BRADENTON, Fla. (March 9, 2008) -- A split squad of the U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team picked up a draw and a win against the Chicago Magic in Development Academy play. The U.S. Youth National Teams remain undefeated in the Academy season.

The younger squad picked up a 4-0 win behind three first-half goals from Brian Span, Drew Hartell and Alex Bramall. Jaime Gutierrez added a goal in the second half to round out the scoring.

In the older age group, goalkeepers Earl Edwards and Jordan Maman both posted shutouts in the 0-0 draw.


U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team Game Report

Participants: USA U16 YNT v. U16 Chicago Magic
Competition: Development Academy
Location: IMG, Bradenton, FL
Date: March 9th, 2008
Weather: 60 degrees

Scoring Summary:
1 2 F
USA 3 1 4
CHI 0 0 0

USA Brian Span (Joseph Gyau) 22nd min
USA Drew Hartell (Chase Miller) 24th min
USA Alex Bramall (Joseph Gyau) 28th min
USA Jaime Gutierrez (Joseph Gyau) 72nd min

Lineups:
US YNT U16: 1-Spencer Richey (18-Brian Sylvestre, 53); 2-Chase Miller, 3-Alex Shinsky, 6-Zach Herold 20-Andrew Craven (4-Estan Arevalo, 74); 5-Zach Barnes (19-Julio Arjona, 62), 7-Brian Span, 8-Alex Bramall (11-Christian Alvarez, 54), 13-Joseph Gyau; 9-Drew Hartell (16-Alfred Koroma, 50), 15-Jaime Gutierrez;

Subs Not Used: 15-Korey Veeder
Head Coach: Wilmer Cabrera

Chicago Magic U16: GK-Thomas Serratore; 5-David Caban (3-Alexander Alvendia, 63), 8-Ryan Foreman, 14-William McGuinness (13-Oliver Mayer, 61), 15-Christopher Meingast (18-Ryan Saran, 53); 4-Jesse Ortiz, 10-Arturo Garza (16-Conner Miller, 50), 12-Dylan Mares (2-Mitch Albrecht, 33), 20-Reed Sullivan (11-Conner Holloway, 50); 1-Harrison
Shipp (7-Tyler Engel, 65), 17-Jacob Bushue;

Subs Not Used: GK-Kurtis Teskoski, 6-Matthew Ducci, 9-Cesar Fuerte
Head Coach: Sole Antonijevic

Statistical Summary:
USA CHI
Shots 13 2
Shots on goal 7 0
Saves 0 3
Corner Kicks 1 1
Fouls 11 6
Offside 1 1

Misconduct Summary:
CHI Reed Sullivan Caution 21st minute
CHI William McGuinness Caution 40th minute
CHI Conner Miller Caution 53rd minute
CHI Ryan Foreman Caution 79th minute


U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team Game Report

Participants: U-17 MNT v. U-18 Chicago Magic
Competition: Development Academy
Location: IMG Field 5, Bradenton, FL
Date: March 9th, 2008
Weather: 65 degrees, sunny

Scoring Summary:
1 2 F
USA 0 0 0
CHICAGO 0 0 0


Lineups:
USA: 1-Earl Edwards; 2-Perry Kitchen [C], 3-Tyler Polak, 4-Emilio Orozco (12-Korey Veeder, 73), 6-Shaquille Phillips; 5-Bryan Duran, 8-Luis Gil (10-Bryan Dominguez, 73), 11-Carlos Martinez, 14-Donovan Henry (13-Cristian Alvarez, 65); 7-Jack McInerney (17-Eder Arreola, 73), 9-Stefan Jerome (16-Alfred Koroma, 73);

Subs Not Used: 18-Samir Badr, 19-Julio Arjona;

Head Coach: Wilmer Cabrera

Chicago Magic U-18: GK-Jordan Maman; 7-Jake Federlick, 13-Stephen Lucianek, 20-Milan Tica, 25-Tim Zimmer; 3-Josh Barnes [C] (15-Christian Meza, 58), 11-Bryan Gaul, 16-Bob Novak (19-Shawn Sloan, 78), 22-Erik Warren; 6-Robert Boyd (4-Kevin Bick, 54), 14-Andrew Menendez (8-Philip Galounis, 49);

Subs Not Used: 9-Robert Gargaro, 10-Tim Garland, GK-Eric Geniesse, 12-Scott Larson, 17-Matthew Ribbens, 18-David Sayre, 21-Johnathaon Ward, 23-Dean Wern, 24-Lucas Young;

Head Coach:


Statistical Summary:
USA CHI
Shots 17 8
Shots on goal 5 2
Saves 2 5
Corner Kicks 8 6
Fouls 11 10
Offside 5 0

Misconduct Summary:
CHICAGO 20-Milan Tica CAUTION 4th minute
CHICAGO 16-Bob Novak CAUTION 69th minute
USA 3-Tyler Polak CAUTION 80th minute