[BOYS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP] A new national boys competition was launched with the formation of the 24-club Boys Club Championship competing in four age groups andsanctioned by the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA). “Outside of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy, there was not a platform for strong boys clubs to compete at ahigh level […]
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Lara scores four goals in FC Dallas Youth in semifinal win
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] Sergio Lara scored four goals to lead FC Dallas Youth Premier to a 5-2 win over CUP Gold in theunder-17 boys semifinals at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Germantown, Md. Emmanuel Dapaa scored three goals as OP Eagles Green beat SantaBarbara SC White, 3-2, in the under-16 boys semifinals. For […]
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New Jersey's PDA wins first national championship
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Brian White scored one goal and set up Ryan Peterson for thesecond goal to lead New Jersey’s Players Development Academy to a 2-0 win over first-year academy team Bethesda-Olney in Saturday’s Development Academy under-17/18 championship at StubHub Center. White, who will attend Duke in the fall, scored his eighth of the postseason and […]
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LA Galaxy Academy wins second U-15/16 title
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] The LA Galaxy Academy got goals from Dylan Smith and JuanOrozco to beat 2013 champion Real Salt Lake AZ, 2-0, and win the 2014 Development Academy under-15/16 championship. It was the second U-15/16 title for the Galaxy academy and the fifth in a rowby an MLS team. U-15/16 Champions: 2014: LA Galaxy 2013:Real […]
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Garcia named NPL general manager
[U.S. CLUB SOCCER] Leo Garcia has been named the National Premier Leagues General Manager, filling a position at U.S.Soccer Club vacated by Chris Baer, who became the executive director of coaching at Ohio Premier SC. Garcia, the current director of eventmarketing and operations with U.S. Club Soccer, brings 11 years of U.S. Club Soccer experience […]
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Spaanstra leads Michigan Hawks to U-14 title
[ECNL] Alexa Spaanstra‘s eighth goal in five games broke a 2-2 tie and give the Michigan Hawks a 3-2 win over Real Coloradoin the Elite Clubs National League under-14 final in Redmond, Wash. Spaanstra had had a hat trick in the Hawks’ 5-2 win over the Crossfire in the semifinals. Coach DerekWiliford‘s team went 4-0-1, scoring 21 […]
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PDA completes back-to-back national championships
[ECNL] PDA won the under-18 division at the Elite Clubs National League National Finals with a 2-1 win over the Michigan Hawks to give it five wins in five gamesand back-to-back national championships. St. Joseph’s-bound Lauren Dimes and Lauren Jankowski (SouthCarolina) scored to give PDA the comeback win over the Hawks. Sabrina Flores (Notre Dame) […]
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NSCAA Final Girls Spring High School Top 20
[RANKINGS] Hough High School, which won its second North Carolina 4A girls championship in three years, finished No. 1 in the final NSCAA Top 20 girls rankings. The Huskies, No. 2 in the NSCAA final rankings in 2012, won the title with a 1-0 win over previously unbeaten Cary Panther Creek in four overtimes on […]
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NSCAA Final Boys Spring High School Top 20
[RANKINGS] McIntosh, winner of its second straight Georgia 5A title, is the No. 1 team in the final NSCAA Spring Top 20 boys rankings. The Chiefs beatHouston County, 8-1, in the final, getting a hat trick from Didrick Cooper-Seip and two goals from Adam Sheikali as theycaptured their 45th straight win. NSCAA Boys Spring High […]
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Shattuck-Saint Mary's edges past Red Bulls
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] Shattuck-Saint Mary’s Soccer Academy, which fell to the New York Red Bulls in last year’s U-17/18 Development Academy final, held theRed Bulls to a 1-1 tie and won its group on goal difference to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2013-14 U-17/18 Development Academy playoffs. U-17/18Group Winners: Group A: Chivas USA Group B: […]