The U.S. under-20 national team wrapped up its trip to San Pedro Sula with a second 2-1 win over the Honduras under-20 national team Sunday at Estadio Morazan. Columbus Crew rookie Romain Gall scored his team-high fourth goal of the year in the first half, and Lynden Gooch, who had flown in from Englandafter playing […]
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U.S. U-20s win at San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula is no easy place to play as the USA (2-1 loser in the 2013 Hexagonal opener) and Canada (8-1 loser four months earlier) found out in World Cup qualifying, so the U.S. under-20 nationalteam’s 2-1 win over its Honduran counterpart at the Estadio Morazan should not be taken lightly. Romain Gall and […]
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Youth Reporter: U.S. U-20 keeper joins Colombia
Tab Ramos named 20 players to travel to Honduras on Monday as part of preparations for the Concacaf Under-20 Championship in January but before the team evenarrived two players dropped out. For more on the U-20s, plus the Concacaf U-17 championship schedule, National League boys play and Super Y League champions. U.S. U-20 National Team […]
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Maryland keeper Steffen signs with Freiburg
Maryland sophomore Zack Steffen, who is expected to start in goal for the USA in Under-20 World Cup qualifying in January, will forgo his final two seasons atMaryland to sign with German Bundesliga club Freiburg. Steffen was named Defensive Most Valuable Player at the 2013 College Cup and took top defensivehonors in the Terrapins’ first […]
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U.S. under-20 roster named for trip to Honduras
Tab Ramos named 19 players who will travel to Honduras on Monday as part of preparations for the Concacaf Under-20 Championship in January. The squad includesfour players from Mexican club Tijuana but is missing many of its European-based players. Such players as Emerson Hyndman and Rubio Rubin, who debuted for the U.S. national team this […]
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Gulati and Klinsmann seek to push the envelope
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) Three hours after MLS Cup 2014 ended, U.S. Soccer assembled a group ofmedia in the national team locker room at the StubHub Center to meet with U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann (wearing the hat of technical director), U-20 coach Tab Ramos (also the youth technical director) […]
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Road to Montego Bay begins with fitness camp for U-20s
The U.S. under-20 men’s national team began preparations for the Concacaf U-20 Championship next month in Montego Bay, Jamaica, with a fitness camp that opened Wednesday in Bradenton, Florida.The group consists of 10 field players, all but two of whom play for MLS clubs. “It’s finally getting down to that time where we have to […]
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Canada hands U.S. U-20s 1-0 defeat in finale
[MARBELLA INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT] The U.S. under-20 men’s national team lost for the first time in three games when it dropped a 1-0 decision toCanada’s U-20s in their finale at the 2014 Marbella U-21 International Tournament at the Marbella Football Center. Dylan Carreiro, currentlyon loan to Arbroath from fellow Scottish club Dundee, scored a fifth-minute goal […]
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Yomba grabs winner in Marbella
[USA UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 men’s national team made it two wins in two games at the under-21 tournament in Marbella, Spain, with a 1-0 win overIreland at Estadio San Pedro. Dembakwi Yomba, who recently signed with Atletico Madrid, scored his second goal of the tournament, and New York RedBulls goalkeeper Santiago Castano made […]
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Late Gall penalty kick decides Marbella barnburner
[USA UNDER-20 MEN] The U.S. under-20 men’s national team opened play at the under-21 international tournament in Marbella, Spain, with a 4-3 win overRussia’s U-21s. The match saw three lead changes and was ultimately decided on a penalty kick by the Columbus Crew’s Romain Gall on the last kick of thegame. Gall finished with two […]