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	Mikey Varas
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, United States; November 3, 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 7–1 United States ; (Bayamón, Puerto Rico; September 30, 1976)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1981)
Best result	Fourth place: 1989
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	24 (first in 1964)
Best result	Champion: 2017, 2018

The United States under-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	Quarterfinal	8th	4	1	1	2	8	7	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	Quarterfinal	5th	5	3	0	2	9	6	Squad
2005	Netherlands	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	3	3	Squad
2007	Canada	Quarterfinal	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	Quarterfinal	7th	5	3	1	1	7	4	Squad
2017	South Korea	Quarterfinal	6th	5	2	2	1	12	6	Squad
2019	Poland	Quarterfinal	6th	5	3	0	2	8	6	Squad
2021	Indonesia	Cancelled
2023	Indonesia	To be determined
Total		Fourth place		66	26	10	30	93	97	—

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	Squad
1991	Cuba	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	10	4	Squad
1995	Argentina	Group stage		3	0	0	3	0	9	Squad
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	Squad
1970	Cuba	Did not enter
1973	Mexico	Did not enter
1974	Canada	Playoff round		4	2	2	0	5	3	Squad
1976	Puerto Rico	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	19	10	Squad
1978	Honduras	Second round		5	2	1	2	7	4	Squad
1980	United States	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	15	4	Squad
1982	Guatemala	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	5	Squad
1984	Trinidad and Tobago	Fourth place	4th	8	3	2	3	11	8	Squad
1986	Trinidad and Tobago	Runners-up	2nd	7	3	2	2	10	3	Squad
1988	Guatemala	Third place	3rd	7	4	0	3	11	9	Squad
1990	Guatemala	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	10	5	Squad
1992	Canada	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	15	4	Squad
1994	Honduras	Group stage	5th	3	2	0	1	9	4	Squad
1996	Mexico	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	7	5	Squad
1998	Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago	1st, Group B		3	2	1	0	12	3	Squad
2001	Canada, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd, Group A		3	2	1	0	11	2	Squad
2003	Panama, United States	2nd, Group B		3	2	0	1	5	3	Squad
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	Qualified
Total		Champions		123	75	20	28	277	101	—

Honors

FIFA U-20 World Cup
- Fourth Place (1): 1989
CONCACAF U-20 Championship
- Winners (2): 2017, 2018
- Runners-up (6): 1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013

Recent results and fixtures

2021

November 10, 2021 Revelations Cup	United States	0–4	Brazil	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Guanajuato
17:00 UTC−6			Marcos Santos 10', 19', 51' Keven Vinicius 42'

November 13, 2021 Revelations Cup	Colombia	1–1	United States	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Guanajuato
15:30 UTC−6

November 16, 2021 Revelations Cup	Mexico	2–1	United States	Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Guanajuato
17:00 UTC−6

2022

January 29, 2022 Friendly	United States	0–0	New York Red Bulls	IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida
17:00 UTC−6		Report		Attendance: 0

February 2, 2022 Friendly	United States	1–0	FC Dallas	IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida
17:00 UTC−6	Sullivan	Report		Attendance: 0

March 26, 2022 Friendly

Argentina

2–2

United States

AFA National Training Centre

March 29, 2022 Friendly

River Plate

3–5

United States

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for a training camp on April 22–May 1, 2022.[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Chris Brady	(2004-03-03) March 3, 2004	0	0	Chicago Fire
1GK	Antonio Carrera	(2004-03-15) March 15, 2004	0	0	FC Dallas
1GK	Xavier Valdez	(2003-11-23) November 23, 2003			Houston Dynamo

2DF	Quembol Guadalupe	(2004-02-03) February 3, 2004	0	0	Orlando City B
2DF	Michael Halliday	(2003-01-22) January 22, 2003	0	0	Orlando City
2DF	Jaziel Orozco	(2004-06-02) June 2, 2004			Real Salt Lake
2DF	Kayden Pierre	(2003-02-16) February 16, 2003			Sporting Kansas City
2DF	Anthony Sorenson	(2003-01-25) January 25, 2003			Philadelphia Union
2DF	Devan Tanton	(2004-01-03) January 3, 2004			Fulham U-18
2DF	Thomas Williams	(2004-08-15) August 15, 2004	0	0	Orlando City

