United States men's national under-23 soccer team

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United States Under-23
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Nickname(s) Team USA [1]
The Stars and Stripes [2]
The Yanks
Association United States Soccer Federation
Confederation CONCACAF
Head coach Marko Mitrović
Captain Tanner Tessmann
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First international
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1–2 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg
(Barcelona, Spain; July 24, 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6–0 Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg
(Nashville, United States; March 22, 2012)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4–0 United States  Flag of the United States.svg
(Guadalajara, Mexico; February 10, 2004)
Records for competitive matches only
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1992 )
Best resultFourth place (2000)

The United States U-23 men's national soccer team, also known as the United States men's Olympic soccer team, is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is qualification into and competition at the quadrennial Olympic Football Tournament, the next of which is to be held during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The team's most recent major tournament was the 2020 edition at the Tokyo Olympics, in which the United States team did not qualify. Their most recent qualification was the tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage.

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In accordance with FIFA regulations, the roster can be augmented with three "overage" players during Olympic competition.

History

Men's Olympic soccer became an under-23 competition for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the group stage, the Americans defeated Kuwait but lost to Italy and only managed a draw with Poland. As a result, they were eliminated in the first round. Several U.S. players on the roster, however, would go on to have a major influence with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which the United States would host.

The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia would be the first time that teams could add overage players to their rosters. Being the host nation and with Major League Soccer in the middle of its inaugural season, the USSF tapped then-D.C. United head coach Bruce Arena to manage the Olympic team. They would fall short again, however, as a loss to eventual-silver medalists Argentina offset a win against Tunisia and a draw with Portugal.

The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia marked a significant turnaround in the fortunes of the team. This time, the United States, led by head coach Clive Charles, won their group on goal difference on the strength of draws with the Czech Republic and eventual-gold medalists Cameroon and a win over Kuwait. A tense quarterfinal match against Japan ended in a penalty shoot-out which the United States won. Losses to Spain in the semifinals and Chile in the bronze medal match left the Americans short of medal dreams, but the fourth-place finish in a sixteen-team tournament was the program's greatest youth team.

The team did not compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; the United States, led by head coach Glenn Myernick, failed to qualify after a defeat to Mexico in the semifinals of the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

In late 2006, former Chivas USA head coach Bob Bradley was given the reins to both the senior national team and under-23 national team. His tenure would be brief as his elevation to full-time head coach of the senior team would result in him handing control of the under-23 team to his assistant head coach, Piotr Nowak. Under Nowak, the United States qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics after a 3–0 win over Canada in the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, thanks to goals by Freddy Adu and Sacha Kljestan. The Olympics began promisingly; the Americans defeated Japan and led Holland late. However, a stoppage time goal equalized for the Dutch, and the Americans followed up with a loss to Nigeria.

Under the leadership of new coach Caleb Porter in the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the Americans defeated Cuba but were then beaten by Canada and surrendered a late lead against El Salvador, causing them to miss the Olympics for the second time in three tournaments.

Coaches

Recent schedule and results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2023

October 11Friendly United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 ET
 Report
Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
October 17Friendly United States  Flag of the United States.svg4–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Phoenix, Arizona
10:30 ET
 Report
Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium
November 18Friendly United States  Flag of the United States.svg1–1Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
11:00 ET
 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arena
November 21Friendly United States  Flag of the United States.svg0–1Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
9:00 ET Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena

2024

March 22Friendly United States  Flag of the United States.svg3–0Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Olot, Spain
12:00 p.m. ET
 Report Stadium: Nou Estadi Municipal
Attendance: 60
Referee: Jan Cobos Pujol (Spain)
March 25Friendly France  Flag of France.svg2–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Montbéliard, France
3:00 ET
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Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were named to the roster for friendlies against Guinea and France. [4] [5]

Caps and goals are updated as of March 25, 2024, after the match against France.

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Patrick Schulte (2001-03-13) March 13, 2001 (age 23)20 Flag of the United States.svg Columbus Crew
121 GK Chris Brady (2004-03-03) March 3, 2004 (age 20)30 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Fire
22 DF Nathan Harriel (2001-04-23) April 23, 2001 (age 23)61 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union
32 DF John Tolkin (2002-07-31) July 31, 2002 (age 21)60 Flag of the United States.svg New York Red Bulls
42 DF Jonathan Tomkinson (2002-04-11) April 11, 2002 (age 22)60 Flag of England.svg Bradford City
52 DF Bryan Reynolds (2001-06-28) June 28, 2001 (age 22)60 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Westerlo
182 DF Maximilian Dietz (2002-02-09) February 9, 2002 (age 22)60 Flag of Germany.svg Greuther Fürth
202 DF George Campbell (2001-07-22) July 22, 2001 (age 22)30 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CF Montréal
222 DF Caleb Wiley (2004-12-22) December 22, 2004 (age 19)40 Flag of the United States.svg Atlanta United FC
63 MF Gianluca Busio (2002-05-28) May 28, 2002 (age 21)61 Flag of Italy.svg Venezia
83 MF Tanner Tessmann (2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 22)90 Flag of Italy.svg Venezia
103 MF Paxten Aaronson (2003-08-26) August 26, 2003 (age 20)41 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vitesse
143 MF Jack McGlynn (2003-07-07) July 7, 2003 (age 20)60 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union
193 MF Daniel Edelman (2003-04-28) April 28, 2003 (age 21)10 Flag of the United States.svg New York Red Bulls
163 MF Aidan Morris (2001-11-16) November 16, 2001 (age 22)41 Flag of the United States.svg Columbus Crew
74 FW Kevin Paredes (2003-05-07) May 7, 2003 (age 21)20 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Wolfsburg
94 FW Cade Cowell (2003-10-14) October 14, 2003 (age 20)41 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara
114 FW Esmir Bajraktarevic (2005-03-10) March 10, 2005 (age 19)61 Flag of the United States.svg New England Revolution
134 FW Duncan McGuire (2001-02-05) February 5, 2001 (age 23)41 Flag of the United States.svg Orlando City SC
174 FW Johan Gomez (2001-07-23) July 23, 2001 (age 22)62 Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Braunschweig
154 FW Diego Luna (2003-09-07) September 7, 2003 (age 20)10 Flag of the United States.svg Real Salt Lake
214 FW Griffin Yow (2002-09-25) September 25, 2002 (age 21)21 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Westerlo

