Albert Puig, the former youth academy director at FC Barcelona, has been hired as executive technical director by Northern California youth club De Anza Force. The 48-year-oldPuig began coaching Barcelona youth teams in 2003 and served as La Masia director in 2010-2014. Afterward, he served as the technical director of Gabon’s national team program and […]
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Roster: U.S. U-16 boys head to Italy
U-16 boys national team coach Shaun Tsakiris has named a 20-player for the 2016 Tournament Delle Nazioni in Italy, where the USA will face Croatia (April 25), Slovenia (April26) and Brazil (April 27) in Group C. U-16 U.S. boys national team GOALKEEPERS (2): Nicolas Defreitas-Hansen (Weston FC; SouthwestRanches, Fla.), Alex Rando (NYCFC; New York, N.Y.). […]
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Roster: Carr names 24 to U.S. U-15 girls national team
Coach Mark Carr has called in 24 players for a U.S. U-15 girls national team (2001s) camp in Chula Vista, California April 16-24 This age group is what will form the core ofthe team that will attempt to qualify for the 2018 U-17 Women’s World Cup. U.S. U-15 girls national team GOALKEEPERS (3):Julia Dohle (NYSC; […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 women head to camp
Coach April Heinrichs has named a roster of three collegians and 23 players still in youth ball for a U.S. U-18 women’s national team training camp April 16-23 in Carson,California. The U-18s are reconvening after a March tournament in Spain where it beat the U-19 national teams of England (1-0) and Norway (1-0) and tied […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls start prepping for World Cup
The U.S. U-17 girls national team convenes for the first time since March, when it qualified for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21), at a April 16-23 training camp in Carson,California. Coach B.J. Snow has named a 26-player roster that includes 18 players who participated in the Concacaf Championship in […]
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U.S. U-16 girls head to tourney in Italy
The U.S. U-16 girls national team, coached by Tricia Taliaferro, will compete at the 1st International Women’s Tournament of Gradisca in Italy April 19-29. Taliaferro has named a20-player roster comprised of 17 players born in 2000, two in 2001 and one in 2002. The USA will compete against older teams of players born in 1999, […]
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ECNL adds five clubs
The Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), the girls league currently comprised of 79 clubs, has added five new clubs for the 2016-17 season: Boston Breakers Academy, Seattle Reign Academy, Tampa BayUnited, Western New York Flash Academy and Florida’s Weston FC. The Breakers, Seattle Reign and Western New York are affiliated with pro NWSL clubs. “We […]
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U.S. U-15 boys beat Uruguay during undefeated Argentina trip
In their first event since the appointment of Dave van den Bergh as head coach, the U.S. U-15 boys national team (2002s) went undefeated in three games, including a 2-0 win overUruguay on goals by Efrain Alvarez, his fourth goal of the trip, and Giovanni Reyna, son of U.S. Hall of Famer Claudio Reyna. The […]
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Roster: U.S. U-20 women head to Florida
Coach Michelle French has named a 26-player roster for the World Cup-bound U.S. U-20 women’s national team’s April 1-8 training camp in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. All but four ofthe players coming into camp are collegians. The USA was drawn into Group C to face France, New Zealand and Ghana at the 2016 U-20 Women’s World […]
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Everton wins Dallas Cup Super Group
Everton beat Fulham, 2-1, an all-England final to win the Dallas Cup Gordon Jago Super Group. FC Dallas, the only U.S. team to reach the final four, fell, 3-1, to Everton in the semifinals. TheU.S. U-20 national team was knocked out in group play because of a stoppage timeequalizer in its 3-3 tie with Germany’s […]