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United States men's national under-20 soccer team

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The United States U-20 men's national soccer team 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.

United States Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team USA
The Stars and Stripes[1][2]
The Yanks
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachVacant
FIFA codeUSA
First colors
Second colors
First international
 Jamaica 1–1 United States 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; April 2, 1964)
Biggest win
 United States 13–0  U.S. Virgin Islands
(Bradenton, Florida, United States; November 3, 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 7–1 United States 
(Bayamón, Puerto Rico; September 30, 1976)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1981)
Best resultFourth place (1989)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances25 (first in 1964)
Best resultChampions (2017, 2018, 2022)

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.

Competitive record edit

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA U-20 World Cup edit

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D L F A Squad
1977   Tunisia did not qualify
1979   Japan
1981   Australia Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 1 8 Squad
1983   Mexico Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad
1985   Soviet Union did not qualify
1987   Chile Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 2 3 Squad
1989   Saudi Arabia Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 7 9 Squad
1991   Portugal did not qualify
1993   Australia Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 1 2 8 6 Squad
1995   Qatar did not qualify
1997   Malaysia Round of 16 15th 4 1 0 3 2 6 Squad
1999   Nigeria Round of 16 11th 4 2 0 2 7 7 Squad
2001   Argentina Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 5 5 Squad
2003   United Arab Emirates Quarterfinals 5th 5 3 0 2 9 6 Squad
2005   Netherlands Round of 16 11th 4 2 1 1 3 3 Squad
2007   Canada Quarterfinals 7th 5 3 1 1 12 6 Squad
2009   Egypt Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 4 7 Squad
2011   Colombia did not qualify
2013   Turkey Group stage 22nd 3 0 1 2 3 9 Squad
2015   New Zealand Quarterfinals 7th 5 3 1 1 7 4 Squad
2017   South Korea Quarterfinals 6th 5 2 2 1 12 6 Squad
2019   Poland Quarterfinals 6th 5 3 0 2 8 6 Squad
2021   Indonesia Cancelled
2023   Argentina Quarterfinals 5th 5 4 0 1 10 2 Squad
2025   Chile To be determined
Total Fourth place 71 30 10 31 103 98 —

Pan American Games edit

Pan American Games
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D L F A Squad
1951–1983 See United States men's national soccer team
1987   United States Group stage 3 1 1 1 3 3 —
1991   Cuba Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 10 4 —
1995   Argentina Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 9 —
1999–2003 See United States men's national under-23 soccer team
2007 See United States men's national under-18 soccer team
Since 2011 See United States men's national under-23 soccer team
Total Champions 11 6 1 4 13 16 —

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship edit

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D L F A Squad
1962   Panama did not enter
1964   Guatemala Group stage 4 0 2 2 4 8 —
1970   Cuba did not enter
1973   Mexico
1974   Canada Playoff round 4 2 2 0 5 3 —
1976   Puerto Rico Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 19 10 —
1978   Honduras Second round 5 2 1 2 7 4 —
1980   United States Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 15 4 —
1982   Guatemala Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 14 5 —
1984   Trinidad and Tobago Fourth place 4th 8 3 2 3 11 8 —
1986   Trinidad and Tobago Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 10 3 —
1988   Guatemala Third place 3rd 7 4 0 3 11 9 —
1990   Guatemala Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 10 5 —
1992   Canada Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 15 4 —
1994   Honduras Group stage 5th 3 2 0 1 9 4 —
1996   Mexico Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 7 5 —
1998   Guatemala,   Trinidad and Tobago 1st, Group B 3 2 1 0 12 3 —
2001   Canada,   Trinidad and Tobago 2nd, Group A 3 2 1 0 11 2 —
2003   Panama,   United States 2nd, Group B 3 2 0 1 5 3 —
2005   United States,   Honduras 1st, Group A 3 3 0 0 10 1 Squad
2007   Panama,   Mexico 1st, Group A 3 2 1 0 9 1 Squad
2009   Trinidad and Tobago Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 5 3 Squad
2011   Guatemala Quarterfinal 5th 3 2 0 1 7 2 Squad
2013   Mexico Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 10 6 Squad
2015   Jamaica Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 14 2 Squad
2017   Costa Rica Champions 1st 6 4 1 1 11 4 Squad
2018   United States Champions 1st 8 8 0 0 46 2 Squad
2020   Honduras Cancelled
2022   Honduras Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 31 2 Squad
Total Champions 130 81 21 28 308 103 —

Honors edit

Recent results and fixtures edit

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023 edit

May 20 WC Group B United States   1–0   Ecuador San Juan, Argentina
  • Gómez   90+3'
 Report Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Attendance: 14,865
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
May 23 WC Group B United States   3–0   Fiji San Juan, Argentina
1:00 PM CT Luna   66'
Cowell   88'
Wiley   90+9'		 Report Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Attendance: 8,017
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
May 26 WC Group B Slovakia   0–2   United States San Juan, Argentina
Report
Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario
Attendance: 15,059
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)
May 30 WC R16 United States   4–0   New Zealand Mendoza, Argentina
 Report Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Attendance: 7,848
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
June 4 WC QF United States   0–2   Uruguay Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Report
Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades
Attendance: 18,474
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

