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U.S. U-17s qualify for World Cup

Stars and Stripes FC | May 12, 2019

Related Topics: United States of America, Giovanni Gerardo Morales Reyna, CONCACAF U17 Championship, FIFA U-17 World Cup, Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez, Gianluca Busio, Raphaël Wicky, Panama, England national under-17 football team, Sporting Kansas City

The United States Under-17 national team earned a spot in the 2019 U-17 World Cup with a 3-0 win over Panama in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship. It is their third consecutive World Cup qualification and 17th since the tournament’s founding in 1985.

The USMNT opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez played Gianluca Busio in on goal, and the Sporting Kansas City wunderkind finished the sequence:

In the 59th minute, Ocampo-Chavez was fouled in the box. Giovanni Reyna doubled the lead from the penalty spot:

This is Reyna's 5th goal of the tourney as he is up for Silver Boot contention!

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