United States men's national under-23 soccer team

The United States U-23 men's national soccer team, also known as the United States men's Olympic soccer team, is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is qualification into and competition at the quadrennial Olympic Football Tournament, with the next one to be held during the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which the team has already qualified for as hosts.

United States Olympic

Nickname(s)	Team USA[1] The Stars and Stripes[2] The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Marko Mitrović
Captain	Tanner Tessmann
First colors Second colors
First international
United States 1–2 Italy  (Barcelona, Spain; July 24, 1992)
Biggest win
United States 6–0 Cuba  (Nashville, United States; March 22, 2012)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 4–0 United States  (Guadalajara, Mexico; February 10, 2004)  Morocco 4–0 United States  (Paris, France; August 2, 2024) Records for competitive matches only
Olympic Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1992)
Best result	Fourth place (2000)
Pan American Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1999)
Best result	Bronze (1999)
Medal record Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team

Its most recent major tournament was the 2024 edition at the Paris Olympics, in which the team made it to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by Morocco.

In accordance with FIFA regulations, the roster can be augmented with three "overage" players during Olympic competition.

Men's Olympic soccer became an under-23 competition for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the group stage, the Americans defeated Kuwait but lost to Italy and only managed a draw with Poland. As a result, they were eliminated in the first round. Several U.S. players on the roster, however, would go on to have a major influence with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, which the United States would host.

The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia would be the first time that teams could add overage players to their rosters. Being the host nation and with Major League Soccer in the middle of its inaugural season, the USSF tapped then-D.C. United head coach Bruce Arena to manage the Olympic team. They would fall short again, however, as a loss to eventual-silver medalists Argentina offset a win against Tunisia and a draw with Portugal.

The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia marked a significant turnaround in the fortunes of the team. This time, the United States, led by head coach Clive Charles, won their group on goal difference on the strength of draws with the Czech Republic and eventual-gold medalists Cameroon and a win over Kuwait. A tense quarterfinal match against Japan ended in a penalty shoot-out which the United States won. Losses to Spain in the semifinals and Chile in the bronze medal match left the Americans short of medal dreams, but the fourth-place finish in a sixteen-team tournament was the program's greatest youth team.

The team did not compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; the United States, led by head coach Glenn Myernick, failed to qualify after a defeat to Mexico in the semifinals of the 2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament.

In late 2006, former Chivas USA head coach Bob Bradley was given the reins to both the senior national team and under-23 national team. His tenure would be brief as his elevation to full-time head coach of the senior team would result in him handing control of the under-23 team to his assistant head coach, Piotr Nowak. Under Nowak, the United States qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics after a 3–0 win over Canada in the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, thanks to goals by Freddy Adu and Sacha Kljestan. The Olympics began promisingly; the Americans defeated Japan and led Holland late. However, a stoppage time goal equalized for the Dutch, and the Americans followed up with a loss to Nigeria.

Under the leadership of new coach Caleb Porter in the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the Americans defeated Cuba but were then beaten by Canada and surrendered a late lead against El Salvador, causing them to miss the Olympics for the second time in three tournaments.

• 1988–1992: Lothar Osiander
• 1994–1995: Timo Liekoski
• 1995–1996: Bruce Arena
• 1996–2003: Clive Charles
• 2003–2004: Glenn Myernick
• 2006–2007: Bob Bradley
• 2007–2009: Piotr Nowak
• 2011–2012: Caleb Porter
• 2013–2014: Tab Ramos
• 2015–2016: Andreas Herzog
• 2019–2021: Jason Kreis
• 2023–Present: Marko Mitrović^[3]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

The following 18 players were named for the 2024 Olympics.^[4] On July 30, 2024, Josh Atencio replaced Gianluca Busio due to injury.^[5]

Caps and goals are updated as of August 2, 2024, after the match against Morocco.

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

• June 2024 friendlies.^[6]
• March 2024 friendlies.^[7][8]
• November 2023 friendlies.^[9]
• October 2023 friendlies.^[10]

Notes:

• INJ: Withdrew due to injury

• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Winners (1): 1992
  • Runners-up (2): 2000, 2008
  • Third place (1): 2015
• Pan American Games
  • Gold medalists (1): 1991

• United States Soccer Federation
• United States men's national soccer team
• United States men's national under-17 soccer team
• United States men's national under-20 soccer team
• Football at the Summer Olympics

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