 After the preliminary round there was a knock-out stage.The USA's U-23 team coached by Lothar Osiander included a number of players from the highly successful U-20 World Championship squad of 1989, including Brad Friedel, Joe-Max Moore, Steve Snow, Manny Lagos, Yari Allnutt, Kasey Keller, Mike Burns, Cobi Jones and Claudio Reyna.They were also helped by the CONMEBOL boycott of the Games.