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	Anthony Hudson
FIFA code	USA
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, United States; November 3, 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 7–1 United States ; (Bayamon, Puerto Rico; September 30, 1976)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1981)
Best result	Fourth Place 1989
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	23 (first in 1964)
Best result	Winner : 2017, 2018

The United States under-20 men's national Football 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.

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 U.S. 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 U.S. team lost by a score of 3–1 to Mexico in extra time.
2015: Tied for third and qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished second in Group A. Defeated El Salvador 2–0 in the playoff stage.
2017: Champion and qualified to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished second in Group B. Won Classification Stage Group D. They defeated Honduras in a penalty shootout, 5–3, after a scoreless, 90-minute, regulation draw in the finals.
2018: Champion and qualified to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished first in Group A. Won Classification Stage Group G. They defeated Mexico 2–0 in the finals.

† 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	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979	Did Not Qualify
1981	Group Stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	8
1983	Group Stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	5
1985	Did Not Qualify
1987	Group Stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	3
1989	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	1	3	7	9
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Quarter-final	8th	4	1	1	2	8	6
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	2	6
1999	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	7	7
2001	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	5	5
2003	Quarter-final	5th	5	3	0	2	9	6
2005	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	4	4
2007	Quarter-final	7th	5	3	1	1	12	6
2009	Group Stage	18th	3	1	0	2	4	7
2011	Did Not Qualify
2013	Group Stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	3	9
2015	Quarter-final	7th	5	3	1	1	7	4
2017	Quarter-final	6th	5	2	2	1	12	6
2019	Quarter-final	6th	5	3	0	2	8	6
2021	To be determined
Total	16/23	0 titles	66	26	10	30	93	96

Honors

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Fourth Place (1): 1989
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (2): 2017, 2018
- Runners-up (6): 1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013

Recent results and fixtures

The following are results from the last 12 months, as well as any fixtures that have been scheduled.

This list may be incomplete.

2019

24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) 2019 U-20 World Cup Group D	Ukraine	2–1	United States	Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała
20:30	Buletsa 26' Popov 51'	Report	Servania 32'	Attendance: 4,310^[3] Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

27 May 2019 (2019-05-27) 2019 U-20 World Cup Group D	United States	2–0	Nigeria	Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała
20:30	Soto 18', 46'	Report		Attendance: 3,427^[4] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) 2019 U-20 World Cup Group D	United States	1–0	Qatar	Tychy Stadium, Tychy
20:30	Weah 74'	Report		Attendance: 3,651 Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

4 June 2019 (2019-06-04) 2019 U-20 World Cup Round of 16	France	2–3	United States	Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz
17:30	Gouiri 41' Alioui 55'	Report	Soto 25', 74' Rennicks 83'	Attendance: 8,469 Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

8 June 2019 (2019-06-08) 2019 U-20 Quarterfinals	United States	1–2	Ecuador	Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
17:30	Weah 36'	Report	Cifuentes 30' Espinoza 43'	Attendance: 6,389 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were named to the squad for the matches against Croatia and United Arab Emirates on September 5 and 9, 2019, respectively.^[5]

Caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2019, after the match against Ecuador.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	David Ochoa	(2001-01-16) January 16, 2001 (age 23)	Real Salt Lake
1GK	Chituru Odunze	(2002-10-14) October 14, 2002 (age 21)	Leicester City U18

2DF	Kevin Bonilla	(2001-09-20) September 20, 2001 (age 22)	FC Dallas
2DF	Nathan Harriel	(2001-04-23) April 23, 2001 (age 23)	Philadelphia Union
2DF	Ian Hoffmann	(2001-08-09) August 9, 2001 (age 22)	Karlsruher SC
2DF	Kwabena Boateng	(2001-06-19) June 19, 2001 (age 22)	UC Irvine
2DF	George Campbell	(2001-06-22) June 22, 2001 (age 22)	Atlanta United
2DF	Stuart Ritchie	(2001-09-10) September 10, 2001 (age 22)	Hannover 96 II
2DF	Leonardo Sepulveda	(2001-06-18) June 18, 2001 (age 22)	Salamanca
2DF	Travian Sousa	(2001-09-19) September 19, 2001 (age 22)	Hamburger SV II

