United States National Football Team (Men U-23)
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| Nickname (s) | Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Yanks |
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| Association | USSF | ||
| confederacy | CONCACAF | ||
| Technical sponsor | Nike | ||
| Head coach | vacant | ||
| FIFA code | United States | ||
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First international USA 1-2 Italy ( Barcelona , Spain ; July 24, 1992)
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Biggest win USA 6-0 Cuba ( Nashville , United States ; March 22, 2012)
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Biggest defeat Mexico 4-0 USA ( Guadalajara , Mexico ; February 10, 2004)
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The United States U-23 national soccer team is a selection team of American soccer players. It is subject to the United States Soccer Federation.
The main task of the team is to qualify for the Olympic football tournament , which takes place every four years and is held as part of the respective Summer Olympic Games .
history
Since the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, only players under the age of 23 are allowed to take part in an Olympic tournament. In 1996, this rule was amended to allow a maximum of three older players to compete.
For this reason, the U-23 national team of the USA was brought into being before the 1992 Olympics. At the local soccer tournament , the team reached third place in the group stage and was eliminated.
A team was also put together for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. This was trained by Bruce Arena , who was then the coach of DC United . Here, too, they only achieved third place in the group stage.
The 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney were all the more successful . The coach was the former English soccer player Clive Charles, who looked after the team from 1996 to 2003. After a first place in the group stage and a quarter-final victory over Japan, the U-23 team reached the semi-finals. there, however, they lost to Spain 3-1. In the ensuing game for the bronze medal, the team lost to Chile. The team's top scorer was national player Peter Vagenas.
For the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the US U-23 could not qualify. In the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament in Mexico, they lost 4-0 in the semi-finals to Mexico. Only the two finalists qualified for the Summer Olympics. The coach was former US international Glenn Myernick .
At the end of 2006, the coach of the US national soccer team Bob Bradley also took over the U-23 team. However, the senior national team assistant at the time, Piotr Nowak , looked after the team for the most part and prepared it for the Olympic qualifying tournament for the 2008 Summer Games. After qualifying, it was only enough for third place in the group stage in Beijing .
For qualification for the 2012 Olympics, the then coach of the college soccer team at the University of Akron , Caleb Porter , took over responsibility for the team. However, the team could not successfully finish the group stage in the qualifying tournament despite a 6-0 opening win against Cuba.
The US national team's assistant coach Andreas Herzog will look after the U-23s for the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics . The association announced this on January 23, 2015.
2016 Olympic squad
The following players were in the line-up for the CONCACAF Olympic Qualification Tournament 2015 for the 2016 Summer Olympics .
| player | society | Date of birth | ||||
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| goalkeeper | ||||||
| Zack Steffen |
 Sc freiburg
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Apr 2, 1995 | ||||
| Ethan Horvath |
 Molde FK
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June 9, 1995 | ||||
| Charlie Horton |
 Leeds United
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Sep 14 1994 | ||||
| Defense | ||||||
| Boyd Okwuonu |
Real Salt Lake
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Feb 23, 1993 | ||||
| Matt Miazga |
New York Red Bulls
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July 19, 1995 | ||||
| Cameron Carter-Vickers |
Tottenham Hotspur
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Dec 31, 1997 | ||||
| Will Packwood | without a club | May 21, 1993 | ||||
| Dillon Serna |
Colorado Rapids
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25th Mar 1994 | ||||
| midfield | ||||||
| Wil Trapp |
Columbus crew
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Jan 15, 1993 | ||||
| Emerson Hyndman |
Fulham FC
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Apr 9, 1996 | ||||
| Luis Gil |
Real Salt Lake
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Nov 14, 1993 | ||||
| Matt upholstery |
Chicago Fire
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June 8, 1993 | ||||
| Fatai Alashe |
San Jose Earthquakes
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Oct 21, 1993 | ||||
| Marc Pelosi |
San Jose Earthquakes
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June 17, 1994 | ||||
| Gedion Zelalem |
 Glasgow Rangers
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Jan. 26, 1997 | ||||
| Gboly Ariyibi |
Chesterfield FC
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Jan. 18, 1995 | ||||
| attack | ||||||
| Alonso Hernández |
Juarez FC
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1st Mar 1994 | ||||
| Jordan Morris |
Stanford University
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Oct 26, 1994 | ||||
| Jerome Kiesewetter |
VfB Stuttgart
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Feb 9, 1993 | ||||
| Maki Tall |
 FC Sion
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Oct. 30, 1995 | ||||
Previous trainers
- 1988–1992: Lothar Osiander
- 1994–1995: Timo Liekoski
- 1995-1996: Bruce Arena
- 1996-2003: Clive Charles
- 2003-2004: Glenn Myernick
- 2006-2007: Bob Bradley
- 2007–2009: Piotr Nowak
- 2011–2012: Caleb Porter
- 2014–2015: Tab Ramos
- 2015–2016: Andreas Herzog
Balance sheets
Olympic Summer Games
| 1992 in Barcelona | Group stage |
| 1996 in Atlanta | Group stage |
| 2000 in Sydney | 4th Place |
| 2004 in Athens | not qualified |
| 2008 in Beijing | Group stage |
| 2012 in London | not qualified |
CONCACAF Olympic qualification tournament
| 1992 | winner |
| 1996 in Canada | not participated |
| 2000 in the USA | final |
| 2004 in Mexico | 4th Place |
| 2008 in the USA | final |
| 2012 in the USA | Group stage |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Herzog is supposed to lead U23 of the USA to the Olympics ( German ) RTL interactive GmbH / sport.de. January 23, 2015. Accessed January 24, 2015.
- ↑ Herzog Names 20-Player Roster for CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship ( English ) USSF. September 18, 2015. Accessed October 14, 2015.
