More daggers thrown by US Under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen about how the absence of a reserve league in Major League Soccer essentially had taken it's toll on the lack of experience for our United States Under-20 national team.
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O 30º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado no Mubarak Stadium, em Suez-EGY, com uma temperatura de 28º C.
Jogaram as seleções da Coréia do Sul (49º do ranking da FIFA) e Estados Unidos (11º do ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
16/07/1987 - Coréia do Sul 4x2 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-17)
20/09/1988 - Coréia do Sul 0x0 Estados Unidos (Jogos Olímpicos)
11/03/1993 - Coréia do Sul 2x2 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-20)
12/03/1994 - Estados Unidos 1x1 Coréia do Sul (Amistoso)
09/12/2001 - Coréia do Sul 1x0 Estados Unidos
19/01/2002 - Estados Unidos 2x1 Coréia do Sul (Copa Ouro)
10/06/2002 - Coréia do Sul 1x1 Estados Unidos (Copa do Mundo)
14/08/2003 - Coréia do Sul 1x6 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-17)
05/12/2003 - Estados Unidos 2x0 Coréia do Sul (Mundial Sub-20)
30/06/2007 - Estados Unidos 1x1 Coréia do Sul (Mundial Sub-20)
O quarteto de arbitragem definido foi:
Árbitro: Roberto Rossetti-ITA
Primeiro Assistente: Paolo Calcagno-ITA
Segundo Assistente: Stefano Ayroldi-ITA
Quarto Árbitro: Hector Baldassi-ARG
Aos 23 minutos do primeiro tempo, o camisa 5, Kim Young Gwon, abriu o placar para a seleção da Coréia, ele que é jogador da Jeonju Univ. Click to continue reading...

Things have been changing fast and furious for Tony Taylor of late, as the former college star has signed with Traffic Sports, and is now starring in Egypt as he looks for a permanent home in Europe. Click to continue reading...

Daniel Feuerstein, Richard Farley of World Soccer Reader and Mad About Futbol, Ignacio Rodriguez of Traffic Sports and host Kartik Krishnaiyer break down the US U-20 team in its forst two World Cup matches. Among the issues discussed are:

- The emergence of Tony Taylor
- Brek Shea's dispointing first two games
- Red Bull New York's long term vision for player development
- Dilly Duka and Red Bull
- Gale and Miami FC
- Traffic Sports USYNT player development program
- Kye Davies vs Jorge Flores
- Rongen's 4-3-3

And much more.

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O 18º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado na cidade de Suez, no Mubarak Stadium com temperatura de 26º C.
Jogaram as seleções dos Estados Unidos (11º no ranking da FIFA) e Camarões (29º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
11/04/1999 - Camarões 1x3 Estados Unidos (Mundial Sub-20)
16/09/2000 - Estados Unidos 1x1 Camarões (Jogos Olímpicos)
23/06/2003 - Estados Unidos 0x0 Camarões (Amistoso)
A seleção estadunidense, deu 15 chutes ao gol, com 46% da posse de bola, enquanto a seleção dos Camarões deu 14 chutes ao gol, com 54% de posse de bola. Click to continue reading...

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 [. Click to continue reading...

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The U.S. Under-20 national team needed a positive result in its match against Cameroon to keep alive its hopes of reaching the second round of the Under-20 World Cup.

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Talking with Josh over at thecup.us about the U-20 World Cup, and how many freaking college kids the US is fielding. Here's a comparison of club affiliations of a few teams in the tournament. Spoiler on today's game at the bottom.
GERMANY:
Goalkeepers: Manchester United, Hamburg, Bremen. Click to continue reading...

So much for that result against Germany. The United States turned on the offense in their second Group C game, beating Cameroon 4-1. Bryan Arguez opened th scoring for the US in first-half stoppage time. Tony Taylor made it 2-0 two minutes in the second-half, and Dilly Duka had the US up three in the 67th minute. Click to continue reading...

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The U.S. Under-20 men's national team begins World Cup play today against Germany (10am, ESPN Classic) knowing that points are vital from this match in order to help qualifying out of a loaded group that includes Cameroon and South Korea.

The Americans will be looking to improve on a quarterfinal appearance for the 2007 U.

