2017 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States
Season	2017
Men's soccer
Supporters' Shield	Toronto FC
USL	Louisville City FC
NASL	San Francisco Deltas
NPSL	Elm City Express
PDL	Charlotte Eagles
US Open Cup	Sporting Kansas City
MLS Cup	Toronto FC
Women's soccer
NWSL	Portland Thorns FC
WPSL	Fire & Ice SC
UWS	Grand Rapids FC

The 2017 season was the 105th season of competitive soccer in the United States.

National teams[edit]

Men's[edit]

Senior[edit]

Wins	Losses	Draws
10	2	7

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

January 29	United States	0–0	Serbia	San Diego, California
16:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 20,079 Referee: Kevin Morrison (Jamaica)

February 3	United States	1–0	Jamaica	Chattanooga, Tennessee
19:00 ET	Morris 59'	Report		Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 17,903 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

June 3	United States	1–1	Venezuela	Sandy, Utah
22:00 ET	Pulisic 61'	Report	Velázquez 29'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 17,315 Referee: Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)

July 1	United States	2–1	Ghana	East Hartford, Connecticut
16:45 ET	Dwyer 19' Acosta 52'	Report	Gyan 60'	Stadium: Rentschler Field Attendance: 28,754 Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

November 14	Portugal	1–1	United States	Leiria, Portugal
15:45 ET	Antunes 31'	Report	McKennie 21'	Stadium: Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa Attendance: 19,107 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

World Cup qualifying[edit]

Fifth round[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1
2	Costa Rica	10	4	4	2	14	8	+6	16		1–1	—	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
3	Panama	10	3	4	3	9	10	−1	13		0–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–0
4	Honduras	10	3	4	3	13	19	−6	13	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs	3–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	3–1
5	United States	10	3	3	4	17	13	+4	12		1–2	0–2	4–0	6–0	—	2–0
6	Trinidad and Tobago	10	2	0	8	7	19	−12	6		0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

March 24 Fifth round	United States	6–0	Honduras	San Jose, California
20:30 ET	Lletget 5' Bradley 27' Dempsey 32', 49', 54' Pulisic 46'	Report		Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 17,729 Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

March 28 Fifth round	Panama	1–1	United States	Panama City, Panama
20:00 ET	Gómez 44'	Report	Dempsey 40'	Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

June 8 Fifth round	United States	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Commerce City, Colorado
19:50 ET	Pulisic 52', 62'	Report		Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 19,188 Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

June 11 Fifth round	Mexico	1–1	United States	Mexico City, Mexico
20:30 ET	Vela 23'	Report	Bradley 6'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 71,537 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

September 1 Fifth round	United States	0–2	Costa Rica	Harrison, New Jersey
18:30 ET		Report	Ureña 30', 82'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 26,500 Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

September 5 Fifth round	Honduras	1–1	United States	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
17:30 ET	Quioto 27'	Report	Wood 85'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 37,325 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

October 6 Fifth round	United States	4–0	Panama	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Pulisic 8' Altidore 19', 43' (pen.) Wood 63'	Report		Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 25,303 Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

October 10 Fifth round	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1	United States	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
20:00 ET	Gonzalez 17' (o.g.) A. Jones 37'	Report	Pulisic 47'	Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium Referee: Juan Guerra (Guatemala)

CONCACAF Gold Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Panama	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Martinique	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Nicaragua	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

July 8 Group B	United States	1–1	Panama	Nashville, Tennessee
16:30 ET	Dwyer 50'	Report	Camargo 60'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 47,622 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

July 12 Group B	United States	3–2	Martinique	Tampa, Florida
21:00 ET	Gonzalez 53' Morris 64', 76'	Report	Parsemain 66', 74'	Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Attendance: 23,368 Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

July 15 Group B	Nicaragua	0–3	United States	Cleveland, Ohio
19:00 ET		Report	Corona 37' Rowe 56' Miazga 88'	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium Attendance: 27,934 Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

July 19 Quarter-finals	United States	2–0	El Salvador	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21:00 ET	O. Gonzalez 41' Lichaj 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Lincoln Financial Field Attendance: 31,615 Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

July 22 Semi-finals	Costa Rica	0–2	United States	Arlington, Texas
22:00 ET		Report	Altidore 72' Dempsey 82'	Stadium: AT&T Stadium Attendance: 45,516 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

July 26 Final	United States	2–1	Jamaica	Santa Clara, California
21:30 ET	Altidore 45' Morris 88'	Report	Watson 50'	Stadium: Levi's Stadium Attendance: 63,032 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Goalscorers[edit]

Goals are current as of November 14, 2017, after match against Portugal.

