United States U-20 men's national soccer team

Infobox National football team
Name = United States Under 20 | Badge = US Soccer logo.svg| FIFA Trigramme = USA
Nickname = Yanks, The Stars & Stripes, The Red, White & Blue
Association = United States
Soccer Federation
Confederation = CONCACAF (North America)
Coach = flagicon|Netherlands Thomas Rongen
Captain = Freddy Adu
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The United States U-20 men's national soccer team is the national under-20 football team of the United States of America and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The team competes in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, held every two years.

The United States' best finish came in the 1989 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.

CONCACAF U-20 Championship Record

* 1976: Third place. Won preliminary round Group 2. Finished 2nd in 2nd round Group A. Lost to Honduras in semifinal. Beat Guatemala for third place.
* 1978: Second round. Won 1st round Group B. Finished 4th in 2nd round Group A.
* 1980: Second place. Won 1st round New Jersey Group. Beat Bermuda in quarterfinal. Beat Honduras on penalties in semifinal. Lost to Mexico in final.
* 1982: Second place. Won 1st round Group A. Won 2nd round Group A. Beat Guatemala in semifinal. Lost to Honduras in final. Qualified when Honduras was disqualified.
* 1984: Fourth place. Finished 2nd in 1st round Group 2. Finished 2nd in 2nd round Group A. Lost to Mexico in semifinal. Lost to El Salvador for third place.
* 1986: Second place. Won Group B. Finished 2nd in final group.
* 1988: Third place. Finished 2nd in Group 1. Finished third in final group. Qualified when Mexico was disqualified.
* 1990: Third place. Won Group 3. Finished third in final group.
* 1992: Second place. Won Group C. Finished second in final group.
* 1994: First round. Finished second in Group C.
* 1996: Third place. Won Group 2. Finished third in final round.

World Youth Cup CONCACAF Qualifying Record

* 1998: Qualified. Won Group B.
* 2001: Qualified. Finished 2nd in Group 1.
* 2003: Qualified. Finished 2nd in Group B.
* 2005: Qualified. Won Group A.
* 2007: Qualified. Won Group A.

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

* 1977: Did not qualify.
* 1979: Did not qualify.
* 1981: First round. 0-1-2 in group play.
* 1983: First round. 1-0-2 in group play.
* 1985: Did not qualify.
* 1987: First round. 1-0-2 in group play.
* 1989: Fourth place. Finished 2nd in Group C. Beat Iraq in quarterfinal. Lost to Nigeria in semifinal. Lost to Brazil for third place.
* 1991: Did not qualify.
* 1993: Quarterfinalist. Finished 2nd in Group C. Lost to Brazil in quarterfinal.
* 1995: Did not qualify.
* 1997: Second round. Finished 3rd in Group C. Lost to Uruguay in second round.
* 1999: Second round. Finished 2nd in Group E. Lost to Spain in second round.
* 2001: Second round. Finished 2nd in Group C. Lost to Egypt in second round.
* 2003: Quarterfinalist. Won Group F. Beat Côte d'Ivoire in second round. Lost to Argentina in quarterfinal.
* 2005: Second round. Won Group D. Lost to Italy in second round.
* 2007: Quarterfinalist. Won Group D. Beat Uruguay in second round. Lost to Austria in quarterfinal.

Players

The following players were named to the 2008 player pool by the USSF. [cite web | title=2008 Player Pool | url=http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.jsp_79-2008U20MNTPool.html | publisher=United States Soccer Federation | accessdate=2008-09-04]

2008 Milk Cup Roster

The following players were named to the roster for the 2008 Milk Cup in Northern Ireland.Head coach: flagicon|NED Thomas Rongen

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup roster

The following players were named to the roster for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.Head coach: flagicon|NED Thomas Rongen

Coaches

* Angus McAlpine 1983
* Derek Armstrong 1987
* Bob Gansler 1989
* Bobby Howe 1993
* Jay Hoffman 1997
* Wolfgang Suhnholz 1999-2001
* Thomas Rongen 2002-2004
* Thomas Rongen 2006-

Notable alumni and U-20 World Cup years

All players listed have at least one call-up to Men's National Team.
Freddy Adu 2003, 2005, 2007
Chris Albright 1999
DaMarcus Beasley 2001
Carlos Bocanegra 1999
Edson Buddle 2001
Jon Busch 1993
Dan Califf 1999
Brian Carroll 2001
Conor Casey 2001
Steve Cherundolo 1999
Ricardo Clark 2003
Bobby Convey 2001, 2003
Ramiro Corrales 1997
Brad Davis 2001
Clint Dempsey 2003
Landon Donovan 2001
Alecko Eskandarian 2001
Benny Feilhaber 2005
Nick Garcia 1999
Eddie Gaven 2005
Cory Gibbs 1999
Tim Howard 1999
Patrick Ianni 2005
Eddie Johnson 2003
Sacha Kljestan 2005
Justin Mapp 2003
Chad Marshall 2003
Kyle Martino 2001
Drew Moor 2003
Lee Nguyen 2005
John O'Brien 1997
Ben Olsen 1997
Oguchi Onyewu 2001
Santino Quaranta 2003
Nick Rimando 1999
Jonathan Spector 2005
Taylor Twellman 1999
Sasha Victorine 1997
Josh Wolff 1997
Marvell Wynne 2005
Kerry Zavagnin 1993
Sal Zizzo 2007

References