[RANKINGS] Aliso Niguel (Calif.) High School is No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Winter Girls Poll. Teams from California, Florida, Texas and Louisiana arerepresented in the top 10. For the top 10 rankings .. NSCAA High School Winter Girls Poll 1 Aliso Niguel (Aliso Niguel, Calif.) 11-0-3 2American Heritage (Delray Beach, Fla.) 20-0-0 3 Marcus […]
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NSCAA High School Winter Boys Poll
[RANKINGS] Led by Stony Brook-bound attacker Martin Giordano and 6-foot-4 goalie ZachBiggs, who is headed to UCF, Weston (Fla.) Cypress Bay is No. 1 in the NSCAA High School Winter Boys Poll. For the top 10 rankings .. NSCAA HighSchool Winter Boys Poll 1 Cypress Bay (Weston, Fla.) 16-0-2 2 Coppell (Coppell, Texas) 10-0-0 3 […]
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Prep star without leg honored with inaugural Inspireum Soccer Award
[AWARDS] Christian Metzler, who earned second-team all-state honors as a goalkeeper at Pope John Paul the Great HighSchool in Dumfries, Va., despite being born without a fibular bone that left him with no lower right leg from the knee down, was named the winner of the inaugural Inspireum Soccer Awards and awarded a$7,500 scholarship. The […]
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FC Dallas U-14s reach quarterfinals in Bolivia
[MUNDIALITO] The FC Dallas under-14 academy team reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Mundialito 2012, hosted by Bolivian youth club Tahuichi, before fallingto eventual champion Nacional of Uruguay, 3-1 on two late goals. In group play, FCD’s big win was a 5-0 victory over Cruz Azul of Mexico thanks to two goals by Jessi Najera […]
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Garcia, newest FC Dallas Juniors scoring phenom
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Of the teams that have played more than 10 games in the 2011-12 Development Academy’s under-17/18 age group, FC Dallas Juniorshas the best record with a 11-1-2 mark. Dallas is led by Danny Garcia, who has 13 goals in 13 games and earned a call-up to the U.S. under-20 […]
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National Showcase all-event teams
[ECNL] Cari Roccaro (Albertson Fury) and Joanna Boyles (CASL Chelsea Ladies),each among the top players in the high school classes of 2012 and 2013, respectively, were among the players selected to the All-Event Teams at the recent ECNL National Showcase Event Series inSanford, Fla. Eclipse Select and Concorde Fire led all teams with three players […]
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ODP Boys 1996 Winter Interregional rosters
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] Players born in 1996 will compete at the 2012 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Boys Winter Interregional Friday-Sunday at IMG Academies in Bradenton,Fla. For the four regional rosters … Region I 7 Gioacchino Albanese London UK Kensington Dragons 13 Patrick Berneski Warrington PALehigh Valley United 12 Arthur Bosua Dix Hills NY HBC 1 […]
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Doniak fills sisters' shoes
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Makenzy Doniak is the third in line of a sister trio that has been the toast of SouthernCalifornia girls soccer. She’s coming off a strong January camp with the U.S. under-18 national team with which she scored two goals in a 4-1 win over the Shanghai Women’s Football Club. […]
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National League stars make plans
[COLLEGE COMMITMENTS] Numberous players from the 2011-12 U.S. Youth Soccer National League have made college commitments for the fall of 2012. Among thecollege-bound national youth players in the league are NASA’s Emily Sonnett (Virginia) and Abby Lutzenkirchen (Alabama)and Coral Springs United FC’s Miranda Freeman (USC). For all the National League commitments … Under-18Girls Brentwood Premier […]
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Player development program set for Philadelphia
[ECNL] The Elite Clubs National League’s new player development program continues with a regional camp Saturday and Sunday in Philadelphia. For rosters of the58 players picked from clubs in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia … The ECNL will be hosting 10 PDP events across the country over the next six months, providing an opportunity forthe top […]