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).
