Second-half goals by Gianluca Busio, Gio Reyna and Ricardo Pepi earned the U.S. U-17s a 3-0 win over Panama in the Concacaf U-17 Championshipquarterfinals that qualified the USA for the 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil (Sept. 17-Oct. 8). The goals came after Panama’s packed defense managed to keep the Americans off the scoreboard in a firsthalf in which the USA had 76 percent of the possession.

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