U-18 BOYS Led by head coach Mitch Murray, the U.S. Boys’ U-18 national team held off a late comeback charge by Mexico to finish the Birmingham International Festival Cup with a 2-0-1 record and earn second place. The USA beat Jamaica in their opener, 1-0, fell to eventual champion Morocco 1-0 and concluded tournament play with the victory over Mexico. The six-game, round-robin tournament was played as part of the Birmingham International Festival, where the local community has annually staged a festival in honor of a different country for 49 years. Fittingly, this year’s Festival theme was “A Salute to Morocco.” The U.S. U-18s will regroup on May 20 for an 11-day foreign tour to France and Holland, where the team will participate in the St. Martin d’Heres Tournament on May 21-24 (Grenoble, France) and the Terborg International Tournament on May 27-30 (Terborg, Holland). April 14 in Birmingham, Ala. USA 1 Jamaica 0. Goal: Herrera (Martino) 48. USA — Warren, Thorpe, Wickart, Oliver, Gibbs, Carroll (Perea, 72), Joy, Martino (Jaqua, 76), Herrera (Morales, 80), Kartes (Espinosa, 66), Casey. Jamaica — Whittaker, Pendercast, Thomas (Rattiste, 76), Stevens, Sailsman, King, Kelly, Bryan (Woolery, 81), Frazer (Stewart, 61), Gordon (Chambers, 81), Bennett (Richards, 56). Att.: n/a. April 16 in Birmingham, Ala. USA 0 Morocco 1. Goal: n/a. USA — Warren, Thorpe, Wickart, Oliver, Gibbs (Carroll, 77), Joy, Perea (Jaqua, 77), Martino (Espinosa, 90), Herrera, Kartes (Morales, 59), Casey. Morocco — lineup n/a. Att.: n/a. April 18 in Birmingham, Ala. USA 3 Mexico 2. Goals: Casey 11, Herrera (pen.) 20, Gibbs 46; Aguayo (pen.) 56, Aguayo (pen.) 90. USA — Warren, Thorpe, Wickart, Oliver, Gibbs, Carroll, Joy, Jaqua (Davis, 86), Herrera, Morales (Perea, 46), Casey. Mexico — Vasquez, Perez, Ellias, Rodriguez, Galindo, Baca, Jallelo, Hernandez, Aguayo, Ramirez, Azuara. Att.: n/a. U-21 WOMEN The U.S. women’s U-21 national team, led by head coach Lauren Gregg, went undefeated at the third annual “KICKS for Cancer” women’s intercollegiate tournament held at the University of Maryland, College Park, April 16-18. The tournament is the only one of its kind in the nation, and benefits the Claudia Mayer Cancer Resource and Image Center, an affiliate of Howard County General Hospital: A member of John Hopkins Medicine, located in Columbia, Maryland. The U-21s began their five-game sweep with a 3-0 win over 14-time NCAA champions University of North Carolina in an exhibition Friday. In tournament play, the USA defeated both Maryland and Virginia by the score of 3-0 on Saturday, and went on to rout Northwestern, 8-0, and then Navy, 6-0, in the final on Sunday. Santa Clara forward Mandy Clemens led the U.S. with seven goals, while Clemson’s Beth Keller added five of her own. The U-21 women will head for Mexico on May 25 to play two international friendlies against the Mexican women’s national team on May 27 and 30. U-17 BOYS The venue for the first leg of the U.S. U-17 national team’s CONCACAF home-and-home playoff series against El Salvador on May 9 in El Salvador has been changed again. The U-17s are now scheduled to play in San Salvador, El Salvador on May 9 at Flor Blanca Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for Noon CT. The U-17s will then face El Salvador on May 22 in the second leg of the playoff series at the newly constructed Columbus Crew Stadium. The match will kick off at 4:00 p.m. ET and will be the first game of a doubleheader with the Crew.