[U.S. UNDER-18 NATIONAL TEAM] The U.S. under-18 men’s national team recently completed a successful training camp in the Netherlands, where it beat theDutch under-18 national team, featuring seven starters from its 2012 UEFA U-17 championship team, and youth teams from Borussia Dortmund and Feyenoord before losing its last game to Belgium’s ClubBrugge. Perez said it […]
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Future gold-medalists led USA to past championships
[REWIND] Saturday’s Under-20 Women’s World Cup title was the third for the USA. Four years ago, Sydney Leroux and Alex Morgan — winners of the Golden Ball and Silver Ball — led the USA past North Korea, 2-1. In 2002, the FIFA’s inaugural women’s youth championship was anunder-19 competition, captured by the Americans with a […]
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Marozsan captures adidas Golden Ball
[AWARDS] Dzsenifer Marozsan, Germany’s Hungarian-born midfield dynamo, captured the adidas Golden Ball as the top playerat the Under-20 Women’s World Cup. She finished ahead of Japan’s Hanae Shibata and U.S. captain Julie Johnston in votingfor the top player. Marozsan scored only one goal but had six assists to lead Germany to five straight wins before […]
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Carolina connection powers Americans to world title
[USA-GERMANY] The USA won its third Under-20 Women’s World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over defending champion Germany Saturday in Tokyo. A trio of NorthCarolina players played key roles. Right back Crystal Dunn fed Kealia Ohai for the game’s lone goal in the 44th minute,and goalie Bryane Heaberlin held off the Germans with several […]
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Americans win The Chance spot
[VIDEO PICK] San Diego Surf’s Brian Iloski, one of the four Americans at The Chance Global Finals in Barcelona, was oneof the 16 players selected to participate in an international tour at the Nike Academy Residency program for a six-week stretch that includes academy competition against the likes of Manchester Unitedand Juventus. Brian Iloski:
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New season starts early in Northeast
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The 2012-13 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season kicks off its sixth season this weekend with 40 matches. It’s the first year that allteams are playing a 10-month season. That means teams like D.C. United, FC Delco, Baltimore Bays Chelsea and BW Gottschee, which would have otherwise been idle until the end of the […]
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Four-game sweep highlights HDC camp
[U.S. UNDER-15 BOYS] The U.S. under-15 boys national team swept four games against Southern California opposition during a week-long training camp at the HomeDepot Center in Carson, Calif. On Tuesday, the split squads registered 4-1 and 2-1 wins, while two days later they won 4-0 and 3-2. The two comeback victories came againstChivas USA and […]
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Bayern Munich teen Green gets call-up
[U.S. UNDER-18 MEN] Add Julian Green to the list of German-Americans in the U.S. national team program. Coach Javier Perez called up the 17-year-old Green, who plays for Bayern Munich’s U-19 team, for the U.S. under-18 national team’s training camp in the Netherlands. Thesquad also includes three young MLS pros, two players based in France […]
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North Korea's Kim tops scoring charts
[GOLEADORES] North Korea’s Kim Un Hwa won the adidas Golden Shoe as the leading scorer at the Under-20 Women’s World Cupwith seven goals, one more than Japanese Yoko Tanaka and German Lena Lotzen. Five of Kim’s goals came in a 30-minute span of North Korea’s 9-0win over Argentina. The leading U.S. scorer was Penn State’s […]
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Germans make it 11 wins in a row
[JAPAN-GERMANY] Germany remained on course to become the first team to win back-to-back titles at the Under-20 Women’s World Cup with another emphatic win, thistime a 3-0 decision over host Japan in Tuesday’s semifinals. All three goals came in the first 19 minutes. It took only 60 seconds for the Germans to take the lead […]