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up
GK Gabriel Slonina (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20)00 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eupen March 2024 friendliesINJ
GK John Pulskamp (2001-04-19) April 19, 2001 (age 23)30 Flag of the United States.svg Sporting Kansas City November 2023 friendlies
DF Brandan Craig (2004-04-07) April 7, 2004 (age 20)20 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union October 2023 friendlies
MF Benjamin Cremaschi (2005-03-02) March 2, 2005 (age 19)41 Flag of the United States.svg Inter Miami CF November 2023 friendlies
MF Cole Bassett (2001-07-28) July 28, 2001 (age 22)20 Flag of the United States.svg Colorado Rapids November 2023 friendlies
MF Josh Atencio (2002-01-31) January 31, 2002 (age 22)00 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders FC November 2023 friendlies
MF Obed Vargas (2005-08-05) August 5, 2005 (age 18)21 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders FC October 2023 friendlies
FW Agustin Anello (2002-04-22) April 22, 2002 (age 22)20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sparta Rotterdam November 2023 friendlies
FW Bernard Kamungo (2002-01-01) January 1, 2002 (age 22)40 Flag of the United States.svg FC Dallas November 2023 friendlies
FW Taylor Booth (2001-05-31) May 31, 2001 (age 22)30 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Utrecht November 2023 friendlies
FW Brian Gutiérrez (2003-06-17) June 17, 2003 (age 20)20 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Fire October 2023 friendlies
FW Indiana Vassilev (2001-02-16) February 16, 2001 (age 23)10 Flag of the United States.svg St. Louis City SC October 2023 friendlies

Notes:

Overage players in Olympic Games

TournamentPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
Kasey Keller (GK) Alexi Lalas (DF)did not select
Brad Friedel (GK) Jeff Agoos (DF) Frankie Hejduk (MF)
Brad Guzan (GK) Michael Parkhurst (DF) Brian McBride (FW)

Honors

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerYear(s)U-23 Goals
1 Steve Snow 199210
2 Landon Donovan 2000–20049
3 Jordan Morris 2014–20167
4 Jerome Kiesewetter 2011–20156
Brent Goulet 19886
6 Freddy Adu 2008–20125
7 Joe Corona 20124
Luis Gil 2011–20164
Bobby Convey 20044
Sacha Kljestan 2007–20084
Alecko Eskandarian 2002–20044
Chris Albright 20004
Mike Seerey 19724
Carl Gentile 19644

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record Qualification recordManager
HostResultPosPldWDLFASquadPldWDLGFGA
Through 1988 See United States men's national soccer team 1988 Pre-Olympic Tournament Osiander
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Group stage9th311165 Squad 6 5011710
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Group stage10th311144 Squad Qualified as hosts Arena
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Semi-finals4th6132911 Squad 4 21182 Charles
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 did not qualify 5 311117 Myernick
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Group stage9th311144 Squad 5 31161 Nowak
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 did not qualify 3 11195 Porter
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 5 401154 Herzog
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 4 20263 Kreis
Flag of France.svg 2024 To be determined 7 610312 Mitrović
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Qualified as hostsTBD
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 To be determined
Total——154652324—39235810334—


Pan American Games

Pan American Games recordQualification RecordManager
YearResultPosPldWDLFASquadPldWDLFA
Through 1995 See United States men's national under-20 soccer team Qualified automatically Liekoski
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1999 Semi-finals3rd631268 Squad Charles
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2003 Did not enterDid not enter Myernick
Flag of Brazil.svg 2007 See United States men's national under-18 soccer team Qualified automatically Bradley
Flag of Mexico.svg 2011 Did not enterDid not enter Porter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 Herzog
Flag of Peru.svg 2019 Kreis
Flag of Chile.svg 2023 See United States men's national under-19 soccer team 2022 U-20 Championship Mitrović
Flag of Peru.svg 2027 to be determinedTo be determinedTBD
Total——631268————————

Pre-Olympic Tournament

Olympic Qualifying Championship resultsQualificationManager
HostRoundPosPldWDLGFGASquadPldWDLGFGA
Through 1988 See United States men's national soccer team See United States men's national soccer team Osiander
White flag of surrender.svg 1992 Final round1st65011710 Squad 4 310182
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1996 Qualified as hostsNo qualification Arena
Flag of the United States.svg 2000 Final2nd421182 Squad Qualified automatically Charles
Flag of Mexico.svg 2004 Semi-finals4th53111111 Squad 2 200100 Myernick
Flag of the United States.svg 2008 Final2nd531162 Squad Qualified automatically Nowak
Flag of the United States.svg 2012 Group stage5th311195 Squad Porter
Flag of the United States.svg 2015 Semi-finals3rd5401154 Squad Herzog
Flag of Mexico.svg 2020 Semi-finals3rd420263 Squad Kreis
Total——3220487237—6510282—

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