The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team may not have had the best run in the 2015 Stevan Vilotic Tournament, but they ended on a high note Monday.
The U.S. U-20s defeated Israel, 2-0, at Stadium FK Backa Topola in Backa Topola, Serbia. The victory sees the Americans finish in sixth place out of six teams.
An Israel own goal and a converted penalty kick by Real Salt Lake Homegrown talent Sebastian Saucedo were enough to see the U.S. win. However, a 6-1 loss to France Friday and a 3-1 defeat to Serbia Thursday will leave a sour taste.
One change Tab Ramos made to the starting lineup at the beginning of the tournament was to move Emmanuel Sabbi from a forward position into a midfield role, and the additions of Saucedo and Victor Mansaray up top worked well this time out.
Sporting Kansas City Homegrown defender Erik Palmer-Brown captained Monday’s squad, and he played in all three of the U.S.’s games.
Here is the starting lineup used by the U-20s against Israel below:
Goalkeeper: Justin Vom Steeg
Defenders: James Murphy, Erik Palmer-Brown, Justen Glad, Nicholas Hinds
Midfielders: Cameron Lindley, Martin Salas, Emmanuel Sabbi, Kyle Scott
Forwards: Sebastian Saucedo, Victor Mansaray
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What did you think of the U-20’s performances during the tournament? What do you take away from these results?
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most of these kids wont be around through the whole cycle. as soon as the u17 world cup is over some of those players will take over and Cameron carter-Vickers will still be eligible for the u20s this cycle
He will probably be playing with the U23 the next cycle. You don’t keep a guy in an group simply because he’s young enough. You promote him to play at the highest level he can play. U20 guys rarely play 2 cycles if they are starters, no matter how young they are,
Finished six out of six. Not sure there’s a high note there.
They probably lacked fitness. Am I right Klinsi?
What? Don’t let your hate cloud your judgment.