Ghana defended tenaciously for 120 minutes of open play before beating Brazil in a penalty-kick
shootout on Friday to become the first African team to win the Under-20 World Cup. The game
finished 0-0 after regulation and extra time as the Black Satellites held off Brazil's repeated
attacks on goal. Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu scored the winning penalty kick [.
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Ghana and Brazil are through to Friday's final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup following their
victories over Hungary and Costa Rica yesterday. The Black Satellites third final appearance comes
after a tense 3-2 victory over Hungary that saw two goals from Dominic Adiyiah and one from Abeiku
Quansah. Hungary stayed in the match with second-half goals [.
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October 7, 2009 Ten-man Germany knocked Nigeria out of  FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2009 3-2 yesterday
on a stoppage time goal from Bayern Munich II man Bjorn Kopplin. Kopplin's and Mario Vrancic's
previous goals for the Germans were answered by strikes from Super Eaglettes Danny Uchchi and Rabiu
Ibrahim.
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Brazil is through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2009 following their 3-1 win
over Uruguay earlier today. Alan Kardec notched the opener for Brazil in the 22nd minute before Man
of the Match Alex Teixeira scored a brace for the young Selecção with goals in the 24th and 31st
minutes.
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Italy is through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2009 following their 3-1 win
over ten-man Spain at Cairo's Al Salam Stadium. Andrea Mazzarani scored one goal and assisted on
another for the Azzurrini. Goalkeeper Vincenzo Fiorillo saved a late penalty that would have made
the game 3-2 following a late Spanish onslaught.
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South Korea humbled the United States 3-0 on Friday night to advance to the round of 16 in the 2009
FIFA Under-20 World Cup. The result leaves the United States (1-2) Â third in Group C with three
points, ahead of Cameroon (1-2) on goal difference. As a result, they hold on to a slim chance of
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Great win for the boys! They responded excellent after their bad loss in the opener.
Some cool pics in this video! Love the passion!
Anyone else think Jared Jeffrey looks like Michael Bradley a bit?
JM
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Team USA humbled favoured Cameroon 4-1 in their Group C game of the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt
yesterday. After an evenly matched first half, Hertha Berlin's Bryan Arguez gave USA the lead in
stoppage time. Tony Taylor and then Dilly Duka added goals for the U.S. in the second-half before
Cameroon's Banana Yaya scored from the [.
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ESPN has issued a press release stating that its networks ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ESPN360.com
will broadcast all 52 games of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2009 tournament. The tournament runs from
September 24 to October 2009 in a number of cities throughout Egypt. Below is the ESPN networks
FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt [.
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The FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 kicks off on Thursday, September 24th, 2009. Team USA will be
in the tournament once again and are grouped with Germany, Cameroon and the Korea Republic in the
first round. Here's a look at the roster for the United States team, the TV schedule for their
first round matches [.
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The U-20's are preparing for the U-20 World Cup coming up in a few days. It is nice to see
ESPN televising a few of their games on ESPN2 & ESPN360. I will do my best to post when games are
coming up, but note now the first one is set for September 26th against Germany at 10am eastern so
mark your calendars!
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U.S. U-20 fans may remember that it was a youthful Hoffer who helped Austria send the Yanks packing
from the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Canada.
The 22-year-old Hoffer also made Austria's Euro 200 squad. He had a very strong league campaign
with Rapid Vienna.
2008-09 Austrian Bundesliga stats follow -- 26 games started, 6 substitutions, 24 goals.
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Brazil trampled on their South American rivals en route to success in the
continental U-20 Championship and underlined their everlasting credentials as the world's leading
producer of prodigies. The tournament, staged in Venezuela for the fifth occasion since it began in
1954, enticed the watchful eyes of Europe's most famous clubs as the next generation of marvels
pitted their abilities against one another.
