[AGS CUP] The U.S. under-17 men’s national team opened with a pair of wins at the 2012 AGS Cup in Spain before losing its third game to Azerbaijan, 1-0,on Tuesday. It had followed up on a 2-1 victory over Morocco with a 2-0 victory against the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. Games remain against Concacaf […]
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U.S. under-20 national team roster
[MARBELLA CUP] U.S. Under-20 national team head coach Tab Ramos has named a 19-player roster for the team’supcoming international friendlies against Canada, Scotland and Azerbaijan Oct. 6-17 at the 2012 Marbella Cup in Spain. The roster is dominated by pros, including LuisGil of Real Salt Lake, Jose Villarreal of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Benji Joya […]
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MVLA and Texas Rush headed to National Event Series
[ECNL PHOENIX] First-year clubs Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) and Texas Rush are among the clubs participating in the Elite Clubs National League’s NationalEvent Series this weekend in the Phoenix area. The action involving 140 teams will take place Saturday through Monday at the Reach 11 Sports Complex and Scottsdale Sports Complex. MVLALightning’s U-17s are […]
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Real Colorado teams off to fast start
[ECNL LEADERS] Real Colorado’s U-15s and U-14s are both off to 5-0-0 starts in the Elite Clubs National League, while Colorado Rush’s U-18s and the DallasTexans’ U-15s are also perfect with five wins in five games. For the early ECNL leaders … (Click here forthe ECNL standings.) Under-18s 5-0-0 *Colorado Rush 4-0-0 Dallas Texans 4-0-0 […]
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Under-17 Women's World Cup schedule
[DAY 3: Saturday & Sunday] All eight berths in the Under-17 Women’s World Cup quarterfinals will be up for grabs on Saturday and Sunday when the finalgroup games will all be carried live on ESPN3. The only team to win its first two games is Japan, whose 5-0 and 3-0 wins mean it has all but […]
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USA faces North Korea in rematch of '08 final
[UNDER-17 WOMEN’S WORLD: Day 3] The USA concludes group play at the Under-17 Women’s World Cup on Saturday against North Korea, a rematch of the 2008 U-17 finalwon by the Koreans. Here are the USA’s advancement scenarios … — The USA will advance to the quarterfinals with a win. — A USA-North Korea tie would […]
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Fire's Farina opens with back-to-back hat tricks
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY REWIND] The Chicago Fire, one of four U-17/18 Mid-America Division teams to sweep their games in the first two weeks of play in the 2012-13Development Academy, got back-to-back hat tricks from Jeffrey Farina as it swept Internationals (7-0) and Crew Soccer Academy (4-0). Farina is ajunior at New Trier High School. He had […]
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Sporting KC teams off to perfect starts
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY SPOTLIGHT] Sporting Kansas City’s two academy teams are both off to 3-0-0 starts, making it the only Development Academy club to win allsix games since the launch of the 2012-13 season, the first in which all clubs play year-round schedules. Perhaps the top prospect on the U-17/18s is its youngest player, 15-year-oldErik Palmer-Brown. […]
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Crew Juniors take top spot again
[MEN’S SUPER-20 FIRST XI] For the second consecutive year, the Crew Juniors took the top spot in the USL’s Super-20 League Men’s First 11 rankings afteran impressive run during the regular season, finishing with a 7-0-0 record and allowing a mere three goals. The Crew Juniors continued the run through the North American Finals before […]
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U.S. under-17 national team roster
[AGS CUP] U.S. under-17 national team coach Richie Williams named a 20-player roster for the team’s trip toAlicante, Spain, Sept. 29-Oct. 6 to compete in the 2012 AGS Cup. All 20 players are part of the 2012 Fall Semester roster at the U-17 Residency Program and 12 of them were at the 2011 AGSCup, where […]