The USMNT won Group F at the U-20 World Cup, finishing off group play with a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia. The USMNT advances to play New Zealand in the round of 16 on June 1 (7am ET – FS1). In the other Group F finale, Senegal and Ecuador drew 0-0.
Brooks Lennon put the USMNT up in the 40th minute. The USMNT played a man down with a second yellow card to Cameron Carter-Vickers. Abdulelah Almari equalized in the 74th.
The USMNT faces a player shortage in their round of 16 game against New Zealand. Carter-Vickers is out with his red card suspension. Joining him are Aaron Herrera and Derrick Jones doe to yellow card accumulation.
GAME REPORT
Match: U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team vs. Saudi Arabia
Date: May 28, 2017
Competition: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup – Group F
Venue: Daejeon World Cup Stadium; Daejeon, Korea Republic
Kickoff: 5 a.m. ET (6 p.m. local time)
Attendance: 5,460
Weather: 83 degrees; Sunny
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 1 0 1
KSA 0 1 1
USA – Brooks Lennon 40th minute
KSA – Abdulelah Alamri (Sami Alnaji) 74
Lineups:
USA: 1-Jonathan Klinsmann; 3-Danny Acosta, 5-Erik Palmer-Brown (capt.), 16-Cameron Carter-Vickers, 14-Aaron Herrera; 20-Luca de la Torre (7-Eryk Williamson, 89), 18-Derrick Jones, 8-Tyler Adams; 11-Sebastian Saucedo (6-Justen Glad, 46), 19-Josh Sargent (9-Emmanuel Sabbi, 70), 17-Brooks Lennon
Subs not used: 2-Auston Trusty, 4-Tommy Redding, 12-James Marcinkowski, 13-Lagos Kunga, 15-Jeremy Ebobisse, 21-Brady Scott
Not available: 10-Gedion Zelalem
Head coach: Tab Ramos
KSA : 1-Amin Albukhari; 2-Anas Zabbani (20-Mansour Almuwallad, 73), 5-Abdulelah Alamri, 6-Sami Alnaji (capt.), 7-Khalid Alsamiri (19-Fahad Alrashidi, 58), 10-Ayman Alkhulaif, 11-Abdulrahman Alyami, 13-Hassan Altambakti, 14-Ali Alasmari, 16-Abdulrahman Aldosari, 17-Abdullah Tarmin (15-Naif Kireiri, 68)
Subs not used: 3-Mohammad Albassas, 4-Awn Alsaluli, 8-Yousef Alharbi, 9-Hassan Alqayd, 12-Saleh Alohaymid, 18-Nasser Aldawsari, 21-Mohammed Alyami
Head coach: Saad Alshehri
Stats Summary: USA / KSA
Shots: 9 / 12
Shots on Goal: 2 / 5
Saves: 4 / 1
Corner Kicks: 4 / 5
Fouls: 14 / 18
Offside: 0 / 0
Misconduct Summary:
USA – Aaron Herrera (caution) 8th minute
KSA – Abdulrahman Aldosari (caution) 23
KSA – Sami Alnaji (caution) 30
USA – Derrick Jones (caution) 32
KSA – Abdullah Tarmin (caution) 33
USA – Cameron Carter-Vickers (caution) 40
USA – Cameron Carter-Vickers (caution) 45
USA – Cameron Carter-Vickers (sent off) 45
KSA – Abdulelah Alamri (caution) 65
Officials:
Referee: Diego Haro (PER)
Assistant Referee 1: Jonny Bossio (PER)
Assistant Referee 2: Raul Lopez (PER)
Fourth Official: Mario Diaz de Vivar (PAR)
