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In the latest soccer news: Coach Cabrera named his 20 man roster for the U-17 Men's National Team  that will face Cuba, Canada and Honduras in Tijuana, Mexico for the U-17 Concacaf Championship qualifiers. The USA will face Cuba April 21st, Canada April 23rd, and Honduras April 25th with the top two teams advancing to the U-17 World Cup in Nigeria.

 

The U-17 squad recently travelled to South America where they gained some valuable experience receiving a beatdown by Argentina and Uruguay but defeated Bolivia. The most obvious exclusion was Charles Renken, a highly touted and skilled player who has received attention from several European Clubs who will miss due to a knee injury. After recently entering the Residency Program in the past six weeks, Sebastian Llegett, famed by bloggers and forum junkies as an upcoming player with the skills to make an And1 player jealous, will attempt to replace and provide the spark missing from the injured Charles Renken. Llegget recently scored in the Uruguayan friendly which the US lost 1-3.

 

Coach Cabrera hopes that his other star players will fill the void, and Jack McInerney boasts the stats to suggest that he can provide that extra spark,  leading the team with 11 goals in 20 games. Carlos Martinez demonstrated his solid flank play in 2007 scoring two goals in friendlies against Russia and Brazil. Joseph Gyau provides the complete attacking package - the dynamic slash-and-dash 1v1 ability combined with exceptional speed and quickness-which has not been evident in recent US Youth internationals for several years.  What do you think of the roster?

 

 

No.	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Birthdate	Hometown	Club
1	Edwards, Earl	GK	6-2	205	01/24/92	San Diego, Calif.	La Jolla Nomads SC
2	Zavaleta, Eriq	D	6-0	180	08/02/92	Westfield, Ind.	FC Pride
3	Polak, Tyler	D	5-7	140	05/13/92	Lincoln, Neb.	Capital Soccer Academy
4	Kitchen, Perry	D	5-11	150	02/29/92	Indianapolis, Ind.	Chicago Magic AS Monaco
5	Duran, Marlon	M	5-3	150	01/25/92	Duncanville, Texas	Latino Americana
6	Watts, Jared	D	6-0	150	02/03/92	Statesville, N.C.	North Meck SC
7	Jerome, Stefan	F	5-11	170	08/11/92	Davie, Fla.	West Pines United FC
8	Shinsky, Alex	D	5-8	135	04/02/93	York, Pa.	Super Nova FC
9	McInerney, Jack	F	5-8	155	08/05/92	Alpharetta, Ga.	Cobb SC
10	Gil, Luis	M	5-8	155	11/14/93	Garden Grove, Calif.	Pateadores
11	Corea, Dustin	M	5-7	155	03/21/92	Milwaukee, Ore.	East Side United FC
12	Orozco, Emilio	D	5-10	155	04/29/92	Oxnard, Calif.	Rampage FC
13	Gyau, Joseph	F	5-6	150	09/16/92	Silver Spring, Md.	FC DELCO
14	Herold, Zachary	D	5-11	160	06/07/92	Port St. Lucie, Fla.	West Pines United FC
15	Martinez, Carlos	M	5-8	160	01/21/92	San Pedro, Calif.	Wilmington Jr.
16	Palodichuk, Nicholas	M	6-0	175	09/15/92	Battleground, Wash.	Washington Premier FC
17	Agudelo, Juan	F	6-0	180	11/23/92	Barneget, N.J.	New York Red Bulls Academy
18	Richey, Spencer	GK	6-0	170	05/30/92	Seattle, Wash.	Crossfire Premier
19	Craven, Andrew	M	5-8	155	01/21/92	St. Simons Island, Ga.	First Coast Kicks
20	Lleget, Sebastian	M	5-8	155	09/03/92	South San Francisco, Calif.	Santa Clara SC

 

 What do you think of the Roster? Will the USA qualify for the World Cup? Who is your favorite player for the U-17 squad? Will Renken be ready for Nigeria 2009?

 

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In the latest soccer news: Stefan Jerome and Marlon Duran score against Bolivia winning 2-1 in Buenos Aires. The U-17 Men's National Team continues its South American Tour Wednesday facing Argentina at 3:30 pm. Click here for the times and dates of the games.

