The U.S. U-17 national team will be looking to continue its 13-game unbeaten streak when they take on England’s U-17s on June 27 (3:30 p.m. ET) at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. in the second match of an MLS doubleheader featuring the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Los Angeles Galaxy (1:00 p.m. ET). The USA-England match will serve as the U-17s first international friendly as they begin their preparations for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, to be held November 10-27 in New Zealand. Last week at the final draw in Auckland, New Zealand for the 5th FIFA U-17 World Championship, the USA was drawn into Group A where they will face New Zealand (Nov. 10), Poland (Nov. 13) and Uruguay (Nov. 16) at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland. The top two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals to be played Nov. 20-21. For ticket information for the USA-England match please contact the offices of the Tampa Bay Mutiny at (813) 289-6811. Ellinger adds seven new players U.S. U-17 coach John Ellinger has added seven new U-17 players to the roster for the England match. Included in the call-ups is 16-year-old forward Alecko Eskandarian, the son of longtime New York Cosmos player Andranik Eskandarian, who appeared for Iran in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina. The following is a look at the USA roster: Goalkeepers: Delvin Countess, Steve Cronin, Martin Hutton (Spring, Texas). Defenders: Miguel Alvarez (San Marino, CA), Nelson Akwari, Kelvin Jones (Fredricksburg, VA), Kellen Kalso, Greg Martin, Oguchi Onyewu, Seth Trembly, Alexander Yi. Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley, Kyle Beckerman, Kenneth Cutler, Ryan Daley (Modesto, CA), Justin Detter (White Lake, MI), Bryan Jackson, Adolfo Gregorio. Forwards: Jordan Cila, Bobby Convey, Landon Donovan, Alecko Eskandarian (Montvale, NJ), Peter Withers (Bandeirantes, Brazil).
