	0–0 (W 5–4 PSO)
Jul 29, 2009	Fortín de Ludueña, Rosario, Argentina	Australia	Copa Ciudad de Rosario	1–3 L	Fuad Ibrahim
Sep 26, 2009	Mubarak Stadium, Suez, Egypt	Germany	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup	0–3 L
Sep 29, 2009	Mubarak Stadium, Suez, Egypt	Cameroon	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup	4–1 W	Bryan Arguez Tony Taylor Dilly Duka Brian Ownby
Oct 2, 2009	Mubarak Stadium, Suez, Egypt	Korea Republic	2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Players

Current roster

The following 20 players were named to the roster for the Dallas Cup youth tournament in Dallas in March.^[1][2]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Justin Luthy April 16, 1991 (1991-04-16) (age 18) Boston College GK Zac MacMath August 7, 1991 (1991-08-07) (age 18) University of Maryland DF Chad Barson February 25, 1991 (1991-02-25) (age 19) University of Akron DF Jesus Gonzalez October 8, 1991 (1991-10-08) (age 18) CZ Elite DF Ian Hines-Ike January 1, 1992 (1992-01-01) (age 18) Chivas USA Academy DF Tyler Polak May 13, 1992 (1992-05-13) (age 17) Creighton University DF Kofi Sarkodie March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22) (age 18) University of Akron DF Zarek Valentin August 6, 1991 (1991-08-06) (age 18) University of Akron DF Jared Watts February 3, 1992 (1992-02-03) (age 18) Wake Forest University MF Jose Altamirano July 17, 1991 (1991-07-17) (age 18) San Diego State University MF Bryan de la Fuente July 1, 1992 (1992-07-01) (age 17) Chivas USA Academy MF Ruben Gonzalez January 22, 1991 (1991-01-22) (age 19) Chivas USA Academy MF Amobi Okugo March 13, 1991 (1991-03-13) (age 19) Philadelphia Union MF Will Packwood May 21, 1993 (1993-05-21) (age 16) Birmingham City MF Dillon Powers February 14, 1991 (1991-02-14) (age 19) University of Notre Dame MF Cesar Zamora May 27, 1991 (1991-05-27) (age 18) Chivas USA FW Will Bates April 1, 1991 (1991-04-01) (age 18) University of Virginia FW Ryan Finley March 27, 1991 (1991-03-27) (age 18) Duke University FW Francisco Navas November 17, 1991 (1991-11-17) (age 18) Houston Dynamo FW Moises Orozco February 6, 1992 (1992-02-06) (age 18) Tigres

Other players who have received callups

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Earl Edwards January 24, 1992 (1992-01-24) (age 18) UCLA GK Spencer Richey May 30, 1992 (1992-05-30) (age 17) University of Washington DF Gale Agbossoumonde November 17, 1991 (1991-11-17) (age 18) Sporting Braga DF Michael Ambrose October 5, 1993 (1993-10-05) (age 16) FC Dallas Juniors DF Paolo Del Piccolo May 28, 1991 (1991-05-28) (age 18) University of Louisville DF Bryan Gallego March 10, 1993 (1993-03-10) (age 17) New York Red Bulls Academy DF Moises Hernandez March 5, 1992 (1992-03-05) (age 18) FC Dallas Juniors DF Zachary Herold July 6, 1992 (1992-07-06) (age 17) Toronto FC DF Perry Kitchen February 29, 1992 (1992-02-29) (age 18) University of Akron DF Emilio Orozco April 29, 1992 (1992-04-29) (age 17) Rampage FC DF Ethan White January 1, 1991 (1991-01-01) (age 19) University of Maryland DF Eriq Zavaleta February 8, 1992 (1992-02-08) (age 18) FC Pride MF Christian Castaneda August 9, 1992 (1992-08-09) (age 17) Hertha Berlin MF Ryan Dodson October 14, 1992 (1992-10-14) (age 17) Sockers F.C. MF Marlon Duran January 25, 1992 (1992-01-25) (age 18) Latino Americana MF Luís Gil November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14) (age 16) Real Salt Lake MF Fuad Ibrahim August 15, 1991 (1991-08-15) (age 18) Toronto FC MF Sebastian Lletget September 3, 1992 (1992-09-03) (age 17) West Ham United MF Andrew Lubahn September 10, 1991 (1991-09-10) (age 18) Wake Forest University MF Carlos Martínez January 21, 1992 (1992-01-21) (age 18) Wilmington Jr. MF Colin Murphy March 19, 1991 (1991-03-19) (age 18) Boston College MF Nick Palodichuk September 15, 1992 (1992-09-15) (age 17) Washington Premier MF Fabrice Picault February 23, 1991 (1991-02-23) (age 19) Cagliari MF Ben Speas January 17, 1991 (1991-01-17) (age 19) University of Akron FW Juan Agudelo November 23, 1992 (1992-11-23) (age 17) Red Bull New York Academy FW Tristan Bowen January 30, 1991 (1991-01-30) (age 19) Los Angeles Galaxy FW Andrew Craven January 21, 1992 (1992-01-21) (age 18) College of Charleston FW Víctor Chavez August 25, 1992 (1992-08-25) (age 17) UCLA FW Stefan Jerome August 11, 1992 (1992-08-11) (age 17) West Pines United FW Jack McInerney May 8, 1992 (1992-05-08) (age 17) Philadelphia Union FW Dominick Sarle September 15, 1992 (1992-09-15) (age 17) St. John's Universty

Coaches

• Angus McAlpine 1983
• Derek Armstrong 1987
• Bob Gansler 1989
• Bobby Howe 1993
• Jay Hoffman 1997
• Sigi Schmid 1998-1999, 2005
• Wolfgang Suhnholz 1999-2001
• Thomas Rongen 2002-2004
• Thomas Rongen 2006-

References

External links

• Official website on USSoccer.com

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