USA U17 Beat Cuba 5-0

UPDATED - 4-22-09 at 9:55am Central

CONCACAF U17 World Cup Qualifying

The USA U17s opened the tournament in dominant fashion tonight, dismantling Cuba 5-0!
















USA got 2 goals from forward Jack McInerney, 1 each from midfielders Luis Gil and Sebastian Lletget, with forward Stefan Jerome (pictured above) scoring the first goal that ultimately decided the match.

USA lead 3-0 at half time.

You can now watch the full match on YouTube right here from the US Soccer Youth National Teams blog.

Group Stage Matchday 1:
-Tue Apr 21
USA 5-0 Cuba - USA goals by Stefan Jerome, Sebastian Lletget, Luis Guil & Jack McInerney(2).
Honduras 1-1 Canada - Hon goal by Hector Matute. Can goal by Russell Teibert(PK).
-Match report on both games from CONCACAF

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USA Match Details:

Match report from US Soccer

Lineup:
G:
1-Earl Edwards
D:
4-Perry Kitchen
3-Tyler Polak
6-Jared Watts
2-Eriq Zavaleta
M:
5-Marlon Duran
10-Luis Gil
20-Sebastian Lletget
8-Alex Shinksy
F:
7-Stefan Jerome
9-Jack McInerney

Substitutes:
15-Carlos Martinez for Shinksy - 64
13-Joseph Gyau for Lletget - 70
19-Andrew Craven for Jerome - 75

Goals by - minute scored:
Stefan Jerome - 31
Jack McInerney - 34
Sebastian Lletget - 40
Jack McInerney - 48
Luis Gil - 63

Cards to - type - minute given:
Alex Shinsky - Yellow - 47