Glad you took the time to watch it. The u17 and U19 games can be entertaining as long as you don’t immediately assume all the kids are gonna be stars. It’s cool to see names pop up you haven’t heard in awhile 6 or 7 year later. The 1999-2000 Olympic team was pretty much the same squad that had been together since U17 and oh boy it’s filled with Hall of Famers. That’s how you win. You find a core in 1996 and you stick with their development for 5 years and put together a sick U23 squad.I watched the US vs Guatemala last night, USA 5-3 winners. A couple of guys stood out for me. Kid named David Vasquez had a couple assists and made some nice crosses and accurate passes. Kid named Figeurora can score & is making a run for the Golden Boot. Sign him up for the Sr. team, HA!. I'm glad these youngsters have qualified for the U-17 WC and they just might win that concacaf qualifying tourney.
Just a few: Landon Donovan, DeMarcus Beasley, Conor Casey, Josh Wolff, John OBrien, Ben Olson, Tim Howard. Most of the rest were eventual MLS all-stars.