Guatemalan will seek a positive result and avoid conceding goals against the United States to aspire to finish third in Group F.

The Guatemalans have a draw and a loss, meanwhile, the USA has won both games and scored nine goals.

NOTE: The below stats are as of 2011 when the Concacaf Under-17 Championship format was modified.

Guatemala vs. USA

May 6, 6:00 PM ET

  • R: Pupo Martínez, Yadel (CUB)
  • AR1: Ramírez Soto, Christian Jesús (HON) AR2: Powell, Kedlee Dorvin (JAM) 4to Oficial: Barton, Iván (SLV)
  • It will be the 6th meeting between the two teams in CU17. USA won previous 5, with 17 goals in favor and 2 against.
  • They faced each other in Group A at TYT 1988, 1-6; Group C at Cuba 1992, 3-0; Group A at CAN/GUA 2003, 0-3; in Group C at Panama 2013, 1-0 (Corey Baird) and in Group A at Honduras 2015, 1-4, goals from Erick Soto; Joshua Pérez x3 and Pierre Da Silva.
  • Guatemala tied Barbados 1-1, goals from Mathius Gaitán (GUA); Thierry Gale (BRB) and lost 4-2 vs. Canada (Jayden Nelson (3) and Kamron Habibullah; Andy Palencia and Diego Santis).
  • USA has won both games.  3-2 vs. Canadá (Gianluca Busio, Axel Alejandre and Giovanni Reyna; Jérémie Omeonga and Jacen Russell) and 6-1 vs. Barbados (Devonte Richards; Kobe Hernández, Gianluca Busio (2), Adam Saldana, Ethan Bryan -own goal- and Alfonso Ocampo).
  • Guatemala (GUA) record in CU17: 7W-6D-22L, 34GF-72GC, -38GD.  
  • USA record at CU17: 59W-13D-11L, 221GF-73GC, +148GD.
  • Andy Palencia (GUA): Scored 1 goal in 4-2 loss vs. Canada. Led team in shots (3). Has 10 shots in 2019 CU17.
  • Gianluca Busio (USA): Scored 2 goals in 6-1 vs. Barbados and has 3 goals at CU17 2019.