They won 5-2 apparently, extremely frustrating given US are almost certainly a stronger outfit than both Lithuania and Scotland at the this age group.
I know there’s a lot of churn from this age group but it doesn’t make much sense when they can beat the likes of Germany and the US who are always very decent at this level but lose to Scotland, Lithuania and Sweden is rather puzzling but then again, I guess it’s U17’s football for you and you can’t read to much into anything until they get to the later age groups.
Kyran Thompson. 🏴Wow 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Ho8UgpeAg9— The England Academy (@EnglandAcad) November 13, 2025
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Thoroughly deserved loss for the USA, as they decided to have a CB wear the #9 shirt while their CF wore #8. Whoever made that decision needs shooting.
Eboue is an interesting one to me... never stood out to me whenever I´ve watched him with Chelsea´s u18s but always delivers when playing for this group and has been badly missed at the qualifiers. Also can´t understand why they didn´t select Liam Balmer for the qualifiers, thought he looked good against Germany. Did they even select a proper leftback back then? I think there´s potential in this age group (and I´m not just thinking about Max, Jeremy and Ryan) but the selected roster for the qualifiers was very puzzling. As others have mentioned, partly because of "wasting" roster spots at the Vier-Nationen-Turnier for players who weren´t eligible in time.
I believe they were missing some kind of metronome/contoller type in midfield for the qualification phase which makes it harder to break down bunkering teams but doesn´t play as much of a role at this level against teams who themselves try to play attack-minded football. However, there´s no excuse for losing to Lithuania at *any* level!
Currently 1-0 up against Côte d'Ivoire, Calvin Diakite scoring against the country he's eligible for.
The 2025/26 UEFA European Under-17 Championship round 2 draw on 10 December. Games held in Spring 2026. Our competition - Compete in League B: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, England, Estonia (finals hosts), Faroe Islands, Finland, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Kosovo, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, San Marino, Ukraine, Wales
Kai Rooney could finally follow in his dad's footsteps by debuting at Old Trafford next month when the Under-18s squad face off against Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Youth Cup - Mirror
Looks like you have to top your League B group for promotion. 2010 squad will begin at same Under-17 stage as all other UEFA nations. However they'll find themselves in last pot because of the 2009 debacle. Pot 1: France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Czechia, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Türkiye, Montenegro, Slovakia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan Pot 2: Italy, Austria, Scotland, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Romania, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia Pot 3: Netherlands, Ukraine, Wales, Finland, Bulgaria, Israel, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Belarus, Faroe Islands Pot 4: England, Albania, Moldova, Malta, Kosovo, Armenia, San Marino, Andorra, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar Draw for 2026-27 campaign is also taking place on Wednesday morning, along with League B draw for 2009 side. Obviously being in last pot, 2010 lads could end up being in a nightmare qualifying group.
James Donaldson (Atlanta United) has been imvited to a goalkeeping camp. Been a mainstay at this level for the US I believe.
Grouped with Israel, Faroe Islands and Estonia for the League B fixtures after last months qualifying shambles.