USA U-20s Fail To Advance To WC Knockout Stages

Some third placed teams in the group stages advance in the U-20 World Cup, but the U.S. will not be one of them.

Oct 3, 2009 7:34:09 PM

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The United States U-20 team failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the U-20 World Cup.

After finishing the group stages with three points and a negative three goal differential, the U.S. still had a chance of advancing based on other results. However, fellow CONCACAF representative Costa Rica earned the necessary goal differential to advance instead of the U.S.
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