United States men's national under-23 soccer team

United States Olympic
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Nickname(s)	Team USA ; The Stars and Stripes; The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Marko Mitrović
Captain	Tanner Tessmann
First colors	Second colors
First international
	United States 1–2 Italy ; (Barcelona, Spain; July 24, 1992)
Biggest win
	United States 6–0 Cuba ; (Nashville, United States; March 22, 2012)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 4–0 United States ; (Guadalajara, Mexico; February 10, 2004); Morocco 4–0 United States ; (Paris, France; August 2, 2024); Records for competitive matches only
Olympic Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1992)
Best result	Fourth place (2000)
Pan American Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1999)
Best result	Bronze (1999)
Medal record
Pan American Games

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, with the next one to be held during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which the team has already qualified for as hosts.

Its most recent major tournament was the 2024 edition at the Paris Olympics, in which the team made it to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Morocco.

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

1988–1992: Lothar Osiander
1994–1995: Timo Liekoski
1995–1996: Bruce Arena
1996–2003: Clive Charles
2003–2004: Glenn Myernick
2006–2007: Bob Bradley
2007–2009: Piotr Nowak
2011–2012: Caleb Porter
2013–2014: Tab Ramos
2015–2016: Andreas Herzog
2019–2021: Jason Kreis
2023–Present: Marko Mitrović^[3]

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

2024

March 22 Friendly	United States	3–0	Guinea	Olot, Spain
12:00 p.m. ET	Harriel 9' Busio 45+1' Gomez 51'	Report		Stadium: Nou Estadi Municipal Attendance: 60 Referee: Jan Cobos Pujol (Spain)

March 25 Friendly	France	2–2	United States	Montbéliard, France
3:00 ET	Kalimuendo 27' (pen.) Diouf 79'	Report	Yow 86' Cowell 89'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Bonal

June 11 Friendly	United States	0–2	Japan	Kansas City, Kansas
8:00 ET		Report	Fujio 6' (pen.) Hosoya 69'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Jon Freemon (United States)

July 13 Friendly	Paraguay	0–1	United States	Bordeaux, France
17:00			McGuire 56'	Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

July 18 Friendly	Spain	1–1	United States	Bordeaux, France
			Booth	Stadium: Stade de Bordeaux

July 24 Olympics GS	France	3–0	United States	Marseille, France
15:00 ET	Lacazette 61' Olise 69' Badé 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Marseille Attendance: 48,721 Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

July 27 Olympics GS	New Zealand	1–4	United States	Marseille, France
13:00 ET	Randall 78'	Report	Mihailovic 10' (pen.) Zimmerman 12' Busio 30' Aaronson 58'	Stadium: Stade de Marseille Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

July 30 Olympics GS	United States	3–0	Guinea	Saint-Étienne, France
13:00 ET	Mihailovic 14' Paredes 31', 75'	Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

August 2 Olympics QF	Morocco	4–0	United States	Paris, France
09:00 ET	Rahimi 29' (pen.) Akhomach 63' Hakimi 70' Maouhoub 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Yael Falcón (Argentina)

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were named for the 2024 Olympics.^[4] On July 30, 2024, Josh Atencio replaced Gianluca Busio due to injury.^[5]

Caps and goals are updated as of August 2, 2024, after the match against Morocco.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Patrick Schulte	(2001-03-13) March 13, 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Columbus Crew
18	1GK	Gabriel Slonina	(2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Barnsley (on loan from Chelsea)

2	2DF	Nathan Harriel	(2001-04-23) April 23, 2001 (age 23)	11	1	Philadelphia Union
3	2DF	Walker Zimmerman	(1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31)	8	1	Nashville SC
4	2DF	Maximilian Dietz	(2002-02-09) February 9, 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Greuther Fürth
5	2DF	John Tolkin	(2002-07-31) July 31, 2002 (age 22)	11	0	New York Red Bulls
12	2DF	Miles Robinson	(1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 27)	7	1	FC Cincinnati
17	2DF	Caleb Wiley	(2004-12-22) December 22, 2004 (age 19)	8	0	Strasbourg (on loan from Chelsea)

8	3MF	Tanner Tessmann (c)	(2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 (age 23)	14	0	Venezia
14	3MF	Djordje Mihailovic	(1998-11-10) November 10, 1998 (age 26)	13	3	Colorado Rapids
15	3MF	Benjamin Cremaschi	(2005-03-02) March 2, 2005 (age 19)	7	1	Inter Miami CF
16	3MF	Jack McGlynn	(2003-07-07) July 7, 2003 (age 21)	11	0	Philadelphia Union
21	3MF	Josh Atencio	(2002-01-31) January 31, 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Seattle Sounders FC

