The US has been drawn with Ukraine, Nigeria, and Qatar in Group D of the 2019 U-20 World Cup. ASN’s Brian Sciaretta appears to be like on the draw and the groups the U.S. crew will face.
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Brian Sciaretta
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February 24, 2019
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THE UNITED STATES acquired a difficult however manageable draw on Sunday for the U-20 World Cup in Poland. After profitable the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 title, Tab Ramos’ squad was positioned into Group D the place it’s going to face Ukraine, Nigeria, and Qatar.
The US will open on Might 24 in opposition to the Ukraine. It’ll then tackle Nigeria on Might 27 and Qatar on Might 30. The primary two video games will happen at Stadion Miejski in Bielsko-Bia?some time the sport in opposition to Qatar shall be held on the Tychy.
The draw received’t be straightforward and Ukraine is bringing a really achieved crew which certified by advantage of its efficiency on the 2019 UEFA U-19 championships. It certified for the U-19 championships by profitable its qualifying group which consisted of hosts Romania, Serbia, and Sweden (profitable the primary two and drawing to Sweden).
On the European finals, Ukraine completed first in Group B the place it drew England and beat France and Turkey. Whereas its semifinal was a catastrophe in a 5-0 loss to Portugal, all 5 objectives had been scored within the primary half-hour.
On the European U-19 finals, Ukraine’s roster was nearly solely domestic-based, with one exception. Dynamo Kyiv ahead Vladyslav Supriaha was named to the crew of the event whereas Serhiy Buletsa, additionally of Dynamo Kyiv, was named as an alternate.
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Qatar certified for the U-20 World Cup by advantage of its efficiency on the AFC U-19 Championship. There it received Group A after a gap 2-1 loss to the United Arab Emirates was adopted by a 6-5 win over Indonesia and a 4-0 win over Chinese language Taipei. Within the quarterfinal, it earned its spot within the World Cup with a 7-3 win over Thailand (which was truly in additional time after a 3-3 draw after 90 minutes). It misplaced to South Korea 3-1 within the semifinal.
Qatar has 4 gamers on Belgian membership Eupen (first tier) and 5 gamers on Cultural Leonesa of Spain’s third tier. The remainder of the gamers are based mostly domestically. Each Eupen and Cultural Leonesa are owned by Aspire Zone Basis, which is a Qatar-based firm with the aim of creating Qatari-based gamers. Eupen’s Abdulrasheed Umaru was the main scorer within the Asian U-19 run with seven objectives and Cultural Leonesa’s Hashim Ali was tied for second with 5 objectives. None of Qatar’s gamers based mostly overseas (together with Umaru and Ali), nonetheless, has performed first crew membership minutes but.
Nigeria not too long ago certified as considered one of 4 African groups after its fourth place end on the 2019 African U-20 Cup of Nations. It received Group A with a 2-0 win over Burundi, a 0-0 draw in opposition to South Africa, and a 1-0 win over Niger. It misplaced its semifinal to eventual African champions Mali on penalties. It misplaced its third place sport to South Africa once more on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Tab Ramos will hope to carry a really proficient United States crew to Poland though he’s anticipated to be with out a few high gamers like Tyler Adams, Josh Sargent, and Tim Weah. On the heels of profitable CONCACAF for the second straight U-20 cycle, Ramos shall be in search of to have the crew return to at the least the quarterfinals for the third straight U-20 World Cup.
