The U.S. U-16 boys national team, coached by Shaun Tsakiris, beat England on a penalty kick shootout after a 4-4 tie in the consolation bracket at the Torneo Delle Nazioni beforefalling, 4-0, to host Italy in the placement game for fifth place.
USA Torneo Delle Nazioni 2016 Results
Croatia 2 USA 1 (U.S. scorer:Gabriel Segal)
USA 2 Slovenia 2 (Luis Arriaga, Jose Rivas)
USA 2 Brazil 1 (Konrad de la Fuente, Marcelo Palomino)
USA 4 England 4 (PKs,6-5) (John Hilton, de la Fuente, Rivas, Segal)
Italy 4 USA 0
The USA had 2-0 and 4-2 leads against England, which scored with 10 and three minutes left to sendthe game to the penalty-kick tiebreaker. Both team’s first five shooters converted before England’s Zico Asare missed and U.S. captain Taylor Booth buried hisspot kick for the win.
Torneo Delle Nazioni 2016
1st place Slovenia. 2 Japan. 3 Norway.4 Russia. 5 Italy. 6 USA. 7 Croatia. 8 England. 9 Brazil. 10 Mexico.11 Austria. 12 Qatar.
April 29 in Fiumicello, Italy
USA 4 England 4 (USA wins, 6-5, on PKs). Goals: Hilton (Palomino) 7, De la Fuente (Palomino) 10,Rivas (De la Fuente) 20, Segal (Morel); Tulloch 18, Appiah 37, Tulloch 60, Appiah 67.
USA — Defreitas-Hansen; Morel, Blancas, Sepulveda, Hilton; Booth, Rivas (Mendonca, 50), Dela Fuente ( Llanez, 50), Vassilev; Arriaga (De Almeida, 65), Palomino (Segal, 36 (Hategan, 68).
England — Oluwayemi; Crowe, Ogbeta, Tulloch, Amaechi; Mumba, Jones, Shihab,Asare; Appiah, Sole (Doyle, 27).