The U.S. U-15 boys national team, coached by Dave van den Bergh, fell to host Croatia (2-1) and Serbia (2-0), and beat Montenegro (1-0) at a four-team tournament in Zagreb.

Giovanni Reyna (NYCFC) scored the decider against Montenegro. Gilbert Fuentes of Northern California’s Ballistic United scored the consolation goal againstCroatia.

The U-15s had won their first tourney of the year, 2016 International Festival of Futbol champions in Argentina in April.

June 5 in Zagreb, Croatia
USA 0 Serbia 2. Goals: Andrej Blagojevic13, Edvin Eleven 26.
USA — Damian Las; Axel Alejandre (Max Goeggel, 52), George Bello, Jake O’Connor (Kenny Nielsen, 46), Sebastian Anderson; Peter Stroud, Efrain Alvarez(Jack Imperato, 52), Gilbert Fuentes; Giovanni Reyna, Julian Gaines (Skyler Smith, 46), Gianluca Busio.

June 3 in Zagreb,Croatia
Croatia 2 USA 1. Goals: Josko Gvardiol 16, Karlo Miljanic 38; Gilbert Fuentes 41.
USA — Alex Bobocea; Axel Alejandre, Kenny Nielsen,George Bello, Mikey Maunsell (Sebastian Anderson, 36); Peter Stroud (Skyler Smith, 40), Joshua Pynadath (Giovanni Reyna, 36), Malik Tillman (Gianluca Busio, 36); Max Goeggel, Jack Imperato (GilbertFuentes, 36) Cade Hagan (Julian Gaines, 40).

June 2 in Zagreb, Croatia
USA 1 Montenegro 0. Goal: Giovanni Reyna (Malik Tillman).
USA — Damian Las; Axel Alejandre, Kenny Nielsen, Sebastian Anderson (Mikey Maunsell, 56), Skyler Smith; Peter Stroud, Gianluca Busio, Gilbert Fuentes; Julian Gaines (JoshuaPynadath, 65), Giovanni Reyna, Malik Tillman (Max Goeggel, 14).

Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...

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