The USA lost to host Turkey, 3-1, in the final of the Mercedes-Benz Aegean Cup for under-16 men’s national teams on Saturday. The Turks scored all three goals before sub Adrian Villegas had aconsolation goal for the USA, which fielded the team that recently entered residency in Bradenton, Florida. The USA, coached by John Hackworth, […]
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U.S. girls draw Mexico in U-17 Women's World Cup qualifying
The U.S. U-17 girls national team will face Mexico, Jamaica and Costa Rica in Group B play of the 2016 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship that will determine the qualifiers for the 2016 U-17 Women’sWorld Cup. The qualifying tournament will be hosted by Grenada March 3-13. The U-17 World Cup takes place in Jordan Sept. 30-Oct. […]
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Roster: U.S. U-19 women gather in Florida
Coach Jitka Klimkova has named a 26-player roster for the U.S. U-19 women’s national team’s first camp of 2016. The squad for the Jan. 23-30 gathering in Lakewood Ranch, Florida,consists of players eligible for the U.S. team that qualified for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea in November. Of the 26 […]
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Roster: New faces as U.S. U-18 gather for first 2016 camp
Recently named U.S. U-18 boys national team head coach Omid Namazi has called in 32 players roster (1999s) for the U-18s’ first camp of the year, Jan. 17-23 in Lakewood Ranch,Florida. Only 12 of the 36-player roster have previous youth national team experience. The squad’s first international play of 2016 will come in March in […]
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U.S. U-20 men notch two wins
The new U.S. U-20 men’s national team, mainly 1997-born players with the ultimate aim being the 2017 U-20 World Cup, notched a pair of wins during its first training camp of the year. Coach Tab Ramos’ split squad beat both SIMI Monteverde and Weston Select by the score of 3-0. The U-20s face Albion Plantation […]
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Awards: USYS Recreational Coaches of the Year
U.S. Youth Soccer has announced the regional winners of its 2015 Boys and Girls Recreational Coach of the Year awards. The national winners will be announced Jan. 15 as part of the US Youth SoccerWorkshop in Baltimore, held in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention. 2015 Boys Recreational Coach of the Year (regional winners) RegionI Pete […]
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Awards: USYS Competitive Coaches of the Year
U.S. Youth Soccer has announced the regional winners of its 2015 Boys and Girls Competitive Coach of the Year awards. The national winners will be announced Jan. 15 as part of the US YouthSoccer Workshop in Baltimore, held in conjunction with the NSCAA Convention. 2015 Boys Competitive Coach of the Year (regional winners)RegionIRyan Renauld (Thompson, […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18s final camp of 2015
U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs trained a squad of 24 players in the U.S. U-18 (1998s) women’s national team’s last camp of 2015, in ChulaVista, Calif., Dec. 13-20. All the players in the camp are eligible for the team that will compete in 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup, but the ultimate aim goal […]
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U.S. U-15 boys split against Florida clubs
During the U.S. U-15 (2002s) boys national team’s final camp of 2015, Southern Californian Marco Ceja scored a hat trick for the U-15s “Red” squad in a 3-1 win over WestonFC while the U-15s “White” fell, 2-1, to Kendall SC in Sunrise, Fla. Ceja’s second goal was set up by NYCFC’s Giovanni Reyna, the son […]
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NSCAA Girls Regional High School Coaches of the Year
The NSCAA has announced the Regional Coaches of the Year for fall girls high school programs competing during the 2015 calendar year. 2015 NSCAA Regional Coachesof the Year High School Girls (Large School) Central: Jeff Hart — Penn School (Ind.) East: Tara Madigan — Northern Highlands (N.J.) New England: ScottTaggart — Algonquin Regional (Mass.) Northwest: […]