United States men's national under-20 soccer team

United States Under 20

Nickname(s)	The Yanks The Stars and Stripes
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Tab Ramos
Asst coach	Brian Bliss
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.
• 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

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1GK Jesus Guzman March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03) Santos Laguna 1GK Daniel Medina December 15, 1993 (1993-12-15) UANL 1GK Tyler Miller Northwestern 1GK Andrew Wolverton June 4, 1993 (1993-06-04) Penn State 2DF Bolu Akinyode May 30, 1994 (1994-05-30) Seton Hall 2DF Mike Ambrose October 5, 1993 (1993-10-05) FC Dallas Academy 2DF A.J. Cochran Wisconsin 2DF Sean Cunningham January 24, 1993 (1993-01-24) Molde 2DF Phanuel Kavita March 9, 1993 (1993-03-09) Clemson 2DF Eric Miller January 15, 1993 (1993-01-15) Creighton 2DF Juan Pablo Ocegueda July 13, 1993 (1993-07-13) UANL 2DF Boyd Okwuonu February 24, 1993 (1993-02-24) North Carolina 2DF Jalen Robinson January 24, 1994 (1994-01-24) D.C. United Academy 2DF Matt Wendelken Marist 2DF DeAndre Yedlin July 9, 1993 (1993-07-09) Akron 2DF Walker Zimmerman May 19, 1993 (1993-05-19) Furman 3MF Seth Casiple August 23, 1993 (1993-08-23) California 3MF Daniel Cuevas July 29, 1993 (1993-07-29) Santos Laguna 3MF Héctor Delgado April 30, 1993 (1993-04-30) Club América 3MF Christian Duarte February 22, 1994 (1994-02-22) Texans SC Houston 3MF Daniel Garcia October 14, 1993 (1993-10-14) FC Dallas Academy 3MF Luis Gil November 14, 1993 (1993-11-14) Real Salt Lake 3MF Flavio Guzman April 6, 1993 (1993-04-06) FC Dallas Academy 3MF Collin Martin November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09) D.C. United Academy 3MF Tyrone McCargo September 18, 1993 (1993-09-18) Nürnberg 3MF Caleb Stanko July 26, 1993 (1993-07-26) Freiburg 3MF Wil Trapp January 15, 1993 (1993-01-15) Akron 3MF Jose Villarreal September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) Los Angeles Galaxy 4FW Villyan Bijev January 3, 1993 (1993-01-03) Fortuna Düsseldorf 4FW Amadou Dia June 8, 1993 (1993-06-08) Clemson 4FW Alfred Koroma April 19, 1994 (1994-04-19) Solar Chelsea SC 4FW Duke Lacroix October 14, 1993 (1993-10-14) Penn 4FW Uvaldo Luna December 21, 1993 (1993-12-21) UANL 4FW Jack McBean December 15, 1994 (1994-12-15) Los Angeles Galaxy 4FW Sean Okoli February 3, 1993 (1993-02-03) Wake Forest 4FW Omar Salgado September 10, 1993 (1993-09-10) Vancouver Whitecaps

Also receiving call ups this cycle

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1GK Cody Cropper February 16, 1993 (1993-02-16) Ipswich Town 1GK Jon Kempin April 8, 1993 (1993-04-08) Sporting Kansas City 2DF John Anthony Brooks January 28, 1993 (1993-01-28) Hertha Berlin 2DF Will Packwood May 21, 1993 (1993-05-21) Birmingham City 3MF Charles Renken December 19, 1993 (1993-12-19) Hoffenheim 4FW Jerome Kiesewetter February 9, 1993 (1993-02-09) 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

External links

• Official website on USSoccer.com