Player	Goals
Christian Pulisic	6
Clint Dempsey	5
Jordan Morris	4
Jozy Altidore	4
Michael Bradley	2
Dom Dwyer	2
Omar Gonzalez	2
Bobby Wood	2
Sebastian Lletget	1
Kellyn Acosta	1
Joe Corona	1
Kelyn Rowe	1
Matt Miazga	1
Eric Lichaj	1
Weston McKennie	1

Managerial changes[edit]

This is a list of changes of managers:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
United States	Bruce Arena	Resigned	October 13	Dave Sarachan (caretaker)	October 24

U-23[edit]

U-20[edit]

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	3	3	0	8	1	+7	9	Classification stage
2	United States	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Classification stage
3	Haiti	3	1	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

February 18 Group B	United States	0–1	Panama	Tibás, Costa Rica
16:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

February 21 Group B	United States	4–1	Haiti	San José, Costa Rica
17:30 ET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional

February 24 Group B	United States	4–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Tibás, Costa Rica
17:30 ET				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Classification stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Mexico	2	1	1	6	2	+4	3	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
3	El Salvador	2	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

February 27 Group D	United States	1–0	Mexico	Tibás, Costa Rica
17:00 ET				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

March 3 Group D	United States	2–1	El Salvador	San José, Costa Rica
18:30 ET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional

March 5 Final	United States	0–0 (5–3 p)	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
16:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Henry Bejarano Matarrita (Costa Rica)
	Penalties
	Lennon Craft Sabbi De La Torre Acosta		Álvarez Martinez Grant Flores

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

Group F[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Ecuador	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

May 22 Group F	Ecuador	3–3	United States	Incheon, South Korea
04:00 ET	Lino 5' Cabezas 7', 64'	Report	Sargent 36', 54' de la Torre 90+4'	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 3,886 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

May 25 Group F	Senegal	0–1	United States	Incheon, South Korea
07:00 ET		Report	Sargent 34'	Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 5,864 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

May 28 Group F	United States	1–1	Saudi Arabia	Daejeon, South Korea
05:00 ET	Lennon 40'	Report	Alamri 74'	Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 5,460 Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

June 1 Round of 16	United States	6–0	New Zealand	Incheon, South Korea
07:00 ET	Sargent 32' Ebobisse 64' Lennon 65' Glad 76' Trusty 84' Kunga 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Incheon Football Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

June 4 QF	Venezuela	2–1 (a.e.t.)	United States	Jeonju, South Korea
02:00 ET	Peñaranda 96' Ferraresi 115'	Report	Ebobisse 117'	Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,671 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

U-19[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

February 5	United States	2–1	El Salvador	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
13:00 EST		Report		Stadium: Broward Regional Park

U-18[edit]

2017 Slovakia Cup[edit]

April 24	United States	1–1	Hungary	Trnava, Slovakia
09:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Jaslovsje Bohunice

April 25	United States	2–1	Belarus	Trnava, Slovakia
09:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Jaslovsje Bohunice

May 28	United States	1–1 (4–3 p)	Slovakia	Trnava, Slovakia
05:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Jaslovsje Bohunice

2017 U-18 Lisbon International Tournament[edit]

June 14	United States	0–2	Japan	Lisbon, Portugal
		JP

June 16

United States

v

Norway

Lisbon, Portugal

June 18	United States	2–1	Portugal	Lisbon, Portugal
		PT

U-17[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

February 1	United States	0–6	D.C. United	Bradenton, Florida
07:00 EST		Report	Vincent 22' Sam 24' Neagle 27' Ortiz 48' Le Toux 53' Büscher 66'	Stadium: IMG Academy

CONCACAF U-17 Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Classification stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	14	5	+9	6	Classification stage
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	4	11	−7	3
4	El Salvador	3	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

April 23 Group C	Jamaica	0–5	United States	Panama City, Panama
01:30 ET		Report	Durkin 53' Weah 77' Sargent 87' Akinola 88', 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Adrián Skeete (Barbados)

April 26 Group C	Mexico	3–4	United States	Panama City, Panama
18:30 ET	González 6', 44' Lindsey 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Sargent 26', 40' Ferri 51' Akinola 84'	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: José Kellys Marquez (Panama)

April 29 Group C	El Salvador	0–1	United States	Panama City, Panama
14:00 ET		Report	Jones 52'	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Michele Rodriguez (Cuba)

Classification stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	9	2	+7	6	Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Honduras	2	1	1	7	4	+3	3	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3	Cuba	2	0	2	3	13	−10	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

May 3 Group D	Honduras	0–3	United States	Panama City, Panama
16:30 ET		Report	Sargent 26', 82' Akinola 65'	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

May 5 Group D	Cuba	2–6	United States	Panama City, Panama
17:30 ET	Savigne 19' Vasquez 47' (o.g.)	Report	Vassilev 15' Coll 37' (o.g.) Carleton 39' Jones 49' Reynolds 83' Weah 88'	Stadium: Estadio Maracaná Referee: Daneion Parchment (Jamaica)

May 7 Final	United States	1–1 (4–5 p)	Mexico	Panama City, Panama
15:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ghana	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6^[a]
3	United States	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6^[a]
4	India (H)	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Colombia 3, United States 0.

