MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (July 4, 2008) -- The U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team defeated Uruguay, 2-0, in a friendly match played during the team's two-week trip to South America.

Carlos Martinez led the way with a goal and an assist as the U.S. scored a goal in each half. Jack McInerney scored the first goal in the 26th minute on a header, finishing a cross from Martinez, who ran down his left flank onto a through ball and played it in front of goal from the endline.

A great individual effort from Tyler Polak set up Martinez's goal in the 60th minute, as the defender intercepted a pass in his own end and carried the ball forward. He dribble half the length of the field and slipped the ball through for Martinez to his left, and Martinez put the ball in the back of the net.

On the defensive end, goalkeeper Earl Edwards made three saves to preserve the USA's shutout.

The U.S. traveled to Rosario, Argentina after the match, where they will take on the Argentinean side on Wednesday, July 9. The team will stay in Rosario to face Chile on July 11 to close out their two-week tour.





Participants: USA U17 MNT v. Uruguay U17 MNT
Competition: International Friendly
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Date: July 4th, 2008
Weather: 52 degrees, Cloudy, windy

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

USA - Jack McInerney (Carlos Martinez)    26th minute
USA - Carlos Martinez (Tyler Polak)            60th

Lineups:
USA: 1-Earl Edwards; 2-Perry Kitchen, 3-Tyler Polak, 4-Alex Shinsky, 6-Zach Herold; 5-Bryan Duran, 10-Luis Gil (20-Sean Davis, 79), 11-Carlos Martinez (14-George Malki 87), 13-Joseph Gyau (8-Soony Saad, 77), 7-Stefan Jerome (16-Robert Derschang, 67), 9-Jack McInerney;

Subs Not Used: USA: 18-Samir Badr, 24-Spencer Richey, 12-Shaquille Phillips, 15-Jamie Gutierrez, 17-Julio Arjona, 19-Michael Ambrose, 21-Eriq Zavaleta, 22-Chase Miller

Head Coach: Wilmer Cabrera

URU: 1-Hernan Gomez (12-Salvador Ichazo, 67); 2-Ramon Arias, 3-Diego Polenta, 4-JP Lopez, 6-Matias Lopez (15-Nicolas Mezpuida, 77); 5-Nicolas Pilieto (16-Alez Da Silva, 75), 8-Ignalio Aviles (20-Matias Gonzalez 67), 9-Octavio Rivero (19-Javier Cabrera, 61), 10-Sebastian Gauegos (14-Leanaro Silva, 67); 7-Gonzalo Barreto (18-Enzo Herrera, 71, 13-Lucas Urban, 88), 11-Agustin Olivera (17-Diego Vega, 57);

Subs Not Used: none

Head Coach: Roland Marcenaro

Statistical Summary:
USA/  URU
Shots 11 / 10
Shots on goal 7 / 6
Saves 3 / 3
Corner Kicks 4 / 4
Fouls 21 / 10
Offside 1/ 3

Misconduct Summary:
None