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	Vacant
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, Florida, United States; November 3, 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 7–1 United States ; (Bayamón, Puerto Rico; September 30, 1976)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	17 (first in 1981)
Best result	Fourth place (1989)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	25 (first in 1964)
Best result	Champions (2017, 2018, 2022)

The United States U-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.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Host	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad
1977	Tunisia	did not qualify
1979	Japan	did not qualify
1981	Australia	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	1	8	Squad
1983	Mexico	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad
1985	Soviet Union	did not qualify
1987	Chile	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	3	Squad
1989	Saudi Arabia	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	7	9	Squad
1991	Portugal	did not qualify
1993	Australia	Quarterfinals	8th	4	1	1	2	8	6	Squad
1995	Qatar	did not qualify
1997	Malaysia	Round of 16	15th	4	1	0	3	2	6	Squad
1999	Nigeria	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	7	7	Squad
2001	Argentina	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	5	5	Squad
2003	United Arab Emirates	Quarterfinals	5th	5	3	0	2	9	6	Squad
2005	Netherlands	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	3	3	Squad
2007	Canada	Quarterfinals	7th	5	3	1	1	12	6	Squad
2009	Egypt	Group stage	18th	3	1	0	2	4	7	Squad
2011	Colombia	did not qualify
2013	Turkey	Group stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	3	9	Squad
2015	New Zealand	Quarterfinals	7th	5	3	1	1	7	4	Squad
2017	South Korea	Quarterfinals	6th	5	2	2	1	12	6	Squad
2019	Poland	Quarterfinals	6th	5	3	0	2	8	6	Squad
2021	Indonesia	Cancelled
2023	Argentina	Quarterfinals	5th	5	4	0	1	10	2	Squad
2025	Chile	To be determined
Total		Fourth place		71	30	10	31	103	98	—

Pan American Games

Pan American Games
Year	Host	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad
1951–1983		See United States men's national soccer team
1987	United States	Group stage		3	1	1	1	3	3	—
1991	Cuba	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	10	4	—
1995	Argentina	Group stage		3	0	0	3	0	9	—
1999–2003		See United States men's national under-23 soccer team
2007		See United States men's national under-18 soccer team
Since 2011		See United States men's national under-23 soccer team
Total		Champions		11	6	1	4	13	16	—

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Year	Host	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad
1962	Panama	did not enter
1964	Guatemala	Group stage		4	0	2	2	4	8	—
1970	Cuba	did not enter
1973	Mexico	did not enter
1974	Canada	Playoff round		4	2	2	0	5	3	—
1976	Puerto Rico	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	19	10	—
1978	Honduras	Second round		5	2	1	2	7	4	—
1980	United States	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	15	4	—
1982	Guatemala	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	5	—
1984	Trinidad and Tobago	Fourth place	4th	8	3	2	3	11	8	—
1986	Trinidad and Tobago	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	10	3	—
1988	Guatemala	Third place	3rd	7	4	0	3	11	9	—
1990	Guatemala	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	10	5	—
1992	Canada	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	15	4	—
1994	Honduras	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	9	4	—
1996	Mexico	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	7	5	—
1998	Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago	1st, Group B		3	2	1	0	12	3	—
2001	Canada, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd, Group A		3	2	1	0	11	2	—
2003	Panama, United States	2nd, Group B		3	2	0	1	5	3	—
2005	United States, Honduras	1st, Group A		3	3	0	0	10	1	Squad
2007	Panama, Mexico	1st, Group A		3	2	1	0	9	1	Squad
2009	Trinidad and Tobago	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	5	3	Squad
2011	Guatemala	Quarterfinal	5th	3	2	0	1	7	2	Squad
2013	Mexico	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	6	Squad
2015	Jamaica	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	14	2	Squad
2017	Costa Rica	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	11	4	Squad
2018	United States	Champions	1st	8	8	0	0	46	2	Squad
2020	Honduras	Cancelled
2022	Honduras	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	31	2	Squad
2024	Mexico	qualified								Squad
Total		Champions		130	81	21	28	308	103	—

Honors

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Fourth Place (1): 1989
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (3): 2017, 2018, 2022
- Runners-up (6): 1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013

Recent results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023

May 20 WC Group B	United States	1–0	Ecuador	San Juan, Argentina
	Gómez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 14,865 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

May 23 WC Group B	United States	3–0	Fiji	San Juan, Argentina
1:00 PM CT	Luna 66' Cowell 88' Wiley 90+9'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

May 26 WC Group B	Slovakia	0–2	United States	San Juan, Argentina
		Report	Cowell 38' Tsakiris 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 15,059 Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

