U.S. Club Soccer and the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) have announced their collaboration to launch the Elite National Premier League (ENPL) for boys. The ENPL, with five age groups U-14through U-18/19 boys, will launch in August 2017 and include local and national regular-season competition, national showcase events, and postseason playoff competition. “By working together,U.S. […]
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Ella Stevens named Girls Player of the Year
Ella Stevens of Grayson, Georgia, was named 2015-16 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year, becoming the second player from the Peach State to win the award since itsinception in 1998. Previous winners include 2015 Women’s World Cup winners Amy Rodriguez, Ashlyn Harris, Heather O’Reilly, Lauren (née Cheney) Holiday andMorgan Brian, the 2010-11 winner […]
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U.S. U-17 girls head to Italy for World Cup prep
The U.S. U-17 girls national team continues its preparations for the U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan that kicks off in September with a May 23-June 3 training camp in Northern Italy that will includetwo games across the border against Switzerland’s U-19 national team, which is preparing for the U-19 European Championship. U.S. coach B.J. […]
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Roster: 26 players picked for U.S. U-16 girls camp
Coach Jaime Frias, recently hired U.S. Soccer Development Coach, will run his first camp as U.S. U-16 girls national team head coach with a squad of 26 players in Portland, Oregon,May 28-June 4. The majority of the players in the squad were born in 2000 and are in the second year of a two-year cycle […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 girls to train in Portland
California and Georgia are the most represented states in the 26-player U.S. U-15 girls national team squad called in by Coach Mark Carr for a May 28-June 4 training camp inPortland, Oregon. This age group’s ultimate goal is qualifying for the 2018 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay. The majority of players were born in […]
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U.S. U-17 boys beat India
Will Sands scored twice on Andrew Carleton assists as the U.S. U-17 boys national team beat host India, 4-0, in its second game at AIFF Youth Cup. Coach JohnHackworth’s team, which opened with a 1-1 tie with Tanzania, faces South Korea on Saturday. After taking a 2-0 halftime lead thanks to Sands and Carleton, Bradenton […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 women convene in California
U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs has named a 26-player squad for a U.S. U-18 women’s national team camp at the U.S. Soccer National TrainingCenter in Carson, California. All the players were born in 1998 and are age-eligible for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup, which has cut-off date of Jan. 1, 1996, but […]
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Jaime Frias named U.S. Soccer Development Coach
U.S. Soccer has hired University of Virginia assistant coach Jaime Frias as a U.S. Soccer Development Coach for the youth women’s and girls national teams. He will alsohead coach the U.S. U-16 girls national team. Frias, who was the U-20 women’s national team scout and performance analyst when it won the 2012 Women’s World Cup, […]
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U.S. U-20 women head to Papua New Guinea
The U.S. U-20 women’s national team will hold a training camp and play two games May 21-June 1 in Papua New Guinea, to where it will return for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup Nov. 13-Dec. 3. “The trip to PNG will be a fantastic opportunity for our group to continue to learn how to […]
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Roster: U.S. U-19 women convene in Chula Vista
Coach Jitka Klimkova has named a 26-player squad for a U-19 women’s national team training camp May 14-21 in Chula Vista, California. Fifteen of the players are collegiansand 11 are still in youth ball. The majority were born in 1997, four in 1996, and three in 1998. All are eligible for the 2016 U-20 Women’s […]