United States men's national under-20 soccer team

United States Under-20

Nickname(s)	Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Tab Ramos
Asst coach	Brian Bliss Russell Payne Kasey Keller
FIFA code	USA
First colours Second colours
First international
Jamaica 1 - 1 United States (Guatemala City, Guatemala April 2, 1964)
Biggest win
United States 9 - 0 D.Republic (Bayamon, Puerto Rico July 22, 1976)
Biggest defeat
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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1989)
Best result	Fourth Place 1989

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.

Major Tournament Results

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.
• 2011: Quarterfinal. Did not qualify for World Cup.
• 2013: Runner-up and qualified to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Won Group A. In the finals the US team lost by a score of 3–1 to Mexico in extra time.

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

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	8
1983	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	5
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	3
1989	Fourth Place	6	2	1	3	7	9
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Quarter-final	4	1	1	2	8	6
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	2	6
1999	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	7	7
2001	Round of 16	4	1	1	1	5	5
2003	Quarter-final	5	3	0	2	9	6
2005	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	4
2007	Quarter-final	5	3	1	1	12	6
2009	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	7
2011	Did Not Qualify
2013	Qualified
Total	Fourth Place	48	18	5	23	64	72

Current Cycle Results and Fixtures

2011

Further information: 2011 in American soccer

Friendly May 17	France U-20	3 – 3	United States U-20	Carquefou, France
	Tafer  13' Knockaert  59', 89'	Report	Doyle  8' Gatt  42' Gil  54'	Stadium: Stade Moulins

Friendly May 20	France U-20	2 – 1	United States U-20	Vichy, France
	Gilles  19' Tafer  56'	Report	Doyle  22'	Stadium: Stade Vichy

2012

Further information: 2012 in American soccer

Friendly June 6	Uruguay	4 – 2	United States	Montevideo, Uruguay
15:00 UTC−03	Cesar  9' Mastriani  21' Velazquez  35' Cochran  56' (o.g.)	Report	Pineda  28' Garcia  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Parque Central Attendance: 600

Friendly June 6	Panama	2 – 2	United States
15:00 UTC−03		Report	Torre  32' Harrison 89'	Attendance: 600

Friendly June 8	Uruguay	2 – 0	United States	Montevideo, Uruguay
15:00 UTC−03	Silva  39' Cesar  61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Viera Attendance: 400

Friendly June 12	Chile	2 – 1	United States	Santiago, Chile
19:00 UTC−03	Castillo  18', 60'	Report	Garcia  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK Attendance: 600

Milk Cup Group Stage July 21	Denmark	1 – 0	United States	Limavady, Northern Ireland
17:00 UTC+01	Soren  33'	Report		Stadium: Scroggy Road Attendance: 400

Milk Cup Group Stage July 23	United States	1 – 0	Turkey	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
20:00 UTC+01	Pineda  73'	Report		Stadium: Showgrounds

Milk Cup 3PG July 26	Chile	4 – 3	United States	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
13:00 UTC+01	Castillo  49', 70' Henriquez  66', 68'	Report	Zimmerman  1' Joya  65' Pineda  82'	Stadium: Riada Stadium Attendance: 200

2012 Marbella Cup October 10	United States	1 – 2	Canada	Marbella, Spain
17:30 UTC+01	Rodriguez  75'	Report	Piette  33' Clarke  80'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 150

2012 Marbella Cup October 12	United States	2 – 0	Scotland	Marbella, Spain
15:30 UTC+01	Villareal  22', 31'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 200

2012 Marbella Cup October 16	United States	3 – 2	Azerbaijan	Marbella, Spain
17:00 UTC+01	Cuevas  9' Rodriguez  54' Joya  64'	Report	Asgandarov  20', 75'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 200

2013

Further information: 2013 in American soccer

CONCACAF U-20 Championship Group A February 18	Haiti	1 – 2	United States	Puebla, Mexico
17:30 UTC−06	Jean-Dany  49'	Report	4' Gil  26' Cuevas	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de C.U.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship Quarters February 26	United States	4 – 2	Canada	Puebla, Mexico
17:00 UTC−06	Gil  29' Villarreal  40', 54' Trapp  45+1'	Report	Carreiro  23' Piette  64'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de C.U.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship Semis March 1	United States	2 – 0	Cuba	Puebla, Mexico
17:00 UTC−06	Rodriguez  7' Cuevas  10'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de C.U.

