United States men's national under-23 soccer team

The United States U-23 men's national soccer team, also known as the United States men's Olympic soccer team, is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is qualification into and competition at the quadrennial Olympic Football Tournament, the next of which is to be held during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The team's most recent major tournament was the 2020 edition at the Tokyo Olympics, in which the United States team did not qualify. Their most recent qualification was the tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage.

United States Under-23

Nickname(s)Team USA[1]
The Stars and Stripes[2]
The Yanks
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF
Head coachMarko Mitrović
CaptainTanner Tessmann
First colors
Second colors
First international
 United States 1–2 Italy 
(Barcelona, Spain; July 24, 1992)
Biggest win
 United States 6–0 Cuba 
(Nashville, United States; March 22, 2012)
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 4–0 United States 
(Guadalajara, Mexico; February 10, 2004)
Records for competitive matches only
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1992)
Best resultFourth place (2000)

In accordance with FIFA regulations, the roster can be augmented with three "overage" players during Olympic competition.

History

Men's Olympic soccer became an under-23 competition for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the group stage, the Americans defeated Kuwait but lost to Italy and only managed a draw with Poland. As a result, they were eliminated in the first round. Several U.S. players on the roster, however, would go on to have a major influence with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which the United States would host.

The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia would be the first time that teams could add overage players to their rosters. Being the host nation and with Major League Soccer in the middle of its inaugural season, the USSF tapped then-D.C. United head coach Bruce Arena to manage the Olympic team. They would fall short again, however, as a loss to eventual-silver medalists Argentina offset a win against Tunisia and a draw with Portugal.

The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia marked a significant turnaround in the fortunes of the team. This time, the United States, led by head coach Clive Charles, won their group on goal difference on the strength of draws with the Czech Republic and eventual-gold medalists Cameroon and a win over Kuwait. A tense quarterfinal match against Japan ended in a penalty shoot-out which the United States won. Losses to Spain in the semifinals and Chile in the bronze medal match left the Americans short of medal dreams, but the fourth-place finish in a sixteen-team tournament was the program's greatest youth team.

The team did not compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; the United States, led by head coach Glenn Myernick, failed to qualify after a defeat to Mexico in the semifinals of the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

In late 2006, former Chivas USA head coach Bob Bradley was given the reins to both the senior national team and under-23 national team. His tenure would be brief as his elevation to full-time head coach of the senior team would result in him handing control of the under-23 team to his assistant head coach, Piotr Nowak. Under Nowak, the United States qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics after a 3–0 win over Canada in the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, thanks to goals by Freddy Adu and Sacha Kljestan. The Olympics began promisingly; the Americans defeated Japan and led Holland late. However, a stoppage time goal equalized for the Dutch, and the Americans followed up with a loss to Nigeria.

Under the leadership of new coach Caleb Porter in the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the Americans defeated Cuba but were then beaten by Canada and surrendered a late lead against El Salvador, causing them to miss the Olympics for the second time in three tournaments.

Coaches

Recent schedule and results

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
October 11 Friendly United States  2–1  Mexico Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 ET
  • Bajraktarevic 45+1'
  • Vargas 90'
 Report
  • Brigido 90+3'
 Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
October 17 Friendly United States  4–1  Japan Phoenix, Arizona
10:30 ET
  • Gomez 5'
  • Aaronson 45'
  • Morris 57'
  • McGuire 73'
 Report
  • Matsuki 37'
 Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
November 18 Friendly United States  1–1  Iraq San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
11:00 ET
  • Cremaschi 30'
 Report
  • Azad 85'
 Stadium: Pinatar Arena
November 21 Friendly United States  0–1  Morocco San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
9:00 ET Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena

2024
March 22 Friendly United States  3–0  Guinea Olot, Spain
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Harriel 9'
  • Busio 45+1'
  • Gomez 51'
 Report Stadium: Nou Estadi Municipal
Attendance: 60
Referee: Jan Cobos Pujol (Spain)
March 25 Friendly France  2–2  United States Montbéliard, France
3:00 ET
  • Kalimuendo 27' (pen.)
  • Diouf 79'
 Report
  • Yow 86'
  • Cowell 89'
 Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal
July 24 Olympics GS France  v  United States Marseille, France
3:00 ET Stadium: Stade de Marseille
July 27 Olympics GS New Zealand  v  United States Marseille, France
1:00 ET Stadium: Stade de Marseille
July 30 Olympics GS United States  v  Indonesia/ Guinea Saint-Étienne, France
1:00 ET Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the roster for friendlies against Guinea and France.[4][5]

