The high-scoring United States Under-20s, led by tournament star Freddy Adu, will take on an erratic Uruguay side in the Round of 16 at the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Wednesday in Toronto.

The round of 16 match will be broadcast on ESPNU and the Spanish-language channel Galavision despite last weeks last minute programming change which put the highly entertaining US-Brazil matchup on ESPN.

Uruguay is limping its way into the knockout stages of the tournament. After starting well by tying European champions, Spain, 2-2, Uruguay followed with a 1-0 defeat of Jordan.

The Uruguayans lost the final match of the group stages, 2-0, to Zambia. Despite the loss, Uruguay was able to lock up one of the top four third-place spots with a 1-1-1 record.

The United States advanced in a much different fashion then their South American opponents, earning two wins following a sluggish draw against South Korea.

This result seemed to ignite the team as the U.S. went on to defeat Poland, 6-1, and pre-tournament favorites Brazil, 2-1. A 2-1-1 record was good enough for Thomas Rongen's boys to take first place in group D.

Uruguay is led by striker Edison Cavani of Palermo. Cavani was the leading scorer in South American qualifying for the tournament and he has scored two goals thus far in the World Cup. FC Groningen ace Luis Suarez bagged the other goal for a Uruguay side that scored three, but conceded four in group play.

The United States has scored more goals than any other team in the group stages with nine. Adu, Danny Szetela, and Josmer Altidore each have three goals for the red-white-and-blue. On the other side of the field, the U.S. defense, a question mark coming in, has held strong and only conceded three goals. The outstanding play of goalkeeper Chris Seitz has helped to keep that total from growing.

Seitz's counterpart would have been Mauro Goicoichea, but the Uruguayan netminder was red-carded in the match against Zambia. This might be a blessing in disguise for Uruguay since the very shaky Goicoichea will be replaced by Yonatan Irrazabal.

The United States will be at full strength, having escaped first round play with no suspensions or injuries.