2024 edit

July 19 CONCACAF U-20 Group A United States   v   Jamaica Celaya, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
July 22 CONCACAF U-20 Group A Cuba   v   United States Celaya, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés
July 25 CONCACAF U-20 Group A United States   v   Costa Rica Celaya, Mexico
Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following 21 players were named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3][4]

Caps and goals are updated as of June 4, 2023 after the match against Uruguay.[5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Gabriel Slonina (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20) 10 0   Chelsea
12 1GK Antonio Carrera (2004-03-15) March 15, 2004 (age 20) 4 0   FC Dallas
21 1GK Alexander Borto (2003-11-06) November 6, 2003 (age 20) 2 0   Fulham
2 2DF Michael Halliday (2003-01-22) January 22, 2003 (age 21) 12 0   Orlando City SC
3 2DF Caleb Wiley (2003-11-06) November 6, 2003 (age 20) 10 1   Atlanta United FC
4 2DF Joshua Wynder (2005-05-02) May 2, 2005 (age 18) 6 0   Louisville City
5 2DF Brandan Craig (2004-04-07) April 7, 2004 (age 20) 17 1   Philadelphia Union
13 2DF Jonathan Gomez (2003-09-01) September 1, 2003 (age 20) 11 1   Real Sociedad
14 2DF Marcus Ferkranus (2003-05-10) May 10, 2003 (age 20) 12 0   LA Galaxy
17 2DF Justin Che (2003-11-18) November 18, 2003 (age 20) 10 1   TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
6 3MF Daniel Edelman (2003-04-28) April 28, 2003 (age 20) 15 0   New York Red Bulls
8 3MF Jack McGlynn (2003-07-07) July 7, 2003 (age 20) 21 2   Philadelphia Union
10 3MF Diego Luna (2003-09-07) September 7, 2003 (age 20) 21 5   Real Salt Lake
15 3MF Niko Tsakiris (2005-06-19) June 19, 2005 (age 18) 9 4   San Jose Earthquakes
16 3MF Owen Wolff (2004-12-30) December 30, 2004 (age 19) 8 2   Austin FC
18 3MF Obed Vargas (2005-08-05) August 5, 2005 (age 18) 9 0   Seattle Sounders FC
20 3MF Rokas Pukštas (2004-08-25) August 25, 2004 (age 19) 14 2   Hajduk Split
7 4FW Quinn Sullivan (2004-03-27) March 27, 2004 (age 20) 19 7   Philadelphia Union
9 4FW Cade Cowell (2003-10-14) October 14, 2003 (age 20) 11 5   San Jose Earthquakes
11 4FW Kevin Paredes (2003-05-07) May 7, 2003 (age 20) 8 2   VfL Wolfsburg
19 4FW Darren Yapi (2004-11-19) November 19, 2004 (age 19) 6 0   Colorado Rapids

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have been called up for the team in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up


DF Mauricio Cuevas (2003-02-10) February 10, 2003 (age 21) 13 1   LA Galaxy 2023 FIFA U-20 World CupINJ[4]
  • ALT-Alternate
  • INJ-Injury

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Year(s) U-20 Goals
1 Brek Shea 2007–2009 17
2 Freddy Adu 2003–2009 16
3 Romain Gall 2014–2015 13
Scott E. Kennedy 1992–1993 13
5 Eddie Johnson 2003–2004 12
Jacob Peterson 2004–2005 12
7 Jeremy Ebobisse 2016–2017 11
8 Will John 2005 10
9 Chad Barrett 2004–2005 9

Coaches edit

Name Years
Angus McAlpine 1983
Derek Armstrong 1987
Bob Gansler 1989
Bobby Howe 1993
Jay Hoffman 1997
Sigi Schmid 1998–1999
Wolfgang Sühnholz 1999–2001
Thomas Rongen 2002–2004
Sigi Schmid 2005
Thomas Rongen 2006–2011
Tab Ramos 2011–2019
Anthony Hudson 2020–2021
Mikey Varas 2021–2023

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Goal.com – World Cup 2010 Preview: USA – Algeria". Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "Newsweek". Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  3. ^ "U.S. UNDER-20 MYNT HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS NAMES USA ROSTER FOR 2023 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP IN ARGENTINA". www.ussoccer.com. USSF. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "MICHAEL HALLIDAY REPLACES MAURICIO CUEVAS ON USA'S FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP ROSTER". www.USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "USA v Uruguay". www.FIFA.com. FIFA. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "U.S. UNDER-20 MYNT HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS NAMES USA ROSTER FOR 2023 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP IN ARGENTINA". www.ussoccer.com. USSF. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

External links edit

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