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	Mikey Varas
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 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.

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	Quarterfinals	6th	5	2	2	1	12	6
2019	Quarter-final	6th	5	3	0	2	8	6
2021	Cancelled
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

2021

10 November 2021 Revelations Cup	United States	0–4	Brazil	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Guanajuato
17:00 UTC−6			Marcos Santos 10', 19', 51' Keven Vinicius 42'

13 November 2021 Revelations Cup	Colombia	1–1	United States	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Guanajuato
15:30 UTC−6

16 November 2021 Revelations Cup	Mexico	2–1	United States	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Guanajuato
17:00 UTC−6

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called on November 05, 2021, by coach Mikey Varas for the November 7–17, 2021 camp and Revelations Cup competition in Mexico.[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Alexander Borto	(2003-11-06) November 6, 2003	Fulham
1GK	Gabriel Slonina	(2004-05-15) May 15, 2004	Chicago Fire FC

2DF	Justin Che	(2003-11-18) November 18, 2003	FC Dallas
2DF	Jacob Greene	(2003-03-23) March 23, 2003	D.C. United
2DF	Kobi Henry	(2004-04-26) April 26, 2004	Orange County SC
2DF	Jalen Neal	(2003-08-24) August 24, 2003	LA Galaxy II
2DF	Kayden Pierre	(2003-02-16) February 16, 2003	Sporting Kansas City II
2DF	Casey Walls	(2003-01-10) January 10, 2003	Austin Bold
2DF	Caleb Wiley	(2004-12-22) December 22, 2004	Atlanta United 2

3MF	Paxten Aaronson	(2003-08-26) August 26, 2003	Philadelphia Union
3MF	Caden Clark	(2003-05-27) May 27, 2003	New York Red Bulls
3MF	Daniel Edelman	(2003-04-28) April 28, 2003	New York Red Bulls II
3MF	Jeremy Garay	(2003-04-01) April 1, 2003	D.C. United
3MF	Danny Leyva	(2003-05-05) May 5, 2003	Seattle Sounders
3MF	Diego Luna	(2003-09-07) September 7, 2003	El Paso Locomotive
3MF	Jack McGlynn	(2003-07-07) July 7, 2003	Philadelphia Union
3MF	Rokas Pukstas	(2004-08-25) August 25, 2004	Hajduk Split

4FW	Cade Cowell	(2003-10-14) October 14, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes
4FW	Brian Gutierrez	(2003-06-17) June 17, 2003	Chicago Fire FC
4FW	Missael Rodriguez	(2003-02-09) February 9, 2003	Chicago Fire FC
4FW	Malick Sanogo	(2004-06-30) June 30, 2004	Union Berlin
4FW	Dante Sealy	(2003-04-17) April 17, 2003	Jong PSV
4FW	Quinn Sullivan	(2004-03-27) March 27, 2004	Philadelphia Union

Recent call-ups

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.[4]

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	David Ochoa	(2001-01-16) January 16, 2001	Real Salt Lake	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
GK	Chituru Odunze	(2002-10-14) October 14, 2002	Leicester City	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019

DF	Kevin Bonilla	(2001-09-20) September 20, 2001	Portland Pilots	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	Nathan Harriel	(2001-04-23) April 23, 2001	Philadelphia Union	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	Ian Hoffmann	(2001-08-09) August 9, 2001	Houston Dynamo	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	Kwabena Boateng	(2001-06-19) June 19, 2001	UC Irvine	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	George Campbell	(2001-06-22) June 22, 2001	Atlanta United	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	Stuart Ritchie	(2001-09-10) September 10, 2001	Hannover 96 II	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	Leonardo Sepulveda	(2001-06-18) June 18, 2001	Salamanca	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
DF	Travian Sousa	(2001-09-19) September 19, 2001	Oakland Roots	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019

MF	Cole Bassett	(2001-07-28) July 28, 2001	Colorado Rapids	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
MF	Justin Haak	(2001-09-12) September 12, 2001	New York City FC	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
MF	Marcelo Palomino	(2001-05-21) May 21, 2001	Houston Dynamo	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
MF	Matteo Ritaccio	(2001-10-04) October 4, 2001	Liverpool	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
MF	Thomas Roberts	(2001-05-11) May 11, 2001	Austria Klagenfurt	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
MF	Tanner Tessmann	(2001-09-24) September 24, 2001	FC Dallas	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
MF	Indiana Vassilev	(2001-02-16) February 16, 2001	Inter Miami	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019

FW	Konrad de la Fuente	(2001-07-16) July 16, 2001	Marseille	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
FW	Johan Gomez	(2001-07-23) July 23, 2001	FSV Zwickau	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
FW	Cameron Harper	(2001-11-19) November 19, 2001	New York Red Bulls	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
FW	Jalen Hawkins	(2001-01-24) January 24, 2001	Ingolstadt 04	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019
FW	Charlie Kelman	(2001-01-17) January 17, 2001	Queens Park Rangers	v. United Arab Emirates; September 9, 2019

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
5	Eddie Johnson	2003–2004	12
5	Jacob Peterson	2004–2005	12
7	Jeremy Ebobisse	2016–2017	11
8	Will John	2005	10
9	Chad Barrett	2004–2005	9
10	Jose Villarreal	2011–2013	8
	Sebastian Saucedo	2016–2017	8
	Alex Mendez	2018–2019	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	2020–2021
Mikey Varas	2021–

References

"Goal.com – World Cup 2010 Preview: USA – Algeria". Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
"Newsweek". Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
"U-20 USMNT Kicks Off New Cycle at Revelations Cup Vs. Brazil, Colombia and Mexico". USSF. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
USA KICKS OFF NEW U-20 MNT CYCLE WITH TWO MATCHES IN SLOVENIA Archived November 13, 2019, at the Wayback Machine; USSoccer.com, August 30, 2019

External links

Official website on USSoccer.com

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[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.

[U-20_USMNT_Kicks_Off_New_Cycle_at_Revelations_Cup_Vs._Brazil,_Colombia_and_Mexico-3] "U-20 USMNT Kicks Off New Cycle at Revelations Cup Vs. Brazil, Colombia and Mexico". USSF. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[4] USA KICKS OFF NEW U-20 MNT CYCLE WITH TWO MATCHES IN SLOVENIA Archived November 13, 2019, at the Wayback Machine; USSoccer.com, August 30, 2019

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.