The U.S. under-20 men’s national team will return to action early in 2001 with a training camp in San Diego scheduled for Jan. 2- 15. Head coach Wolfgang Suhnholz has called in 21 players, including four professionals. Also eligible for Suhnholz’s U-20s are several other professionals who have seen action with the U.S. senior national team or Olympic team: Landon Donovan (Bayer Leverkusen), DaMarcus Beasley (Chicago Fire), Bobby Convey (D.C. United) and Conor Casey (Borussia Dortmund). While training at ARCO, the team has a number of scrimmages tentatively scheduled, including a Jan. 5 match against the L.A. Galaxy (at Loyola Marymount University) and a Jan. 7 contest against D.C. United (in Fullerton), two MLS teams in the area preparing for the FC Champions Cup. The team will also scrimmage against the P-40s on Jan. 11 and the A-League San Diego Flash on Jan. 14 at ARCO. The U-20s face Costa Rica, Guatemala and host Trinidad & Tobago, March 14-18 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, for a spot in the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina (June 17-July 7, 2001). The top two teams in the U.S. group join the top two teams in a group that includes host Canada, Mexico, Honduras and the Caribbean champion (Feb. 28-March 4 in Vancouver) at the World Youth Championship. The U-20 roster: Goalkeepers — D.J. Countess (UCLA), Curtis Spiteri (Univ. of Portland). Defenders — Nelson Akwari (UCLA), Jose Burciaga (Hartwick College), Ricky Lewis (Clemson), Oguchi Onyewu (Clemson), Seth Trembley (Colorado Rapids), Alexander Yi (UCLA). Midfiedlers — Guy Abrahamson (Rutgers University), Kenny Arena (Univ. of Virginia), Kyle Beckerman (Miami Fusion), Brad Davis (St. Louis Univ.), Kyle Martino (Univ. of Virginia), Raul Palomares (Kaiserslautern), Trevor Perea (Duke Univ.), Phillip Salyer (Univ. of Maryland). Strikers — Edson Buddle (Long Island Rough Riders), Jordan Cila (Duke Univ.), Alecko Eskandarian (Univ. of Virginia), Kelly Gray (Univ. of Portland), Abe Thompson (Univ. of Maryland).