The game is at Mexico, they both made it the u20 world cup in Turkey. This game is for bragging rights, who is the best in North America at the youth level...
Is gone be in Fox Soccer Channel at 6pm, looking forward to a great game, its a rivalry game so it should be exciting.
Let see if the Americans can do it in front of 40,000 Mexican fans.
http://www.ussoccer.com/News/U-20-MN...st-Mexico.aspx
2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship – Final
Estadio Cuauhtémoc; Puebla, Mexico
March 3, 2013
U.S. U-20 MNT LOOKS TO MAKE HISTORY IN CONCACAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL VS. MEXICO: The U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team is looking to do something no previous U.S. U-20 MNT has done in the history of the U-20 qualifying tournament – win an outright final. The USA faces Mexico in a highly-anticipated title game at the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 3, at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla, Mexico. The match will be broadcast live on FOX Soccer and Galavision. Fans can follow the match on ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and via Twitter
@ussoccer_ynt. Sunday’s final is preceded by the tournament’s third-place game between Cuba and El Salvador (4 p.m. ET; FOX Soccer, Univision Deportes Dos).
USA’S CONCACAF U-20 FINALS HISTORY - The U.S. U-20 MNT advanced to its fourth finals of the CONCACAF U-20 qualifying tournament and is in search of its first crown.
- The USA fell to Mexico 2-0 on Aug. 17, 1980, in the eighth CONCACAF Youth Tournament in Washington, D.C.
- In the ninth CONCACAF Youth Tournament, the U.S. lost in overtime to Honduras 1-0 on Sept. 5, 1982, in Guatemala City. Following the tournament, Honduras was disqualified for age irregularities and the U.S. advanced to the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. U-20 MNT head coach Tab Ramos played on that 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup team.
- The U.S. advanced to the final of the 22nd CONCACAF Youth Championship but lost to Costa Rica 3-0 on March 15, 2009, in Macoya, Trinidad.
- The tournament format was changed starting in 1986, when there was only group play and no championship match. The format changed again in 2009 to include a championship match.
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