3MF	Esmir Bajraktarevic	(2005-03-10) March 10, 2005	0	0	New England Revolution II
3MF	Javier Casas	(2003-05-14) May 14, 2003	0	0	Chicago Fire
3MF	Juan Castilla	(2004-07-27) July 27, 2004			Houston Dynamo
3MF	Danny Leyva	(2003-05-05) May 5, 2003			Seattle Sounders
3MF	Tarun Karumanchi	(2003-04-01) April 1, 2003			UCLA Bruins
3MF	Niko Tsakiris	(2005-06-19) June 19, 2005			San Jose Earthquakes

4FW	Damion Downs	(2004-07-06) July 6, 2004			Köln U-19
4FW	Kristian Fletcher	2005 (age 16–17)	0	0	Unattached
4FW	Luca Koleosho	(2004-09-15) September 15, 2004			Espanyol U-17
4FW	Nathan Ordaz	(2004-01-12) January 12, 2004			Los Angeles FC
4FW	Dante Sealy	(2003-04-17) April 17, 2003	2	0	Jong PSV
4FW	Tyler Wolff	(2003-02-13) February 13, 2003			Atlanta United

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Alexander Borto	(2003-11-06) November 6, 2003	1	0	Fulham	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
GK	KyMani Dade	(2004-05-27) May 27, 2004	0	0	LA Galaxy	Training camp; January 24–February 2, 2022
GK	Anthony Ramos	(2003-02-05) February 5, 2003	0	0	Real	Training camp; January 24–February 2, 2022

DF	Caleb Wiley	(2003-11-06) November 6, 2003	3	0	Atlanta United	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Kobi Henry	(2004-04-26) April 26, 2004	2	0	Orange County SC	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Marcus Ferkranus	(2003-05-10) May 10, 2003	0	0	LA Galaxy	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Jalen Neal	(2003-08-24) August 24, 2003	3	0	LA Galaxy	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Mauricio Cuevas	(2003-02-10) February 10, 2003	0	0	Club Brugge	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Brandan Craig	(2004-04-07) April 7, 2004	0	0	Philadelphia Union	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Justin Che	(2003-11-18) November 18, 2003	3	0	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
DF	Noah Allen	(2004-04-28) April 28, 2004	0	0	Inter Miami	Training camp; January 24–February 2, 2022

MF	Paxten Aaronson	(2003-08-26) August 26, 2003	2	0	Philadelphia Union	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Caden Clark	(2003-05-27) May 27, 2003	2	1	RB Leipzig	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Daniel Edelman	(2003-04-28) April 28, 2003	2	0	New York Red Bulls	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Diego Luna	(2003-09-07) September 7, 2003	2	1	El Paso Locomotive	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Jack McGlynn	(2003-07-07) July 7, 2003	2	0	Philadelphia Union	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Obed Vargas	(2005-08-05) August 5, 2005	0	0	Seattle Sounders	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Rokas Pukstas	(2004-08-25) August 25, 2004	2	0	HNK Hajduk Split	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
MF	Jayvin Van Deventer	(2004-01-04) January 4, 2004	0	0	Sporting Kansas City	Training camp; January 24–February 2, 2022

FW	Brian Gutiérrez	(2003-06-17) June 17, 2003	3	0	Chicago Fire	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
FW	Quinn Sullivan	(2004-03-27) March 27, 2004	1	0	Philadelphia Union	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
FW	Kevin Paredes	(2003-05-07) May 7, 2003	0	0	VfL Wolfsburg	v. River Plate; March 29, 2022
FW	Malick Sanogo	(2004-06-30) June 30, 2004	3	0	Union Berlin	Training camp; January 24–February 2, 2022
FW	Patrick Bohui	(2003-12-03) December 3, 2003	0	0	Vejle	Training camp; January 24–February 2, 2022

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
10	Jose Villarreal	2011–2013	8
	Sebastian Saucedo	2016–2017	8
	Alex Mendez	2018–2019	8

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–

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.
"Varas Calls 22 Players For U-20 Men's Youth National Training Camp In Carson, Calif". www.ussoccer.com.

External links

Official website

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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] "Varas Calls 22 Players For U-20 Men's Youth National Training Camp In Carson, Calif". www.ussoccer.com.

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.