Weah Becomes First Player Born in 2000 to Earn MNT Cap

Midfielder Tim Weah entered the U.S. Men’s National Team’s international friendly against Paraguay on March 27, 2018 as a substitute. With his appearance, the 18-year-old attacker became the first player born in the year 2000 to earn a cap with the U.S. Men’s National Team.

March 28, 2018

Midfielder Tim Weah entered the U.S. Men’s National Team’s international friendly against Paraguay on March 27, 2018 as a substitute in the 87th minute. With his appearance, the 18-year-old attacker became the first player born in the year 2000 to earn a cap with the U.S. Men’s National Team.

Following Weah’s historic debut in 2018, the next birth year has also pushed its first debutant into the USMNT. Forward Uly Llanez – who was born April 2, 2001 -- started and scored in his first cap, a 1-0 friendly win against Costa Rica on Feb. 1, 2020 in Carson, Calif.

Below, find the list of the first player to debut for the USMNT by birthyear, going back to 1970.

FIRST PLAYER TO EARN AN MNT CAP BY BIRTH YEAR
Birth Year	Player	Birthday	First Cap	First Cap Date	First Cap Age
2001	Uly Llanez	4/2/2001	vs. Costa Rica	2/1/2020	18 years, 304 days
2000	Tim Weah	2/22/2000	vs. Paraguay	3/27/2018	18 years, 38 days
1999	Tyler Adams	2/14/1999	at Portugal	11/14/2017	18 years, 273 days
1998	Christian Pulisic	9/18/1998	vs. Guatemala *	3/29/2016	17 years, 193 days
1997	Cameron Carter-Vickers	12/31/1997	at Portugal	11/14/2017	19 years, 318 days
1996	Emerson Hyndman	4/9/1996	at Czech Republic	9/3/2014	18 years, 147 days
1995	Julian Green	6/6/1995	vs. Mexico	4/2/2014	18 years, 300 days
1994	Jordan Morris	10/28/1994	at Ireland	11/18/2014	20 years, 344 days
1993	John Brooks	1/28/1993	at Bosnia-Herzegovina	8/14/2013	20 years, 198 days
1992	Juan Agudelo	11/23/1992	at South Africa	11/17/2010	17 years, 359 days
1991	Terrence Boyd	2/16/1991	at Italy	2/29/2012	21 years, 13 days
1990	Brek Shea	2/28/1990	vs. Colombia	10/12/2010	20 years, 226 days
1989	Freddy Adu	6/2/1989	vs. Canada	1/22/2006	16 years, 234 days
1988	Omar Gonzalez	10/11/1988	vs. Brazil	8/10/2010	21 years, 303 days
1987	Michael Bradley	7/31/1987	vs. Venezuela	5/26/2006	18 years, 299 days
1986	Eddie Gaven	10/25/1986	vs. Poland	7/11/2004	17 years, 259 days
1985	Benny Feilhaber	1/19/1985	vs. Ecuador	3/25/2007	22 years, 65 days
1984	Eddie Johnson	3/31/1984	at El Salvador *	10/9/2004	19 years, 173 days
1983	Bobby Convey	5/27/1983	vs. Mexico	10/25/2000	17 years, 214 days
1982	Landon Donovan	3/4/1982	vs. Mexico	10/25/2000	18 years, 235 days
1981	Kyle Martino	2/19/1981	vs. El Salvador	11/17/2002	21 years, 271 days
1980	Danny Califf	3/17/1980	vs. Korea Republic ^	1/19/2002	21 years, 308 days
1979	Steve Cherundolo	2/19/1979	at Jamaica	9/8/1999	20 years, 202 days
1978	Brian West	6/10/1978	at Russia	4/26/2000	19 years, 321 days
1977	Maurice Ligeon	9/1/1977	at Saudi Arabia	10/19/1994	17 years, 48 days
1976	Jovan Kirovski	3/18/1976	at Saudi Arabia	10/19/1994	18 years, 215 days
1975	CJ Brown	6/15/1975	vs. Australia	11/6/1998	23 years, 144 days
1974	Mike Slivinski	10/31/1974	vs. Jamaica	9/14/1991	16 years, 318 days
1973	Claudio Reyna	7/20/1973	vs. Norway	1/15/1994	20 years, 179 days
1972	Zak Ibsen	6/2/1972	at Costa Rica	2/12/1992	19 years, 255 days
1972	Matt Kmosko	1/8/1972	at Costa Rica	2/12/1992	20 years, 35 days
1971	Troy Dayak	1/29/1971	vs. Trinidad & Tobago	9/15/1990	19 years, 229 days
1970	Chris Henderson	12/11/1970	vs. Iceland	4/8/1990	19 years, 118 days

*	World Cup Qualifier
^	CONCACAF Gold Cup

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