| United States Under-20 | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | USA |
| Nickname: | Team USA The Stars and Stripes[1] [2] The Yanks |
| Association: | United States Soccer Federation |
| Confederation: | CONCACAF (North America) |
| Coach: | Vacant |
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| First Game: | 1–1 (Guatemala City, Guatemala; April 2, 1964) |
| Largest Win: | 13–0 (Bradenton, Florida, United States; November 3, 2018) |
| Largest Loss: | 7–1 (Bayamón, Puerto Rico; September 30, 1976) |
| Regional Name: | FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 17 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1981 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Fourth place (1989) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | Pan American Games |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 1987 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Gold (1991) |
| 3Rdregional Name: | CONCACAF Under-20 Championship |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 25 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 1964 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Champions (2017, 2018, 2022) |
| American: | true |
The United States U-20 men's national soccer team is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. The highest level of competition in which the team competes is the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.
The United States' best finish came in the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, when the U.S. beat Iraq in the quarterfinal before losing to Nigeria in overtime in the semifinal and Brazil in the third-place match. Steve Snow tied for second in the tournament with three goals.
The U.S. reached the quarterfinals in 1993 but lost to Brazil. After missing out in 1995, the U.S. began a run of six consecutive qualifications in 1997, reaching the second round in five consecutive tournaments. Of those tournaments, the best U.S. performance came in 2003, when the U.S. reached the quarterfinal and led Argentina 1–0 in the final minutes before falling 2–1 in extra time. The U.S. also reached the quarterfinal of the 2007 Cup before losing 2–1 in extra time to Austria.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Result | Squad | ||||||||
| 1977 |  Tunisia | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1979 |  Japan | ||||||||||
| 1981 |  Australia | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Squad | |
| 1983 |  Mexico | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Squad | |
| 1985 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 1987 |  Chile | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Squad | |
| 1989 |  Saudi Arabia | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | Squad | |
| 1991 |  Portugal | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1993 | Australia | Quarterfinals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Squad | |
| 1995 |  Qatar | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 1997 |  Malaysia | Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Squad | |
| 1999 |  Nigeria | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2001 |  Argentina | Round of 16 | 13th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | Squad | |
| 2003 |  United Arab Emirates | Quarterfinals | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | Squad | |
| 2005 |  Netherlands | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2007 |  Canada | Quarterfinals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | Squad | |
| 2009 |  Egypt | Group stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2011 |  Colombia | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2013 |  Turkey | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad | |
| 2015 |  New Zealand | Quarterfinals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | Squad | |
| 2017 | Quarterfinals | 6th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | Squad | ||
| 2019 |  Poland | Quarterfinals | 6th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Squad | |
| 2021 |  Indonesia | Cancelled | |||||||||
| 2023 | Argentina | Quarterfinals | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2025 | Chile | Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | — | 71 | 30 | 10 | 31 | 103 | 98 | — | |||
| Pan American Games | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Result | Squad | ||||||||
| 1951–1983 | See United States men's national soccer team | ||||||||||
| 1987 |  United States | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | ||
| 1991 |  Cuba | Gold medal | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | — | |
| 1995 | Argentina | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | — | ||
| 1999–2003 | See United States men's national under-23 soccer team | ||||||||||
| 2007 | See United States men's national under-18 soccer team | ||||||||||
| Since 2011 | See United States men's national under-23 soccer team | ||||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | — | |||
| CONCACAF Under-20 Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Host | Result | Squad | ||||||||
| 1962 |  Panama | did not enter | |||||||||
| 1964 |  Guatemala | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | ||
| 1970 | Cuba | did not enter | |||||||||
| 1973 | Mexico | ||||||||||
| 1974 | Canada | Playoff round | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | ||
| 1976 |  Puerto Rico | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 |  Honduras | Second round | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | ||
| 1980 | United States | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | |
| 1982 | Guatemala | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 |  Trinidad and Tobago | Fourth place | 4th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | Trinidad and Tobago | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | |
| 1988 | Guatemala | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | Guatemala | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | Canada | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | |
| 1994 | Honduras | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | |
| 1996 | Mexico | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st, Group B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | — | ||
| 2001 | Canada, Trinidad and Tobago | 2nd, Group A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | — | ||
| 2003 | Panama, United States | 2nd, Group B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | ||
| 2005 | United States, Honduras | 1st, Group A | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | Squad | ||
| 2007 | Panama, Mexico | 1st, Group A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Squad | ||
| 2009 | Trinidad and Tobago | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2011 | Guatemala | Quarterfinal | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2013 | Mexico | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Squad | |
| 2015 |  Jamaica | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2017 |  Costa Rica | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | Squad | |
| 2018 | United States | Champions | 1st | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2020 | Honduras | Cancelled | |||||||||
| 2022 | Honduras | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2024 | Mexico | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | Squad | |
| Total | 3 Titles | 136 | 86 | 21 | 29 | 326 | 106 | — | |||
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following 21 players were named to the squad for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[3]
Caps and goals are updated as of July 26, 2024 after the match against Mexico.[4]
The following players have been called up for the team in the past 12 months.
| width = 15% | Rank | width = 35% | Player | width = 25% | Year(s) | width = 20% | U-20 Goals |
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| 1 | Brek Shea | 2007–2009 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | Freddy Adu | 2003–2009 | 16 | ||||
| align=center rowspan="2" | 3 | Romain Gall | 2014–2015 | 13 | |||
| Scott E. Kennedy | 1992–1993 | 13 | |||||
| align=center rowspan = "2" | 5 | Eddie Johnson | 2003–2004 | 12 | |||
| Jacob Peterson | 2004–2005 | 12 | |||||
| 7 | Jeremy Ebobisse | 2016–2017 | 11 | ||||
| 8 | Will John | 2005 | 10 | ||||
| align=center rowspan = "2" | 9 | Chad Barrett | 2004–2005 | 9 |
| Name | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Angus McAlpine | 1983 | |
| 1987 | ||
| Bob Gansler | 1989 | |
| Bobby Howe | 1993 | |
| 1997 | ||
| Sigi Schmid | 1998–1999 | |
| 1999–2001 | ||
| 2002–2004 | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2006–2011 | ||
| 2011–2019 | ||
| 2020–2021 | ||
| Mikey Varas | 2021–2023 |