United States National Football Team (Men U-20)
![]() |
|||
Nickname (s) | Yanks, Nats, The Stars & Stripes | ||
Association | United States Soccer Federation | ||
confederacy | CONCACAF | ||
Technical sponsor | Nike | ||
Head coach | Ramos tab | ||
Assistant coach |
Omid Namazi Javier Perez Russell Payne |
||
FIFA code | United States | ||
|
|||
statistics | |||
---|---|---|---|
First international game Jamaica 1-1 USA ( Guatemala City , Guatemala ; April 2, 1964)
![]() ![]() |
|||
Biggest win USA 13-0 US Virgin Islands ( Bradenton , United States ; Nov 3, 2018)
![]() ![]() |
|||
Biggest defeat Mexico 7-1 USA ( Bayamón , Puerto Rico ; September 30, 1976)
![]() ![]() |
|||
(As of September 24, 2014) |
The United States U-20 national soccer team is a selection team of American soccer players. It is subject to the United States Soccer Federation and represents it internationally at the U-20 level, for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the CONCACAF U-20 championship and the U-20 soccer world championship .
The team achieved its best result at a world championship at the 1989 World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia . The then U-20 selection played through to the semi-finals and lost to Nigeria 2-1 after extra time. In the ensuing game for third place, the USA lost to Brazil and finished fourth.
The CONCACAF U-20 championship has been won once so far, the CONCACAF youth tournament has also been won once.
Participation in junior soccer world championships
1977 in Tunisia | not qualified |
1979 in Japan | not qualified |
1981 in Australia | First round |
1983 in Mexico | First round |
1985 in the Soviet Union | not qualified |
1987 in Chile | First round |
1989 in Saudi Arabia | 4th Place |
1991 in Portugal | not qualified |
1993 in Australia | Quarter finals |
1995 in Qatar | not qualified |
1997 in Malaysia | 2nd round |
1999 in Nigeria | 2nd round |
2001 in Argentina | 2nd round |
2003 in the Ver. Arab. Emirates | Quarter finals |
2005 in the Netherlands | 2nd round |
2007 in Canada | Quarter finals |
2009 in Egypt | First round |
2011 in Colombia | not qualified |
2013 in Turkey | First round |
2015 in New Zealand | Quarter finals |
2017 in South Korea | Quarter finals |
2019 in Poland | Quarter finals |
Previous trainers
- Angus McAlpine 1983
- Derek Armstrong 1987
- Bob Gansler 1989
- Bobby Howe 1993
- Jay Hoffman 1997
- Sigi Schmid 1998–1999, 2005
- Wolfgang Sühnholz 1999–2001
- Thomas Rongen 2002-2004
- Thomas Rongen 2006–2011
successes
-
CONCACAF U-20 championship
- Winner (2): 2017, 2018