U.S. U-23s Complete Sweep of Group A

The U.S. scored four times in the second half as they completed group play of Olympic Qualifying with a perfect 3-0 record following a 4-0 defeat of Panama. Second half substitutes Jerome Kiesewetter and Jordan Morris both scored goals while captain Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) converted a penalty kick for the U.S. who outscored their opponents 13-2 during their three opening matches. The U.S. will be joined in the semifinals by Canada after their 2-2 draw with Cuba. Canada's Michael Petrasso (Queens Park Rangers) has scored in all three of Canada's matches thus far and is tied with Kiesewetter and Morris for the tournament-lead in goal scoring with three. Mexico and Honduras will face off tonight in Colorado to determine who plays who in the semifinals on Saturday.

Here's a rundown of the MLSers who featured for Andi Herzog's U-23s on Tuesday:

Starters:

Boyd Okwuonu - Real Salt Lake
Dillon Serna - Colorado Rapids
Matt Polster - Chicago Fire
Luis Gil - Real Salt Lake (Captain) - 1 goal

Subs:

Matt Miazga - New York Red Bulls - Did Not Play
Wil Trapp - Columbus Crew - Did Not Play
Marc Pelosi - San Jose Earthquakes - Did Not Play
Fatai Alashe - San Jose Earthquakes - Did Not Play

And here's some tournament stats for the U.S. thus far (MLSers in red):

Goals (13):

Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart) - 3
Jordan Morris (Stanford) - 3
Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - 2
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur) - 1
Alonso Hernández (Juárez) - 1
Emerson Hyndman (Fulham) - 1
Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls) - 1
Own Goals - 1

Assists (10):

Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - 2
Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart) - 2
Jordan Morris (Stanford) - 2
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) - 1
Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes) - 1
Matt Polster (Chicago Fire) - 1
Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew) - 1

Appearances:

Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur) - 3
Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake) - 3
Emerson Hyndman (Fulham) - 3
Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart) - 3
Jordan Morris (Stanford) - 3
Matt Polster (Chicago Fire) - 3
Boyd Okwuonu (Real Salt Lake) - 3
Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield) - 2
Alonso Hernández (Juárez) - 2
Matt Miazga (New York Red Bulls) - 2
Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes) - 2
Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids) - 2
Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg) - 2
Maki Tall (Sion) - 2
Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew) - 2
Gedion Zelalem (Rangers) - 2
Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes) - 1
Ethan Horvath (Molde FK) - 1
Will Packwood (none) - 1
Charlie Horton (Leeds United) - 0