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GOALKEEPERS Sean Johnson (Central Florida), Josh Lambo (FC Dallas), Brian Perk (UCLA)
DEFENDERS Gale Agbossoumonde (Miami FC Blues), Kyle Davies (FC Dallas), Aaron Maund (Notre Dame), Ike Opara (Wake Forest), Anthony Wallace (FC Dallas), Sheanon Williams (No Club)
MIDFIELDERS Danny Cruz (Houston Dynamo), Mikkel Diskerud (Stabaek), Dilly Duka (No Club), Jorge Flores (Chivas USA), Jared Jeffrey (Club Brugge), Brian Ownby (Virginia),� Dillon Powers (Notre Dame), Michael Stephens (UCLA)
FORWARDS Sam Garza (Denver), Peri Marosevic (FC Dallas), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), Tony Taylor (Jacksonville)

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Unlike the senior team, Coach Rongen is announcing his roster almost a month before the first match of the U-20 World Cup. Yup, kick off for the Americans in this youth World Cup is September 25th.
GOALKEEPERS - Sean Johnson (Central Florida), Josh Lambo, Brian Perk (UCLA)
DEFENDERS - Gale Agbossoumonde, Kyle Davies, Jorge Flores, Ike Opara (Wake Forest), Anthony Wallace, Sheanon Williams
MIDFIELDERS - Daniel Cruz, Mikkel Diskerud, Dilly Duka (Rutgers), Jared Jeffrey, Aaron Maund (Notre Dame), Brian Ownby (Virginia), Dillon Powers (Notre Dame), Michael Stephens (UCLA)
FORWARDS - Sam Garza (Denver), Peri Marosevic, Brek Shea, Tony Taylor (Jacksonville)
I've highlighted the college players in the above list. Click to continue reading...

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Midfielders Mikkel Diskerud and Dilly Duka and forwards Brek Shea and Tony Taylor headline the 21-man roster selected to represent the United States at the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt next month.

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Midfielders Mikkel Diskerud and Dilly Duka and forwards Brek Shea and Tony Taylor headline the 21-man roster selected to represent the United States at the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt next month.

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Jacksonville University forward Tony Taylor's professional future may be taking a large step forward when the IK Start trialist faces Viking in a training match tomorrow. Click to continue reading...

On behalf of some of my MLSR colleagues, I have the following tidbits mainly from Tribal Football:
-Jozy Altidore could be going on loan to Hull City
-Michael Bradley could go back to PSV Eindhoven or Feyenoord
-Freddy Adu wants to go Dutch, not just for the big teams like Ajax and Feyenoord, but even NAC Breda or FC Groningen if he gets a chance to play and develop
-Bryan Arguez is on trial with Belgium giants Charleroi
-Tony Taylor, a USMNT U-20 striker, is on trial with IK Start
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While most of the news these days is about David Beckham's return to MLS, the US' performance in the Gold Cup and MLS' drop in attendance, I'd like to remind everyone that we still have the U-17 World Cup and U-20 World Cup coming up this summer/fall. As part of that, many college players are getting some extra credit training in this summer. Click to continue reading...

The U-20 MNT rounded out its foreign training camp with a 1-1 draw against Egypt. Tony Taylor, who assisted Mikkel Diskerud's game-winning goal in Saturday's 1-0 win, notched the equalizer on Monday when he converted a 52nd minute penalty kick.
The U-20s will return to their respective clubs/colleges/hometowns tomorrow with a better sense of what to expect when they return for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, scheduled for Sept. Click to continue reading...

Apologies for interrupting the Academy Playoff coverage here on the YNT Blog, but we wanted to make sure you saw that the U-20 MNT continued its impressive 2009 with a 1-0 win against Egypt in Alexandria, one of six venues for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which will be held from Sept. 24-Oct. 16.
Thomas Rongen and his team are in the midst of an eight-day tour of Egypt that includes one more friendly against their hosts on Monday evening. Click to continue reading...

Under a setting Florida sun and a packed sideline, the U-20 Men's National Team defeated Costa Rica 2-1 this afternoon at the Sarasota Polo Grounds.
With the match decidely in Costa Rica's favor early on, it seemed likely that they would strike first. But a strong defensive presence kept the sheet clean for the U. Click to continue reading...

BACOLET, Tobago (March 10, 2009) – The U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team secured a place at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 2-0 win against El Salvador on Tuesday evening in their final Group A match of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Bacolet, Tobago. The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup will be held from Sept. Click to continue reading...