Netherlands U17 host United States U17 in an international friendly. Both sides have had spells of good form this year, though neither has been entirely consistent lately.
The pair met only last autumn, and that game offers a useful starting point before getting into the wider form picture.
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Recent form for both sides
Netherlands's sample covers 16 matches stretching back to October 2024, mixing UEFA U17 qualifiers with friendlies. They've won eight, drawn four and lost four, scoring 38 and conceding 23 along the way. It's been up and down lately too — a 2-1 home win over Belarus followed a 0-1 defeat away to Kosovo just days earlier, and before that they'd lost 2-3 at home to Croatia after beating Kazakhstan 4-1.
Netherlands U17: 16 completed matches; United States U17: 11 completed matches.
Netherlands U17
- Win
- 50% 8 / 16
- Draw
- 25% 4 / 16
- Loss
- 25% 4 / 16
- Scored
- 38
- Conceded
- 23
- Difference
- +15
United States U17
- Win
- 63.6% 7 / 11
- Draw
- 9.1% 1 / 11
- Loss
- 27.3% 3 / 11
- Scored
- 38
- Conceded
- 9
- Difference
- +29
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification | Netherlands U17 | Belarus U17 | 31.03.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification | Kosovo U17 | Netherlands U17 | 25.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies | Switzerland U17 | Netherlands U17 | 11.02.2026 | 3-3 |
| UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification | Netherlands U17 | Croatia U17 | 17.11.2025 | 2-3 |
| UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification | Netherlands U17 | Kazakhstan U17 | 14.11.2025 | 4-1 |
| UEFA U17 Championship - Qualification | Albania U17 | Netherlands U17 | 11.11.2025 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies | Netherlands U17 | Portugal U17 | 11.10.2025 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies | Netherlands U17 | United States U17 | 09.10.2025 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies | Netherlands U17 | Belgium U17 | 09.09.2025 | 0-0 |
| Friendlies | Netherlands U17 | Denmark U17 | 07.09.2025 | 5-3 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | Brazil U17 | United States U17 | 11.06.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies | Brazil U17 | United States U17 | 07.06.2026 | 4-0 |
| World Cup - U17 | United States U17 | Morocco U17 | 14.11.2025 | 1-1 |
| World Cup - U17 | Czech Republic U17 | United States U17 | 11.11.2025 | 0-1 |
| World Cup - U17 | United States U17 | Tajikistan U17 | 08.11.2025 | 2-1 |
| World Cup - U17 | United States U17 | Burkina Faso U17 | 05.11.2025 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies | Netherlands U17 | United States U17 | 09.10.2025 | 2-0 |
| World Cup - U17 | United States U17 | Cuba U17 | 16.02.2025 | 2-0 |
| CONCACAF U17 | United States U17 | Cuba U17 | 16.02.2025 | 2-0 |
| World Cup - U17 | St. Kitts and Nevis U17 | United States U17 | 13.02.2025 | 0-7 |
United States's 11-game sample tells a different story. Seven wins, one draw and three losses, with 38 goals for and just nine against. But a chunk of that comes from lopsided CONCACAF qualifying wins, including a 22-0 result against the US Virgin Islands. Their form against tougher opposition looks shakier: a 1-1 draw and a 0-1 loss during the World Cup group stage, then back-to-back friendly defeats to Brazil U17 in June, losing 1-0 and 4-0.
Those big CONCACAF scorelines inflate the US numbers — their results against stronger sides have been far less convincing.
Comparative Team Statistics: Netherlands U17 vs United States U17
Head-to-head history favours the Dutch
The two sides have met twice on record, and Netherlands have won both. They beat the US 2-0 in a friendly back in October 2025, and further back there was a 4-0 win at the 2019 U17 World Cup.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies | Netherlands U17 | United States U17 | 09.10.2025 | 2-0 |
| World Cup - U17 | Netherlands U17 | United States U17 | 03.11.2019 | 4-0 |
The 2025 meeting is the most relevant one given how recent it is, and it lines up with the pattern of the US struggling for goals against tougher opponents.
Will goals be easy to come by?
Netherlands's numbers suggest goals at both ends: over two scored per game on average across their sample, but also close to one and a half conceded. That points to a side capable of an open, entertaining game rather than a tight one.
The US picture looks tighter on paper, but that's skewed by the gulf in class during CONCACAF qualifying. In their more testing fixtures — the World Cup and the recent Brazil friendlies — games have generally been lower-scoring and harder work for their attack.
Both teams have things going for them and question marks hanging over them. Netherlands look capable of scoring but also concede fairly often, while the US have shown they can struggle for goals against sterner tests, even if their overall record looks tidy on the surface.
Without a market to weigh up, there's no clean angle to back here. The head-to-head favours Netherlands, but that alone isn't enough to build a confident selection around.
Who will win?