 

What do you think of the win? Does the USA have a chance against the Argentines? What will the score be? Who will emerge as a break-out player in this tourney?

 

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In the latest soccer news: Mikkel Diskerud, Norwegian and American U-20 international, scores the equalizer for Stabaek on a tap in from a deflected shot. Entering the game as a substitute, Diskerud proved his worth in the 84th minute with the equalizer. Now, I know what you are going to ask me. Who is this guy?

 

Mikkel Diskerud, holder of dual nationalities, has played for both the US U-20 and Norwegian U-18 but has not appeared in an official match for either country. He mentioned to Soccer365 that he would like to play for the USA but has not heard from Coach Rongen. He might consider playing for Norway if the USA is not interested. This article features his three assist game for the U-20 MNT.

 

It could be difficult to project his development, but the young midfielder is only 18 years old and is playing in the Norwegian First Division. Let's hope that the USSF and Thomas Rongen will make the right decision and evaluate the player fairly.

 

Click this link to watch this soccer video that features Diskerud's goal in the 3:30 minute of this clip.

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Will Rongen take a look at him for the 2009 U-20 World Cup? Will he try him out in some upcoming friendlies? What should Rongen do? What are your thoughts? Let us know.

 

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In the latest soccer news: Coach Wilmer Cabrera scheduled three friendlies against Bolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay to prepare for the upcoming CONCACAF Qualifiers that will take place April 21st-29th in Tijuana, Mexico. The U-17 squad will face Bolivia on March 23rd and will play a total of three games in five days which will mirror the same setup as qualifiers in April. In CONCACAF qualifying, Carbrera's squad will face Cuba, Honduras, and Canada in group play.

 

These are the lineups for the mini-tournament in Argentina.

 

GOALKEEPERS (2): Earl Edwards (La Jolla Nomads; San Diego, Calif.), Spencer Richey (Crossfire Premier; Seattle, Wash.)

 
DEFENDERS (8): Julio Arjona (D.C. United Academy; Germantown, Md.), Zachary Herold (West Pines United; Port St. Lucie, Fla.), Perry Kitchen (Chicago Magic; Indianapolis, Ind.), Nicholas Palodichuk (Washington Premier; Battleground, Wash.), Tyler Polak (Capital Soccer Academy; Lincoln, Neb.), Alex Shinsky (SuperNova FC; York, Penn.), Jared Watts (North Meck; Statesville, N.C.), Eriq Zavaleta (FC Pride; Westfield, Ind.)

 
MIDFIELDERS (7): Marlon Duran (Latino Americana; Duncanville, Texas), Luis Gil (Pateadores; Garden Grove, Calif.), Sebastian Lleget (Santa Clara Sporting; South San Francisco, Calif.), George Malki (SC Delsol; Scottsdale, Ariz.), Carlos Martinez (Wilmington Juniors; San Pedro, Calif.), Charles Renken (Scott Gallagher Metro; Edwardsville, Ill.), Dominick Sarle (Huntington, N.Y.; BW Gottschee)

 
FORWARDS (3): John Agudelo (New York Red Bulls Academy; Barnegat, N.J.), Stefan Jerome (West Pines United; Davie, Fla.), Soony Saad (Vardar SC; Dearborn, Mich.)

 

What are you thougts? Will the US be able to defeat either Argentina or Uruguay? Let us know.

 
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In the latest soccer news, the US U-20 Mens National Team stumbles against Costa Rica conceding three goals. Although the US U-20 MNT performed well through the tournament not conceding a goal, the goal flood gates opened as Los Ticos received scoring contributions from Diego Alonso Estrada, Josue Martinez, and Allen Guevarra.

 

Previously, the US U-20 squad bolstered a 10 game unbeaten streak in CONCACAF qualifying dating back to 2002 where they lost to Canada. In addition, the US defense conceded their first goal in over 628 minutes demonstrating their solid and organized back line. Brian Perk had a fantastic tournament producing four clean sheets and earning Man-of-the-match honors twice.

 

Thomas Rongen spoke about the overall and final's performance stating that "we made a lot of changes tonight to try to put ourselves in a situation to be successful, but also to look at some players under pressure." Rongen added that "I’m disappointed in the loss but overall satisfied with the way we’ve played throughout the finals. Getting to Egypt was our primary goal here, we reached that and to reach a final is a very good accomplishment for a team that came together in a very short amount of time. We did some very good things, and I think this team will represent us well in Egypt."

