Coutinho is ridiculous. After two goals in the first game, the #10 for Brazil once again showed his dominance in this match, with some nifty footwork and an assist(Classy first goal for Brazil). I posted about this game yesterday, but here are the highlights above. US definitely showed better in this one, and with some better finishing could have won the match. Nice to see a little glimpse of Stefan Jerome's potential in the 72nd minute, when he won a slide tackle and did a good job of beating his defender and getting a shot off. Too bad I missed this game on Sunday and had to settle for highlights, because this looked like a pretty entertaining game for 17 year old's.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Brazil U-17's vs Us U-17's - Round 2 Highlights
Monday, December 8, 2008
Better, But Not Good Enough at Nike Friendlies
In a rematch of the game that took place on Friday, Brazil U-17's once again topped the American teenagers, this time by a score of 2-1. Here is the report courtesy of US Soccer. Jack McInerney put the US ahead but strikes by Wellington and Joao Pedro led Brazil to victory. Although the results were not great over the weekend (0-2-1 including a 3-3 tie with Australia), the U-17's, who used a large pool of players, can come away from the weekend with the experience of playing against top competition. Young prospects that played over the weekend for US include Charles Renken and Stefan Jerome.
Note: The US U-17's were broken up into two teams (one red, one blue) with some players playing in both Brazil matches and others playing against Australia. The photo above comes courtesy of the YNT blog over at US Soccer.
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