De los Santos stars as Uruguay oust USA

Uruguay beat USA 2-0 to book an Argentina 2023 semifinal against Israel, with Juan de los Santos setting up both goals.

The invention of Juan de los Santos proved key as Uruguay overcame USA in their Fifa U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ quarterfinal. La Celeste will now meet Israel in the semifinals on Thursday.

De los Santos did superbly to nick the ball past Justin Che and cut the ball across goal for Anderson Duarte to tap it home. After the restart, the fleet-footed No 11 produced another low cross, which Joshua Wynder inadvertently turned into his own net.

Cade Cowell tried his best to get back USA back into the game, but one of his goal-bound attempts smashed off his own teammate Rokas Pukstas and went to safety.

The stat

15

Uruguay became the first team to keep a clean sheet against USA in 15 Fifa U-20 World Cup matches.