 

Although Costa Rica exposed the US U-20 squad giving the USA a second place finish, Kyle Davies earned Man-of-the-Match Honors. The USA qualified for the event which was the goal at hand but fell short in the final. This is the starting line-up and formation  for the Costa Rican game.

 

This soccer video features responses from 0-3 loss.

 

 

These are the starting line-ups for both teams.

USA:18-Joshua Lambo (1-Sean Johnson, 46); 6-Amobi Okugo (15-Brian Ownby, 58, 5-Aaron Maund, 2-Kyle Davies (capt.), 11-Jorge Flores; 12-Bryan Arguez, 8-Jared Jeffrey, 3-Anthony Wallace; 14-Sam Garza (7-Daniel Cruz, 66), 16-Billy Schuler, 23-Brek Shea
Subs not used: 4-Sheanon Williams, 9-Peri Marosevic, 10-Dilly Duka, 13-Tony Taylor,
Subs not available: 22-Gale Agbossoumonde, 24-Brian Perk
Head coach: Thomas Rongen

 

CRC:1-Esteban Alvarado; 2-Jose Antonio Mena, 5-Derrick Alberto Johnson (capt.), 6-Ricardo Jose Blanco, 7-Marcos Danilo Urena (11-Diego Josue Madrigal, 85), 8-David Alberto Guzman, 13-Allen Guevara, 14-Brian Jose Oviedo, 16-Diego Alonso Estrada (10-Carlos Hernandez, 90+), 17-Josue Martinez (9-Jorge Castro, 90+), 19-Jose Daniel Varela
Subs not used: 3-Kenner Gutierrez, 15-Javier Mynor Esoce, 18-Minor Jesus Alvarez
Subs not available: 4-Juan Andres Monge, 12-Cristian Gamboa
Head Coach: Ronald Gonzalez

 

What do you think of the USA's performance in the tourney? Will the USA be strong this season? Will they call in the big guns such as Adu, Garcia, and Altidore? What are your thoughts? We want to know.

 

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In the latest soccer news: US U-20 Mens National team squeaked by Trinidad and Tobago with a pair of saves by Brian Perk during the penalty shoot-out. Perk earned his second Man-of-the-match honors to secure a trip to final to face the Ticos of Costa Rica. Costa Rica has defeated Mexico, Canada, and Honduras to confront the USA.

 

The US lead and produced good number in categories such as 9 shots, 3 shots on goal, and 4 corner kicks.  Jared Jeffrey, Dilly Duka, Anthony Wallace, and Kyle Daviesconverted their penalty shots. Peri Marosevic was the only player to miss his penalty which sailed high.

 

These were the starting lineups for the game.

USA:24-Brian Perk; 4-Sheanon Williams (5-Aaron Maund, 90+), 22-Gale Agbossoumonde, 2-Kyle Davies (capt.), 3-Anthony Wallace; 15-Brian Ownby, 8-Jared Jeffrey, 10-Dilly Duka, 7-Danny Cruz (16-Billy Schuler, 77); 9-Peri Marosevic, 13-Tony Taylor (6-Amobi Okugo, 68)
Subs not used: 1-Sean Johnson, 18-Josh Lambo, 12-Bryan Arguez, 14-Sam Garza
Subs not available: 11-Jorge Flores, 23-Brek Shea
Head coach: Thomas Rongen

 

TRI:1-Glenroy Samuel, 3-Curtis Gonzales (15-Uriah Bentic, 90+), 4-Sheldon Bateu, 5-Akeem Davis, 6-Leston Paul, 8-Sean de Silva, 9-Juma Clarence (10-Daniel Joseph, 69), 11-Trent Lougheed (19-Qian Grosvenor, 50), 12-Robert Primus, 14-Jean Luc Rochford,17-Nicholas Walker
Subs not used: 2-Aubrey David, 13-Marvin Manswell, 20-Andres Marchan
Subs not available: 7-Kebin Molino, 18-Daniel Cyrus
Head Coach: Zoran Vranes

 

What do you think of the results? Are the US lucky in this tourney? Were you happy to see Mexico crash and burn? Share your thoughts.

 

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