American Youth learn their qualifying fates for 2007...

Both the US U-17 and US U-20 teams will be in action next year attempting to qualify for major International events. In January the U-20 team will play in a qualification tournament in Panama City, Panama while the U-17 team will travel to Kingston, Jamaica in April for their qualification games.

US U-17 Qualifying:
April 18-26 in Kingston, Jamaica
Group B - Kingston, Jamaica
Canada
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
USA
- Top three teams in the group will move on to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.

US U-20 Qualifying:
Jan. 17-21 in Panama City, Panama
Group A - Panama City, Panama
Guatemala
Haiti
Panama
USA
- Top two teams in the group will move on to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

With 5 U-17 players on the Generation Adidas target list discussed yesterday, we could see some additional professional players going to Jamaica and hopefully South Korea.

The FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada will take place from June 30-July 22. The FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea will take place from August 18-September 9.

Go USA!