Klinsmann’s son named top goaltender

LOS ANGELES: Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former US national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, was named the top goaltender as the USA under-20 men’s national team won the North American regional championship tournament.

The Americans defeated Honduras 5-3 on penalty kicks following a 0-0 draw in Sunday’s final of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Under-20 Championship in Costa Rica.

The younger Klinsmann, a goalkeeper for the University of California, got the call from American under-20 coach Tab Ramos three months after his father was dumped following two losses to open the final round of regional 2018 World Cup qualifying.

Danny Acosta slotted the gamewinning penalty kick into the lower left corner to earn the US its first CONCACAF title at the under20 level.

The US reached the final following a win over El Salvador as they finished with 11 goals and allowed just four in the tournament.

This was the Americans’ fifth appearance in the tournament having finished runner-up twice to Mexico. - AFP

10 hurt in new Morocco football riot

RABAT: At least 10 people were hurt when rival football fans clashed in Morocco over the weekend, the interior ministry said on Monday, vowing a “rigorous” crackdown on hooliganism.

The ministry said four members of the security forces were among those hurt in “acts of vandalism” in the northeastern town of Sidi Kacem on Sunday after a second division match between Union Sidi Kacem and Maghreb AS of Fez. - AFP