CONCACAF U20 Championship Final March 3	United States	1 – 3	Mexico	Puebla, Mexico
18:00 UTC−06	Joya  10' (pen.)	Report	Corona  4' Gómez  100' Espericueta  113' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc

Toulon Group A May 28	France	4 – 1	United States	Toulon, France
19:30 UTC+02	Coeff  39' Imbula  40' Bahoken  77' Ghezzal  80+3'		Joya  72'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange

Toulon Group A May 30	Colombia	2 – 1	United States	Nîmes, France
17:30 UTC+02	Vergara  44' Aguilar  49'		Garcia  7'	Stadium: Stade des Costières

Toulon Group A June 1	Congo DR	0 – 1	United States	Nice, France
15:30 UTC+02			Cuevas  75'	Stadium: Stade du Ray

Toulon Group A June 5	South Korea	1 – 0	United States	Saint-Raphaël, France
17:00 UTC+02	Han  62'			Stadium: Stade Louis Hon

Players

Current Squad

U.S. U-20 MNT head coach Tab Ramos has named 21 players to the roster that will participate in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Cody Cropper (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 Southampton 2 2DF DeAndre Yedlin (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 Seattle Sounders FC 3 2DF Juan Pablo Ocegueda (1993-07-13) July 13, 1993 Guadalajara 4 2DF Caleb Stanko (1993-07-26) July 26, 1993 SC Freiburg 5 2DF Shane O'Neill (1993-09-02) September 2, 1993 Colorado Rapids 6 3MF Wil Trapp (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 Columbus Crew 7 4FW Victor Pineda (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 Chicago Fire 8 3MF Benji Joya (1993-09-22) September 22, 1993 Santos Laguna 9 4FW Mario Rodriguez (1994-05-12) May 12, 1994 Kaiserslautern 10 3MF Luis Gil (1993-11-14) November 14, 1993 Real Salt Lake 11 4FW Jose Villarreal (1993-09-10) September 10, 1993 Los Angeles Galaxy 12 1GK Kendall McIntosh (1994-01-24) January 24, 1994 Santa Clara 13 2DF Eric Miller (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 Creighton 14 2DF Javan Torre (1993-10-20) October 20, 1993 UCLA 15 3MF Mikey Lopez (1993-02-20) February 20, 1993 Sporting Kansas City 16 3MF Kellyn Acosta (1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 FC Dallas 17 4FW Daniel Garcia (1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 FC Dallas 18 2DF Oscar Sorto (1994-08-08) August 8, 1994 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 4FW Alonso Hernández (1994-03-01) March 1, 1994 Monterrey 20 4FW Daniel Cuevas (1993-07-29) July 29, 1993 Santos Laguna 21 1GK Zackary Steffen (1995-04-02) April 2, 1995 Maryland

