The USA is the only nation that has reached the quarterfinals of the last three U-20 World Cups. At the recently completed U-20 World Cup in Poland, the Tab Ramos-coached USA fieldedthe fourth youngest team among the 24 participants, after Senegal, Tahiti, Mali. It also had the lowest median age of a U.S. team at […]
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Watch: Highlights of Ukraine beating South Korea in U-20 World Cup final
Ukraine, which opened the tournament with a 2-1 win over the USA, won the 2019 U-20 World Cup with a 3-1 final win over South Korea. Vladyslav Supriaha scored twice (34th minute,53rd) and Heorhii Tsitaishvili (89th) added a third after South Korea took a fifth-minute lead on Lee Kangin‘s penalty kick.
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Ukraine vs. South Korea — an unlikely final to an unusual U-20 World Cup
The under-20 World Cup was born in 1977, when it was called the World Youth Championship. Under that title, it was played every two years until 2007, when it got a new name: The U-20 World Cup. The word “youth” — widely held to be the kiss of death in attempting to market the sport […]
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USA-Ecuador: U-20 Men's World Cup Player Ratings
USA-ECUADOR U-20 EXPRESS:June 8 in Gydnia, PolandUSA 1 Ecuador 2. Goals: Weah 36; Cifuentes 30,Espinoza 43.Att.: 6,389 The U-20 World Cup ended for the USA with a 2-1 quarterfinal loss to Ecuador, which arrived to the tournament as South American champion. The USAhad the entire second half to close the one-goal deficit, attacked persistently, but […]
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Bob Gansler's past-to-present U-20 World Cup connections
Thirty years ago, Bob Gansler coached the USA to a historic fourth-place finish at the 1989 U-20 World Cup. Gansler has enjoyed watching this U-20World Cup from his home in Milwaukee, especially because he has connections with the USA’s head coach, Tab Ramos, and his three assistant coaches: Brian Bliss,Curt Onalfo and Dave van den […]
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USA-France: U-20 Men's World Cup Player Ratings
USA-FRANCE U-20 EXPRESS:June 4 in Bydgoszcz, PolandUSA 3 France 2. Goals: Soto 25, 74, Rennicks83; Gouiri 41, Alioui 55.Att.: 8,469. In what will go down as one of the biggest U.S. wins ever at a men’s world championship, the USA beat France, 3-2, to reach thequarterfinals of the U-20 World Cup. Facing the next generation […]
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Watch: How USA stunned France at Under-20 World Cup
The USA is headed to the quarterfinals of the U-20 World Cup thanks to a 3-2 comeback win over pre-tournament favorite France. The USA, for whom Sebastian Soto scored twice andJustin Rennickshit the gamewinner, faces Ecuador on Saturday.
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U.S. defender Chris Richards' Bayern Munich experience prepped him well for U-20 World Cup
The U.S. U-20 team has both an enormous challenge and an enormous opportunity on Tuesday when it takes on France in the round of 16 at the U-20 World Cup in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The French team has beenconsidered one of the favorites to win the tournament and is one of just two teams that finished […]
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The U.S. U-20 World Cup lineup debate: There are no wrong answers
Thirty years ago, the U.S. U-20s achievedwhat is still their best finish at what was then known as the FIFA World Youth Championship when they took fourth place in Saudi Arabia. The USA’s key match was its second of the groupstage against East Germany. I happened to be at a USSF meeting in Seattle that […]
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Watch: How France reached the U-20 World Cup round of 16
France, the USA’s opponent on Tuesday in the U-20 World Cup, is one of only two of the 24 teams (along with Uruguay) that won on all three its group games. France clinched first place in Group E onFriday with a 3-2 win over Mali. France 2 Panama 0 France 2, Saudi Arabia 0