U.S. U-18 Men Second

The U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team capped off the 2013 Limoges Tournament with a 2-0 victory against Poland. With the USA’s 2- 0-1 performance at the three-game tournament, the team captured second place at the event. Ahinga Selemani headed home Emerson Hyndman’s corner kick inside the near left post in the 21st minute to take a 1-0 lead.
The U.S. then benefited from a Poland own goal in the 39th minute[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The U-18 MNT’s Andrija Novakovich led the attack on that se- quence, and his shot attempt from a few yards inside the box deflected off of the left foot of a Poland defender and into the net for the USA’s two-goal lead.
The U.S. opened the tournament with a 2-2 draw with France in the opening game recover- ing from a two-goal deficit with a pair of sec- ond-half goals.
They defeated the Czech Republic 1-0 in their second game.

U.S. U-18 MNT Roster

Goalkeepers (2): Jeff Caldwell (NC Fusion; Todd, N.C.), JT Marcinkowski (San Jose Earthquakes; Alamo, Calif.). Defenders (5): Conor Donovan (Capi- tal Area RailHawks Academy; Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Chase Gasper (Bethesda Olney; Alexandria, Va.), Shaquell Moore (IMG Academy; Powder Springs, Ga.), Erik Palmer-Brown (Sporting KC; Lee’s Sum- mit, Mo.), Tommy Redding (Chicago Magic; Oviedo, Fla.). Midfielders (6): Mukwelle Akale (Minnesota Thunder; Minneapolis, Minn.), Corey Baird (Real Salt Lake AZ; Escondido, Calif.), Emerson Hyndman (Fulham FC; Plano, Texas), Kyle Scott (Chelsea FC; Winterbourne, Bristol), Ben Swanson (Crew Soccer Academy; Grove City, Ohio), Tyler Turner (IMG Acad- emy; Meriden, Conn.). Forwards (5): Andrija Novakovich (Chicago Magic PSG; Muskego, Wis.), Rubio Rubin (FC Utrecht; Beaverton, Ore.), Ahinga Selemani (CSA Wolves; Ann Arbor, Mich.), Alan Winn (Solar Chelsea SC; Garland, Texas), Dembakwi Yomba (Concorde Fire; Lithona, Ga.)