Coach Tab Ramos’ 21-player roster for the 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea (May 20-June 11) includes 17-year-old Missouri product Josh Sargent, who last weekled the USA with five goals as it qualified for the 2017 U-17 World Cup (Oct. 6-28). Sargent is one of six players who weren’t part of Ramos’ U-20 qualifying […]
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Tab Ramos holds London audition for U-20 World Cup spots
By Mike Woitalla Nineteen players who weren’t part of the USA’s Concacaf U-20 Championship win last month are part of Coach Tab Ramos‘ April 3-10 training camp inLondon, England, in preparation for the 2017 U-20 World Cup that kicks off in late May. “This camp provides one more opportunity for players we have already seen […]
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U.S. U-20 men convene at England camp
Less than two months before the U-20 World Cup, Coach Tab Ramos has called in 25 players for a April 3-10 training camp in London, England. Only six of the players called inwere part of the team that was crowned Concacaf U-20 champion in early March. The camp will include several scrimmages. “This camp provides […]
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Report: Jonathan Klinsmann to go on Everton trial
U.S. U-20 goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann will go on trial with English Premier League club Everton after attending the U.S. U-20s training camp in London next week, reports the Daily Mail. Klinsmann started for the USA during its ConcacafU-20 Championship win in March that qualified it for the 2017 U-20 World Cup.
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Jonathan Klinsmann trains at VfB Stuttgart
Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, who was awarded the Golden Glove while starting for the USA in its Concacaf U-20 Championship title win earlier this month, is training at VfBStuttgart, where his father Jurgen starred as a striker in 1984-89. Klinsmann, a sophomore at Cal Berkeley, istraining with the VfB’s U-23s to help him prepare for the […]
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Seeded USA gets favorable draw for U-20 World Cup
By Mike Woitalla The USA, which earned a seed for the 2017 World Cup, was drawn into Group F, with Ecuador, Senegal and Saudi Arabia. Of the three first-round foes, only Senegal,a 2015 semifinalist, has ever advanced past the round of 16 in previous U-20 World Cups. “We are proud to have earned a group […]
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U-20 World Cup: USA draws Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Senegal
The USA will face Ecuador, Saudi Arabia and Senegal at the 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea. Coach Tab Ramos’ U.S. team, which will open against South American runner-upEcuador on May 22, qualified by winning the Concacaf U-20 Championship in early March, beating Haiti, St. Kitts & Nevis, Mexico, El Salvador and, in the final, […]
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Tab Ramos: We want these U-20s to play first-team pro ball
By Mike Woitalla After guiding the USA to the Concacaf U-20 Championship title, Tab Ramos will coach at his third U-20 World Cup, marking his 10th worldchampionship as a U.S. player or coach. Last Sunday, Ramos’ team beat Honduras in a shootout to claim the USA’s first Concacaf U-20 crown. En route to the final, […]
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A promising generation — the U.S. 2017 U-20s
By Mike Woitalla America’s biggest teenage star couldn’t get time off work to be part of the USA’s Concacaf U-20 Championship win last weekend. The 18-year-oldChristian Pulisic, in Borussia Dortmund’s 6-2 win on Saturday over Bayer Leverkusen in front 79,100, scored his fifth Bundesliga goal and made his fifth assist.
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USA wins its first Concacaf U-20 Championship
The USA, after qualifying for the men’s 2017 U-20 World Cup with 2-1win over El Salvador on Friday, put the icing on its cake by beating Honduras in the Concacaf U-20 Champions final on Sunday. After 90 minutes of scoreless play, the final went straight into apenalty-kick shootout, in which all five U.S. players converted […]