7	4FW	Kevin Paredes	(2003-05-07) May 7, 2003 (age 21)	6	2	VfL Wolfsburg
9	4FW	Griffin Yow	(2002-09-25) September 25, 2002 (age 22)	7	1	Westerlo
10	4FW	Taylor Booth	(2001-05-31) May 31, 2001 (age 23)	8	0	Utrecht
11	4FW	Paxten Aaronson	(2003-08-26) August 26, 2003 (age 21)	9	2	Utrecht
13	4FW	Duncan McGuire	(2001-02-05) February 5, 2001 (age 23)	9	1	Orlando City SC

Alternates

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
6	3MF	Gianluca Busio	(2002-05-28) May 28, 2002 (age 22)	8	2	Venezia
	1GK	John Pulskamp	(2001-04-19) April 19, 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Sporting Kansas City
	3MF	Jake Davis	(2002-01-03) January 3, 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Sporting Kansas City
	4FW	Johan Gomez	(2001-07-23) July 23, 2001 (age 23)	7	2	Eintracht Braunschweig

Recent call-ups

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

June 2024 friendlies.^[6]
March 2024 friendlies.^[7]^[8]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Chris Brady	(2004-03-03) March 3, 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Chicago Fire	March 2024 friendlies

DF	Jonathan Tomkinson	(2002-04-11) April 11, 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Bradford City	June 2024 friendlies
DF	Bryan Reynolds	(2001-06-28) June 28, 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Westerlo	June 2024 friendlies
DF	Jalen Neal	(2003-08-24) August 24, 2003 (age 21)	0	0	LA Galaxy	June 2024 friendlies
DF	George Campbell	(2001-07-22) July 22, 2001 (age 23)	3	0	CF Montréal	March 2024 friendlies

MF	Aidan Morris	(2001-11-16) November 16, 2001 (age 23)	4	1	Columbus Crew	June 2024 friendlies
MF	Rokas Pukštas	(2004-08-25) August 25, 2004 (age 20)	0	0	HNK Hajduk Split	June 2024 friendlies
MF	Cole Bassett	(2001-07-28) July 28, 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Colorado Rapids	June 2024 friendlies
MF	Daniel Edelman	(2003-04-28) April 28, 2003 (age 21)	1	0	New York Red Bulls	March 2024 friendlies

FW	Cade Cowell	(2003-10-14) October 14, 2003 (age 21)	5	1	Guadalajara	June 2024 friendlies
FW	Damion Downs	(2004-07-06) July 6, 2004 (age 20)	3	0	1. FC Köln	June 2024 friendlies
FW	Esmir Bajraktarevic	(2005-03-10) March 10, 2005 (age 19)	6	1	New England Revolution	June 2024 friendlies
FW	Diego Luna	(2003-09-07) September 7, 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Real Salt Lake	March 2024 friendlies

Notes:

INJ: Withdrew due to injury

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
1996	Kasey Keller (GK)	Alexi Lalas (DF)	did not select
2000	Brad Friedel (GK)	Jeff Agoos (DF)	Frankie Hejduk (MF)
2008	Brad Guzan (GK)	Michael Parkhurst (DF)	Brian McBride (FW)
2024	Walker Zimmerman (DF)	Miles Robinson (DF)	Djordje Mihailovic (MF)

Honors

CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- Winners (1): 1992
- Runners-up (2): 2000, 2008
- Third place (1): 2015
Pan American Games
- Gold medalists (1): 1991

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-23 Goals
1	Steve Snow	1992	10
2	Landon Donovan	2000–2004	9
3	Jordan Morris	2014–2016	7
4	Jerome Kiesewetter	2011–2015	6
4	Brent Goulet	1988	6
6	Freddy Adu	2008–2012	5
7	Joe Corona	2012	4
	Luis Gil	2011–2016	4
	Bobby Convey	2004	4
	Sacha Kljestan	2007–2008	4
	Alecko Eskandarian	2002–2004	4
	Chris Albright	2000	4
	Mike Seerey	1972	4
	Carl Gentile	1964	4

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record										Qualification record						Manager
Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Manager
Through 1988	See United States men's national soccer team									1988 Pre-Olympic Tournament						Osiander
1992	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	6	5	Squad	6	5	0	1	17	10	Osiander
1996	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	4	4	Squad	Qualified as hosts						Arena
2000	Fourth place	4th	6	1	3	2	9	11	Squad	4	2	1	1	8	2	Charles
2004	Did not qualify									5	3	1	1	11	7	Myernick
2008	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	4	Squad	5	3	1	1	6	1	Nowak
2012	Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	9	5	Porter
2016										5	4	0	1	15	4	Herzog
2020										4	2	0	2	6	3	Kreis
2024	Quarterfinals	8th	4	2	0	2	7	8	Squad	7	6	1	0	31	2	Mitrović
2028	Qualified as hosts									Qualified as hosts						TBD
2032	To be determined									To be determined						TBD
Total	—	—	19	6	6	7	30	32	—	39	23	5	8	103	34	—

