The U.S. U18 Men’s National Team lost 0-2 to Belgium on Thursday in the first game of a two-game series in Spain this week. The game was a friendly played in Marbella. The U.S. will be back in action on Sunday against Russia. 

The loss to Belgium is the first loss for U.S. U18 MNT head coach Omid Namazi since taking over the group last year. 

U.S. U18 MNT Starting XI: Brady Scott; Mark McKenzie, Matthew Real, Angel Uribe, Juan Pablo Torres, Christian Cappis, Griffin Dorsey, Emanuel Perez, Nebiyou Perry, Paxton Pomykal, Nicholas Taitague 

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