United States men's national under-20 soccer team

United States Under 20

Nickname(s)

The Yanks
The Stars and Stripes^[1]^[2]

Association

United States
Soccer Federation

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Tab Ramos

Captain

Perry Kitchen

FIFA code

USA

Home colours

Away colours

First international

Biggest win

Biggest defeat

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.

1 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Record
2 FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
3 Schedule and results
4 Players
- 4.1 Current Squad
- 4.2 Also receiving call ups this cycle
5 Coaches
6 References
7 External links

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.

† 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.
2011: Did not qualify.

Schedule and results

Further information: 2011 in American soccer

The following is a list of matches played in the current U-20 cycle as well as any games scheduled to take place in the future.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	U.S. Goalscorers
Mar 29th, 2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Suriname U-20	2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	4-0 W	Bobby Wood Joseph Gyau Conor Doyle Kelyn Rowe
Apr 2nd, 2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Panama U-20	2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	2-0 W	Kelyn Rowe (2)
Apr 6th, 2011	Guatemala City, Guatemala	Guatemala U-20	2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	1-2 L	Conor Doyle
May 17th, 2011	Vichy, France	France U-20	Friendly	3-3 D	Conor Doyle Josh Gatt Luís Gil
May 19th, 2011	Vichy, France	France U-20	Friendly	1-2 L	Conor Doyle

Players

Current Squad

U.S. U-20 YNT head coach Tab Ramos has called 36 players to a training camp in Fort Lauderdale, FL from Jan 2-Jan 9, 2012

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1GK	Jesus Guzman	March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03) (age 18)	Santos Laguna
1GK	Daniel Medina	December 15, 1993 (1993-12-15) (age 18)	UANL
1GK	Tyler Miller		Northwestern
1GK	Andrew Wolverton	June 4, 1993 (1993-06-04) (age 18)	Penn State
2DF	Bolu Akinyode	May 30, 1994 (1994-05-30) (age 17)	Seton Hall
2DF	Mike Ambrose	October 5, 1993 (1993-10-05) (age 18)	FC Dallas Academy
2DF	A.J. Cochran		Wisconsin
2DF	Sean Cunningham	January 24, 1993 (1993-01-24) (age 19)	Molde
2DF	Phanuel Kavita	March 9, 1993 (1993-03-09) (age 18)	Clemson
2DF	Eric Miller	January 15, 1993 (1993-01-15) (age 19)	Creighton
2DF	Juan Pablo Ocegueda	July 13, 1993 (1993-07-13) (age 18)	UANL
2DF	Boyd Okwuonu	February 24, 1993 (1993-02-24) (age 19)	North Carolina
2DF	Jalen Robinson	January 24, 1994 (1994-01-24) (age 18)	D.C. United Academy
2DF	Matt Wendelken		Marist
2DF	DeAndre Yedlin	July 9, 1993 (1993-07-09) (age 18)	Akron
2DF	Walker Zimmerman	May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19) (age 18)	Furman
3MF	Seth Casiple	August 23, 1993 (1993-08-23) (age 18)	California
3MF	Daniel Cuevas	July 29, 1993 (1993-07-29) (age 18)	Santos Laguna
3MF	Héctor Delgado	April 30, 1993 (1993-04-30) (age 18)	Club América
3MF	Christian Duarte	February 22, 1994 (1994-02-22) (age 18)	Texans SC Houston
3MF	Daniel Garcia	October 14, 1993 (1993-10-14) (age 18)	FC Dallas Academy
3MF	Luis Gil	November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14) (age 18)	Real Salt Lake
3MF	Flavio Guzman	April 6, 1993 (1993-04-06) (age 18)	FC Dallas Academy
3MF	Collin Martin	November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09) (age 17)	D.C. United Academy
3MF	Tyrone McCargo	September 18, 1993 (1993-09-18) (age 18)	Nürnberg
3MF	Caleb Stanko	July 26, 1993 (1993-07-26) (age 18)	Freiburg
3MF	Wil Trapp	January 15, 1993 (1993-01-15) (age 19)	Akron
3MF	Jose Villarreal	September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) (age 18)	Los Angeles Galaxy
4FW	Villyan Bijev	January 3, 1993 (1993-01-03) (age 19)	Fortuna Düsseldorf
4FW	Amadou Dia	June 8, 1993 (1993-06-08) (age 18)	Clemson
4FW	Alfred Koroma	April 19, 1994 (1994-04-19) (age 17)	Solar Chelsea SC
4FW	Duke Lacroix	October 14, 1993 (1993-10-14) (age 18)	Penn
4FW	Uvaldo Luna	December 21, 1993 (1993-12-21) (age 18)	UANL
4FW	Jack McBean	December 15, 1994 (1994-12-15) (age 17)	Los Angeles Galaxy
4FW	Sean Okoli	February 3, 1993 (1993-02-03) (age 19)	Wake Forest
4FW	Omar Salgado	September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) (age 18)	Vancouver Whitecaps

