At the last U-20 World Cup, in 2015, no collegians saw action for the USA. This time around, Coach Tab Ramos has been fielding Cal goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, New Mexico defender Aaron Herrera and Maryland midfielder Eryk Williamson.

The USA aims to reach the quarterfinals in consecutive U-20 World Cups for the first time in history when it faces New Zealand in the round of 16 on Thursday morning (7 a.m. ET FS1, Telemundo En Vivo).

How did 17-year-old American Josh Sargent become one of the soccer world's most exciting young prospects?

The U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy, which kicks off its first season in September, has named its first five Technical Advisors, who are charged with developing scouting networks and evaluating and aiding DA clubs in their region.

Hosted by South Korea, the U-20 World Cup games air in the USA in the middle of the night or very early in the morning. Based on the USA's thrilling opener, fans should find it worth sacrificing sleep -- or at least making sure the DVR is programmed -- to follow the quest of Coach Tab Ramos' team.

It's a Sunday morning in Queens and Ben Boehm is smiling like a man about to spend a day doing what he really enjoys.

It's difficult to predict how youth World Cups will unfold, because the history of the tournament is not a reliable indicator.

Schalke 04, with its trio of U.S. teens Haji Wright, Nick Taitague and Weston McKennie, looked well poised to reach the U-19 Bundesliga final after winning the first leg of its semifinal series with Bayern Munich, 3-1, in Munich. But on Tuesday, Bayern rebounded with a 4-2 second-leg win, sending the game to a penalty kick tiebreaker that Schalke lost, 5-4.

As a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, one of my primary tasks with an athlete recovering from surgery or injury is to make sure the patient gets the best possible outcome. Traditionally, from the orthopedic surgeon's viewpoint that means achieving things like full range of motion, normal strength, and joint stability.

For the first time in history, the USA will arrive at the U-20 World Cup as Concacaf champion, having beaten defending champ Mexico, 1-0, en route to the regional final, in which it prevailed over Honduras in PKs after a scoreless tie.

In the months before helping the USA qualify for the 2017 U-17 World Cup, striker Andrew Carleton and Christopher Goslin played their soccer with men. Both had signed Homegrown contracts with MLS's Atlanta United last year and left the U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida, to train under Coach Tata Martino.

A strong case can be made that the USA's qualifying campaign for the 2017 U-17 World Cup was its most impressive appearance ever of the 18 Concacaf U-17 Championships it's played in. The only blemish for Coach John Hackworth's team, after five straight wins, was the penalty-kick shootout loss to Mexico in the final after a 1-1 tie.

In March, the Tab Ramos-coached USA won the Concacaf U-20 Championship. On Sunday, the USA has a chance to take the regional U-17 title for the first ever USA sweep of the two competitions when Coach John Hackworth's team faces Mexico in the final in Panama.

In its four games, so far, in U-17 World Cup qualifying, the USA trailed only once, after giving up a sixth-minute goal against Mexico. Twenty minute later, U.S. captain Josh Sargent scored the most impressive, and perhaps the most important, of his five goals.

The USA's U-15 boys national team and U-17 girls both lifted tournament crowns in Italy while the U-17 boys have gotten off to a perfect start in U-17 W