Summer Yates of Washington club Pacific NW scored a hat trick for the U.S. U-18 women’s national team in a 4-1 win over Australia, the third game of the U-18s’Australia trip following a 2-1 win over Australia and a 4-1 loss to Canada. Emina Ekic of Kentucky’s Javanon FC scored the first goalfor the USA […]
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Video Pick: Top Development Academy golazos of the season
Nine goals from three regions, scored by boys ranging from U-12 to U-17/19, have been nominated for 2016-17 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Goal of the Year. Eastern James Brighton (Atlanta United U-15/16), Jose Barrera (Capital Area RailHawks-Del Sol U-12), Austin DaSilva (BeachsideSC U-17/18): CentralDaniel Wright (Crew SC Academy Wolves U-17/18), Luis Fernandez-Salvador (Shattuck Saint Mary’s […]
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FC Dallas U-16s return to Development Academy final four
FC Dallas kept its hopes alive of winning three straight U-15/16 U.S. Soccer Development Academy championships by beating theColorado Rapids, 5-0, in the quarterfinals. Jesus Ferreira, who on June 2 became the second youngest player to score an MLS goal when he struck in a 6-2 win overReal Salt Lake, scored a hat trick against […]
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Girls DA: Jen Lalor named Southwest Technical Advisor
Former national team player Jen Lalor, who is completing her seventh season as the head coach of the WPSL’s San Diego Sea Lions, will serve as U.S. Soccer Girls DevelopmentAcademy Technical Advisor for the Southwest Division. Technical Advisors, who serve under Academy Director MiriamHickey, develop scouting networks comprised of U.S. Soccer scouts and collegiate coaches […]
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Southern Californian Kennedy Wesley is national girls player of the year
Kennedy Wesley, who played for the USA at the 2016 U-17 World Cup and is eligible for the 2018 U-17 World Cup, is the 2017 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. World champion Abby Wambach(right) presented Kennedy Wesley the 2017 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year trophy. Wesley, as a sophomore […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls head to San Diego
The U.S. U-17 girls national team coach Mark Carr has called up 24 players for a June 2-11 training camp in Chula Vista, California that will serve as preparation for a July trip toChina. Included in the roster are three players taking part in their second U-17 cycle: forward Jordan Canniff and defenders Kennedy Wesley […]
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U.S. U-19 women fall to Japan's U-20s
The U.S. U-19 women’s national team, coached by Keri Sarver, fell, 1-0, to Japan’s U-20s in Carson, California. May 19 in Carson, Calif.USA 0Japan 1.Goal: Yonei 14.USA — Bollinger Mackin (Abello, 46), Hiatt (Rodriguez, 18), Girma, Pickett (Fisher, 79), Morse (French, 79), Winters(King, 85), Zandi (Coffey, 46), Ekic (Berkely, 79), Boade (Murtha, 46), Gee (Brewster, […]
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U.S. U-16 girls head to Belgium
New U-16 girls national team head coach Kacey White takes a 20-player squad to Belgium May 6-17 for a four-team competition in which the USA will play Croatia (May 12), hostBelgium (May 14) and Switzerland (May 16). Previous U-16 coach Jaime Frias, now the U-18 head coach, will also go on the trip during which […]
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Giovanni Reyna leads NYCFC U-16s to a Generation adidas Cup title
Giovanni Reyna scored on penalty kick to decide the Generation adidas Cup Premier Division final, 1-0, in NYCFC’s favor over Mexico’s Tigres. In the final of the top flight GAChampions Division, River Plate beat Flamengo, 2-1, while the New Red Bulls finished third. The 14-year-old Reyna, son of Hall of Famer Claudio Reyna, also won […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 women train in Chula Vista
U.S. Soccer Development coach Jaime Frias is running a 24-player camp for the U.S. U-18 women’s national team April 15-22 in Chula Vista, California. All the players in thesquad were born in 2000. This age group of players is at the start of a two-year cycle as U-18s before transitioning to U-20s in 2019 and […]