Also receiving call ups this cycle

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1GK	Cody Cropper	February 16, 1993 (1993-02-16) (age 19)	Ipswich Town
1GK	Jon Kempin	April 8, 1993 (1993-04-08) (age 18)	Sporting Kansas City
2DF	John Anthony Brooks	January 28, 1993 (1993-01-28) (age 19)	Hertha Berlin
2DF	Will Packwood	May 21, 1993 (1993-05-21) (age 18)	Birmingham City
3MF	Charles Renken	December 19, 1993 (1993-12-19) (age 18)	Hoffenheim
4FW	Jerome Kiesewetter	February 9, 1993 (1993-02-09) (age 19)	Hertha Berlin

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 2006-2011
Tab Ramos 2011-present

References

^ "Goal.com – World Cup 2010 Preview: USA – Algeria". http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2890/world-cup-2010/2010/06/22/1989278/world-cup-2010-preview-usa-algeria. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ "Newsweek". http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/22/algeria-the-other-french-team.html. Retrieved 2010-06-22.

External links

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Soccer in the United States

Overview	United States Soccer Federation League system History Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues (stadiums by capacity, SSS)

Men's national teams	Men's team Men's U23 team Men's U20 team Men's U17 team MNT statistics

Outdoor leagues	MLS NASL USL Pro PDL NPSL USASA U.S. Development Academy USCS USL Super-20

Indoor leagues	MISL PASL-Pro PASL-Premier

Cup competitions	Open Cup MLS Cup Southwest Cup George F. Donnelly Cup

Men's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Women's national teams	Women's team Women's U23 team Women's U20 team Women's U17 team

Women's leagues	WPS W-League WPSL WLS

Women's college soccer	NCAA Division I NCAA Division II NCAA Division III NAIA Championship

Defunct	D2 Pro League USL ;First Division USL Second Division Women's United Soccer Association A-League

National under-20 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada · Mexico · United States

Central America	Belize · Costa Rica · El Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Bermuda¹ · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · French Guiana^{2 3} · Grenada · Guadeloupe³ · Guyana² · Haiti · Jamaica · Martinique³ · Montserrat · Netherlands Antilles · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint-Martin³ · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten³ · Suriname² · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands

1: North American member but affiliated to CFU. · 2: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. · 3:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

Seasons

CONCACAF Youth Tournaments	Panama 1962 · Guatemala 1964 · Cuba 1970 · Mexico 1973 · Canada 1974 · Puerto Rico 1976 · Honduras 1978 · United States 1980 · Guatemala 1982 · Trinidad and Tobago 1984 · Trinidad and Tobago 1986 · Guatemala 1988 · Guatemala 1990 · Canada 1993 · Honduras 1995 · Mexico 1997

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying tournament	Guatemala/Trinidad and Tobago 1998 · Canada/Trinidad and Tobago 2001 · Panama/United States 2003 · Honduras/United States 2005 · Panama/Mexico 2007

CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Trinidad and Tobago 2009 · Guatemala 2011

Squads

1962 · 1964 · 1970 · 1973 · 1974 · 1976 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1984 · 1986 · 1988 · 1990 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 1998 · 2001 · 2003 · 2005 · 2007 · 2009 · 2011

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 · Japan 1979 · Australia 1981 · Mexico 1983 · USSR 1985 · Chile 1987 · Saudi Arabia 1989 · Portugal 1991 · Australia 1993 · Qatar 1995 · Malaysia 1997 · Nigeria 1999 · Argentina 2001 · UAE 2003 · Netherlands 2005 · Canada 2007 · Egypt 2009 · Colombia 2011 · Turkey 2013 · New Zealand 2015

Qualification	AFC · CAF · CONCACAF · CONMEBOL · OFC · UEFA

Squads	1977 · 1979 · 1981 · 1983 · 1985 · 1987 · 1989 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 1999 · 2001 · 2003 · 2005 · 2007 · 2009 · 2011

Team appearances

International association football

FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · FIFA Ballon d'Or · Teams · Debuts · Competitions · Federations · Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup

Europe	UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup · IGA · Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games · Asian Games · CARIFTA Games · East Asian Games · Francophonie Games · IOIG · Lusophony Games · Mediterranean Games · Pan American Games · Pan Arab Games · Pacific Games · South Asian Games · Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football.