The United States Under-17 national team looks to take a step closer to the knockout stage of the FIFA U-17 World Cup as at faces Uzbekistan in its second Group D game at Estadio Corona in Torreon, Mexico (4 p.m., ESPN3.com, Galavision).
The Americans routed the Czech Republic, 3-0, in their opening game, behind goals from Alejandro Guido, Esteban Rodriguez and Alfred Koroma. Coach Wilmer Cabrera has elected to go with the same starting XI that earned the victory on Sunday, and his team can secure a place in the Round of 16 with another win.
Uzbekistan, meanwhile, fell to New Zealand, 4-1, in its opening match and is in need of result to keep its dreams of advancing alive.
If you will be watching the USA-Uzbekistan match, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
Wow the ref is having a stinker. Penalty for rodriguez called against HIM and then down on the other side a penalty on the US. Terrible.
Gil and Renken are playing U-20 now I think. Too bad U-20 missed their World Cup. But the U-17s are missing our best striker, Andrew Oliver.
You gotta love Koroma. Kid’s a monster physically and is good technically
Shoot Koroma shoulda started! Two sub appearances, two goals.
Hahaha and we are tied.
1-1 Koroma
Coach Cabrera saw what we did, took off Amon and brought on Nate Smith to play LB, shifting Acosta to RB I take it.
Coach took Amon out so he must have been thinkg Amon.
Credit to the U17s for attempting to play attractive ball. Maybe someday we’ll pull it off. But in the meantime ball movement is way too slow for the Uzbeks, who pick em off and counter. We’ve had very few forays into the Uzbek third.
Right next to burka burkastan
I haven’t followed our U17 much but aren’t we missing some big name kids (Gil, Renken) or are they older? Are any of these kids people to keep an eye on?
Idk what’s worse our play or the keepers mullet?
That was supposed to be to abc. Ives a comment upgrade please
Uzbek assholes are right next to Borat’s Kazakhstan
Yeah don’t feel like getting my laptop
Watching UK Eurosport, I think the announcers have started playing cards and keep talking about the lack of people in the stands
We look really lazy and uninterested. Our performance against the czechs wasn’t a fluke, but Wilmer needs to tear into these kids at the break because it has been terrible through the first 45.
Bad Half. Worse mullet on the Uzbek goalie. Some really lazy passes from our boys.
The announcer isn’t just saying it once he is repeating again and again.. and thats a tough call on whos playing worse.
Just awful passing…shameful.
Going with Amon so far..but no one on this team has looked even remotely good. I tuned in when I saw we beat the czech republic 3-0 and am thinking that it must have been a fluke.
Wow we look terrible, even the ESPN3 commentator is saying how can a team look so good one day and so bad the next.
Who is worse, Amon or Carroll?
Wow we look bad. Safe to say we aren’t going to be challenging for the cup.
I think if somone gets hurt and needs trainer assistance then they should stay off the field for at least 10 minutes just for precaution
Let me guess, Galavision not ESPN3?
Thanks
espn3 is on time…galavision is 8 minutes behind…
Wow our RB Ammon is just getting pounded.
Uzbekistan keeper has an awesome mullet.
I really don’t understand this worthless, idiotic style of play we are attempting…keeping possession is great if you can switch the field and find some penetration through the midfield to create chances, but every time we switch the field it takes 4 passes and at least 20 seconds and then when we do get it to the other side they’ve easily closed it down and we pass it 30 yards back again. This is a sad day for me, i thought by now we had competent coaches able to teach our youth some creativity and effective playing styles, so much for that…
Just like the nats we can’t pass in the final 1/3.
Guido’s got some flair, I like it.
Come on, it’s right next to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan
Nice sequence started in the back by Pelosi and Guido ends with a header over the bar.
Really? I thought it was our senior team. lots of lat and back passes but not much going forward. Especially against a team that we should be blowing out.
Why am I behind by like 10 minutes?
Looks like it has evened out. Uzebk was not offsides and that was not a foul. 1-0 Game on.
US is down by a goal but at least they are playing more attacking/attractive football compared to the senior team in the Gold Cup….
Matt dunn passes back more then klejstan
No goal for USA? Okay, so we’re even now for that blown offsides that shoulda made it 2-0 Uzbekistan…
Wow imagine that a dissallowed goal in a WC!?!?!?! Defender didn’t even attempt the ball should be 2-1 instead it is 1-0.
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Zach Carroll is just practicing his early giveaways so he can be ready for the full nats.
Where is uzbekistan?
wow, a national team sheild worse than ours. huzzah!
Now the Uzbeks got robbed on a missed offsides. The US better start holding onto the ball.
Apparently, it’s so hot there that fatigue WILL factor in later in the game.
Our RB is looking terrible as well. Way to many giveaways.
Should be 2-0 Uzebekitan. Our CBs are not good and the second goal was called offsides but replays show he was clearly onside by a yard or two. Not impressed with the US so far.
Failure to clear the ball, that’s just sloppy on our boys’ part.
Wow. Uzbek strike scores! Didn’t see that coming