U20 USA TEAM/news and latest results

[Ricochet]

you can check out all the goals of this 6-1 win over T&T right here.

[Bentex]

the commentry is really poor

[BethlehemFC]

U-20 MNT Roster (does not give where they are from)

GOALKEEPERS
Quentin Westberg (ESTAC Troyes, France);
Justin Hughes (UNC)
Andrew Kartunen (Stanford)

DEFENDERS (6):
Greg Dalby (Notre Dame)
Hunter Freeman (Virginia)
Patrick Phelan (Wake Forest)
Nathan Sturgis (Clemson)
Tim Ward (St. Louis)
Marvell Wynne (UCLA);

MIDFIELDERS
Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes)
Eddie Gaven (MetroStars)
Robbie Rogers (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Benny Feilhaber (UCLA)
Patrick Ianni (UCLA)
Sacha Kljestan (Seton Hall)
Danny Szetela (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS
Freddy Adu (D.C. United)
Chad Barrett (UCLA)
Charlie Davies (Boston College)
Will John (St. Louis)
Randi Patterson (UNC-Greensboro)
Jacob Peterson (Indiana).

[BethlehemFC]

Tim Ward is from waukesha (about 20-30 from Milwaukee). That's it.

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by Bentex
the commentry is really poor

just awful

[Bentex]

Originally posted by BethlehemFC
U-20 MNT Roster (does not give where they are from)

GOALKEEPERS
Quentin Westberg (ESTAC Troyes, France);
Justin Hughes (UNC)
Andrew Kartunen (Stanford)

DEFENDERS (6):
Greg Dalby (Notre Dame)
Hunter Freeman (Virginia)
Patrick Phelan (Wake Forest)
Nathan Sturgis (Clemson)
Tim Ward (St. Louis)
Marvell Wynne (UCLA);

MIDFIELDERS
Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes)
Eddie Gaven (MetroStars)
Robbie Rogers (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Benny Feilhaber (UCLA)
Patrick Ianni (UCLA)
Sacha Kljestan (Seton Hall)
Danny Szetela (Columbus Crew)

FORWARDS
Freddy Adu (D.C. United)
Chad Barrett (UCLA)
Charlie Davies (Boston College)
Will John (St. Louis)
Randi Patterson (UNC-Greensboro)
Jacob Peterson (Indiana).

thanks!

[Frank Cunha]

Originally posted by BethlehemFC
Tim Ward is from waukesha (about 20-30 from Milwaukee). That's it.

His Ward the kid drafted by the Metrostars?

[BethlehemFC]

Originally posted by Frank Cunha
His Ward the kid drafted by the Metrostars?

Don't know Frank. This year or last?

[Frank Cunha]

USA qualify undefeated

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

[usamu]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlin...328478&cc=5901

[Frank Cunha]

STREAK: U-20s win No. 8

The U.S. U-20s opened the Suwon International Youth Tournament with a 2-1 comeback win over Argentina thanks to goals by Chad Barrett and Kamani Hill.

The win extended the team's record since Coach Sigi Schmid took over in October to 8-0-0. Three of those wins came in the qualifying tournament for the World Youth Championship this summer in the Netherlands, where the USA will meet Argentina in first-round play.

Argentina, which has won four U-20 world championships, eliminated the USA from the 2003 tourney in the quarterfinals. The Argentine squad for the Suwon tournament in South Korea included only five members from the squad it used in its qualifying tournament in January. Schmid brought all the players from his 18-man qualifying tournament squad except for Freddy Adu and Marvell Wynne.

[Frank Cunha]

::gotcha::

you beat me to it, I had just starter a thread on the US national teams forums

[Ricochet]

thats great news. go USA

[BethlehemFC]

Nice job boys!

[Frank Cunha]

3. SPOTLIGHT: Sigi Schmid preps U-20s for World Championship

By Ridge Mahoney, Senior Editor

As usual, U.S. under-20 coach Sigi Schmid is sifting through myriad issues and situations as he prepares his team for the FIFA World Youth Championship, which kicks off in the Netherlands next month.

Since last Saturday 16 college and high school players have been training at the Home Depot Center. As many as 10 professional players could be members of the 21-man squad Schmid will take the world championships, yet of that group only goalkeeper Quentin Westberg and defender Jonathan Spector, who play for Troyes (France) and Manchester United, respectively, and MetroStars midfielder Eddie Gaven are guaranteed of starting spots.

"These guys are done with their semesters, the majority of them," says Schmid, "so we're trying to give them a competitive, daily training environment so they can gain fitness, stay sharp, so we can make the final selection going forward.

"For a couple of them, we really want to see how they progress. An example of that is Lee Nyugen, the high school kid. I really want to see how he progresses, day to day, against better players and bigger guys, where he's not going to be dominant and see how quickly he adjusts."

Nyugen is the 2004 Gatorade Player of the Year from Dallas who has committed to attend Indiana next fall. He might be a longshot to make the squad, but Greg Dalby (Notre Dame), Benny Feilhaber (UCLA), Charlie Davies (Boston College), Sasha Kljestan (Seton Hall), Nathan Sturgis (Clemson), Marvell Wynne (UCLA) and several other college players will surely be on the roster even if not all of them start.

As Schmid tells it, a more than a few starting spots are up for grabs.

He is hoping to integrate Tim Ward, Michael Bradley and Gaven (MetroStars), Chad Barrett and Will John (Fire), Danny Szetela (Crew), Hunter Freeman (Rapids) and Freddy Adu (D.C. United) with the game against Canada May 18 in Blaine, Minn., and a match to be confirmed May 25 either in Florida or at HDC.

"Middle of the back is still open," he says. "Spector we expect to start ...

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