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Match Highlights USA 2 - North Korea 1 The USA are the new women's world champions at U-20 level
after defeating Korea DPR 2-1 in the final of Chile 2008. Goals from the strike pairing of Sydney
Leroux and Alex Morgan were enough to see them over the line, the Koreans responding with a lone
strike in [.
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Match Highlights (Updated every matchday) Twenty-one days after the meeting in the final of the
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand 2008, USA and Korea DPR will cross swords once more in
Sunday's Chile 2008 showpiece. Germany and France were their respective victims as the duo set up a
repeat of their Auckland showdown, the [.
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Many may remember the De Boer twins who played for Holland in the 1990s and early 2000s. They're
the only set of twins that we can remember donning national team colours for a European team in
recent times until now. Holland has been outdone two times by their friendly neighbours from
Germany. Their 2008 FIFA [.
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Match Highlights (Updated every matchday) A thrilling day under the Chilean sunshine ended with the
holders and their predecessors completing the line-up for the last four at the FIFA U-20 Women's
World Cup 2008. Korea DPR edged past Japan in an all-Asian showdown, while Germany held firm to
progress at Brazil's expense.
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Match Highlights (Updated every matchday) France and USA became the first two teams to qualify for
the semi-finals of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2008 in Chile. Almost everyone expected the
Americans to get this far, while the French are very much the surprise package, having made it to
the last four in this competition [.
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Final First Round Group Standings Match Highlights (Updated Daily) All the results Korea DPR 5-1
Mexico Norway 0-3 Brazil Germany 2-1 Canada Japan 3-1 Congo DR Quarter Final Matchups (to be held
on November 30, 2008 and December 1, 2008) Nigeria-France USA-England Japan-Korea DPR
Brazil-Germany Germany 2-1 Canada Germany and Canada put on quite a show for the fans in Coquimbo,
serving up a dramatic finale to cap [.
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Final First Round Group Standings Match Highlights (Updated Daily) USA - China PR The United States
lost out 2-0 to China PR in their last Group B game at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008
on Wednesday, but the result made no difference as the Americans stroll through as section winners.
France's 3-1 win against Argentina means [.
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Current Group Standings Match Highlights (Updated Daily) Germany 1-2 Japan After impressing with
victory over Canada in their first outing, Japan confirmed their status as the surprise packages of
Chile 2008 by adding a second triumph over the mighty Germany, who put five past Congo DR in their
group opener.
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Current Group Standings Match Highlights (Updated Daily) Nigeria 1-1 England Both sides showed
impressive stamina in an exciting encounter that produced a host of chances at both ends. After
withstanding early pressure from the hard-running Nigerians, England began to take control, with
goalscorer Dowie giving the Africans all sorts of problems down the right and her team-mates
keeping [.
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Current Group Standings Match Highlights (Updated Daily) Brazil 3, DPR Korea 2 In what was always
going to be the glamour game of the first round at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008,
Brazil managed to do just enough to beat defending champions Korea DPR in Temuco on Thursday. The
first goal of an evenly-contested match came, [.
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Current Group Standings Match Highlights (Updated Daily) France 0-3 USA The United States, U-20
champions from 2002, began their Chile 2008 campaign in flowing style. The Group B opener, played
in Nelson Oyarzún Stadium in Chillan, was never in doubt as the American poured on the class
from the opening whistle.
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'Tis the season for women's football (or soccer if you prefer). Shortly after the conclusion of the
Under-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand this weekend, our friends at FIFA are at it again. This
time, they bring us the FIFA Under-20 or U-20 Women's World Cup Chile 2008. The tournament
starts tomorrow with the following [.
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With England's present not looking particularly bright, possibly missing Euro 2008 and the
inevitable quarterfinal exit in World Cup 2010, I've made another one of my "Best Of" lists. The
following are my Top 20 English players currently 20 years old or younger. These players are the
stars of the future and England's hopes for success down the road, especially in Euro 2012
(Poland/Ukraine) and World Cup 2014 (most likely Brazil).
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