United States men's national under-20 soccer team

The **United States under-20 men's national soccer team** are the under-20s of the United States. It is currently controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team competes is the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.

### CONCACAF U-20 Championship record

- **1976:** Third place. Won preliminary round Group 2. Finished 2nd in 2nd round Group A. Lost to Honduras in semifinal. Beat Guatemala for third place.
- **1978:** Second round. Won 1st round Group B. Finished 4th in 2nd round Group A.
- **1980:** Second place. Won 1st round New Jersey Group. Beat Bermuda in quarterfinal. Beat Honduras on penalties in semifinal. Lost to Mexico in final.
- **1982:** Second place. Won 1st round Group A. Won 2nd round Group A. Beat Guatemala in semifinal. Lost to Honduras in final. Qualified when Honduras was disqualified.
- **1984:** Fourth place. Finished 2nd in 1st round Group 2. Finished 2nd in 2nd round Group A. Lost to Mexico in semifinal. Lost to El Salvador for third place.
- **1986:** Second place. Won Group B. Finished 2nd in final group.
- **1988:** Third place. Finished 2nd in Group 1. Finished third in final group. Qualified when Mexico was disqualified.
- **1990:** Third place. Won Group 3. Finished third in final group.
- **1992:** Second place. Won Group C. Finished second in final group.
- **1994:** First round. Finished second in Group C.
- **1996:** Third place. Won Group 2. Finished third in final round.
- **1998:**† Qualified. Won Group B.
- **2001:**† Qualified. Finished 2nd in Group 1.
- **2003:**† Qualified. Finished 2nd in Group B.
- **2005:**† Qualified. Won Group A.
- **2007:**† Qualified. Won Group A.
- **2009:** Runner-up and qualified to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished first in Group 1, ahead of Honduras, Jamaica, and El Salvador. They defeated Trinidad and Tobago in a penalty shootout, 4–3, after a scoreless, 120-minute, regulation draw in the semifinals. In the finals the U.S. team lost by a score of 3–0 to Costa Rica.
- **2011:** Quarterfinal.  Did not qualify for World Cup.
- **2013:** Runner-up and qualified to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Won Group A. In the finals the U.S. team lost by a score of 3–1 to Mexico in extra time.
- **2015:** Tied for third and qualified to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished second in Group A. Defeated El Salvador 2–0 in the playoff stage.
- **2017:** Champion and qualified to the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished second in Group B. Won Classification Stage Group D. They defeated Honduras in a penalty shootout, 5–3, after a scoreless, 90-minute, regulation draw in the finals.
- **2018:** Champion and qualified to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Finished first in Group A. Won Classification Stage Group G. They defeated Mexico 2–0 in the finals.

† _The tournament was played with a two-group, qualification format from 1998–2007. There was no championship round._

### FIFA U-20 World Cup record

|colspan="9"|FIFA U-20 World Cup record||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|colspan="8" rowspan="2"|_Did Not Qualify_|||||||
|1979|||||||||
|1981|Group Stage|15th|3|0|1|2|1|8|
|1983|Group Stage|11th|3|1|0|2|3|5|
|1985|colspan="8"|_Did Not Qualify_|||||||
|1987|Group Stage|10th|3|1|0|2|2|3|
|1989|**Fourth Place**|**4th**|**6**|**2**|**1**|**3**|**7**|**9**|
|1991|colspan="8"|_Did Not Qualify_|||||||
|1993|Quarter-final|8th|4|1|1|2|8|6|
|1995|colspan="8"|_Did Not Qualify_|||||||
|1997|Round of 16|15th|4|1|0|3|2|6|
|1999|Round of 16|11th|4|2|0|2|7|7|
|2001|Round of 16|13th|4|1|1|2|5|5|
|2003|Quarter-final|5th|5|3|0|2|9|6|
|2005|Round of 16|11th|4|2|1|1|4|4|
|2007|Quarter-final|7th|5|3|1|1|12|6|
|2009|Group Stage|18th|3|1|0|2|4|7|
|2011|colspan="8"|_Did Not Qualify_|||||||
|2013|Group Stage|22nd|3|0|1|2|3|9|
|2015|Quarter-final|7th|5|3|1|1|7|4|
|2017|Quarterfinals|6th|5|2|2|1|12|6|
|2019|Quarter-final|6th|5|3|0|2|8|6|
|2021|colspan="8"|_To be determined_|||||||
|**Total**|**16/23**|**0 titles**|**66**|**26**|**10**|**30**|**93**|**96**|

