US Under 18s lose to France

In its first action of the two-year cycle leading up to the 2009 Under-20 World Cup, the US Under 18 national team fell to host France, 3-1, on Tuesday night at the Limoges Tournament. The game was delayed a day because the U18s, scheduled to leave for France on Saturday, had to take alternate flights on Sunday due to a strike by cabin crew members of Air France.

Bill Schuler scored for the US U18s two minutes after Emmanuel Riviere (St. Etienne) put the Bleuets ahead in the opening game played at the Beaublanc Stadium. France pulled away right at the end on goals by Damien Le Tallec, younger brother of French League star Anthony Le Tallec, and Steven Joseph-Montrose (Lens) in the 89th and 92nd minutes, respectively.

Scoring Summary:
            1   2   F
USA      1   0   1
FRA      1   2   3

FRA - Riviere                                           14th minute
USA - Billy Schuler (Gregory Garza)        16.
FRA - Le Tallec                                       90.
FRA - Le Tallec                                       94+


Lineups:
USA: 1-Josh Lambo, 4-Sheanon Williams, 3-Mykell Bates, 16-Brandon Zimmerman (14- Nick Millington, 78), 15-Brek Shea, 6-Daniel Wenzel, 7-Jared Jeffrey, 10-Bryan Dominguez,
19-Alex Nimo, 21- Billy Schuler(11-Mario Ledezma, 83), 17-Greg Garza(12-Chris
Agorsor, 78)

Subs Not Used: 18- Zac MacMath, 8-Shane Cooke, 20-Omar Elmasri, 9-Chris Hegngi
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