Also receiving call ups this cycle

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1GK Tomas Gomez (1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 Georgetown 1GK Jesus Guzman (1993-03-03) March 3, 1993 Santos Laguna 1GK Kamil Kaminski (1993-05-09) May 9, 1993 Wisla Krakow 1GK Jon Kempin (1993-04-08) April 8, 1993 Orlando City 1GK Jake McGuire (1994-09-03) September 3, 1994 Chivas USA Academy 1GK Daniel Medina (1993-12-15) December 15, 1993 UANL 1GK Tyler Miller (1993-03-12) March 12, 1993 Northwestern 1GK Andrew Wolverton (1993-06-04) June 4, 1993 Penn State 2DF Bolu Akinyode (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 Seton Hall 2DF Mikey Ambrose (1993-10-05) October 5, 1993 Maryland 2DF John Anthony Brooks (1993-01-28) January 28, 1993 Hertha BSC 2DF A. J. Cochran (1993-02-09) February 9, 1993 Wisconsin 2DF Sean Cunningham (1993-01-24) January 24, 1993 Molde 2DF Christian Dean (1993-03-14) March 14, 1993 California 2DF Dakota Edwards (1993-04-22) April 22, 1993 Maryland 2DF Mobi Fehr (1994-12-13) December 13, 1994 Portland Timbers 2DF Holden Fender (1994-02-25) February 25, 1994 UCLA 2DF Bryan Gallego (1993-03-10) March 10, 1993 Akron 2DF Phanuel Kavita (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 Clemson 2DF Jordan McCrary (1993-07-28) July 28, 1993 North Carolina 2DF Will Packwood (1993-05-21) May 21, 1993 Birmingham City 2DF Boyd Okwuonu (1993-02-24) February 24, 1993 North Carolina 2DF Jeffrey Payeras (1993-10-16) October 16, 1993 Municipal 2DF Jalen Robinson (1994-01-24) January 24, 1994 Wake Forest 2DF Derek Vogel (1993-11-05) November 5, 1993 Navy 2DF Matt Wendelken (1993-05-17) May 17, 1993 Boston College 2DF Walker Zimmerman (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 FC Dallas 3MF Seth Casiple (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 California 3MF Héctor Delgado (1993-04-30) April 30, 1993 América 3MF Christian Duarte (1994-02-22) February 22, 1994 Cal State Bakersfield 3MF Matt Dunn (1994-01-13) January 13, 1994 unattached 3MF Flavio Guzman (1993-04-06) April 6, 1993 FC Dallas Academy 3MF Alejandro Guido (1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 Tijuana 3MF Marlon Hairston (1994-03-23) March 23, 1994 Louisville 3MF Collin Martin (1994-11-09) November 9, 1994 Wake Forest 3MF Tyrone McCargo (1993-09-18) September 18, 1993 Nürnberg 3MF Daniel Metzger (1993-08-06) August 6, 1993 Maryland 3MF Marc Pelosi (1994-06-17) June 17, 1994 Liverpool 3MF Charles Renken (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993 unattached 3MF Dillon Serna (1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 Colorado Rapids 4FW Brandon Allen (1993-10-08) October 8, 1993 Georgetown 4FW Villyan Bijev (1993-01-03) January 3, 1993 Liverpool 4FW Ethan Decker (1994-10-06) October 6, 1994 New York Red Bulls Academy 4FW Amadou Dia (1993-06-08) June 8, 1993 Clemson 4FW Jerome Kiesewetter (1993-02-09) February 9, 1993 VfB Stuttgart 4FW Alfred Koroma (1994-04-19) April 19, 1994 Akron 4FW Duke Lacroix (1993-10-14) October 14, 1993 Penn 4FW Uvaldo Luna (1993-12-21) December 21, 1993 UANL 4FW Darius Madison (1994-05-31) May 31, 1994 Virginia 4FW Jack McBean (1994-12-15) December 15, 1994 Los Angeles Galaxy 4FW Jordan Morris (1994-10-26) October 26, 1994 Seattle Sounders FC Academy 4FW Sean Okoli (1993-02-03) February 3, 1993 Wake Forest 4FW Andrew Oliver (1994-01-02) January 2, 1994 Indiana 4FW James Rogers (1993-07-27) July 27, 1993 New Mexico 4FW Omar Salgado (1993-09-10) September 10, 1993 Vancouver Whitecaps 4FW Jonathan Top (1993-01-26) January 26, 1993 FC Dallas 4FW Matt Wiesenfarth (1993-07-05) July 5, 1993 UC Davis

Coaches

• Angus McAlpine 1983
• Derek Armstrong 1987
• Bob Gansler 1989
• Bobby Howe 1993
• Jay Hoffman 1997
• Sigi Schmid 1998-1999
• Wolfgang Suhnholz 1999-2001
• Thomas Rongen 2002-2004
• Sigi Schmid 2005
• Thomas Rongen 2006-2011
• Tab Ramos 2011–present

External links

• Official website on USSoccer.com