The U.S. boys’ U-17 national team will play El Salvador on May 9 (kickoff 12 p.m. local, 2 p.m. ET) in San Salvador, El Salvador in the first leg of their home-and-home CONCACAF playoff series for the third and final berth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand in November. In the second leg of the playoff, the U-17s will face El Salvador on May 22 at the new Columbus Crew Stadium, as part of a doubleheader with the Columbus Crew and Tampa Bay Mutiny. The U-17 match kicks off at 4:00 p.m. (ET). For ticket information, fans can contact the Columbus Crew at 614/221-CREW (2739). Thompson replaces injured Onyewu U.S. U-17 coach John Ellinger added Abe Thompson to the U-17 roster for the first leg of the playoff series against El Salvador on May 9. Thompson replaces U-17 defender Oguchi Onyewu, who suffered a hip-flexor contusion at the 1999 Dallas Cup International Tournament. Ellinger did not call in midfielder Raul Palomares, currently playing with Kaiserslautern’s reserve and youth teams in the German Bundesliga, for the first leg in El Salvador and will not replace his spot on the roster. Landon Donovan will travel with the team to El Salvador but is ineligible to play because of a red card he received in the 89th minute against Jamaica at the ’99 CONCACAF Group A Qualifying Tournament on Feb. 28 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Here’s a look at the U.S. roster for the first leg on May 9: Goalkeepers — Delvin Countess (Sacramento, Calif.), Steve Cronin (Sacramento, Calif.). Defenders — Nelson Akwari (Houston), Kellen Kalso (Oxford, Mich.), Greg Martin (Plano, Texas), Abe Thompson (Fairfax Station, Va.), Seth Trembly (Littleton, Colo.), Alexander Yi (Easton, Md.). Midfielders — DaMarcus Beasley (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Kyle Beckerman (Crofton, Md.), Kenneth Cutler (Richmond, Va.), Adolfo Gregorio (Hilmar, Calif.), Bryan Jackson (La Canada, Calif.). Forwards — Jordan Cila (Jericho, N.Y.), Bobby Convey (Philadelphia, Pa.), Raul Rivera (Tulare, Calif.).