## Honors

- **FIFA U-20 World Cup**
    - **Fourth Place (1):** 1989
- **CONCACAF U-20 Championship**
    - **Winners (2):** 2017, 2018
    - **Runners-up (6):** 1980, 1982, 1986, 1992, 2009, 2013

## Recent matches

The following are results from the last 12 months, as well as any matches that have been scheduled.

### Current squad

The following 22 players were named to the squad for the matches against Croatia and United Arab Emirates on September 5 and 9, 2019, respectively.

_Caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2019, after the match against Ecuador._

### Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.

## Top goalscorers

|width="15%"|Rank|width="35%"|Player|width="25%"|Year(s)|width="20%"|U-20 Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|**1**|Brek Shea|2007–2009|align="center"|17|||
|align="center"|**2**|Freddy Adu|2003–2009|align="center"|16|||
|align="center"|**3**|Romain Gall|2014–2015|align="center"|13|||
|align="center"|**3**|Scott E. Kennedy|1992–1993|align="center"|13|||
|align="center"|**5T**|Eddie Johnson|2003–2004|align="center"|12|||
|align="center"|**5T**|Jacob Peterson|2004–2005|align="center"|12|||
|align="center"|**7**|Jeremy Ebobisse|2016–2017|align="center"|11|||
|align="center"|**8**|Will John|2005|align="center"|10|||
|align="center"|**9**|Chad Barrett|2004–2005|align="center"|9|||
|align="center"|**10T**|Jose Villarreal|2011–2013|align="center"|8|||
|align="center"|**10T**|Sebastian Saucedo|2016–2017|align="center"|8|||
|align="center"|**10T**|Alexis Mendez|2018–|align="center"|8|||

## Coaches

|Name|Years|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Angus McAlpine|align="left"|1983|
|align="left"|Derek Armstrong|align="left"|1987|
|align="left"|Bob Gansler|align="left"|1989|
|align="left"|Bobby Howe|align="left"|1993|
|align="left"|Jay Hoffman|align="left"|1997|
|align="left"|Sigi Schmid|align="left"|1998–1999|
|align="left"|Wolfgang Suhnholz|align="left"|1999–2001|
|align="left"|Thomas Rongen|align="left"|2002–2004|
|align="left"|Sigi Schmid|align="left"|2005|
|align="left"|Thomas Rongen|align="left"|2006–2011|
|align="left"|Tab Ramos|align="left"|2011–2019|
|align="left"|Anthony Hudson|align="left"|2020–|

## Other websites

- Official website on USSoccer.com

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: United States Under-20
- **badge**: United States Soccer Federation logo.svg
- **badge size**: 90
- **fifa trigramme**: USA
- **nickname**: _Team USA_
_The Stars and Stripes_
_The Yanks_
- **association**: United States Soccer Federation, United States
Soccer Federation
- **confederation**: CONCACAF (North America)
- **coach**: Mikey Varas
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- **first game**: 1–1
 (Guatemala City, Guatemala; April 2, 1964)
- **largest win**: 13–0
 (Bradenton, United States; November 3, 2018)
- **largest loss**: 7–1
(Bayamon, Puerto Rico; September 30, 1976)
- **regional name**: FIFA U-20 World Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 16
- **regional cup first**: 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1981
- **regional cup best**: Fourth place: 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1989
- **2ndregional name**: CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 23
- **2ndregional cup first**: 1964 CONCACAF Youth Tournament, 1964
- **2ndregional cup best**: Champion: 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2017, 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2018
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