Rene Ingram, the top goalie at the Panamerican Jrs Championships, will be back in the goal tonight for Team USA at the Panamerican Youth Championships.
The USA Youth (U19) Team opens play today with what is likely to be a pivotal match vs hosts Chile. Pivotal, because Chile and the U.S., on paper, appear to be the 2 teams in Group B with the best chance to finish in 2nd place behind regional power, Brazil. And a 2nd place finish in group play will result in a spot in the tournament semifinals and qualification for the World Junior Championships later this summer in Georgia.
The U.S. roster is a mix of dual citizens who learned to play the sport in Europe and U.S. based players. The dual citizen contingent features 5 Germans, 1 Swede, 1 Dane and 1 Bosnian while the U.S. contingent consists of 5 athletes from Craig Rot’s Chicago area program, 1 athlete from San Francisco and 1 athlete from Texas A&M. Sure to play a big role our 3 holdovers from the recent Junior (U21) Championship. Rene Ingram will be back in goal and back on the will be Amar Amitovic and Paul Skorupa. All 3 will surely be keen on avenging the bronze medal loss to Chile.
Tonight’s game is at 2030 (Local) and 1930 (EDST). A live stream should be available for viewing here: Link
Competition website: Link