Summer Olympics history
First Match	Italy 2–1 United States (24 July 1992; Barcelona, Spain)
Biggest Win	United States 4–1 New Zealand (27 July 2024; Marseille, France) United States 3–0 Guinea (30 July 2024; Saint-Étienne, France)
Biggest Defeat	Morocco 4–0 United States (2 August 2024; Paris, France)
Best Result	Fourth place in 2000
Worst Result	Tenth place in 1996

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record										Qualification Record						Manager
Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Manager
Through 1995	See United States men's national under-20 soccer team									Qualified automatically						Liekoski
1999	Bronze medal	3rd	6	3	1	2	6	8	Squad	Qualified automatically						Charles
2003	Did not enter									Did not enter						Myernick
2007	See United States men's national under-18 soccer team									Qualified automatically						Bradley
2011	Did not enter									Did not enter						Porter
2015																Herzog
2019																Kreis
2023	See United States men's national under-19 soccer team									2022 U-20 Championship						Mitrović
2027	To be determined									To be determined						TBD
Total	—	—	6	3	1	2	6	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Pan American Games history
First Match	United States 1–0 Cuba (23 July 1999; Winnipeg, Canada)
Biggest Win	United States 1–0 Cuba (23 July 1999; Winnipeg, Canada) United States 2–1 Jamaica (27 July 1999; Winnipeg, Canada) United States 2–1 Canada (6 August 1999; Winnipeg, Canada)
Biggest Defeat	Mexico 4–0 United States (4 August 1999; Winnipeg, Canada)
Best Result	Bronze medal in 1999
Worst Result	Bronze medal in 1999

Pre-Olympic Tournament

Olympic Qualifying Championship results										Qualification						Manager
Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Manager
Through 1988	See United States men's national soccer team									See United States men's national soccer team						Osiander
1992	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	17	10	Squad	4	3	1	0	18	2	Osiander
1996	Qualified as hosts									No qualification						Arena
2000	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	8	2	Squad	Qualified automatically						Charles
2004	Fourth place	4th	5	3	1	1	11	11	Squad	2	2	0	0	10	0	Myernick
2008	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	6	2	Squad	Qualified automatically						Nowak
2012	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	9	5	Squad							Porter
2015	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	15	4	Squad							Herzog
2020	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	3	Squad							Kreis
Total	—	—	32	20	4	8	72	37	—	6	5	1	0	28	2	—

Olympic Qualifying Championship history
First Match	United States 2–1 Mexico (25 March 1992; Mexico City, Mexico)
Biggest Win	United States 6–0 Cuba (22 March 2012; Nashville, United States)
Biggest Defeat	Mexico 4–0 United States (10 February 2004; Guadalajara, Mexico)
Best Result	Champions in 1992
Worst Result	Group stage in 2012

References

^ "Your comments on Team USA's win over Algeria and advancing to knockout round". Nj.com. June 24, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
^ Wilson, Paul (June 26, 2010). "USA 1–2 Ghana". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "Marko Mitrović Named Head Coach of U.S. Under-23 Men's Youth National Team and Michael Nsien Named Head Coach of U.S. Under-19 Men's Youth National Team". www.USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. September 6, 2023. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
^ "Marko MItrović names 2024 U.S. Olympic Men's Soccer Team". ussoccer.com. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "USA VS. Guinea: Starting XI & Lineup notes". USSF. July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
^ "TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS CALLED TO U.S. MEN'S OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM FOR FINAL PRE-OLYMPIC TRAINING CAMP AND MATCH AGAINST JAPAN IN KANSAS CITY". ussoccer.com. June 5, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
^ "Twenty-two players called to U.S. Men's Olympic Soccer team for matches vs. Guinea and France as prep for Paris 2024 continues". ussoccer.com. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ "Goalkeeper Chris Brady added to U.S. Men's Olympic Team Roster for matches against Guinea and France". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Your comments on Team USA's win over Algeria and advancing to knockout round". Nj.com. June 24, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.

[2] Wilson, Paul (June 26, 2010). "USA 1–2 Ghana". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[3] "Marko Mitrović Named Head Coach of U.S. Under-23 Men's Youth National Team and Michael Nsien Named Head Coach of U.S. Under-19 Men's Youth National Team". www.USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. September 6, 2023. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.

[4] "Marko MItrović names 2024 U.S. Olympic Men's Soccer Team". ussoccer.com. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[5] "USA VS. Guinea: Starting XI & Lineup notes". USSF. July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.

[6] "TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS CALLED TO U.S. MEN'S OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM FOR FINAL PRE-OLYMPIC TRAINING CAMP AND MATCH AGAINST JAPAN IN KANSAS CITY". ussoccer.com. June 5, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.

[7] "Twenty-two players called to U.S. Men's Olympic Soccer team for matches vs. Guinea and France as prep for Paris 2024 continues". ussoccer.com. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[8] "Goalkeeper Chris Brady added to U.S. Men's Olympic Team Roster for matches against Guinea and France". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

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