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	United States	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	E	Honduras	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
3	D	Niger	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	F	Mexico	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
5	B	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1^[a]
6	C	Guinea	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1^[a]

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Fair play points: New Zealand −6, Guinea −9.

Matches[edit]

October 6 Group A	India	0–3	United States	New Delhi, India
10:30 ET		Report	Sargent 30' (pen.) Durkin 51' Carleton 84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 46,750 Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

October 9 Group A	Ghana	0–1	United States	New Delhi, India
7:30 ET			Akinola 75'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

October 12 Group A	United States	1–3	Colombia	Navi Mumbai, India
10:30 ET	Acosta 24'	Report	Vidal 3' Peñaloza 67' Caicedo 87'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 22,263 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

October 16 Round of 16	Paraguay	0–5	United States	New Delhi, India
10:30 ET			Weah 19', 53', 77' Carleton 63' Sargent 74'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

October 21 QF	United States	1–4	England	Margao, India
10:30 ET	Sargent 72'	Report	Brewster 11', 14', 90+6' (pen.) Gibbs-White 64'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 16,148 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

U-16[edit]

Montaigu Tournament[edit]

Group phase[edit]

11 April	United States	1–0	Belgium	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France
6:30 PM CEST	Konrad de la Fuente 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Espace sportif Gaston Renaud

13 April	United States	2–3	Japan	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France
6:30 PM CEST	Konrad de la Fuente 3' Gabel Segal 76'	Report	Ten Miyagi 30' Shota Fujio 66' (pen.) Taiki Yamada 68'	Stadium: Espace sportif Gaston Renaud

Classification stage[edit]

15 April	United States	3–0	Mexico	Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, France
6:00 PM CEST	Stefan Stojanovic 31', 78' Konrad de la Fuente 66'	Report

17 April	United States	0–2	Brazil	La Chaize-le-Vicomte, France
10:00 AM CEST		Report	Rodrygo Sylva de Goes 42' Joao Castro Olivera 80+2'

U-15[edit]

2017 Torneo Delle Nazioni[edit]

April 25	United States	4–0	Slovenia	Ajdovščina, Slovenia
11:30 ET		Report		Stadium: Ajdovščina Stadium

April 26	United States	2–1	Russia	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
11:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Vipolze Stadium;

April 27	England	3–2	United States	Precenicco, Italy
11:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Stadio di Precenicco

April 29	United States	4–2	Portugal	Gorizia, Italy
11:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Stadio di Cormons

May 1	United States	2–1	England	Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy
10:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Stadio di Gradisca;

U.S. Beach National Team[edit]

2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

February 20 Group C	United States	8–1	U.S. Virgin Islands	Nassau, Bahamas
18:45 ET		Report		Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

February 22 Group C	Antigua and Barbuda	2–7	United States	Nassau, Bahamas
18:45 ET		Report		Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

February 23 Group C	United States	5–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Nassau, Bahamas
20:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

Knockout stage[edit]

February 24 QF	United States	4–6	Panama	Nassau, Bahamas
18:45 ET		Report		Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

February 25 5th-SF	United States	6–2	Jamaica	Nassau, Bahamas
17:30 ET		Report		Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

February 26 5th Place	Bahamas	2–4	United States	Nassau, Bahamas
17:30 ET		Report		Stadium: Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility

Women's[edit]

Senior[edit]

Wins	Losses	Draws
12	3	1

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

April 6	United States	4–0	Russia	Frisco, Texas
20:30 ET	Dunn 10', 41' Long 18', 70'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 15,191 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)

April 9	United States	5–1	Russia	Houston, Texas
14:00 ET	Lloyd 20' (pen.) Lavelle 37' Dunn 38', 48' Kovalenko 45+2' (o.g.)	Report	Karpova 42' (pen.)	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 11,347 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

June 8	Sweden	0–1	United States	Gothenburg, Sweden
13:30 ET		Report	Lavelle 56'	Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Stadium Referee: Olga Zadinova (Czech Republic)

[table_hth_COL0.77603230801226-1] Head-to-head points: Colombia 3, United States 0.

[table_hth_GrB0.79775083893805-2] Fair play points: New Zealand −6, Guinea −9.

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2017 in American soccer

National teams[edit]

Men's[edit]

Senior[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

World Cup qualifying[edit]

Fifth round[edit]

CONCACAF Gold Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Managerial changes[edit]

U-23[edit]

U-20[edit]

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Classification stage[edit]

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

Group F[edit]

U-19[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

U-18[edit]

2017 Slovakia Cup[edit]

2017 U-18 Lisbon International Tournament[edit]

U-17[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

CONCACAF U-17 Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Classification stage[edit]

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

Matches[edit]

U-16[edit]

Montaigu Tournament[edit]

Group phase[edit]

Classification stage[edit]

U-15[edit]

2017 Torneo Delle Nazioni[edit]

U.S. Beach National Team[edit]

2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Women's[edit]

Senior[edit]

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

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