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U.S. U-17s fall to Russia in tournament opener in Czech Republic

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RichieWilliamsUSSoccer4 (Mexsport)

 

By RYAN TOLMICH

The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team was forced to settle for a loss in its first game of the Vaclav Jezek Tournament.

Pushed back by three second-half goals, the U.S. fell, 4-2, to Russia on Tuesday in Vysokie Myto, Czech Republic. The Americans fought back from a goal down to take a lead before halftime, but the second stanza proved to be their undoing.

Up 2-1 at halftime, the U.S. fell behind for good after Russia’s Alexandr Lomovitskiy scored the last goals in his hat-trick performance with strikes in the 63rd and 68th minutes. A goal from Boris Tsygankov followed in the 82nd, dooming the Americans to a loss in a physical contest that yielded five yellow cards.

Richie Williams’ side had initially fallen behind in the match after Lomovitskiy buried a penalty in the 13th minute, but responded quickly with goals from Joshua Perez and Hugo Arrellano within a 10-minute span.

Perez’s effort came via a penalty kick finish in the 17th minute, while Arrellano, an LA Galaxy product, followed up his teammate’s goal with one his own in the 27th to give the U.S. a lead it could not hold onto.

U.S. U-17s’ starting lineup: Will Pulisic; John Nelson, Daniel Barbir, Hugo Arellano (c), Alexis Velela; Tyler Adams, Luca de la Torre, Christian Pulisic; Pierre Da Silva, Brandon Vazquez (Joe Gallardo, 73), Josh Perez (Haji Wright, 73).

Unused substitutes: Kevin Silva, Reginald Cannon, Tanner Dieterich, Auston Trusty, Tommy McCabe, Eric Calvillo, Alejandro Zendejas.

The U.S. U-17s will return to action Wednesday for a match-up with Slovenia before taking on Slovakia on Friday.

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What do you make of the result? What do you expect from the U-17s going forward?

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Comments

    • Welllllllllll………I think your joking but he is the Technical Director.

      Joking aside, October 10th is the biggest day of JK’s tenure. Confederations spot and Olympic spot on the line.

      If we are of 0-2 on that day, I have to think Gulati has no choice, right?

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      • No choice but to what? Give him a big fat extension. JK isn’t going anywhere. While I think he should have been fired after the Gold Cup, I actually don’t think the Confed Cup or Olympics are particularly big deals in the grand scheme of things.

  3. Apparently, we’ve getting screwed with calls this tournament. 2 clear pks not called today, and the first Russia goal was a bad call. These kids better pick it up, need to be better we’re going to advance in Chile.

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      • If you actually took the time to look at his Twitter, he’s tweeting about somebody who is at the game and their analysis. This isn’t just his opinion, but a few others who were at the game posted their opinions on Twitter, bigsoccer, etc. You know, if you want information for yourself, there is this website that’s fantastic: Google.

      • Why would I want to look at his Twitter? What makes him such a great source of information? The guy is a nobody. You seem to be the one who is in need of independent sources. Here’s a hint…if the source is whining about officiating, it’s probably not a good source.

    • Which is it? Do they need to pick it up or are they being horribly cheated by the refs just like every team that lost a game ever? I’d bet it’s the former.

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      • Obviously referring decisions can impact games but too often fans of a team that loses blame everything on the ref. This is two losses in two games. I doubt it’s all the ref’s fault. And when the source is a player’s brother, that’s really dubious.

        Certainly in my years as a youth coach, parents and relatives blamed the ref roughly 100% of the time for everything and blamed their own little darlings pretty much never.

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