United States men's national under-17 soccer team

United States Under-17
Nickname(s)	Baby Nats
Association	United States; Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Gonzalo Segares
FIFA code	USA
First colors	Second colors
First international
	El Salvador 1–4 United States ; (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; August 26, 1983)
Biggest win
	United States 11–0 Kyrgyzstan ; (Baku, Azerbaijan; May 30, 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Oman 4–0 United States ; (Alexandria, Egypt; September 6, 1997); Germany 4–0 United States ; (Querétaro, Mexico; June 30, 2011); Czech Republic 4–0 United States ; (Turkey; January 20, 2012); Netherlands 4–0 United States ; (Goiania, Brazil; November 2, 2019) Records for competitive matches only.
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1985)
Best result	Fourth place, 1999
CONCACAF Under-17 Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1983)
Best result	Champions , 1983, 1992, 2011

The United States U-17 men's national soccer team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team may compete is in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years. The team has a full-time residency program at the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

History[]

CONCACAF U-17 Championship record[]

1983: First Place
1985: DNP
1987: Second Place
1988: Second Place
1991: Second Place
1992: First Place
1994: Second Place
1996: Second Place
1999: Second Place Group A; won qualifying playoff•
2001: First Place Group A•
2003: First Place Group A•
2005: First Place Group A•
2007: First Place Group B•
2009: First Place Group A•
2011: First Place
2013: Quarterfinals – DNQ
2015: Third Place Group A – Won qualifying playoff
2017: Second Place
2019: Second Place

• Tournaments from 1999 to 2007 followed a two group format. No championship game took place, and no standings were given. The top teams in their respective groups qualified, and the second placed teams played in a playoff to decide the final seed. 2009 gave everyone qualification due to a swine flu epidemic.

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1985	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
1987	Group stage	13th	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
1989	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2
1991	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4
1993	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	8	8	0
1995	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5
1997	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
1999	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1
2001	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5
2003	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	8	7	+1
2005	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2
2007	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2
2009	Round of 16	12th	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
2011	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5
2017	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	0	2	11	7	+4
2019	Group stage	20th	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7
2021	Canceled
Total	17/19	0 titles	60	22	6	32	86	102	–16

Recent fixtures and results[]

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Players[]

Caps and goals may be incorrect.

Current squad[]

The following 36 players were named to the U-17 training camp for November 1–8, 2021.^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK		(2006-05-07) May 7, 2006 (age 15)	New England Revolution
1GK		(2006-07-25) July 25, 2006 (age 15)	Real Salt Lake
1GK		(2006-04-21) April 21, 2006 (age 15)	FC Dallas
1GK	Nick Holliday	(2006-01-17) January 17, 2006 (age 16)	North Carolina FC

2DF		(2006-02-21) February 21, 2006 (age 15)	Houston Dynamo
2DF		(2006-01-13) January 13, 2006 (age 16)	Philadelphia Union
2DF			LA Galaxy
2DF		(2006-01-30) January 30, 2006 (age 15)	Chicago Fire
2DF			Los Angeles FC
2DF			Inter Miami
2DF		(2006-06-07) June 7, 2006 (age 15)	Real Salt Lake
2DF			De Anza Force (CA)
2DF		(2006-04-21) April 21, 2006 (age 15)	Los Angeles FC
2DF		(2006-05-31) May 31, 2006 (age 15)	San Jose Earthquakes

3MF		(2006-02-01) February 1, 2006 (age 15)	Sporting Kansas City
3MF		(2006-03-01) March 1, 2006 (age 15)	FC Barcelona
3MF		(2006-12-01) December 1, 2006 (age 15)	St. Louis City SC
3MF		(2006-09-24) September 24, 2006 (age 15)	San Jose Earthquakes
3MF		(2006-05-03) May 3, 2006 (age 15)	San Jose Earthquakes
3MF		(2006-04-01) April 1, 2006 (age 15)	Houston Dynamo
3MF			Los Angeles FC
3MF		(2006-05-09) May 9, 2006 (age 15)	FC Cincinnati
3MF			Total Futbol Academy (CA)
3MF		(2006-04-26) April 26, 2006 (age 15)	Real Salt Lake
3MF		(2006-02-25) February 25, 2006 (age 15)	Portland Timbers

4FW			Barcelona Residency Academy (AZ)
4FW		(2006-04-05) April 5, 2006 (age 15)	San Jose Earthquakes
4FW			Austin FC
4FW		(2006-11-01) November 1, 2006 (age 15)	Philadelphia Union
4FW		(2006-11-26) November 26, 2006 (age 15)	Houston Dynamo
4FW		(2006-01-19) January 19, 2006 (age 15)	Seattle Sounders
4FW		(2006-12-16) December 16, 2006 (age 15)	Philadelphia Union
4FW		(2007-09-05) September 5, 2007 (age 14)	Philadelphia Union
4FW			LA Galaxy
4FW			Real Salt Lake (AZ)
4FW		(2006-04-05) April 5, 2006 (age 15)	Philadelphia Union

Previous call ups[]

The following 20 players were named to the squad for a UEFA development tournament on February 21–24, 2020.^[2]

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Honors[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Fourth Place (1): 1999
CONCACAF U-17 Championship
- Winners (3): 1983, 1992, 2011
- Runners-up (7): 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2017, 2019
- Third place (1): 2015

References[]

^ "U-17 Usmnt Returns To The Field For First Training Camp Under New Head Coach Gonzalo Segares". www.ussoccer.com.
^ "U-17 USMNT Kicks Off 2020-2021 Cycle at UEFA Development Tournament in England". www.ussoccer.com.

External links[]

Official U-17 MNT at U.S. Soccer

[1] "U-17 Usmnt Returns To The Field For First Training Camp Under New Head Coach Gonzalo Segares". www.ussoccer.com.

[2] "U-17 USMNT Kicks Off 2020-2021 Cycle at UEFA Development Tournament in England". www.ussoccer.com.

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v t National under-17 association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Panama
Caribbean	Barbados Bermuda¹ British Virgin Islands Cuba ^{2 3} ³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica ³ Puerto Rico Saint Lucia ³ ³ ² Trinidad and Tobago
1: North American member but affiliated to CFU. 2: South American member but affiliated to CONCACAF and to CFU. 3:Full CONCACAF member, but not affiliated to FIFA.