Caps and goals are updated as of March 25, 2024, after the match against France.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Patrick Schulte (2001-03-13) March 13, 2001 2 0 United States Columbus Crew
12 1GK Chris Brady (2004-03-03) March 3, 2004 3 0 United States Chicago Fire
2 2DF Nathan Harriel (2001-04-23) April 23, 2001 6 1 United States Philadelphia Union
3 2DF John Tolkin (2002-07-31) July 31, 2002 6 0 United States New York Red Bulls
4 2DF Jonathan Tomkinson (2002-04-11) April 11, 2002 6 0 England Bradford City
5 2DF Bryan Reynolds (2001-06-28) June 28, 2001 6 0 Belgium Westerlo
18 2DF Maximilian Dietz (2002-02-09) February 9, 2002 6 0 Germany Greuther Fürth
20 2DF George Campbell (2001-07-22) July 22, 2001 3 0 Canada CF Montréal
22 2DF Caleb Wiley (2004-12-22) December 22, 2004 4 0 United States Atlanta United FC
6 3MF Gianluca Busio (2002-05-28) May 28, 2002 6 1 Italy Venezia
8 3MF Tanner Tessmann (2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 9 0 Italy Venezia
10 3MF Paxten Aaronson (2003-08-26) August 26, 2003 4 1 Netherlands Vitesse
14 3MF Jack McGlynn (2003-07-07) July 7, 2003 6 0 United States Philadelphia Union
19 3MF Daniel Edelman (2003-04-28) April 28, 2003 1 0 United States New York Red Bulls
16 3MF Aidan Morris (2001-11-16) November 16, 2001 4 1 United States Columbus Crew
7 4FW Kevin Paredes (2003-05-07) May 7, 2003 2 0 Germany Wolfsburg
9 4FW Cade Cowell (2003-10-14) October 14, 2003 4 1 Mexico Guadalajara
11 4FW Esmir Bajraktarevic (2005-03-10) March 10, 2005 6 1 United States New England Revolution
13 4FW Duncan McGuire (2001-02-05) February 5, 2001 4 1 United States Orlando City SC
17 4FW Johan Gomez (2001-07-23) July 23, 2001 6 2 Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
15 4FW Diego Luna (2003-09-07) September 7, 2003 1 0 United States Real Salt Lake
21 4FW Griffin Yow (2002-09-25) September 25, 2002 2 1 Belgium Westerlo

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

  • March 2024 friendlies.[6][7]
  • November 2023 friendlies.[8]
  • October 2023 friendlies.[9]
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Gabriel Slonina (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 0 0 Belgium Eupen March 2024 friendliesINJ
GK John Pulskamp (2001-04-19) April 19, 2001 3 0 United States Sporting Kansas City November 2023 friendlies
DF Brandan Craig (2004-04-07) April 7, 2004 2 0 United States Philadelphia Union October 2023 friendlies
MF Benjamin Cremaschi (2005-03-02) March 2, 2005 4 1 United States Inter Miami CF November 2023 friendlies
MF Cole Bassett (2001-07-28) July 28, 2001 2 0 United States Colorado Rapids November 2023 friendlies
MF Josh Atencio (2002-01-31) January 31, 2002 0 0 United States Seattle Sounders FC November 2023 friendlies
MF Obed Vargas (2005-08-05) August 5, 2005 2 1 United States Seattle Sounders FC October 2023 friendlies
FW Agustin Anello (2002-04-22) April 22, 2002 2 0 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam November 2023 friendlies
FW Bernard Kamungo (2002-01-01) January 1, 2002 4 0 United States FC Dallas November 2023 friendlies
FW Taylor Booth (2001-05-31) May 31, 2001 3 0 Netherlands Utrecht November 2023 friendlies
FW Brian Gutiérrez (2003-06-17) June 17, 2003 2 0 United States Chicago Fire October 2023 friendlies
FW Indiana Vassilev (2001-02-16) February 16, 2001 1 0 United States St. Louis City SC October 2023 friendlies

Notes:

  • INJ: Withdrew due to injury

Overage players in Olympic Games
Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
1996
 Kasey Keller (GK) Alexi Lalas (DF) did not select
2000
 Brad Friedel (GK) Jeff Agoos (DF) Frankie Hejduk (MF)
2008
 Brad Guzan (GK) Michael Parkhurst (DF) Brian McBride (FW)

Honors

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Year(s) U-23 Goals
1Steve Snow199210
2Landon Donovan2000–20049
3Jordan Morris2014–20167
4Jerome Kiesewetter2011–20156
Brent Goulet19886
6Freddy Adu2008–20125
7Joe Corona20124
Luis Gil2011–20164
Bobby Convey20044
Sacha Kljestan2007–20084
Alecko Eskandarian2002–20044
Chris Albright20004
Mike Seerey19724
Carl Gentile19644

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D L F A Squad
Through 1988See United States men's national soccer team
1992 SpainGroup stage9th311165Squad
1996 United StatesGroup stage10th311144Squad
2000 AustraliaFourth place4th6132911Squad
2004 Greecedid not qualify
2008 ChinaGroup stage9th311144Squad
2012 United Kingdomdid not qualify
2016 Brazil
2020 Japan
2024 Francequalified
2028 United StatesQualified as hosts
Total Fourth place 154652324 —

Pan American Games
Pan American Games
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D L F A Squad
1951–1983See United States men's national soccer team
1987–1995See United States men's national under-20 soccer team
1999 CanadaThird place3rd631268Squad
2003 Dominican Republicdid not participate
2007 BrazilSee United States men's national under-18 soccer team
2011 Mexicodid not participate
2015 Canada
2019 PeruDeclined to participate
2023 ChileSee United States men's national under-19 soccer team
2027 Colombiato be determined
Total Third place 115151115 —

Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Qualification
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D L F A Squad Pos. Pld W D L F A
1956 to 1988See United States men's national soccer teamSee United States men's national soccer team
1992No hostChampions1st65011710Squad1st, Group C4310182
1996 Canadadid not participatedid not participate
2000 United StatesRunners-up2nd421182SquadQualified as hosts
2004 MexicoFourth place4th53111111SquadSecond round winner2200100
2008 United StatesRunners-up2nd531162SquadQualified automatically
2012 United StatesGroup stage5th311195SquadQualified automatically
2015 United StatesThird place3rd5401154SquadQualified automatically
2020 MexicoThird place3rd420263SquadQualified automatically
Total Champions 3220487237 — 7/8 6510282

See also

References
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