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Zelalem, Hyndman and Rubin shine brightest in U.S. U-20 World Cup romp

On a night that saw most of the U.S. Under-20 World Cup team's players do well in a 4-0 thrashing of New Zealand, a trio of attacking standouts stole the show.

Given how good U.S. fans have gotten at overhyping young American prospects, it is almost unheard of for those youngsters to ever actually live up to the hype. The U.S. Under-20 national team is loaded with just the kind of prospects already generating considerable buzz and on Tuesday in New Zealand, several of them turned in the kind of performance sure to pump the hype machine to the max.