U.S. men's under-17 national team coach John Ellinger named his 18-player roster for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand Nov. 10-27. Ellinger also named five alternates: goalkeeper
Martin Hutton (Spring, Texas), midfielders Ryan Daley (Modesto, Calif.), Justin Detter (White Lake, Mich.) and Danny Bolin (Knoxville, Tenn.), and forward Peter Withers (Portland, Ore.). The official
roster will not be submitted until the FIFA deadline of Oct. 31. Here is the U.S. U-17 World Championship Roster:
| No. Name
| Pos. | Ht. | Birthdate | Hometown | Last Club/School |
| 1
Countess, Delvin | GK | 6'1" | 1/09/82 | Sacramento, Calif. | San Juan/Bella Vista HS |
| 18
Cronin, Steve | GK | 6'1" | 5/28/83 | Sacramento, Calif. | San Juan/Bella Vista HS |
| 4
Akwari, Nelson | D | 5'11" | 2/04/82 | Houston, Texas | Texans/Strake Jesuits College Prep. |
|
2 Kalso, Kellen | D | 5'9" | 1/16/82 | Oxford, Mich. | Vardar III/Oxford HS |
| 6 Martin, Greg
| D | 5'8" | 1/05/82 | Plano, Texas | Dallas Comets/Bollettieri S.A |
| 14 Onyewu, Oguchi | D
| 6'2" | 5/13/82 | Olney, Md. | F.C. Potomac/Sherwood HS |
| 17 Trembly, Seth | D | 5'6"
| 3/21/82 | Littleton, Colo. | Colorado Rapids MLS |
| 5 Yi, Alexander | D | 6'2" | 2/27/82
| Easton, Md. | F.C. Potomac/Bollettieri S.A. |
| 3 Beasley, DaMarcus | M | 5'7" | 5/24/82 | Fort
Wayne, Ind. LA Galaxy MLS |
| 15 Beckerman, Kyle | M | 5'10" | 4/23/82 | Crofton, Md. | Conmack
United/Arundel HS |
| 7 Cutler, Kenneth | M | 5'9" | 3/08/82 | Richmond, Va. | Richmond Strikers/D.
Freeman HS |
| 9 Gregorio, Adolfo | M | 5'9" | 10/01/82 | Hilmar, Calif. | Turlock Tornados/Hilmar HS
|
| 8 Jackson, Bryan | M | 5'9" | 4/16/82 | La Canada, Calif. | Claremont Stars/La Canada HS
|
| 16 Cila, Jordan | F | 5'10" | 4/11/82 | Jericho, N.Y. | Commack United/Jericho HS |
|
11 Convey, Bobby | F | 5'8" | 5/27/83 | Philadelphia, Penn. | F.C. Coppa/W.M. Penn Charter HS |
| 10
Donovan, Landon | F | 5'9" | 3/04/82 | Redlands, Calif. | Bayer Leverkusen Germany |
| 12 Palomares,
Raul | F | 5'11" | 2/06/83 | Inglewood, Calif. | FC Kaiserslautern Germany |
| 13 Thompson, Abe
| F | 5'11" | 1/12/82 | Fairfax Station, Md. | Braddock Warhawks/Woodson HS |
