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U.S. Under-20 MNT Drawn Into Group C for 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team has been drawn into Group C alongside Germany, Cameroon and Korea Republic for the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt, which will take place from Sept. 24-Oct. 16.

The U.S. will open against Germany on Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET), before facing Cameroon on Sept. 29 at 6:45 p.m. local time (12:45 p.m. ET) and rounding out group play against Korea Republic on Oct. 2 at 6:45 p.m. local time (12:45 p.m. ET). All three of the USA’s group matches will be played at the brand-new Mubarak Stadium in Suez. Every U.S. match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup can be followed live via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker. for the 2009 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Egypt, which will take place from Sept. 24-Oct. 16.

National team squad features seven players from MLS


U.S. under-20 national team head coach Thomas Rongen has finalized the 21-player roster that will represent the United States at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup from Sept. 24-Oct. 16 in Egypt. The roster features a blend of professional and collegiate players, including two players with prior U-20 World Cup experience in UCLA goalkeeper Brian Perk and FC Dallas defender Anthony Wallace.
The squad features seven players from Major League Soccer, including five from FC Dallas -- Wallace, goalkeeper Josh Lambo, defender Kyle Davies and forwards Brek Shea and Peri Marosevic. Also in the team are Houston Dynamo midfielder Danny Cruz and Chivas USA midfielder Jorge Flores.

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ESPN Classic is showing the game against Germany, and the other are being broadcast on ESPN2. Good stuff

DukeJack wrote:ESPN Classic is showing the game against Germany, and the other are being broadcast on ESPN2. Good stuff

Sweet.

Here is the roster:

GOALKEEPERS
Sean Johnson, Josh Lambo, Brian Perk

DEFENDERS
Gale Agbossoumonde, Kyle Davies, Jorge Flores, Ike Opara, Anthony Wallace, Sheanon Williams

MIDFIELDERS
Daniel Cruz, Mikkel Diskerud, Dilly Duka, Jared Jeffrey, Aaron Maund, Brian Ownby, Dillon Powers, Michael Stephens

FORWARDS
Sam Garza, Peri Marosevic, Brek Shea, Tony Taylor

Among the players left out
Bryan Arguez, Guiseppe Nazzani, Fuad Ibrahim and Vincenzo Bernardo.

U.S. U-20 men's group schedule

Sept. 26
U.S. vs. Germany
Mubarek Stadium; Suez, Egypt
10 a.m. ET, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com

Sept. 29
U.S. vs. Cameroon
Mubarek Stadium; Suez, Egypt
12:45 p.m. ET, ESPN2, ESPN360.com


Oct. 2
U.S. vs. South Korea
Mubarek Stadium; Suez, Egypt
12:45 p.m. ET, ESPN2, ESPN360.com

ESPN Preview:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/st ... ld&cc=5901

Apparently several players haven't been released by the clubs, including Bojan Krkic - Barcelona (SPA), Marko Marin - Weder Bremen (GER), and Toni Kroos - Bayer Leverkusen (GER). Good news for the US.

U.S. U-20 men's pool schedule


U.S.A. 0:3 Germany
...and it wasn't that close!


U.S. 4:1 Cameroon
...and it wasn't that close!

Oct. 2
U.S. vs. South Korea
Mubarek Stadium; Suez, Egypt
12:45 p.m. ET, ESPN2, ESPN360.com

Fate in our own hands...Beat South Korea

looks like US might not move on to the knockout stage. Losing 2-0 at half.

U.S.A. 0:3 Republic of South Korea
...and it wasn't that close!

MLSers Salgado, Pineda
called into US U-20 camp


14 players are returning from the January U-20 camp in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., including Salgado and Cunningham. Both were also on the roster for Ramos’ first camp in Duisberg, Germany, in November of last year.

The February training camp, which will include matches against the FC Dallas reserves on Feb. 26 and Montreal Impact reserves three days later, will serve as preparation for the upcoming 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

US U-20 men's national team roster:

GOALKEEPERS (3):
Tomas Gomez (Georgetown Univ.; Webster Groves, Mo.), Jesus Guzman (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), Kamil Kaminski (Legia Warszawa; Berlin, Conn.)

DEFENDERS (8):
A.J. Cochran (Univ. of Wisconsin; St. Louis), Sean Cunningham (Molde FK; Troy, Mich.), Christian Dean (Univ. of California; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Mobi Fehr (Unattached; Tokyo), Eric Miller (Creighton Univ.; Woodbury, Minn.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Tigres UANL; Riverside, Calif.), Boyd Okwuonu (Univ. of North Carolina; Edmund, Okla.), Walker Zimmerman (Furman Univ.; Lawrenceville, Ga.).

MIDFIELDERS (10):
Seth Casiple (Univ. of California; Rocklin, Calif.), Daniel Cuevas (Santos Laguna; Sacramento, Calif.), Matt Dunn (OFK Beograd; Dallas), Daniel Garcia (FC Dallas Academy; Dallas), Alejandro Guido (Unattached; Chula Vista, Calif.), Benji Joya (Santos Laguna; San Jose, Calif.), Mikey Lopez (Univ. of North Carolina; Mission, Texas), Collin Martin (D.C. United Academy; Chevy Chase, Md.), Daniel Metzger (Univ. of Maryland; Staten Island, N.Y.), Victor Pineda (Chicago Fire; Bollingbrook, Ill.)

FORWARDS (5):
Villyan Bijev (Fortuna Düsseldorf; Fresno, Calif.), Alfred Koroma (Solar Chelsea SC; Southlake, Texas), Sean Okoli (Wake Forest Univ.; Federal Way, Wash.), Andrew Oliver (Chicago Fire Academy; Indianapolis.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps; El Paso, Texas)


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