United States men's national under-20 soccer team

United States Under-20

Nickname(s)	Team USA The Stars and Stripes[1][2] The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Tab Ramos
Asst coach	Omid Namazi Brian Bliss Russell Payne
FIFA code	USA
First colors Second colors
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
Mexico 7 – 1 United States  (Bayamon, Puerto Rico, September 30, 1976)
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.
• 2015: Qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished second in Group A. Defeated El Salvador 2–0 in the playoff stage.

† 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	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	9
2015	Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Fourth Place	52	18	6	25	67	81

Current Cycle Results and Fixtures

2013

Friendly November 13	Hellas Verona Primavera	4–1	United States	Vigasio, Italy
	Ronconi  22' Gatto  62' Gatto  85' Birlea  89'	Report	18' Spencer	Stadium: Vigasio Stadium

Friendly November 19	Atalanta Primavera	1–4	United States	Vigasio, Italy
	Parigi  43'	Report	3' Spencer  8' Rubin  24' Spencer  36' Romain Gall	Stadium: Vigasio Stadium

2014

Dallas Cup Group C April 13	United States	3–2	River Plate	Dallas, United States
	Spencer  15' Rubin  74' Spencer  79'	Report	18' Arario  34' Molina	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Referee: Nick Klaldron

Dallas Cup Group C April 14	United States	3–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Dallas, United States
	Lopez  43' Pfeffer  48' Gall  87'	Report		Stadium: Richland College Field #10

Dallas Cup Group C April 16	United States	1–0	Tigres UANL	Dallas, United States
	Rubin  45'	Report		Stadium: Cotton Bowl Referee: Mario Escobar

Dallas Cup Semifinal April 18	United States	3–2	Fluminense	Dallas, United States
	Rubin  14' Spencer  18' Rubin  101'	Report	43' Rodrigues  90+3' Rodrigues	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Referee: Sasha Amhof

Dallas Cup Final April 20	United States	0–2	River Plate	Dallas, United States
		Report	35' Boye  83' Boye	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Referee: Melvin Matamoros

NTC Tournament July 14	United States	2–1	Chile	Carson, United States
18:00 PDT	Donovan  30' Novakovich  65' Pfeffer  73'  75'	Report	Cuevas  22' Pardo  68'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 125 Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

NTC Tournament July 16	United States	4–0	Bermuda	Carson, United States
16:00 PDT	Novakovich  27' Pfeffer  39' (pen.) Thompson  45' Webb  85' (o.g.)	Report	Simmons  42'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 150 Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)

NTC Tournament July 18	United States	0–0	Australia	Carson, United States
19:00 PDT	Canouse  86'	Report	Sotorio  76'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 700 Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)

Friendly September 9	United States	1–1	Argentina	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Pfeffer  61'	Report	Simeone  48'

Marbella Tournament November 12	United States	4–3	Russia	Marbella, Spain
	Gall  61'  90+2' (pen.) Novakovich  45' Yomba  77' (pen.)	Report	Karavayev  13' Morgunov  55' Karavayev  71'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 300

Marbella Tournament November 15	United States	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Marbella, Spain
	Yomba  13'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Pedro Attendance: 200

Marbella Tournament November 18	United States	0–1	Canada	Marbella, Spain
		Report	Carreiro  5'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 200

Friendly December 18	United States	2–1	Honduras	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Gall  65' Thompson  76'	Report	Álvarez  88'	Stadium: Estadio Morazán

2015

CONCACAF Champ. Group A January 9	United States	1–1	Guatemala	Kingston, Jamaica
	Carter  59'	Report	Ruiz  90'	Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

CONCACAF Champ. Group A January 11	United States	0–1	Panama	Kingston, Jamaica
		Report	Small  78'	Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Yadel Martínez Pupo (Cuba)

CONCACAF Champ. Group A January 14	United States	8–0	Aruba	Kingston, Jamaica
	Gall  16', 23' (pen.), 32' Jamieson  18', 48' Thompson  26' Hyndman  30' Moreno  84'	Report		Stadium: Independence Park Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

CONCACAF Champ. Group A January 18	United States	2–0	Jamaica	Montego Bay, Jamaica
	Gall  34' (pen.), 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Montego Bay Sports Complex Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

CONCACAF Champ. Group A January 21	United States	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Montego Bay, Jamaica
	Jamieson  78'	Report		Stadium: Montego Bay Sports Complex Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

CONCACAF Champ. Playoff Stage January 24	United States	2–0	El Salvador	Montego Bay, Jamaica
	Spencer  37' Arriola  68'	Report		Stadium: Montego Bay Sports Complex Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

March 27	Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Academy	v	United States	London, England
7:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre

March 29	England	v	United States	Plymouth, England
11:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Home Park

