Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Union High School finished atop the USA TODAY & NSCAA Final Girls High School National Rankings for the 2016 Spring Season. Final USATODAY/NSCAA Super 25 Spring Girls National Rankings Rank School W-L-T 1 Union (Tulsa, Okla.) 19-0-0 2 Padua Academy(Wilmington, Del.) 18-0-0 3 Lexington (Lexington, S.C.) 25-0-2 4 Davis (Davis, Calif.) 21-0-2 5 Weddington […]
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Rankings: Boys Top 20 Spring High School Final
Birmingham, Alabama’s Oak Mountain finished atop the USA TODAY & NSCAA Final Boys High School National Rankings for the 2016 Spring Season. Final USA TODAY/NSCAASuper 25 Spring Boys National Rankings Rank School W-L-T 1 Oak Mountain (Birmingham, Ala.) 28-0-1 2 Heritage Hall (OklahomaCity, Okla.) 17-0-0 3 Valley (West Des Moines, Iowa) 20-1-0 4 Wando (Mount […]
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U.S. U-19 women score 10 in three games in New Zealand
The U.S. U-19 women’s national team played three games against New Zealand’s U-20s and won twice, 2-1 and 4-1, and tied, 4-4, during Coach Jitka Klimkova’s team’s two-weektraining camp in Auckland. Marissa Everett (Univ. of Oregon), Ella Stevens (Gwinnett SA/Georgia), Cyera Hintzen (Dallas Sting)and Shannon Simon (Univ. of Washington) each scored twice for the USA over […]
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Development Academy Playoffs: 22 clubs qualify for both age groups
The 2015-16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs take place June 22-26 in Frisco, Texas. Twenty-two clubs are represented at both the U-15/16 and U-17/18 age groups. Thirty-two teams at each levelare vying for quarterfinal berths. Clubs will host quarterfinals July 6-7 and the semifinals and finals take place in Carson, California, July 14-16. DA U-13/14 […]
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U.S. U-19 women beat New Zealand
The University of Oregon’s Marissa Everett scored both goals for the U.S. U-19 women’s national team in a 2-1 win over a New Zealand squad comprised of teens and RioOlympics-bound players. Coach Jitka Klimkova’s U.S. team, with 11 collegians and nine youth club players, will face New Zealand’s U-20s June 17 and June 19 duringthe […]
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Reyna and Fuentes strike for U.S. U-15 boys in Croatia
The U.S. U-15 boys national team, coached by Dave van den Bergh, fell to host Croatia (2-1) and Serbia (2-0), and beat Montenegro (1-0) at a four-team tournament in Zagreb. Giovanni Reyna (NYCFC) scored the decider against Montenegro. Gilbert Fuentes of Northern California’s Ballistic United scored the consolation goal againstCroatia. The U-15s had won their […]
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U.S. U-19 women train in New Zealand
U.S. U-19 women’s national team coach Jitka Klimkova has taken a 20-player squad to New Zealand for a June 8-20 training camp that will include two games against NewZealand’s U-20 national team. Eleven of the U.S. players are collegians while nine are youth club players. Fourteen were born in 1997, four in 1996, and two […]
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U.S. U-17 girls beat Switzerland's U-19 team
The Colorado Rush’s Civana Kuhlmannscored twice and assisted as the U.S. U-17 girls national team beat Switzerland’s U-19 national, 3-2, in Morbio, Switzerland. Taryn Torres (FC Dallas) scored the USA’s third goal in the win over the Swiss team that is preparing for July’s U-19 European Championship. Coach B.J.Snow’s team is preparing for the U-17 […]
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Michael Hoyer is new AYSO National Executive Director
Michael Hoyer has been named National Executive Director of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), succeeding Ian McMahon, who was hired for the position inSeptember of 2014. Hoyer, who played AYSO as a youngster, started working for AYSO as a volunteer before serving as Deputy Executive Director and Acting National Executive Director. “It’s a great […]
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U.S. U-17 boys finish runner-up in India
A free-kick goal with six minutes left in overtime gave South Korea a 2-1 win in the U-17 AIFF Youth Cup final in India over the USA, which played the final 65 minutes a man down. The final was arematch of a 0-0 tie between the two teams in group play of the tournament in […]