Coach Jaime Frias has called up 24 players, all but one born in 2002, for the first U.S. U-16 girls national team camp of 2017 — Jan. 16-22 at the Chula Vista Elite AthleteTraining Center in San Diego. The age group has graduated from the U-14 program and will spend two years in the U-16 […]
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U.S. U-16 boys to compete at IMG Cup
The U.S. U-16 boys national team’s 23-player squad for the IMG Cup Dec. 17-Dec. 19 in Bradenton, Florida, includes Sebastian Berhalter, the 15-year-old son of former U.S. WorldCup player and current Columbus Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter. Nine players on Coach Shaun Tsakiris’ roster are national team debutants and it includesfive players currently in the […]
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U.S. Soccer holds girls striker-keeper camp
U.S. Soccer is holding its first striker-goalkeeper camp for U-15, U-16 and U-17 girls national team players. The Dec. 14-17 camp in Carson, California, gathers 22 attackers and seven keepers born in2000, 2001 and 2002 and is headed by Technical Director April Heinrichs, Development Coach and U-15 girls national team coach Mark Carr and U.S. […]
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Roster: U.S. U-18s women finish cycle with final camp of 2016
The U.S. U-18 women’s national team, coached by Jitka Klimkova, is holding its seventh and final camp of 2016 is Dec. 10-17 in Carson, California, before moving into the U-20age group. The squad is comprised of 14 collegians and 12 youth club players. Twenty of the players were born in 1998, the age cut-off year […]
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Roster: U.S. U-16 girls wrap up with California camp
The U-16 girls national team, coached by Jaime Frias, held its sixth and final training camp of 2016 with a 24-player squad Dec. 3-10 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in ChulaVista, California. The camp completes a two-year cycle for this age group, which becomes the U-18s and then the U-20s with the aim of […]
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U.S. U-15 boys finish 2016 with wins in Florida
The U.S. U-15 boys national team wrapped up 2016 with a training camp in Bradenton, Florida, that included wins over Chargers Soccer Club (2-1) and Weston FC (7-0). U.S. U-15 coach Davevan den Bergh divided up his 36-player roster into two separate squads for the games. Nov. 8 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. USA 2 Chargers1. […]
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U.S. U-18 men beat U.S. U-19s at final 2016 camp
The U.S. U-18 and U-19 men’s national team finished off 2016 with a joint camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that included an intra-squad scrimmage and friendlies by each team against USLclubs. Coach Brad Friedel‘s U-19s fell 2-1 to U-18s, coached by Omid Namazi. Djordje Mihailovic gave the U-19s a 31st-minute lead,Justin Rennicks equalized for the […]
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Roster: U.S. U-14 boys convene in Carson
U.S. U-14 boys national team coach Clint Peay has called in a squad of 48 players for the team’s only camp of 2016, Nov. 13-20 at U.S. Soccer’s National Training Center inCarson, California. The group will play two intra-squad games on Nov. 16 and three games against U.S. Soccer Development Academy clubs — vs. Strikers […]
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Roster: U.S. U-15 boys convene with 36-player squad
U.S. U-15 boys national team coach Dave van den Bergh has called up 36 players for team’s second and final domestic training camp of the year, Nov. 5-12 in Bradenton, Florida. U.S. U-15 boys national team GOALKEEPERS (4): Aaron Cervantes (LA Galaxy; Chino Hills, Calif.), Damian Las (Chicago Fire; Norridge,Ill.), Kashope Oladapo (Portland Timbers; Happy […]
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U.S. U-17 boys beat Jamaica
Ayomide Akinola, Joshua Sargent and Tonny Temple scored for the U.S. U-17 boys national team in a 3-0 friendly win at Jamaica.