3MF	Cole Bassett	(2001-07-28) July 28, 2001 (age 22)	Colorado Rapids
3MF	Justin Haak	(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001 (age 22)	New York City FC
3MF	Marcelo Palomino	(2001-05-21) May 21, 2001 (age 22)	Houston Dynamo
3MF	Matteo Ritaccio	(2001-10-04) October 4, 2001 (age 22)	Liverpool U18
3MF	Thomas Roberts	(2001-05-11) May 11, 2001 (age 23)	FC Dallas
3MF	Tanner Tessmann	(2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 22)	FC Dallas
3MF	Indiana Vassilev	(2001-02-16) February 16, 2001 (age 23)	Aston Villa U23

4FW	Konrad de la Fuente	(2001-07-16) July 16, 2001 (age 22)	Barcelona Juvenil A
4FW	Johan Gomez	(2001-07-23) July 23, 2001 (age 22)	Porto Juniors
4FW	Cameron Harper	(2001-11-19) November 19, 2001 (age 22)	Celtic Reserves
4FW	Jalen Hawkins	(2001-01-24) January 24, 2001 (age 23)	Ingolstadt 04
4FW	Charlie Kelman	(2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 23)	Southend United

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.

This list may be incomplete, and caps and goals may be incorrect.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Brady Scott	(1999-06-30) June 30, 1999 (age 24)	13	0	1. FC Köln	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
GK	Carlos dos Santos	(2000-08-24) August 24, 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Benfica	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

DF	Sergino Dest	(2000-11-03) November 3, 2000 (age 23)	12	1	Ajax	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Chris Gloster	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 23)	16	0	PSV	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Mark McKenzie	(1999-02-25) February 25, 1999 (age 25)	13	3	Philadelphia Union	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Chris Richards	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 23)	12	0	Bayern Munich	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Julian Araujo	(2001-08-13) August 13, 2001 (age 22)	2	0	LA Galaxy	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Aboubacar Keita	(2000-04-06) April 6, 2000 (age 24)	8	0	Columbus Crew	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
DF	Matthew Real	(1999-07-10) July 10, 1999 (age 24)	11	0	Philadelphia Union	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

MF	Chris Durkin	(2000-02-08) February 8, 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Sint-Truiden	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Alex Mendez	(2000-09-06) September 6, 2000 (age 23)	19	8	Ajax	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Paxton Pomykal	(1999-12-17) December 17, 1999 (age 24)	13	3	FC Dallas	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Edwin Cerrillo	(2000-10-03) October 3, 2000 (age 23)	0	0	FC Dallas	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Brandon Servania	(1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25)	10	4	FC Dallas	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
MF	Richie Ledezma	(2000-09-06) September 6, 2000 (age 23)	7	0	PSV	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

FW	Sebastian Soto	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 23)	11	6	Hannover 96	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Timothy Weah	(2000-02-22) February 22, 2000 (age 24)	6	2	Lille	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Ulysses Llanez	(2001-04-02) April 2, 2001 (age 23)	14	7	VfL Wolfsburg	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Justin Rennicks	(1999-03-20) March 20, 1999 (age 25)	17	7	New England Revolution	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
FW	Ayo Akinola	(2000-01-20) January 20, 2000 (age 24)			Toronto FC	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup ^INJ

Top goalscorers

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
3	Scott E. Kennedy	1992–1993	13
5T	Eddie Johnson	2003–2004	12
5T	Jacob Peterson	2004–2005	12
7	Jeremy Ebobisse	2016–2017	11
8	Will John	2005	10
9	Chad Barrett	2004–2005	9
10T	Jose Villarreal	2011–2013	8
10T	Sebastian Saucedo	2016–2017	8
10T	Alexis Mendez	2018–	8

Coaches

Name	Years
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	2011–2019
Anthony Hudson	2020–

References

^ "Goal.com – World Cup 2010 Preview: USA – Algeria". Retrieved June 22, 2010.
^ "Newsweek". Retrieved June 22, 2010.
^ "Match report – Group D – Ukraine v USA" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
^ "Match report – Group D – USA v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
^ USA KICKS OFF NEW U-20 MNT CYCLE WITH TWO MATCHES IN SLOVENIA; USSoccer.com, 30 August 2019

External links

Official website on USSoccer.com

[1] "Goal.com – World Cup 2010 Preview: USA – Algeria". Retrieved June 22, 2010.

[2] "Newsweek". Retrieved June 22, 2010.

[3] "Match report – Group D – Ukraine v USA" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

[4] "Match report – Group D – USA v Nigeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.

[5] USA KICKS OFF NEW U-20 MNT CYCLE WITH TWO MATCHES IN SLOVENIA; USSoccer.com, 30 August 2019

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v t e 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 Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat 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
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.