San Jose Earthquakes academy alum JT Marcinkowski and the U.S. U-20 National Team defeated longtime rival Mexico 1-0 Monday afternoon in Costa Rica in the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship’s classification stage. The win handed El Tri their first loss in the tournament since 2009 and set the U.S. atop of Group D heading into Friday’s bout against El Salvador.
Marcinkowski last started for the U.S. in a 4-0 win against St. Kitts and Nevis on Feb. 24, their first shutout of the tournament. The Alamo native was recently with the U-20’s for January Camp from Jan. 15-23 in Carson Calif.