May 30 WC R16	United States	4–0	New Zealand	Mendoza, Argentina
	Wolff 14' Cowell 61' Che 75' Pukštas 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

June 4 WC QF	United States	0–2	Uruguay	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
		Report	Duarte 21' Wynder 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

2024

July 19 CONCACAF U-20 Group A	United States	v	Jamaica	Celaya, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

July 22 CONCACAF U-20 Group A	Cuba	v	United States	Celaya, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

July 25 CONCACAF U-20 Group A	United States	v	Costa Rica	Celaya, Mexico
				Stadium: Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3][4]

Caps and goals are updated as of June 4, 2023 after the match against Uruguay.[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gabriel Slonina	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004	10	0	Chelsea
12	1GK	Antonio Carrera	(2004-03-15) March 15, 2004	4	0	FC Dallas
21	1GK	Alexander Borto	(2003-11-06) November 6, 2003	2	0	Fulham

2	2DF	Michael Halliday	(2003-01-22) January 22, 2003	12	0	Orlando City SC
3	2DF	Caleb Wiley	(2003-11-06) November 6, 2003	10	1	Atlanta United FC
4	2DF	Joshua Wynder	(2005-05-02) May 2, 2005	6	0	Louisville City
5	2DF	Brandan Craig	(2004-04-07) April 7, 2004	17	1	Philadelphia Union
13	2DF	Jonathan Gomez	(2003-09-01) September 1, 2003	11	1	Real Sociedad
14	2DF	Marcus Ferkranus	(2003-05-10) May 10, 2003	12	0	LA Galaxy
17	2DF	Justin Che	(2003-11-18) November 18, 2003	10	1	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

6	3MF	Daniel Edelman	(2003-04-28) April 28, 2003	15	0	New York Red Bulls
8	3MF	Jack McGlynn	(2003-07-07) July 7, 2003	21	2	Philadelphia Union
10	3MF	Diego Luna	(2003-09-07) September 7, 2003	21	5	Real Salt Lake
15	3MF	Niko Tsakiris	(2005-06-19) June 19, 2005	9	4	San Jose Earthquakes
16	3MF	Owen Wolff	(2004-12-30) December 30, 2004	8	2	Austin FC
18	3MF	Obed Vargas	(2005-08-05) August 5, 2005	9	0	Seattle Sounders FC
20	3MF	Rokas Pukštas	(2004-08-25) August 25, 2004	14	2	Hajduk Split

7	4FW	Quinn Sullivan	(2004-03-27) March 27, 2004	19	7	Philadelphia Union
9	4FW	Cade Cowell	(2003-10-14) October 14, 2003	11	5	San Jose Earthquakes
11	4FW	Kevin Paredes	(2003-05-07) May 7, 2003	8	2	VfL Wolfsburg
19	4FW	Darren Yapi	(2004-11-19) November 19, 2004	6	0	Colorado Rapids

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the past 12 months.

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup[6][4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

DF	Mauricio Cuevas	(2003-02-10) February 10, 2003	13	1	LA Galaxy	2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup^INJ[4]

ALT-Alternate
INJ-Injury

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

Coaches

Name	Years
Angus McAlpine	1983
Derek Armstrong	1987
Bob Gansler	1989
Bobby Howe	1993
Jay Hoffman	1997
Sigi Schmid	1998–1999
Wolfgang Sühnholz	1999–2001
Thomas Rongen	2002–2004
Sigi Schmid	2005
Thomas Rongen	2006–2011
Tab Ramos	2011–2019
Anthony Hudson	2020–2021
Mikey Varas	2021–2023

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.S. UNDER-20 MYNT HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS NAMES USA ROSTER FOR 2023 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP IN ARGENTINA". www.ussoccer.com. USSF. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
"MICHAEL HALLIDAY REPLACES MAURICIO CUEVAS ON USA'S FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP ROSTER". www.USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
"USA v Uruguay". www.FIFA.com. FIFA. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
"U.S. UNDER-20 MYNT HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS NAMES USA ROSTER FOR 2023 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP IN ARGENTINA". www.ussoccer.com. USSF. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

External links

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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.

[3] "U.S. UNDER-20 MYNT HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS NAMES USA ROSTER FOR 2023 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP IN ARGENTINA". www.ussoccer.com. USSF. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

[Cuevas-4] "MICHAEL HALLIDAY REPLACES MAURICIO CUEVAS ON USA'S FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP ROSTER". www.USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.

[5] "USA v Uruguay". www.FIFA.com. FIFA. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

[6] "U.S. UNDER-20 MYNT HEAD COACH MIKEY VARAS NAMES USA ROSTER FOR 2023 FIFA UNDER-20 WORLD CUP IN ARGENTINA". www.ussoccer.com. USSF. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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.