TOYOTA, Japan (August 11, 2007) -- The U.S. Under-17 91 Men’s National Team topped Australia, 3-0, in their second game of the Toyota International Youth Championship, taking second-place in Group A of the tournament and earning a berth in the third-place match against a Japanese Youth All-Star team.

The U.S. opened scoring in the 36th minute when a Perry Kitchen shot rebounded to Nick Millington, who hit a one-touch volley into the upper corner past Australian goalkeeper Mark Brighitti.

Eder Arreola made it 2-0 in the 58th minute, getting on the end of a ball that Amobi Okugo played perfectly over the defense. Arreola brought the ball down with his chest in stride and placed his low shot just inside the far post.

In the 74th minute, Charles Renken used some footwork to get around a pair of defenders and slotted a through ball into the box, where Dersu Abolfathi ran onto it and beat the rushing Brighitti for the final score of 3-0. Goalkeeper Samir Badr earned the shutout for the U.S.

The U.S. takes on the Japanese All-Stars on Sunday to determine third place in the tournament.



-U.S. Under-16 Men’s National Team Game Report-

Participants: USA U16 MNT vs. Australia U16 MNT
Competition: Toyota International Youth Football Championship
Location: Toyota, Japan
Date: August 11, 2007

Scoring Summary:
            1    2   F
USA    0    2   3
AUS    0    0   0

USA Nick Millington      (Unassisted)          36th minute
USA Eder Arreola         (Amobi Okugo)       58.
USA Dersu Abolfathi   (Charles Renken)  74.

Lineups:
USA: 1-Samir Badr, 3-Gale Agbossoumonde, 9 Aubrey Perry, 12-Parker Walsh, 2-Nick Millington (17-Chad Barson, 66th), 5-Amobi Okugo (10-Scott Caldwell, 64th), 6-Christian Ramos (4-Dersu Abolfathi, 40th), 7-Pablo Cruz, 11-Jose Altamirano (11-Charles Renken, 62nd), 14-Perry Kitchen, 16-Ryan Finley (13-Eder Arreola, 40th)
Subs Not Used: 18-Earl Edwards, 15-Korey Veeder
Head Coach: Brian Maisonneuve

Australia: 1-Mark Brighitti, 3-Marc Warren, 5-Anthony Bran, 15-Brendan Hamill, 16-Peter Franjic (2-Bailey Wright, 58th), 6-Jared Lum, 8-Benjamin Kanatarovski (11-Kamsal Ibrahim, 40th), 17-Christopher Bush, 9-Stephan Lucas (12-Tedros Yabio, 58th), 13-Nikola Stanojevic (7-Ben Harrington, 62nd), 14-Danni Gapare
Subs not used: 18-Nicholas Tubbs, 10-Joseph Costa
Head Coach: Martyn Crook

Statistical Summary:
                               USA    AUS
Shots                      12       5
Shots on goal        9         0
Saves                      0        6
Fouls                       7        9
Corner Kicks          4        1
Offside                    5         4

Misconduct Summary:
None