USA ties South Korea-FIFA U-20 world championships

USA 1-South Korea 1 FIFA U-20 World Championships

The United States tied South Korea 1-1 in their opening FIFA U-20 World Championship game in Montreal Saturday.

The American goal was scored by Danny Szetela of the Columbus Crew, on an assist from Freddy Adu, here. The Korean goal was scored by ShinYoung-Rok of the Suwon Samsung Bluewings, here.

U.S. Roster:

GOALKEEPERS

Brian Perk (UCLA)
Steve Sandbo (SMU)
Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS

Tony Beltran (UCLA)
Amaechi Igwe (New England Revolution)
Ofori Sarkodie (Indiana University)
Nathan Sturgis (L.A. Galaxy)
Julian Valentin (Wake Forest)
Tim Ward (Columbus Crew)

MIDFIELDERS

Freddy Adu (Real Salt Lake)
Bryan Arguez (D.C. United)
Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen/NED and son of US national team coach)
Dax McCarty (F.C. Dallas)
Danny Szetela (Columbus Crew)
Anthony Wallace (F.C. Dallas)

FORWARDS

Andre Akpan (Harvard)
Josmer Altidore (N.Y. Red Bulls)
Gabriel Ferrari (Sampdoria/ITA)
Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)
Preston Zimmerman (Hamburg SV/GER)
Sal Zizzo (UCLA)

COACH: Thomas Rongen