In its last competition before heading for the World Youth Championship in Malaysia, the United States recovered from a 1-0 loss to the Czech Republic to go unbeaten in its last three games at the Toulon Tournament, or Umbro Cup, as is the new designation of the famous French tournament. The U.S. U-20s tied Scotland 1-1 and beat Colombia 3-1 to set up a showdown with group leader Portugal. The U.S. needed to win by two goals to finish first in the group and advance to the final against France, but it settled for a 1-1 tie. Following the tournament, U.S. coach Jay Hoffman announced his 18-man roster for the tournament. Heading the roster are three players with MLS experience — Ramiro Corrales (San Jose), Jorge Flores (Dallas) and Carlos Parra (MetroStars) — and two Cal State Fullerton players who signed with MLS as part of Project-40 — Joe DiGiamarino and Brian Dunseth. Three other U-20 players who left college to sign with MLS did not make the team — Ubusuku Abukusumo (N.C. State), Eric Quill (Clemson) and Tim Sahaydak (North Carolina). A surprise omission was Jason Moore, who played on the U.S. Pan-American team two years ago but has not regained his form since injuring his knee. Only nine of the 18 players are still in college. Virginia leads all schools with three players on the team. The Toulon tournament, reserved for espoirs (hopefuls) or U-21 players, is played in small towns around the city of Toulon in the Provence region of France. It has produced many future stars through the years. The backbone of Argentina’s 1978 World Cup championship team played in Toulon. The tournament took on added significance this year because of the upcoming World Youth Championship. After the first two games, Hoffman shuffled the starting lineup, inserting goalie Matt Napoleon, Parra, Tommy Poltl, Ben Olsen, Myles Stoddard and Shaun Petroski in the lineup. Petroski, who plays for German Second Division club Bayer Uerdingen, scored just 20 minutes in the game against Colombia and set up Josh Wolff just after halftime for the first of Wolff’s two goals. Sasha Victorine scored against Portugal to even the score with 19 minutes left, but the Americans had to settle for a tie. May 25 in St. Maxime USA 0 Czech Republic 1. Goal: n/a. USA — Kirk, Chulis, McCarty, O’Brien, Corrales, Flores, DiGiamarino, Victorine, Dunseth, Rodriguez, Wolff. Czech Republic — n/a. Att.: 100. May 27 in Toulon USA 1 Scotland 1. Goals: Wolff 7; n/a. 17. USA — Kirk, Chulis, McCarty, O’Brien, West (Petroski, 63), Dunseth, Corrales, Flores, DiGiamarino (Olsen, 50), Rodriguez, Wolff. Scotland — n/a. Att.: 3,400. May 31 in St. Tropez USA 3 Colombia 1. Goals: Petroski 20, Wolff 47, 50; Gil 53. USA — Napoleon, Chulis, Parra, McCarty, Corrales, Poltl (OBrien, 67), Olsen (West, 56), Victorine, Stoddard (DiGiamarino, 61), Wolff, Petroski. Colombia — Viafara, Oliworos, Coltes (Torar, 51), Posada, Barrientos, Candelo (Murillo, 23), Ortiz, Quizenza, Quintana, Quinones (Trespacacios, 44), Gil. Att.: 300. June 2 in La Seyne USA 1 Portugal 1. Goals: Victorine 71; Delfime 53. USA — Kirk, Chulis (Stoddard, 72), Parra, Dunseth, Corrles, Olsen (West, 63), Flores, DiGiamarino, Rodriguez, Wolff, Petroski (Victorine, 40). Portugal — Nuno Santos, Fernandes (Basto, 51), Verissimo, Marco Almeida, Patacas, Castanhera, Meira, Delfime, Cunha (Manuel Ramos, 80), Edgar, Boa. Att.: 800.