The new U.S. U-20 men’s national team, mainly 1997-born players with the ultimate aim being the 2017 U-20 World Cup, notched a pair of wins during its first training camp of the year.
Coach Tab Ramos’ split squad beat both SIMI Monteverde and Weston Select by the score of 3-0.
The U-20s face Albion Plantation SC and Miami Fusion Jan. 12, also at FIUStadium in Miami.
Jan. 8 in Miami
U.S. U-20s 3 SIMA Montverde 0. Goals: Craft (Zendejas) 10, Elney (Bashti) 54 Young (Yosef Samuel)77.
USA lineup — Marcinkowski (Vom Steeg, 45); Herrera (Pineda, 62), Olosunde, Lombard (Arellano, 70), Borges; Zendejas (Mendes, 62), Lindley (Bell, 45), Waldrep (Young, 42);Bashti, Craft (Samuel, 62), Ebobisse (Elney, 45).
Jan. 8 in Miami
U.S. U-20s 3 Weston Select 0. Goals: Sabbi 10, Williamson (Acosta)40 Williamson 54.
USA — Klinsmann (Stajduhar, 45); Jones, Robinson, Redding (Arellano, 57), Silva; Williamson (Flores, 61), Acosta, Yueill (Salas, 56); Sabbi (Ebobisse, 71),Perez (Winter, 45), Mansaray (Waldrep, 83)
U.S. U-20 men’s national team
GOALKEEPERS: Jonathan Klinsmann (Univ. ofCalifornia; Newport Beach, Calif.), JT Marcinkowski (Georgetown Univ.; Alamo, Calif.), Mason Stajduhar (Orlando City SC; Lithia, Fla.), Justin Vom Steeg (UC Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara, Calif.).
DEFENDERS: Danny Acosta (Real Salt Lake; San Pedro Sula, Honduras), Hugo Arrellano (LA Galaxy academy; Norwalk, Calif.), Jonathan Bell (D.C. United academy; Rockville, Md.),Marcello Borges (Univ. of Michigan; Kearny, N.J.), David Burns (Sacramento Republic academy; El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Aaron Herrera (Univ. of New Mexico; Casa Grande, Ariz.), Malcolm Jones (UCLA,Chino Hills, Calif.), Andrew Lombard (Northeastern Univ., Montclair, N.J.), Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire academy; Bolingbrook, Ill.), Miles Robinson (Syracuse Univ.; Arlington, Mass.), Tommy Redding(Orlando City SC; Oviedo, Fla.), Diego Silva (Univ. of Maryland; Provo, Utah).
MIDFIELDERS: Amir Bashti (Stanford Univ.; Cupertino, Calif.), Joshua Doughty (Manchester United;Manchester, England), Cameron Lindley (Indiana Fire; Carmel, Ind.), Lucas Mendes (D.C. United academy; Arlington, Va.), Matt Olosunde (New York Red Bulls academy; Trenton, N.J.), Martin Salas (Univ.of North Carolina; Dallas, Texas), Yosef Samuel (Philadelphia Union academy; Philadelphia, Pa.), Evan Waldrep (Creighton Univ., Peoria, Ariz.), Eryk Williamson (Univ. of Maryland; Alexandria, Va.),Jackson Yueill (UCLA; Bloomington, Minn.), Alex Zendejas (FC Dallas; El Paso, Texas).
FORWARDS: Coy Craft (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Jeremy Ebobisse (Duke Univ.; Bethesda,MD), Sebastian Elney (Univ. of Maryland; West Chester, Pa.), Juan Flores (Houston Dynamo academy; Houston, Texas), Victor Mansaray (Seattle Sounders; Des Moines, WA), Josh Perez (Fiorentina; La Habra,Calif.), Emmanuel Sabbi (Chicago Magic; Libertyville, Ill.), Abu Winter (Philadelphia Union academy; Newtown Square, PA), Isaiah Young (PDA; Berlin, N.J.).