The U.S. boys’ U-20 national team will arrive in Miami on July 21 in preparation for the 1999 World Youth Championship CONCACAF qualifying tournament, scheduled for August 5-9 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The U.S. is scheduled to play Jamaica on July 25 in Miami in the team’s final international match prior to CONCACAF qualifying. At stake is one of four CONCACAF berths at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship (Nigeria ’99). The U.S. has been placed in Group A and will face Costa Rica on Aug. 5, Canada on Aug. 7 and host Trinidad & Tobago on Aug. 9. Group B will not be contested until November in Guatemala, where Mexico, Guatemala, the Caribbean winner and the Central American No. 3 team (the Honduras-Nicaragua & El Salvador-Panama winners will play for one spot) will meet. The top two teams, based on points, from each of the two groups will advance to Nigeria ’99.