United States men's national under-18 soccer team

United States Under-18

Nickname(s)	Team USA The Stars and Stripes[1][2] The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Omid Namazi
FIFA code	USA
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The United States U-18 Men's National Soccer team is the national under-18 association football team of the United States and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation.

The U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team serves as a transition for players between the Under-17 National Team and the Under-20 National Team. In 2016, the Under-18 age group will consist of players born on Jan. 1, 1999 or later.

Though the team does not compete in a world championship, head coach Omid Namazi^[3] and his squad will compete in international tournaments and hold several domestic training camps throughout the year.

Fixtures and results

United States  v  Spain February 4 Copa del Atlantico United States  0–1  Spain Maspalomas, Spain 19:30 WET Report Pino Caride  88' Stadium: Estadio Municipal United States  v  Argentina February 30 Copa del Atlantico United States  0–1  Argentina Las Palmas, Spain 17:00 WET Report Contreras  66' Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Silva Canary Islands v  United States February 7 Copa del Atlantico Canary Islands 3–2  United States Las Palmas, Spain 17:00 WET Montes  44' Morales  52' Exposito  89' Report Swanson  35' Winn  60' Rubin  79' Stadium: Estadio Alfonso Silva

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up to the U-18 United States National Team.^[4] Last update: 1 February, 2016

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	GK	James Fetterly	January 27, 1999		Texas Rush
	GK	Eric Lopez	March 5, 1999		LA Galaxy
	GK	Alec Samir	April 13, 1999		North Carolina Fusion
	GK	Seth Steibel			St. Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri
	DF	Corey Anton	November 12, 1999		Kaiserslautern
	DF	McKay Eves	February 11, 1999		Real Salt Lake
	DF	Christopher Grey			San Jose Earthquakes
	DF	Harold Hanson			FC Golden State
	DF	Mark McKenzie	February 25, 1999		Philadelphia Union
	DF	Alessandro Milesi			Shattuck-St. Mary's
	DF	Matthew Real			Philadelphia Union
	DF	Samuel Rodgers			Seattle Sounders FC
	DF	Callum Stretch	September 18, 1999		Aston Villa F.C.
	DF	Carson Vom Steeg	February 1, 1999		Real So Cal
	MF	Faris Abdi			IMG Academy
	MF	Jose Alfaro Jr.	April 16, 1999		Chicago Fire
	MF	Alberto Alvarenga			Real So Cal
	MF	Anthony Fontana			Philadelphia Union
	MF	Omir Fernandez			New York Red Bulls
	MF	Andrew Paoli	January 6, 1999		De Anza Force
	MF	Emanuel Perez			Capital Area Railhawks
	MF	Nicholas Pergjini			Troyes AC
	MF	Sterling Russell			Seattle Sounders FC
	MF	Kazuyoshi Shigenobu			New York Red Bulls
	MF	Gregory Tracey			Colorado Rapids
	MF	Erik Virgen			RSL Arizona
	FW	Arda Bulut			San Jose Earthquakes
	FW	Joshua Burnett	September 22, 1997		PDA
	FW	Rhys de Sota			Real Colorado
	FW	Leonardo Marquez-Ramirez	February 7, 1999		Leon
	FW	Damen Marcu			Real Colorado
	FW	Justin McMaster	June 30, 1999		Philadelphia Union
	FW	Cody Sundquist			Fiorentina
	FW	Kei Tomozawa			Seattle Sounders FC
	FW	Alex Vedamanikam			RSL Arizona
	FW	Haji Wright	April 12, 1999		FC Schalke 04

References

1. "Goal.com – World Cup 2010 Preview: USA – Algeria". Retrieved June 22, 2010.
2. "Newsweek". Retrieved June 22, 2010.
3. http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer/club-soccer-archives/nid-23805/Javier-Perez-named-USMNT-U18-head-coach Javier Perez Appointed Men's U-18 head coach
4. Roster - U.S. Soccer

See also

• United States men's national soccer team
• United States women's national soccer team
• United States men's national under-23 soccer team
• United States men's national under-21 soccer team
• United States men's national under-20 soccer team
• United States men's national under-17 soccer team
• United States women's national under-23 soccer team
• United States women's national under-20 soccer team
• United States women's national under-17 soccer team