United States National Football Team (Men U-20)

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United States of America
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Association logo
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
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international game Jamaica 1-1 USA ( Guatemala City , Guatemala ; April 2, 1964)
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Biggest win USA 13-0 US Virgin Islands ( Bradenton , United States ; Nov 3, 2018)
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Biggest defeat Mexico 7-1 USA ( Bayamón , Puerto Rico ; September 30, 1976)
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(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

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