U.S. U-20 NATIONAL TEAM: Rongen is back for second stint as coach

Thomas Rongen is back for his second stint as U.S. under-20 national team coach.

Rongen, who came from the Netherlands to play in the NASL in the late 1970s and later coached Tampa Bay, New England, D.C. United and Chivas USA in MLS, previously held the U-20 position in 2002-04 He coached the team during the 2003 World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates, where the Americans reached the quarterfinals.

Rongen left in 2004 to take the head coaching job with expansion Chivas USA but lasted only 10 games in its inaugural 2005 season before being reassigned in the Chivas front office.

He is currently in Florida, where 23 candidates for the team that will try to qualify for the 2007 World Youth Championship in Canada are training.

U.S. U-20 National Team Roster

GOALKEEPERS: Kevin Guppy (Cal State Northridge), Mike Gustavson (Univ. of South Carolina), Steve Sandbo (SMU).

DEFENDERS: Trevor Banks (Old Dominion Univ.), Chris Clements (Univ. of Tulsa), Gregory Folk (UCLA), Daniel Kelly (U.S. U-17 residency), Eric Lichaj (U.S. U-17 residency), Chance Myers (So Cal United), Ofori Sarkodie (Indiana Univ.), Neven Subotic (Univ. of South Florida), Anthony Wallace (U.S. U-17 residency).

MIDFIELDERS: Eric Avila (UC Santa Barbara), Carlos Diaz (St. Mary's College), Sonny Guadarrama (Campbell University), Jeremy Hall (U.S. U-17 residency), Daniel Lopez (SMU), Robbie Rogers (Univ. of Maryland), Matthew Tutich (Akron Univ.).

FORWARDS: Andre Akpan (Dallas Texans), Josmer Altidore (MetroStars), Bill Dworsky (Dallas Texans), Jordan Seabrook (Univ. of South Florida).