Players

Current Squad

U.S. U-20 MNT head coach Tab Ramos has named 20 players for a one-week camp in England, the team's first since qualifying for the 2015 U-20 World Cup, to take place later this year in New Zealand.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Jeff Caldwell (1996-02-20) February 20, 1996 0 0 Virginia 1GK Thomas Olsen San Diego 2DF Shaquell Moore (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 4 0 FC Dallas Academy 2DF John Requejo (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 5 0 Tijuana 2DF Cameron Carter-Vickers (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 6 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2DF Erik Palmer-Brown (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 Sporting Kansas City 2DF Conor Donovan (1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 1 0 Orlando City 2DF Desevio Payne (1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 FC Groningen 3MF Russell Canouse (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 6 0 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3MF Lynden Gooch (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 4 0 Sunderland 3MF Emerson Hyndman (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 1 1 Fulham 3MF Marco Delgado (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 Toronto FC 3MF Ethan Sonis SC Freiburg 3MF Joel Soñora (1996-09-15) 15 September 1996 Boca Juniors 4FW Paul Arriola (1995-02-05) 5 February 1995 6 1 Tijuana 4FW Bradford Jamieson IV (1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 3 2 LA Galaxy 4FW Tommy Thompson (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 10 3 San Jose Earthquakes 4FW Maki Tall (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995 0 0 Red Star F.C. 4FW Dembakwi Yomba (1996-09-04) September 4, 1996 Atlético Madrid 4FW Andrija Novakovich (1996-09-21) September 21, 1996 Reading

Previous Call Ups

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1GK Jeff Caldwell (1996-02-20) February 20, 1996 Virginia 1GK Santiago Castano (1995-04-14) April 14, 1995 New York Red Bulls 1GK Evan Louro (1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 Michigan 2DF Luis Martir (1995-04-24) April 24, 1995 Guadalajara 2DF Sulaiman Dainkeh (1995-06-01) June 1, 1995 Maryland 2DF Caleb Duvernay (1996-07-24) July 24, 1996 NC State 2DF Matias Fracchia (1995-09-21) September 21, 1995 NC State 2DF Chase Gasper (1996-01-25) January 25, 1996 UCLA 2DF Trevor Haberkorn (1995-05-02) May 2, 1995 California 2DF Grant Lillard (1995-12-05) December 5, 1995 Indiana 2DF Jalen Markey (1995-03-27) March 27, 1995 Oregon State 2DF Michael Amick (1995-04-03) April 3, 1995 UCLA 2DF Chris Odoi-Atsem (1995-05-28) May 28, 1995 Maryland 2DF Erik Palmer-Brown (1997-04-24) April 24, 1997 Sporting Kansas City 2DF Miguel Polley (1995-04-27) April 27, 1995 Temple 2DF Kris Reaves (1995-10-11) October 11, 1995 Wake Forest 2DF Tommy Redding (1997-01-24) January 24, 1997 Orlando City 2DF Robert Sagel (1995-02-11) February 11, 1995 Temple 2DF Caleb Smith (1996-10-15) October 15, 1996 Solar Chelsea SC 2DF Jesus Vazquez (1995-03-22) March 22, 1995 Universidad de Guadalajara 2DF Travis Wannemuehler (1995-03-31) March 31, 1995 NC State 3MF Gboly Ariyibi (1995-01-18) January 18, 1995 Chesterfield 3MF Corey Baird (1996-01-30) January 30, 1996 Stanford 3MF Arun Basuljevic (1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 Georgetown 3MF Luis Felipe (1996-01-29) January 29, 1996 Cruzeiro 3MF Ian Harkes (1995-03-30) March 30, 1995 Wake Forest 3MF Marco Delgado (1995-05-16) May 16, 1995 Toronto FC 3MF Jacori Hayes (1995-06-29) June 29, 1995 Wake Forest 3MF Brian Iloski (1995-09-04) September 4, 1995 UCLA 3MF Christopher Lema (1996-08-05) August 5, 1996 Georgetown 3MF Eric Lickert (1995-07-04) July 4, 1995 SpVgg Unterhaching 3MF Saalih Muhammad (1995-08-25) August 25, 1995 Portland Timbers Academy 3MF Alex Muyl (1995-09-30) September 30, 1995 Georgetown 3MF Adam Najem (1995-01-19) January 19, 1995 Akron 3MF Herbert Robinson (1996-04-10) April 10, 1996 Santos Laguna 3MF Cristian Roldan (1995-06-03) June 3, 1995 Seattle Sounders FC 3MF Jake Rozhansky (1996-07-04) July 4, 1996 Virginia 3MF Kristian Scott (1995-05-23) May 23, 1995 Leicester City F.C. 3MF Joel Soñora (1996-09-15) September 15, 1996 Boca Juniors 3MF Omar Thompson (1995-07-16) July 16, 1995 unattached 4FW Jordan Allen (1995-04-25) April 25, 1995 Real Salt Lake 4FW Kainoa Bailey (1995-08-02) August 2, 1995 LA Galaxy II 4FW Louis Bennett (1995-05-19) May 19, 1995 Marquette 4FW Andrew Brody (1995-05-03) May 3, 1995 Louisville 4FW Benji Lopez (1995-02-16) February 16, 1995 Real Salt Lake 4FW Ricardo Lopez-Espin (1995-12-02) December 2, 1995 Creighton 4FW Andrija Novakovich (1996-09-21) September 21, 1996 Reading 4FW Zach Pfeffer (1995-01-06) January 6, 1995 Philadelphia Union 4FW Rubio Rubin (1996-03-01) March 1, 1996 Utrecht 4FW Ahinga Selemani (1996-03-01) March 1, 1996 Michigan 4FW Jaime Villarreal (1995-06-23) June 23, 1995 LA Galaxy II 4FW Alan Winn (1996-02-18) February 18, 1996 North Carolina 4FW Dembakwi Yomba (1996-09-04) September 4, 1996 Atlético Madrid

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

References

External links

• Official website on USSoccer.com

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