Jacob Peterson scored on an assist from Freddy Adu in the 56th minute to defeat Egypt, 1-0, and give the United States the Group D title at the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
Argentina beat Germany 1-0 in the other Group D game. With the win, the U.S. U-20' also recorded their third shutout of the tournament and advanced out of group play for the seventh straight time they've played in the world championship.
The U.S. plays Tuesday, June 21, at 11:30 am ET in Enschede
June 18 in Enschede
USA 1 Egypt 0. Goal: Peterson 54.
USA — Westberg, Evans, Ianni, Sturgis, Freeman; Feilhaber, Kljestan, Szetela, John (Barrett, 71), Peterson (Ochoa, 79), Nguyen (Adu, 54).
Egypt — Shaaban, Kandel (Ossama, 77), Galal, Magdy, Gamil, Abdelaziz Tawfik, Shahat, Ghanem (Elhakam, 63), Farag (Zaher, 83), Abdelrazek, Said.
SHOTS:
USA 17, Egypt 4.
Saves: USA 1 Egypt 9.
Corner Kicks: USA 10, Egypt 3.
Fouls: USA 18, Egypt 10.
Offside: USA 0, Egypt 6.