The U.S. U-18 women’s national team finished its nine-day training camp in Mexico City with two games against Mexico’s U-20 national team. It tied the first game, 1-1, and fell, 2-1, inthe second friendly. FC Virginia’s Emily Fox, who has committed to the University of North Carolina, scored both U.S. goals. The squad, coached by […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17s boys head to Czech Republic
For its first gathering since the draw for the 2015 U-17 World Cup, Coach Richie Williams has named a 20-player squad for the U-17 Vaclav Jezek Youth Tournament in the Czech Republic,where the USA faces Russia (Aug. 18), Slovenia (Aug. 19) and Slovakia (Aug. 21) in group play. A final placement game takes place Aug. […]
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U.S. U-18s boys finish fifth at Nordic Cup
The U.S. U-18 boys national team beat Finland, 2-1, to take fifth place at the 2015 Open Nordic Cup in Sweden. Coach Javier Perez’s team, fielding 15- and 16-year-olds, lost toSweden (2-1) and Iceland (2-0), and beat the Faroe Islands (2-0) in group play. In the placement game against the Finns, the Colorado Rush’s Griffin […]
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U.S. U-18 boys split in Nordic Cup openers
The U.S. U-18 boys national team — comprised of 15- and 16-year-olds – opened the 2015 Open Nordic Cup in Sweden with a 2-0 win against Faroe Islands. They fell, 2-0, in their second gameagainst Iceland on a pair of own goals. The New England Revolution’s Danny Jones and Richmond United’s Nick Taitague scored against […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 boys head to England
Coach John Hackworth has named a 20-player roster for the U.S. U-15 boys national team’s third international trip of 2015 — Aug. 11-20 in England. The camp will include friendlymatches against England on Aug. 16 and 19. “At the moment England is trying to do a lot of the same things that we are,” Hackworth […]
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Roster: U.S. U-17 girls continue prep for qualifiers
With qualifying play for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup seven months away, U.S. U-17 girls national team coach B.J. Snow has called up 24 players for an Aug. 9-16 training campin Carson, Calif. Sixteen of the players were born in 1999, which is the age cut-off year for the next U-17 World Cup. The […]
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D.C. United to play in U-13 Concacaf Champions League Tournament
D.C. United will represent the USA at the U-13 Concacaf Champions League Tournament in Mexico City Aug. 4-8. U.S. Soccer chose D.C. United to represent the Development Academy at the eight-teamtournament because of its record of developing players and its senior team’s history in Concacaf play. D.C. United became the first MLS team to win […]
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Roster: Taliaferro trains U.S. U-16 girls in California
The U.S. U-16 girls national team, with 21 players born in 2000 and three 2001s, are training in Chula Vista, Calif., Aug. 1-9 under Coach Tricia Taliaferro, U.S. Soccer’s mainscout for the 2000 birth year. This marks the U-16s’ third camp of the year. All the playersare age-eligible for the U-17 Women’s World Cup in […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18 girls head to Mexico City
The U.S. U-18 girls national team’s Mexico City training camp Aug. 8-16 will include games against Mexico’s U-20 women Aug. 13 and Aug. 15. The 20-player U.S. squad will be led by U.S. SoccerWomen’s Youth Technical Director April Heinrichs. The U.S. players were all born in 1998, thus eligible the 2016 and 2018 U-20 Women’s […]
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Roster: New U.S. U-18 boys compete in Nordic Cup
U.S. U-18 boys national team coach Javier Perez has named a 20-player roster for the 2015 Open Nordic Cup Tournament in Sweden, where the USA will face the Faroe Islands on Tuesday,followed by games against Iceland (Aug. 5), Sweden (Aug. 7) and an Aug. 9 placement game. The trip kicks off a new cycle for […]