Update 05/05: News today that Thomas Rongen is now out as head coach of the US U-20 team, ending a rocky near 10-year tenure, according to Fox Soccer’s Ives Galarcep. A March and April CONCACAF series where the US failed qualify for the U-20 World Cup seeming to be the niggling impetus for a change. [...]
Archive for the ‘US U-20’ Category
6 Apr
US U-20′s Golfing This Summer
First, two points: 1) I don’t have enough observations of the U-20 team to comment on tonight’s affair in depth like with the senior team. So help out. 2) If it wasn’t for ESPN3.com–a fantastic product–I never would have seen this game. The U.S. U-20 men’s national fell to Guatemala tonight in the CONCACAF U-20 [...]
8 Nov
Rongen Calls Agudelo, Zahavi, More Into U20
Thomas Rongen made it official today, calling in 18 of the 20 players that will participate in the Torneo de las Americas in Kennesaw, Ga., from Nov. 21-29. The U.S. will face Colombia on Nov. 26 and Mexico on Nov. 28 in the three-team round robin tournament held at the Kennesaw State Soccer Stadium. GOALKEEPERS (2): [...]
1 Aug
What You Missed At The Milk Cup
This is a guest post by Brian Mechanick In a thoroughly dominating performance Friday, the U.S. U-20 National Team won the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland. After wins over China and Denmark got them to the final, the U.S. had to face the home nation for the right to lift the trophy. Friend of TSG [...]
6 Oct
Brek Shea to Fulham? Not Buying It
Oh, come now. Fresh off the highly uneven and underwhelming performance of the US U-20 team in their World Cup, the rumor pushing UK rag The Sun is broadcasting that Fulham are after FC Dallas’s Brek Shea. As we commented in some of our review on the U-20 team, we were highly unimpressed with Brek [...]
2 Oct
The Volatility Streak Continues for U-20
I’m going to preface this post by commenting that I don’t have enough history to truly evaluate the players and coach of the USMNT U-20. I’m going to keep my commentary brief and ask for more for your thoughts. — So now I’ve watched all three US U-20 games. 0-3, 4-1, 0-3. Wow, more highs [...]
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