As www.islandstats.com reported on Thursday and was confirmed on Friday by Richard Todd, the Bermuda Football Association National Academy Director, Bermuda will face Australia, Chile and host United States of America from July 14th – 18th.
U.S. Soccer will host the 2014 NTC Invitational Tournament, at U.S. Soccer’s National Training Center in Carson, California.
The round-robin style tournament is predominantly for players born prior to January 1st, 1995, who will be age eligible for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. Matches will be played on July 14th, 16th and 18th, with the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team taking on Chile, Bermuda and Australia in that order.
The final two tournament matches – USA vs. Australia and Chile vs. Bermuda – on July 18th will be streamed live on ussoccer.com.
Teams can bring up to 20 players for the NTC Invitational, which will decide a champion using a group table format wherein the team with the most points (three points for a win, one point for a tie, zero for a loss) at the end of the three match days is declared the winner. Should two or more teams be tied on points in the final standings, goal differential, then greatest number of goals scored in all matches will be used as the first two tiebreakers.
The Bermuda roster for the NTC Invitational is expected to be announced Monday July 7th.
U.S. Soccer NTC Invitational Tournament:
July 14th
Australia vs. Bermuda - 1 p.m. @ Mooch Myernick Field
USA vs. Chile - 4 p.m. @ Mooch Myernick Field
July 16th
Australia v Chile - 1 p.m. @ Mooch Myernick Field
USA v Bermuda - 4 p.m. @ Mooch Myernick Field
July 18th Matches Streamed on ussoccer.com
Bermuda vs. Chile - 4 p.m. @ StubHub Center
USA vs. Australia - 7 p.m @ StubHub Center
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