The U.S. U-16 boys national team beat Japan, 3-1, on Monday for its second straight win at the Viktor Bannikov Memorial International Tournament in Kiev, Ukraine.
Charles Renken scored two goals and Ryan Finley added a third in the win over Japan that came two days after a 3-1 win over host Ukraine. Finley scored two goals, and Dersu Abolfathi added a goal. Ben Speas tallied two assists in the win over Ukraine.
The U-16s, whose nucleus consists of players in U-17 residency, lost to Serbia, 1-0, last Friday.
They close out their stay in Kiev with a match against Slovakia on Tuesday.
U.S. U-16 ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Cody Mizell (Woodstock, Ga.), Samir Badr (Fairfax, Va.)
DEFENDERS: Gale Agbossoumonde (Syracuse, N.Y.), Andrew Quintana (Miami, Fla.), Chad Barson (Lewis Center, Ohio), Kori Sarkodie (Huber Heights, Ohio), Aubrey Perry (Ocoee, Fla.)
MIDFIELDERS: Amobi Okugo (Sacramento, Calif.), Christian Ramos (Miami, Fla.), Scott Caldwell (Braintree, Mass.), Ben Speas (Stow, Ohio), Korey Veeder (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Charles Renken (Edwardsville, Ill.)
FORWARDS: Dersu Abolfathi (Irvine, Calif.), Jose Altamirano (San Diego, Calif.), Ryan Finley (Lumberton, N.J.), John Fitzpatrick (Encinitas, Calif.) Eder Arreola (Chino Hills, Calif.)