[AWARDS] Four players — Joseph Deker (Kingwood H.S., Texas), Haiden Lane(Brenham H.S., Texas), Elliot Cassutt (Minneapolis South H.S.) and Nestor Jaramillo (Cardinal Newman School,S.C.) — are repeat selections on the 2012 NSCAA Boys High School All-America Team. For all the selections … Note: All-Americans are selected byNSCAA coaches and must play for schools whose coaches […]
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Hugo Perez: '99s are an excellent group'
[U.S. U-14 SPOTLIGHT] Hugo Perez, who starred for the U.S. national team in the 1980s and early 1990s, is now head coach of the U.S. U-14national team and has high expectations for the current crop. “We have so much talent here,” Perez said in a USSoccer.com interview. “I’m with theU-14s and right now we have […]
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North American Finals open Friday
[SUPER Y-LEAGUE] The 2012 Super Y-League North American Finals kick off Friday morning at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., with 130 teams set to compete for the12 championships. Group play begins at 8 a.m. ET, and the tournament concludes with the championship games on Tuesday morning. Among the teams returning to defend theirtitles are the […]
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Chicago and Vancouver sweep three games
[WINTER SHOWCASE: U-15/16s] The Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps were the only MLS clubs who academy teams went 3-0-0 in U-15/16 play at the DevelopmentAcademy’s Winter Showcase that ended Tuesday. Other teams to sweep their three games were Texans SC Houston, Solar Chelsea, Orlando City, Real So Cal, FC Boston Bolts, Arsenal FC The Fire […]
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Georgia United comes alive in Florida
[WINTER SHOWCASE: U-17/18s] Georgia United, winner of its three games by a margin of 15-0, was the dominant U-17-18 team at the Development Academy’s WinterShowcase that ended Monday. Four other U-17-18 teams swept their three games: Baltimore Bays, Concorde Fire, New England Revolution and North Meck. — Georgia United went into theShowcase with a 2-4-1 […]
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Radilla and Martinez combine in U/15-16 select victory
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Alex Radilla of FC Dallas and Steve Martinez of the LAGalaxy set each other up for goals in the second half as the Red select team pulled away from the Blue select team for a 4-1 victory in their Development Academy U-15/16 match at the WinterShowcase. Red Select also got goals from Christian […]
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Romero leads Blue U-17/18s to win
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] De Anza Force forward Jason Romero scored the lone goal to give the Blue team a 1-0 win over theRed team in the Development Academy’s U-17/18 select game at the Winter Showcase. Romero, a second-half sub, broke the deadlock in the 71st minute on an assist from Pateadores’ Kevin de la Torre.
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ODP Boys Winter Interregional rosters
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] Four regional teams in the 1997 age group will compete at the U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Boys Winter Interregional Dec. 14-16 at the IMG Academyin Bradenton, Fla. For all the rosters … Region I Boys Ryan Bayne Horseheads NY Soaring Capital Derek Blanchette Hope RI Thomas Butzke Holbrook NY Smithtown Dylan […]
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Four teams perfect in National League
[U.S.YOUTH SOCCER] Four clubs — defending national champions U-18 VSA Heat Blue (Va.) and U-17 BRYC 95 Elite (Va.), U-18 Team Chicago Academy Botafogo (Ill.)and U-16 DMCV Sharks Elite (Cal-S) — won all four games at the first weekend of girls play in the U.S. Youth Soccer National League, held at the Wilson Gillette Soccer […]
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ECNL All-Event Teams
[AWARDS] The Elite Clubs National League named All-Event Best IX teams for each of the four age groups that competed at its first national showcase inPhoenix. A total of 138 teams from 36 ECNL clubs took part in the event that concluded Oct. 1 at the Reach 11 Sports Complex and Scottsdale Sports Complex. U15 […]